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,,you were peacefully enjoying your foodwhen all of a sudden you got a notification.

it wasn't just your phone, kyung jun's, seung bin's, and jin ha's also let out a ding.

at this point you figured no notification was a good one...you put down your chopsticks and grabbed your phone.

"kim dong hyun was a civilian."the voice spoke.

the same thing appeared on the screen of your phone. you hit the inside of your cheek, something had gone wrong with the group that went to check out the surroundings.

everyone decided to gather in the lobby, you had gone to the restroom before that. you didn't want to come from the same place kyung jun had.

you met up with yoon seo and jung won.

"what took you so long?"yoon seo asked you.

"oh! I got sidetracked, there's so many interesting things here you know!"you let out a lame excuse.

jung won just let out a sigh and yoon seo shook her head, you really did have a problem with getting sidetracked...

"they're here."someone called out.

you all started to huddle towards them. jun hee was front and center.

"what happened to dong hyun?"eun chan asked.

no one from the group answered him.

"h-hey say something. where's dong hyun? what on earth happened?"mina stuttered out.

"he thought...the white line disappeared...and went to check on it, but he slipped..."somi explained.

"what about the village? how far did you go?"kyung jun went up to question jun hee.

"you said you'd find people and ask for help! did you?"he shouted raising his voice especially near the end.

"we can't go. it's all blocked by the lines."jun hee spoke not looking him in the eyes.

kyung jun turned away clearly annoyed and threw something. you jumped a little at the noise.

"we're completely trapped."jun hee summed it up.

"then we're...really trapped here until we finish the game?"yoon seo slowly asked.

"yeah..."jun hee looked away from her

so there was no way out. whoever made this sure wanted you all to stay here.

,,you placed a hand on yoon seo's back.

she let out quiet sniffles. you had a small from on her face, yoon seo was always so kind. it hurt seeing her like this.

you noticed jung won quietly approaching, she then took a seat.

"are you crying?"jung won asked.

"if I hadn't suggested going to the mountains...they wouldn't have died, if I had just stayed quiet...dong hyun died because of me."yoon seo revealed what she felt.

"don't say that yoon seo!"you quickly spoke.

you knew some words probably wouldn't take away her guilt, but you knew she didn't cause anyone's death.

"it's not like you forced anyone. they volunteered, no one knew there was no path. no one knew, what could we have done?"jung won spoke.

yoon seo let out a few more sniffles.

"she's right yoon seo, you can't predict the future. it's really not your fault..."you tried to comfort her.

"so...what will you do now? we can't leave here until the game is over. are you going to stay like this?"jung won spoke getting up.

"no. i'm going to find another way."yoon seo finally looked up.

Jung won extended her hand towards her, which yoon seo took. she got up and started walking.

you got up to follow her but felt something fall from your pocket. it gave you an idea.

"here! I found these while wandering around!"you said holding up two chocolate bars.

you remembered chocolate helped people feel better, times like these your mind truly impressed you.

they both looked at you a bit shocked, but still took the candy. jung won thanked you and yoon seo sent you a small smile.

that made you smile even bigger, there was nothing better than seeing your friends smile. well kyung jun was hard to make smile...

,,all three of you were walking down the halls.

as you entered one right after opening the door you saw da bum.

"where are you going?"yoon seo called out to him.

"kyung jun and the others called me."da bum said taking off his headphones.

"don't go if you don't want to."yoon seo told him.

you suspected that he was going to do the same thing he did to you, only slightly more violent...well you should say much more violently.

"I should still go."da bum said before walking away.

you felt bad for him, maybe that was a bit hypocritical to say considering you were friends with the person that bullied him.

you liked kyung jun, you really did...you just wished he'd stop all this violence. you'd had this conversation with him before...

clearly it didn't go through...it was hard lov-

you heard a phone ring then a string of curse words being shouted. that definitely made you focus.

yoon seo was the first to go towards it.

"hey, kim jun hee! what are you doing?"yoon seo shouted while running it.

you followed behind jung won who had turned on the lights.

"isn't that a phone call? what's wrong?"yoon seo questioned him before picking up the phone.

"hello?"she spoke into the phone.

"just leave it."jun hee knocked the phone out of her hand.

"what's wrong?"she asked.

"it's all fake."jun hee let out a angered sigh.

"what?"yoon seo muttered.

the phone calls were fake...? talk about false hope, this entire thing annoyed you.

"the wire wasn't even connected."jun hee explained pulling out a wire.

yoon seo went to another phone and lo and behold, the wire wasn't connected.

jung won walked over to a shelf and pulled out a binder. she opened it to find nothing inside.

"it's empty."jung won showed yoon seo.

yoon seo bent down and tried to turn on the monitor. it only ended in failure.

,,you sat with yoon seo, jung won, and jun hee.

you all pondered about the game. well maybe they were...you had better things to think about.

"why on earth do you think the person...who created the mafia game is doing this? we need to first figure out who created this game and why."yoon seo explained her idea.

"where do you think the creator of this game is? we're the only one here right now."jung won spoke.

"what if they come once we fall asleep? that's when they killed joo won too."jun hee theorized.

"they said the mafia killed joo won, but our class students are the only ones on the participant list. any other participants would've been on the list."yoon seo explained.

"you're right. the mafia would've been selected when roles were being assigned."jung won agreed.

"then...does that mean one of us killed joo won?"jun hee asked.

"if it's according to the rules, I guess so."yoon seo spoke.

mafia could kill mafia...? that definitely caught your attention. if only the mafia could just go around and kill each other...

,,you once more walked down the halls.

seriously...you'd walked so much today. you heard footsteps approaching all of you.

"hey, I looked everywhere for you. let's go. everyone's about to vote."woo ram spoke.

"they're going to vote again after yool died?"jun hee asked him.

"the game has to end for us to leave. we have no choice."woo ram explained.

"even so, how can we do that again? we need to stop them. we shouldn't vote."yoon seo suggested.

"how can we stop them? we need a plan to persuade them."jung won questioned.

"i'll persuade them. are they all gathered?"jun hee spoke.

that was a good idea, if no one voted then no one would die. hopefully, this game sure liked to screw you guys over.

"no they're in several rooms."woo ram said.

"let's gather everyone first."jun hee instructed.

"i'll help too."na hee offered.

"where da bum?"yoon seo asked.

"go kyung jun's group called him earlier."jung won reminded her.

"geez, those damn bastards. they really get on my nerves."hyun ho spoke.

"they're nice! when they want to be..."you started off strong but ended weak due to the looks you got.

"you're just way too nice (f.name)..."hyun ho spoke.

"you just can't see the bad in people."woo ram added on shaking his head.

you let out a sigh, you knew how to see the bad in people...you just tended to ignore it when it came to kyung jun.

,,everyone made their way to where da bum was.

obviously that meant kyung jun would be there, you hoped he didn't do anything that serious. especially right after you tried to defend him...

"hey!"jun hee kicked open the door.

"that's enough."he pulled jin ha off of da bum.

yoon seo did the same with seung bin.

you really jinxed it, you definitely weren't going to try and defend kyung jun infront of others again...

"what are you guys doing?"jun hee asked angered.

"what the fuck?"you heard someone say.

"da bum get up."jun hee and yoon seo helped da bum to his feet.

you chose to stay by the door, you really didn't want any part in this.

"one against three? aren't you embarrassed of yourselves?"hyun ho asked them.

kyung jun finally stood up, only to grab da bum by the collar and pull him closer.

"where do you think you're going?"kyung jun grumbled.

"hey,hey,hey that's enough."jun hee tried to loosen kyung jun's grip.

"come with us. we need to discuss something."jun hee whispered.

"why should I listen to you? hey you!"kyung jun pushed jun hee only to get pushed by hyun ho.

"damn it! hey."he shouted at hyun ho.

they all started to walk away but then kyung jun walked towards them.

"you motherfucker. why should I listen, you son of a bitch? come here."kyung jun threw a box to the floor.

"fucking bastards."hyun ho just turned towards him annoyed.

hyun ho slowly approached a table with candies.

"words don't get through to you, huh? you need a beating."hyun ho grabbed a can of pringles.

he said it though, words really can't get through to kyung jun. as much as you cared for him...maybe he did need a small beating.

that didn't mean you were going to watch it though.

"i'm going to the restroom real quick, i'll be right back!"you told the other four.

as you walked away you heard things being thrown around.

you turned to a door with the label supply closet. you decided to enter, maybe you'd find something cool.

you opened the door only to find a normal supply closet. very underwhelming, they had the usual brooms, mops, cleaning supplies.

oh they even had bleach...

you finally heard everything come to an end. so you decided to go back. though when you got back you saw yoon seo yelling at kyung jun.

"hey! just stop it, will you?"she yelled while pushing him back.

you quickly ran to her side, if kyung jun laid a hand on her you really wouldn't forgive him this time.

"should I tell everyone what you guys just did? what will they all think? get it together."yoon seo threatened.

"why are you wasting your breath? I think they'll all start voting once we give them the go. how about it? should I click your name?"jung won held her phone up.

"you fucking bitch."kyung jun muttered.

"you should really listen to them!"you got in front of them.

"put that down. we won't tell anyone, so put it down."yoon seo spoke from behind you.

"cmon kyung jun, let's all just have a civilized conversation!"you spoke cheerfully.

he finally gave in and dropped the scissors in his hand. kyung jun sat down at the table with a thud.

"we'll all gather in the auditorium. you guys should come too."yoon seo spoke before walking away.

"keep the snack bar open, for everyone."hyun ho said before also walking away.

the others all started walking away until you were the last one left. kyung jun looked up and locked eyes with you.

you only let out a sigh in response.

"you've really got to stop immediately jumping to violence. people already don't like you."you warned him.

you turned around and walked out the door, hearing him kick something in anger.

,,everyone was finally gathered in the auditorium.

"the reason we gathered everyone isn't to choose who to vote for. it's to convince you not to vote at all."jun hee announced.

"don't vote at all? can we do that?"someone asked.

"if we vote, someone will die no matter what. but if no one votes, everyone can live."jun hee explained.

"what if someone secretly votes after we all agree not to? what happens then?"mina questioned.

"she's right. how can we trust everyone?"ji soo spoke up.

"we'll have to make everyone trust each other. we can collect all the phones so no one can vote."jun hee suggested.

"yeah, no one can vote if we collect all the phones. we can do that."eun ha agreed.

"who's going to manage the phones? that person might change their mind."ji soo said.

"we can collect them and leave them in the middle for all to see."yoon seo proposed.

"yeah we can all keep and eye on them."jung won backed her up.

you simply nodded your head up and down.

"what if someone steals them? I don't want to. i'm not handing mine in."mina rejected the idea.

"this sounds like a good idea. let's hand in ours."yoo joon said to ji soo.

"are you crazy?"she asked him.

it was reasonable they had their concerns but it was a pretty good plan in your opinion.

"who'd steal your phone? just hand it in!"joo young told mina.

you heard them get in to an argument, followed by other people arguing as well.

"you guys are fucking noisy."you heard a familiar voice speak up.

"class president is saying something right for fucking once. why aren't you all cooperating?"kyung jun walked to the middle with a trash can.

"you need to hand your phone in, so no one can vote. every one of you better hand them in. hand it in while I say it nicely."kyung jun placed the bin down then dropped his phone in when he finished speaking.

he was actually on board with the idea...maybe everyone's words, threats, finally got through. you let a small smile form on your face.

one by one everyone dropped in their phones.

when he got to you you mouthed a sorry and dropped in your phone. maybe you had been to harsh with your earlier words.

finally everyone dropped their phones in, even if they had been a bit reluctant at first. kyung jun dropped the trash can down in the middle.

they'd set up a circle of white rope around it and everyone watched to make sure no one did anything.

"one minute left until voting ends."the voice announced.

everyone waited nervously looking at the clock ticking.

"seriously fuck! hey class president! are you sure this is okay?"seung bin shouted out.

"let's wait for now. it's not even midnight yet."jun hee responded.

it felt as if it was an eternity looking at that clock tick. until it finally reached midnight...and then a few seconds past.

"hey, hey! it's past midnight, and theres no announcement. did...did it work?"woo ram sprung up.

"we're fine now right?"somi asked.

you felt relief, it worked...no one would die. you were all safe...

you then heard that horrid siren.

"participants must vote to track down the mafia."the voice spoke.

you heard all the phones start ringing.

"hey what are you doing?"hyun ho shouted at joo young.

"what do you think? if I don't do anything and die, will you fucking take responsibility?"joo young screamed at him.

"she's right."mina agreed.

"guys, hold on! hold on!"jun hee tried to stop them.

"don't blame jun hee for no reason and calm down."somi defended jun hee.

they paused for a few moments but then someone came crashing down. you quickly got up in fear.

"lee soo bin and park ji hoon will be executed for violating the rules."it announced.

as the person who came crashing down stood up another person fell on top of her causing they both to hit the floor. they were surrounded in a puddle of blood.

"lee soo bin and park ji hoon were civilians."the voice revealed their occupations.

you stood there in shock, it failed. even worse it caused even more deaths then voting would have.

you then turned around to see everyone running towards the bin in an attempt to grab their phones.

as they did that you heard more people being executed.

you should probably go get your phone then...this wasn't how you wanted to die.

just as you were about to walk the lights went off and red lights started flashing around the auditorium.

all the light flashing made it so much harder for you to see...would you really be able to find your phone in this chaos?

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I can't believe night has come is ending so soon...but thank you so much for 1000+ reads! also for all the comments, they really bring a smile to my face!

,,yaani