????，kang sae-byeok ; finished.

𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏：𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓 14，𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚，2021
𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅
𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔：𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚，𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆
𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕：1761
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𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏：𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒏

im cringing because of my writing style. might edit this in the future gosh.

*cue the coffin dance lol*

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The rest soon arrived back at the room and was stunned to see Mi-nyeo laying down on her bed comfortably. She sat cross legged on the bed and waved her fingers at 101. "Hey Deok-su. You're finally back."

"You... How..."

"What? Does it feel like your mother's back from the dead?" She scoffed, "Those masked guys said I'm the weakest link. That's what we called someone left without a partner when we were kids." She pointed at them, "You've all heard of it. The weakest link!"

She laughed, "Then they nicely escorted me back here." She placed a hand in her hair, "What did they say? Not abandoning the weakest kid was a beautiful rule the kids used to keep back in the day. Something like that. God, damn. Isn't that fucking cool?"

She continued to laugh at Deok-su's angered expression while the rest headed to their beds. The men in red soon handed the remaining players potatoes and water as they all ate in silence.

Sae-byeok sniffled, not getting used to the absence of your presence. For her, it was just like yesterday when you helped her deal with 101. For her, you leaving is her worst fear. For her, you were everything.

She can't imagine living one more day without you, a day where she felt safe, a day where she felt at home. She never expected to be this attached to someone, to cry more than she did when her father died, to want a person more than anything in this world.

Because you... you have a special place in her heart. A place where no one could ever get to. A place where she felt extreme emotions. A place where it craves you more than anything else.

At this moment, she did not care about the money at all. All she wanted was you. For her to be back in your arms, for you to be there when she needs love and for you to protect her. She held onto your jacket tightly as she sniffled.

(i thought of making Ji-yeong alive and help her get through y/n's death but i just can't bring myself to kill her on this bridge part😭)

She wants you.

She needs you.

She wanted to die...

069 (💀💀💀) stood up from his bed and made his way in the middle. "Let's end this. I can't do this anymore." (bruh you think you're the only one who can't do this anymore?)

He sobbed as his breath trembled, "We can stop if the majority just agrees. If the nine of us agree, we can get out of here. Doesn't anyone want to leave? If you wish to leave with me," He placed a hand in his chest, "please stand up."

He glanced at each player with a horrified look written on his face as he started to sob harder than before. He screamed, "How could you call yourselves humans? You really want to continue this insanity? Because of that money!"