Mason got surprised and called him. Usually that man would say âwe are not that close enough to call each otherâs names,â but he didnât respond. It looks like he canât even hear Masonâs voice.ââŠ.hugh.âActually Noah wasnât himself even before he got on the elevator.Mason is dead. He already knew it, but when he admitted that and came out of the house, something felt distant.When Noah thought about how absurd it was to feel dĂ©jĂ vu from Haley, he thought, âMason is actually dead.â When he thought about that, he started to feel the relationship between Haley and Mason is not important anymore. Everything felt annoyed and futile. Who cares? Mason is dead already. Heâs probably getting all his keepsakes. And who cares if itâs just a robbery?After Noah came out from the house and walked towards the elevator, his head was definitely functioning reasonably. He couldnât just cling on Mason forever, and whenever he hears Mason is going to that rubbish place like Afghan or Yemen, he prepared himself that this was going to happen. He thought of reasonable thoughts like, âSo this is nothing, and since this happened, live light hearted.â Itâs fine. It is fine. I think Iâm finer than I thought. Noah continuously murmured to himself. Itâs fine. Itâs fine. âIf he kept thinking about it, he thought he will be fine. His body felt heavy like itâs drowning under the ocean, but he thought heâs fine.But when the elevator stopped and the light turned off, his body started to shiver. It was like he went back to 7 year old self when he was shoved in the bag. He couldnât breathe, it was hot and cold, and he felt like heâs going to go mad. His body was trembling, sweating cold sweat, and breathing was heavy.He thought he wanted someone to rescue him, but there was no one.Mason is dead. Now no one will take me out of that traveling luggage case. I wonât be able to get out of that bag forever. Noah wanted to scream that his one and only savior have died, but he couldnât move his lips like someone had sewed his lips.My throat is choking, I canât breathe, itâs painful like Iâm going insane, but there is no one. No one or nothing will save me. No one will save me. Continuously. Continuously. Until I die.Noah held his breath because of this rushing fear. That moment when his mind was getting blank.ââŠâŠ.â(Swipe) A little bit of air blew and Noah met a pair of eyes that was looking at him. And,(Slap!)There was a flash. Slap! Slap! Slap! The sound of slapping continued. With an indifferent face, Haleyâs face was right in front of my nose. He was countlessly slapping my two cheeks with his two hands.ââŠ. âŠ.I am, awake, âŠ.heyâŠâNoah tried to talk with his mouth that was not moving. It was still flashing. Haley knew Noah was awake, but he was continuously slapping his two cheeks. Like heâs avenging what happened in the house.âAre you okay? Huh? Well, it looks like youâre still not okay.âMason was staring directly at the eyes of Noah that were coming back to focus, but he ignored them and kept slapping his face. Noah murmured, âThis fuckerâŠ.â Noah forcefully moved his frozen arm and roughly got rid of his hand.âAh⊠Now it looks like you got better.âMasonâs hand got forcefully taken off and smiled like nothing happened putting his hand up. Noah glared at him like is this son of a bitch playing around? But Mason just asked back with his eyes wide opened.âWhy? Well, I was really surprised too. Suddenly you held your chest and panted. I couldnât even carry you out so to make you wake up, I unconsciously. âWell, you donât have like asthma, right?âWhile he was hitting him, Mason slapped him few more times with some feeling in it. He emphasized it was âinevitable choiceâ and played the innocent. Noah knew the truth, but he wasnât in a situation where he can complain about that. He bit his pale lips and said.ââŠ.I just have a light fear of being in a narrow and dark place.ââReally? It didnât look that light though.âClaustrophobia, is it something like this? Mason purposely said it indifferently, and Noah frowned and glared at him. His eyes were like, what is this bastard? But in this kind of situation, the one who he needs is not a scrupulous non-professional just an indifferent idiot, so Mason pretended not to know and asked.âDo you not have your medicine?âââŠ. I was trying to change the medicine that I was takingâŠ.ââXanax? You donât take that anymore?âââŠ..âThis time he didnât answer his question. He had a face âwhy am I talking useless thing with you.â He frowned and bit his lips, and it looked that the previous questions were answered because he was not right in his mind.Mason scratched his cheek. His expression got better, and both of his cheeks got swelled so it looks like he has some color, but he was still not normal. Although he got better, it was compared to before when he couldnât breathe. His breathe was still heavy and sweated cold sweat.ââŠ..Should I hold your hand?âThey didnât have any medicine and didnât know when they will be going out. He wonât like it, but Mason asked. Noah looked at him like he heard something crazy.ââââââââââââââââââââââIâm BAAAAACK guys! Thanks for waiting! Did you guys noticed? I changed the cover picture of Kill the Lights! I think the picture on the left is Noah Raycarlton and picture on the right is Mason Taylor and Haley Lusk