jaemin walked out of ilsung's house.

he stumbled towards another house, opening the door without bothering to knock.

he was greeted by five fallen demons, playing cards together.

the five men furrowed their brows, their glowing red eyes staring at jaemin.

he could see they were ready to attack if jaemin did something, despite ilsung's orders.

with a quick glance around the house, jaemin noticed a gun lying on the kitchen counter, just next to where they were sitting.

"what do you want?" the fallen demons asked.

"don't talk to me like that!" jaemin replied, catching them off-guard.

the boy in front of them wasn't the same terrified boy that was there before.

but they didn't need to know that.

"get out of my house." one of the fallen demons raised to his feet.

jaemin pretended to leave, making the demons put their guard down.

in fact, jaemin ran across the room, snatching the gun from the kitchen counter and loading it before pointing it at their heads.

a general gasp was heard as the fallen demons lifted their hands in the sky.

"who knows how to drive?" jaemin asked.

nobody answered.

"tell me who can drive or i'll shoot you!" jaemin yelled.

"i-i do..." one of the fallen demons spoke.

"come with me." jaemin said.

the demon got up standing behind jaemin as his gun followed the demon.

"i already killed ilsung. my duty is done. let me leave the fallen forest and none of you will be harmed."jaemin said. "or else... you'll end up just like ilsung."

jaemin slammed the door of the house shut, pushing the fallen demon that knew how to drive towards ilsung's house.

he kicked the door open, revealing the mess that was inside.

the fallen demon saw ilsung's dead body hung against a cupboard, making him yelp.

"oh my..."

"yeah." jaemin mumbled, placing the gun in the waistband of his pants. "try disobeying and you'll end like that too."

jaemin knelled, passing one of his arms under donghyuck's knees and the other under his shoulders. he lifted donghyuck's dead body and looked at the fallen demon.

"follow me." he said, walking out of the house with donghyuck's unconscious corpse into his arms. "i want you to drive me to the 'life diving board'."

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"you can leave now. thank you." jaemin said, bowing at the fallen demon that had driven him to the 'life diving board'.

the fallen demon nodded, jumping into the car again and driving away as fast as the car could allow him to.

jaemin approached the edge of the cliff, with donghyuck's body into his arms.

the human sat crossed-legs at the very end of the cliff, with donghyuck resting onto his lap.

"i'm the worst boyfriend ever..." jaemin mumbled, passing his hand through donghyuck's red hair.

jaemin looked at his deceased boyfriend's blank expression.

his tanned skin was shining under the warm sun, and he seemed so peaceful, as if he was having the best night he ever had.

his reddish hair was moving slightly thanks to the little breeze.

his forehead wasn't wrinkled. it was as soft honey-coloured sand beach.

his eyelids were closed, allowing jaemin to see his long eyelashes.

his cheeks were slightly chubby, making the human feel the urge to pinch them.

and his lips...

they looked plump and soft.

but they had been drained of their life.

the thin layer of gloss-like saliva that usually coated them was nowhere to be found.

and their usually pinkish colour had become paler.

a tear left jaemin's eye, crashing onto his boyfriend's flawless nose.

jaemin sniffed, wiping the tear away in a gentle way before sobbing uncontrollably.

jaemin held donghyuck's lifeless body tight against his chest as he cried loudly and painfully.

he still couldn't believe it...

his boyfriend.

his demon.

the love of his life.

donghyuck.

he was dead...

he had been killed...

by the same person that killed his parents...

life was awful.

and jaemin's life had been particularly horrible.

it's as if every time jaemin felt happy, this fallen demon was there to take it away from him...

perhaps that now, everything would be over?

perhaps that jaemin's happiness won't be blocked by this demon...

of course, not.

ilsung was dead.

but at the same time, would jaemin ever manage to become happy again?

he had been deprived from everything.

his parents...

his lover...

the only thing he had left was his life.

but did he want to keep it?

or should he abandon there?

maybe, everything would be easier.

"i'm so sorry, donghyuck..." jaemin continued sobbing, pulling donghyuck's corpse against him.

it was time to let go.

jaemin may question himself about his future, but donghyuck's was already mapped out.

that's why jaemin had brought his boyfriend there.

the life diving board... a place from where the deceased corpses of the demons are thrown to offer them a new life, either human, demon or angel...

donghyuck's life hadn't completely ended.

donghyuck's life was about to start again.

jaemin just had to let go.

but could he do that?

could he, when he loved this demon this much?

could he, knowing that donghyuck would forget everything?

could he, if jaemin knew he would never be able to forget their past?

could he, when he knew that donghyuck and him would never meet again?

jaemin didn't want to.

it hurt too much to let go.

but did he have a choice?

of course, not...

if he loved the demon, he should allow him to start a new life, as a new being.

and jaemin did love donghyuck. more than anything else.

"i love you, donghyuck..." jaemin said, closing for the last time the gap between his and donghyuck's mouth.

donghyuck didn't respond to the kiss. he couldn't.

this made the kiss awkward.

this broke jaemin even more.

but he couldn't let him go without having a taste of his lips one last time.

"i hope you'll have a better life than this one..." jaemin mumbled, caressing the boy's head with his palm and studying his face one last time, as if he was scared to forget him.

"i love you."

jaemin watched donghyuck's lifeless body falling off the cliff.

his plunge towards life lasted way shorter than jaemin expected.

donghyuck's corpse penetrated the turquoise water of the life lake as jaemin wiped a last tear away from his eye.

he had let go.

donghyuck was gone for good now.

jaemin stood up, taking a few steps back from the edge of the cliff to look at the magical setting donghyuck had made him discover. he enjoyed the peaceful silence as he mourned for the devil he had lost. for the boyfriend he had lost.

a siren disturbed this silence.

jaemin didn't try running away from it.

he knew that it was his fate.

"na jaemin, you are under arrest."

a whole patrol of police cars was surrounding him as a man he recognised to be mina's father wrapped handcuffs around his arms.

"you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can be used against you in court."

jaemin sighed, letting the men push him inside the police car without complaining.

that was it.

it was the end.

the end of jaemin and donghyuck.

the end of NA.

the end of jaemin's happiness.

the end of his freedom.

and just...

just the end...

thank you so much to all of you for your love and support.

big thanks to @doatyong for requesting this story! i really enjoyed writing it (even though i cried a lot when you asked me to kill one of them HAHA) 

i really am happy with how the story turned out, and i never really expected to write about donghyuck and someone else than mark, but i guess changes are good sometimes (but not all the time *wink wonk*)

anywaysssss, i'll publish the epilogue tomorrow, and after that, it will be he end of sinNArs!

thanks again for all your votes and heartwehlming comments, they make me so happy!

lots of love<3