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Le point de vue de Hoseok

Hoseok's POV

"Namjoon," I kept calling but the man was mentally somewhere else, not hearing me.

"Wait, Hoseok. Patience is a virtue."

No shit.

"And why would I have patience?" I rolled my eyes and he cackled. "Can we talk now?"

"Aight." He crossed his legs and faced me while I was standing in front of him. "What did you want to talk about?"

"When do you think this will end?"

He sucked his cheeks in with a lift of an eyebrow. "'This' as in...?"

"Our life," I whispered when my voice wavered. Until when did I have to pretend?

"Well... truthfully, never. We're forever here as Deadly Sins and there's no end to it. You know that already. What made you ask that?"

I knew it.

I shook my head, smiling. "No reason. Just... you know..."

His eyes darted to the ceiling and he quickly stood up. "If that's all, I should hurry. See you."

I nodded and teleported to earth. The same old things were waiting for me. Abuse, murder, accident, loud furious yells. Of course, I had to add to all these chaos. I always had.

But what was the point?

If this was what I had to do to survive, what was the meaning of my existence?

If my parents hated me and got mad at me all the time, why was I born? If no one liked me, why was I still living? I had to be invisible to not be yelled at. The pain could still be felt in my bones. I was scared. I wanted to rest. I wanted this pain to stop.

The past was replaying in my head again. I could never escape it.

"You useless bastard! Why did I even give birth to you?!"

There he was again. It had been many years and Hanse was still being abused. No one else would notice. Who would?

How old was he now? Fourteen?

"Oh! Hoseok?"

I widened my eyes and turned around to find Anhye. Did I hear it wrong or did she call me by my name?

"What are you doing here?" She walked up to me and watched Hanse with a downcast look. "Alright."

She disappeared and appeared next to the humans. Her hooded eyes glowed golden red and Hanse stared blankly at the wall while his father yelled, "You're stressing me out all the damn time," before leaving the house.

After he was gone, Anhye appeared beside me and glared at me. "A child? What did you do?"

I sighed. "Believe me, I did nothing."

Rather, I had been wanting to stop what was happening for the longest time. Always watching but never interfering, I was guilty in a way for what was happening to Hanse.

He was still staring at the wall, breathing softly and sitting still on the floor. He wasn't crying this time and I was starting to get worried until I remembered Anhye used her powers. They were more helpful and powerful than mine. Hanse was still in a daze.

"Aren't you gonna help the kid?"

Anhye gawked at me with bewilderment. "Uh... no. I shouldn't be doing something like that. I mean, the rules?"

I scoffed. "Right."

She stared at me like she was inspecting me. "Is something bothering you?"

"Huh?"

"You seem... different than usual. More on edge."

I swallowed thickly and quickly smiled at her. "Aww, you're worried about me? I'm so touched that you care about me."

Her cheeks got dusted pink and she frowned at me. "Care? About you? Get your head out of the clouds, Hoseok. Why would I?"

I smiled softly. The way her lips trembled and flattened, eyebrows furrowed, making her eyes look bigger, and cheeks puffed made her more adorable. She was always so pretty but her huffing made me want to hug her.

It suddenly made my smile fall. I couldn't hold her. I couldn't stand against the world with her. It was me against her.

It made me so mad.

"...sick of everything..."

For a second, I thought those words left my mouth. I turned to the mumbling that turned louder.

"I'm so sick of everything," Hanse said and shouted them again as he stood up and threw his backpack to the wall, spilling the books and school supplies inside.

He heaved and panted as he watched the mess on the floor and a tear rolled down his cheek.

"Maybe it's better if I just... end this..."

My eyes widened and I unconsciously took a step forward. But... what was I going to do?

"Oh no."

Anhye appeared beside him and her eyes glowed again. She placed her hand on his forehead and his breathing eventually calmed down. When her eyes returned to hazel, Hanse mumbled again.

"I can't. I want to live..." He dropped to the floor, holding his chest. "I just want to live... I... I want to be happy..."

Happy, huh...

Maybe if I act like I'm happy, I can actually become happy.

"I think he's okay for now," Anhye said when she appeared again beside me. "Wait, why am I telling this to someone who doesn't want to see him be okay?"

I chuckled. "Anhye... are you... happy?"

She frowned at me. "Happy? How can I feel happy when I'm not a human anymore? We're incapable of that."

I nodded. "True. But we might still feel happiness if we try?"

She looked at me as if I was crazy. "What do you mean?"

"Anhye, can you spend a day with me? Just the two of us."

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