Changkyun stood up as the others began discussing where and when to bury Kihyun ("soon, because if we get pulled over by the cops and they find a dead body in the back, that's going to be a mess") and returned to Jooheon's room. He turned around to see Hyungwon staring at him with wide, frightened eyes, hands still bound to his sides.

"Hyungwon?" Changkyun asked, stepping forward hesitantly. "Are you okay?"

"Please," Hyungwon said, his voice rough, and his eyes watered before leaking tears. He couldn't even brush them away. Instead, they followed the slope of his accented cheek bones, sliding off his smooth face and onto the pillow. "Please, let me go," he begged.

"Hyungwon?" Changkyun asked, taking another step, and Hyungwon flinched. Changkyun stepped back. "It's me, Changkyun. Hyungwon, do you-"

"Please, I'll do...I'll do anything, just- just let me go, okay," Hyungwon continued, his voice cracking. "Please. I won't tell anyone. Please, just let me go."

"Hyungwon," Changkyun said, distressed, but just as he went to move closer, Hyungwon's entire frame stiffened before going limp, his eyes rolling back before closing as his body went still. "Shit," Changkyun whispered before quickly moving forward and taking the boy's pulse. He released a long exhalation when he felt a steady beat.

"Changkyun?" Jooheon asked, entering the room, and Changkyun turned, worry in his eyes.

"He just passed out," he said before looking back at his unconscious friend. "He was weird. I don't think he recognized me."

The two were quiet.

Then they both spoke up.

"We need to get him-" Jooheon began just as Changkyun said, "I think he needs-"

"Help," they both finished before looking over at each other.

"He's been getting worse," Changkyun said, biting his bottom lip.

"I know," Jooheon said, nodding as he walked closer to the bed, looking down at Hyungwon. "This whole thing is tearing him apart." Jooheon took the edge of his sleeve and gently dabbed at Hyungwon's cheeks, smoothing away the leftover tears.

"What are we going to do with him?" Changkyun asked softly. He knew that Hyungwon probably couldn't hear them, but he didn't want to make his friend feel abandoned. "We can't take care of him anymore, Jooheon. He's self-destructing. I bound his arms so he wouldn't hurt himself, but I don't want to have to do that."

Jooheon side, massaging the pooling tension in the back of his neck. "Let me worry about that, okay. We just need a little more time. We can't do anything until we find out who killed Kihyun. Until then, no one is safe."

Changkyun nodded. "Hyung...why did Hyungwon break down at the lake?"

Jooheon was quiet. "I'm sure it was hard for him to be there. You know he has a hard time deciphering dreams from reality. He was probably very confused."

"But he doesn't have an attack without something setting him off," Changkyun insisted, looking back at Hyungwon's still frame before frowning and moving closer. He hadn't noticed it before, but Hyungwon's neck looked somewhat red. "What the hell?" He looked up at Jooheon, who had been silent. "Jooheon, what happened to him?"

Jooheon was quiet for a moment before he looked up at Changkyun. "I'd appreciate if you wouldn't tell everyone else what I'm about to tell you."

Changkyun nodded, brows furrowed.

"Shownu's brother - the one he claims to see who's dead - tells him to do things. Bad things." Jooheon sighed. "That's the real reason we got moved to M-wing, because of something that his brother made him do. And when we were at the lake, Shownu's brother told him to hurt Hyungwon."

Changkyun's eyes widened. "But- why?"

Jooheon shrugged, looking down and playing with his fingers. "His brother is pissed off, is my guess. There was an accident. It wasn't really Shownu's fault, but in a way, it was. His brother died because of it. His parents can barely look at him. It's all fucked up. They know that he can see their dead son, or at least that he says that he can. The mom can't let go of him. She uses Shownu as a connection to him. The dad- he thinks Shownu lies about seeing him to spite them, somehow. To punish them. They still think of Shownu's brother as their precious little son. But he's not. He's malicious, Changkyun. He lashes out, persuading Shownu to hurt people, especially people Shownu cares about. He wants other people to feel his pain, and he wants his brother to suffer." Jooheon ran a hand through his hair.

Changkyun watched his hand shake.

"I just- Shownu isn't bad, okay? But his brother is. That's why I didn't want him here, because he always listens to his brother. So just...keep him away from Hyungwon, all right? Keep an eye on him. But don't...don't hate Shownu for what he did. It hurts him too."

Changkyun nodded slowly. He didn't know what he'd say if he were able to string words together at the moment. He was angry at having been left in the dark. Furious that someone had tried to hurt Hyungwon, someone who was only one wall away. But sad, too, because they all had something hanging over them. Hyungwon had been living with a nightmare, Shownu with a vengeful ghost. Minhyuk couldn't abandon his mother. Jooheon, his anger. Wonho, his identity. Changkyun, his monsters.

It seemed that all they could do was hurt others, when all they wanted was to be loved.