Chapter 8：Twist

Without even looking at his face, I could tell that it was him. He strong shoulders and that sexy posture. Everything just screamed that it was him.

Changkyun... of Monsta X.

Changkyun is known as being that most random guy in the group. He always spays the weirdest cringy things ever. He turns around slowly and winks at me. Well, I guess winking is a new way to greet someone now. I gesture my arms towards the living area and plaster a smile on my face.

"Welcome!" My voice sounded a bit annoyed, although I tried my best not to make it like that. I mean what is with the members disappearing on me? I feel like I am being dumped every single time. Chankgyun walks over to me with a smile on his face. We both looked like we were forcing each other to smile.

As soon as he reaches near me. He raises both of his hands and touches my face as every other member did. I keep the smile plastered and look at him in amusement. What is he going to do now? To my surprise, instead of touching my cheeks softly, Changkyun pinches them. I grunt at the pain and look at him confusingly. He looked a bit angry but amused at the same time.

"What do you mean Welcome? I have been with you the whole time."

"Okay. Okay... let me go. It hurts." My cheeks start to hurt but the pain was bearable. I wanted to get out of this situation as soon as possible. I can't bear the embarrassment.

"I don't want to!" Changkyun was nowhere willing to let go of my cheeks.

Guess it was time to use my number one weapon. Tears start to form in my eyes. As soon as Chankyun sees that he stops pinching my cheeks. I walk towards the nearest mirror I could find and look at my cheeks. They were fully red but I don't think that it was due to the pinch but more of because of embarrassment. I put my cold hands on my cheeks to bring the redness down.

Changkyun comes and stands beside me. He looked concerned. His hands reach for my shoulder and turn me to face him. I don't remove my hands from the face and look down. His hands reach out and remove my hands from my face. He slowly touches my cheeks and looks at me worried.

"I am sorry, Angel. I didn't mean to hurt you." He slowly creases my cheeks. He doesn't have to be sorry. The redness is not because of pain, its there because of embarrassment. Changkyun slowly approaches my face and kisses my cheeks softly. His cold soft lips make me feel calm but I feel like my cheeks will get even redder.

"Better?" Changkyun gently creases my cheeks. I just nod at him to assure him. As soon he sees me nodding, he starts smiling again. Like a huge stress was taken away from him.

"That's a relief. You almost made me worried, Angel." Changkyun doesn't move his hands away from my face.

"Why?" I ask him with one of my eyebrows raised.

Why would he be worried about me? Something about these situations just sounds a lot weirder by the second. Monsta X only has 7 members, and all the members have appeared. Kihyun, Shownu, Minhyuk, Hyungwon, Wonho, Jooheon and Chankgyun now. Is everything going to be over after this? I don't want things to be over. It has been a while since I felt this feeling of belonging.

"You won't understand it. Even if I explained it to you, Angel." Changkyun puts the tiny hair behind my ears. I hate the mysterious side of people.

"What do you mean? I am not a kid!" I start pouting at him. I mean things don't have to be as complicated as the members make it.

Changkyun moves his hands and puts a finger on my lips. I look down at his hands and then back at his face. What is he doing?

"You shouldn't get too curious, Angle."

Changkyun removes his hands from my face and walks me towards the door of the flat. Are we going outside? He grabs a coat from hooks and makes me wear it. He roles the muffler scarf around my neck. I look at him confused.

"You are not forgetting what today is, are you?" Changkyun asks me curiously.

I don't know what today is at all. I mean today is Christmas and that's it. Changkyun grabs his coat and put it on as well. Since when was that coat over there? He opens the door and goes out. I just follow behind as well.

Changkyun locks the door and starts whistling while going towards the lift. He presses the lifts button and we both wait in silence. Changkyun looked excited and happy but I looked confused. All of a sudden Changkyun starts checking his pockets like he has lost something. He looked at me.

"I have forgotten my phone. Wait for me a while downstairs, I will be back soon." I just nod in return.

The lift arrives and I go inside and press the button. Changkyun disappears from my sight. I lean on the side of the lift and look back at my day. It was a chaos and full of excitement. I feel like I was still dreaming but you cannot sleep in your dreams. Can you? One thing I cannot understand is that why would members disappear? Was this really magic?

I walk out of the lift and feel the door behind me close. Wait. The members disappeared or changed while I was away. Does that mean that Changkyun is going to disappear as well? But if Changkyun is going to disappear then who would appear next? Monsta X only has 7 members. Does that mean everything is over?

No, it can't be. Why would someone disappear on me again without telling me? This is not possible. It's not true. This must be a joke. I try and press the lift button again but the lift had already reached the top floor. It would take a while before it arrives.

I find the emergency exit and run the stairs. This can't be possible. Isn't magic suppose to leave you with a happy ending? How can this be possible? I finally arrive at my floor. My breath was heavy. I walk towards my apartment door. The door was open this time. Everything felt like De Ja Vu.

I slowly open my apartment door and enter. Everything still looked the same as I left it minutes ago. Something felt different though like there was a huge tension inside the apartment.

I walk inside and find a figure standing near the TV. His shoulder was familiar and everything about him screamed run. Run as you did at that time. He is not safe. He turns around and everything felt like it was happening in slow motions.

His cold eyes that put a dagger straight through me. His wicked smile that I escaped from years ago. Why? This is not what I was expecting? Why do I have to live in the same fear again? I escaped him once and I can escape again.

"Don't think of running away, Night." Night? That's right. That is my name. It has been ages since I have heard him call my name.

"Hold her boys." What does he mean? I turn around and find two men in a black suit. They were not here before, since when they come here?

"You know you won't get anything out it." I try my best to sound confident and not let him be able to find my weakness.

"Night. You may have fooled me once but not again."

A hand covers my mouth. The smell of chloroform fills my head. Everything becomes dizzy. I thought this was the ending but when did it change to the beginning. I can't go back to square one again. I thought I escaped him for eternity but I was right under his nose. I thought I was away but we were always close.

I have thrown my past away but never thought that it would always stay with me. What about Monsta X? Was that all a trap?

I knew it. I should have never been involved. Tears roll down my cheeks and everything turns black. I felt like I was falling through an endless pit like I did once but now I was falling again.