"Hey, Chris..."

"Good evening, Binnie. You wrote the report?"

The smaller one nods.

"Yeah, they were shocked. We had a lot of teenies already, but this was a child, Chris... a child! This only happened once before, which makes it two times too often..."

Chris chuckles.

"I know...", he says, still not looking back.

"Chan, I know you know something..."

"Oh, do you?"

He finally turns around, after stopping to cut the vegetables. Something about his glance looks different today.

"You do know something, right?"

"You know I know a lot. And you know I would never lie to you."

"Then tell me! Tell me, Chris, why are there dying so many humans in this forest? Why no blood? Why suicid without weapons? Why two children, younger to even think of something like that?"

Chris takes two steps closer, sighing. He takes my hands in his.

"Look, Changbin... you know I won't tell you that. I know you would ask me this once. And I live her already 1.653 hours and a few minutes... but please accept, that I am not gonna answer this question."

He leans down, so we are face to face and smiles apologetic.

"Chris-"

"Shhh... I know you are desperate. After Eric's death. After the two children... After the many teenagers and the few adults, I know you are desperate for answers. It's just not the right time and not the right person to answer this question..."

He pecks my nosetip.

"Don't accept defeat. Look at it in the mist unlogical way and you may find the reason for such an unusual phenomena."

He pecks my lips.

...

A whistle fills the quiet night. Then a bell. Then rushing steps, a door.

"Hannieee!"

"Good evening, Lix!"

Two boys who hug each other tight, because who wouldn't if they haven't seen eqch other for quiet a time.

"Come in! You know, I need to tell you something crazy!"

The younger boy rambles ahead, dragging the older one into the apartment.

"Seungmin, you still know Seungmin, right?, he asked after you!"

"The officer?"

"Yeah, him! He wants to get to know you."

Felix smiles happy and the other one can't stop himself from smiling with him. He is just happy, when the younger one is happy.

"He even wanted your data! I know Seungmin has a weird way of getting to know somebody new, but I swear-"

The smile of the older one fell.

"You said what?"

"Seungmin has a weird way of-"

"Before that!"

Felix looks confused.

"He wanted your data?"

"Is he looking for files?"

"What?"

"Lix, Seungmin is a police officer. He asked you for my data. I am sure he is looking for files!"

"But, he wants to get to know-"

"Felix he wants my data for a case!"

"But-"

"Please! I know you were happy thinking so, but for now I need to know which data you gave him!"

Felix looks at me scared. He pulls out his phone and showed me the message.

"Fuck!"

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"Officer Kim!"

"Good evening, Officer. Lee Minho here!"

"Oh, Mr. Lee! I thought we would hear wach other on Monday..."

"I thought so too... it wasn't too complicated though, to find all the informations of this boy and collect them, because... well... hiw should I tell you this- he does not exist."

My silence seems to be answer enough. My mouth hangs open. I stand in the middle of an empty street.

"There is now Han Jisung, in this age, with this data. Normally I should find thousands of possibilities and I would need to filter it, but this time... nothing! The man does not officially exist."