Chapter 140 : Haunted House
Chapter 140: Haunted House
“I hear the sound of catching Choco Haim inside.”
Jin Sehyun muttered quietly while stroking his chin.
Choco Haim?
I didn’t know about that, but I definitely heard the sound of catching a water deer.
His voice, which was already high-tension, had almost reached the maximum pitch today.
“Uwoaaeeek! Please save meee!”
What on earth was happening inside?
If Seo Haim was in that state, then Seo Ian, who went in with him, was probably….
“Ian hyung surprisingly doesn’t seem scared?”
“He’s probably screaming silently.”
“R-really?”
But I knew for sure that hyung couldn’t possibly be fine.
He was most likely covering his mouth right now, stomping his feet in panic.
But I couldn’t afford to worry about the two who went in first.
Because it was my turn next.
I was going in second, together with Ha Junseo and Kang Siwoo….
Ssshhk—
I tried hiding my body behind Kang Siwoo’s broad back.
Peeking my head slightly to the side, I asked Jin Sehyun, who was waiting for his turn.
“Like this, you can’t see me, right?”
“Seohan, think about your height. How could you possibly hide?”
“I’m still kind of like a hamster, you know.”
“…?”
“The Dusty fans said so… but….”
My voice weakened as I lost confidence.
Even I knew it was a bit far-fetched, so a cough slipped out.
“Ahem.”
“Seohan, you….”
I was trembling, so please just understand.
Avoiding Jin Sehyun’s obvious gaze, I turned to the pitch-black entrance.
Without a flashlight, it seemed like I couldn’t even see an inch ahead.
“Hoo….”
But after taking a deep breath, I felt a little calmer.
I was just needlessly scared because it was called a haunted house.
“Honestly, it’s not as scary as I thought.”
Somehow, I had ended up with the image of someone who was terrified of these things, but that wasn’t true.
Unlike Haim hyung, who would make a fuss, I was confident I could just walk in quietly and come back out without panicking.
Stretching my arms as a warm-up, I added calmly.
“I’m not that scared of ghosts. Because they don’t really exist.”
“Do Seohan, in exactly ten minutes you’ll regret saying that.”
“But people are scary.”
Since what was inside were people…. Anyway, that was that.
Meanwhile, Cha Seongbin and Jin Sehyun, who were waiting for their turn behind us, were chatting casually.
“Sehyun, what would you do if you met a ghost?”
“I’d have to ask how they managed to fix themselves to the horizon coordinate system.”
“…What about Seohan?”
Well….
Amid the confusing conversation of the hyungs, I answered calmly.
“I’d beg for my life. Since they used to be human, they should understand words.”
“What’s with the ‘used to be human’ part….”
“Ahak hak hak!”
I was being serious, but somehow the hyungs were delighted.
While Cha Seongbin was holding his stomach, laughing, a staff member hurried over.
“Alright, next team, please enter!”
Damn.
It was finally time to go in.
“Seohan, you’re following, right?”
We slowly moved forward, relying on the flashlight’s beam.
Inside the haunted house, covered in pitch-black darkness.
If we reached out carelessly, traps making eerie noises were scattered everywhere.
Creeeak—
The sound of a door scraping the floor echoed annoyingly.
Since our youngest seemed really scared… the hyungs took the lead.
Ha Junseo brushed away the hair blocking his face and asked Seohan, who was behind him.
“Hair in front.”
“Ugh… uh…!”
A groan of despair came out.
At this rate, I wasn’t sure if he could even complete the mission.
I wasn’t sure if he was holding the flashlight properly.
Ha Junseo threw a casual remark to Seohan, who was following behind.
“Seohan, you’re alive, right?”
“Of course….”
Surprisingly, the reply came instantly.
“Actually, coming into the darkness like this… it feels kind of calming. How should I say it, it’s not as scary as I thought… ah!”
Do Seohan flinched at the shadow on the wall and clutched his chest.
His voice, with the confidence already gone, grew weaker.
“Anyway, it’s not as scary as I thought….”
So he was really scared.
The fact that he kept talking made it obvious.
Kang Siwoo smirked and spoke to Seohan.
“If you’re scared, just sing one of our songs.”
In places like this, if you shut your eyes tight and sing, it usually helps you endure.
Unfortunately, that didn’t seem to work on Seohan.
“Sing…?”
While Seo Haim was the type to flail dramatically, jumping around in panic, Seohan just froze on the spot, flinching in surprise over and over.
So yeah, singing wouldn’t help at all.
“I’m too nervous, I forgot the lyrics.”
“Come here.”
At this rate, we’d never get out.
Kang Siwoo, unable to watch any longer, dragged Do Seohan along.
All we had to do was step where Ha Junseo, who was checking the path, guided us.
It wasn’t like the inside was a complicated maze; after a few turns, the bright exit would appear.
“There’s a bridge up ahead. Watch your step~.”
“Ugh, I feel like something’s going to jump out from underneath….”
“In places like this, something popping out is practically a national rule.”
“Please don’t say things like that.”
With a tearful face, Seohan carefully stretched out his leg.
At that very moment.
Bad premonitions always had a way of becoming reality.
“…!”
Something grabbed Seohan’s ankle from beneath the bridge.
The chilling sensation made the hair on his head stand on end.
“Uwaaaahhh!”
At the same time, Do Seohan shot off to the other side.
A post by Ha Junseo went up on the Universe board.
As soon as they arrived at the pension in the evening, he gave the Dusty fans a tiny spoiler about their self-filmed content.
[[Junseo] We did something fun today]
Especially the younger members had such a blast.
I think they enjoyed it way too much.
Hint
Gwi-shi└eu-i jip!
A haunted house? The members all went together???
Hahahahaha Junseo, are you sure they were enjoying it?
└Do Seohan and Seo Haim?
└If fainting from joy counts as fun, then I’ll allow it.
└LOL
└Ha Junseo, your sarcasm, lol, that’s too harsh ㅠㅠㅠ
A haunted house??? I’ll wait desperately for Stardust’s self-content.
└Was it for reality filming?
└Must be a comeback soon, ha… I’m so happy.
└Junseo, while you’re at it, why don’t you spoil the comeback date too ㅠㅠㅠ
Is Choco Haim okay? If it was a haunted house, Haim must’ve melted down completely.
└Maybe he froze solid.
└Haim, you’re alive, right?
└Seeing how Haim, who usually replies in the comments, hasn’t shown up today, he’s probably fainted and collapsed….
└LOL
└I still have that staff meme pic, guys.
└Just thinking about it makes me melt ㅠㅠ
Thinking about Do Hamjji trembling makes me bang my head on the desk, I shouldn’t, but I want to see it.
└LOL, terrified Do Seohan, how long has it been?
└Do Seohan, who’s usually strong inside and unshaken by most things… breaking down in front of a haunted house.
└He must’ve collapsed completely, LOL.
└Doubles, please at least release a teaser ㅠㅠ
Beneath that, Do Seohan sneaked in.
[Seohan]: I’m fine, wasn’t scared at all!
But no fan believed that comment.
“Seohan, don’t you have any conscience?”
Tap—
Checking the comment Seohan posted, Ha Junseo set down the meat tongs.
Who was the one earlier who grabbed onto my arm in the haunted house and thrashed around….?
‘Uwaaaah! Hyung, save me!’
‘Don’t worry. You’re alive, Seohan!’
‘That doesn’t comfort me at all… uwaaah!’
Compared to that staff episode, Do Seohan’s reactions had actually been one of the calmer ones.
But that time it was in a relatively bright studio, and this time his ankle had been grabbed right in the middle of a pitch-black haunted house….
Image aside, the screams for survival burst out naturally.
“Haah….”
Seohan laughed awkwardly and took the meat Kang Siwoo offered into his mouth.
“Still, you did well, Seohan.”
“As long as I survived safely, isn’t that enough?”
The healing trip that morning had turned out rather spectacular.
Personally, the desire to go to an amusement park vanished from my heart for the next three years.
While chewing meat, Seohan picked up a bag of marshmallows from the table.
“Can I roast those later?”
“Sure, Haim said he wanted some too.”
“Then I’ll get them ready.”
While searching for skewers to roast the marshmallows on, a vibration buzzed in his pocket.
With eyes wide, Seohan shoved his hand into his pocket.
Bzzzz—
Bzzzz—
He tried ignoring it a few times, but since it kept going, he couldn’t leave it be.
Seohan placed the chopsticks he had brought from the kitchen onto the table and checked the caller ID.
[Lee Dokyung]
‘What does this hyung want now?’
From time to time we checked in on each other, but we weren’t the type to stay in touch often, so it was unexpected.
Since it was him, I couldn’t help but wonder if he had some kind of scheme again….
Fortunately, that didn’t seem to be the case.
-I have my final tomorrow
“Ah.”
I had completely forgotten that tomorrow was the live finale of Boy’s Dream.
I had overheard it from hyung, but I hadn’t had the time to care because of comeback preparations.
Since Ray had already left, and Lee Junhyeok and Jang Juwon were eliminated in the second round, I had naturally lost interest on that side.
That was that, but why did he send me this text?
I frowned, trying to figure out the meaning behind it.
‘Don’t tell me the final mission?’
If the final mission turned out to be an artist collaboration, I was going to block Lee Dokyung right away.
But instead, an entirely random text followed.
-You debuted in first place on Starf
-God-Seohan
-Give me some energy
-Let me debut, please give me some energy
“Hm?”
What was this hyung even saying.
It was nonsense, so I ignored it.
But then.
Bzzz—
Bzzz—
“Who is it?”
At the persistent vibration, Kang Siwoo tilted his head curiously.
I gave an awkward laugh and switched my phone to silent mode.
-Just once
-Please
-We have loyalty, don’t we~~
-Please give me some energy
I thought it was a joke, but he seemed quite serious.
‘Has he gone crazy.’
Do Seohan grimaced and shook his head.
“Why is this hyung like this….”
But I couldn’t say I didn’t understand at all.
Before a final, it was natural to feel restless and want something to lean on.
Since he was sending it so desperately, I couldn’t just ignore him.
If he wanted energy from someone who had already debuted,
Well, fine, I could give him some.
-Energy
Hmm.
“This should do, right?”
I sent the reply and popped a piece of meat into my mouth.