The bell rings again
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This is my next chapter
🕗[08:00 AM – Taehyung’s Room]
TAE gasps awake, drenched in sweat. His alarm buzzes annoyingly. He stares at the clock — 8:00 AM.
Kim teahyung
was it a dream
Kim teahyung
{He grabs his phone}
Jeon Jungkook
Yeah, sleepyhead, late again? 😒
Kim teahyung
(TAE drops the phone onto the bed, staring blankly.)😰
Kim teahyung
(whispers): The same call…
Jeon Jungkook
Don’t ignore me. Hurry. Today’s special.
Kim teahyung
(Panicking)This… this is exactly what happened before. The bell. The shadow. The scream…
He rubs his face, trembling. His reflection in the mirror looks pale, almost ghostly.
Kim teahyung
Am I… losing my mind?
The courtyard is full of students. Laughter, chatter. Everything looks normal—too normal.
Jung Hoseok
WOOOO!! Farewell day!!! 🎉🎉
Park jimin
Hyung, seriously 😭 everyone’s staring.
Kim namjoon
At least he hasn’t tripped—
Kim namjoon
[He trips instantly on the same rock.]
Kim seocjin
Some things never change
Tae freezes. His breath catches.
Kim teahyung
(thinking): Same words. Same timing. Even the same stumble. It’s… repeating.
Kim seocjin
{Jin looks uneasy. He glances at the others.}
Kim seocjin
Déjà vu…? Didn’t we… say this already?
Min yongi
(frowning): What?
Kim teahyung
You… you remember too?!
Kim seocjin
(nervous): I… I don’t know. Just feels… off.
[09:10 AM – Gate Bell Rings]
The school bell rings. But louder. Too sharp. Everyone covers their ears.
Jung Hoseok
No! No, no, no… this isn’t normal!!
Min yongi
(clutching his head): Make it stop!!
Jeon Jungkook
It’s the same… the same as before.
Kim teahyung
Yesterday… today… it’s happening again.
The ringing stops abruptly. An eerie silence falls over the courtyard.
[09:30 AM – Classroom 3B]
The group gathers. Everyone looks shaken. Tae sits in the back, gripping the edge of his desk.
Park jimin
Okay… no jokes. Something’s wrong.
Min yongi
Took you long enough to notice.
Kim namjoon
(pointing): Look.
The chalk floats slowly, scraping against the blackboard. This time it writes slower, more deliberate.
Blackboard: “YOU CAN’T ESCAPE.”
The sound of chalk against the board is like nails scratching glass. The letters stretch across the board in jagged lines.
Jung Hoseok
(voice trembling): Yesterday it said… “Don’t leave.”
Jung Hoseok
(backing away)It’s… changing. It knows we’re here.
Kim teahyung
(thinking): It knows we’re aware.
Min yongi
(low): This isn’t a prank. This is real.
Kim teahyung
{The group runs to the doors. Tae pulls hard, shaking the handle}.
Kim teahyung
Again It won’t open!!
Jeon Jungkook
(slamming his shoulder into it)
Jung Hoseok
(checking the window) Hyung… look!!
They all peer outside. The world is frozen again. Students in the playground are stuck mid-laugh, mid-step, like statues.
Min yongi
THEY’RE NOT MOVING!!
Min yongi
… Time. It’s stopped again.
Jeon Jungkook
No… not again. This is… a loop.
Kim teahyung
{Tae grabs Jungkook’s wrist suddenly, squeezing tightly.}
Kim namjoon
(flipping through old records): There has to be a reason. There has to—
Park jimin
(crying softly): I don’t want to die again…
Min yongi
Again? What do you mean, again?
Park jimin
(Terrified) I… I saw it. Yesterday. The shadow. It grabbed me. Then… nothing. Darkness. And now… here I am again.
Everyone stares in horror. The air feels heavier.
Jung Hoseok
You’re saying… we’ve died before?
Tae (pulling out the diary again, voice shaking)
Kim teahyung
“The last bell never ends. If you hear it, the day belongs to me.”
Jeon Jungkook
(Slamming the desk)Belongs to WHO?!
Glass shatters above them. Dust rains down. The shadow slithers across the ceiling, whispering louder this time.
voice
“You… remember… good… good…”
They rush out of the library, panting. Hoseok stumbles, falling on the stairs.
Jung Hoseok
AHH!! My ankle!!
Kim teahyung
(grabs him, pulling him up): Don’t stop! Come on!
voice
(louder, echoing): “DON’T… ESCAPE…”
Kim seocjin
(screaming): RUN!!
The group bursts inside, gasping for breath. The massive clock hands twitch violently.
Min yongi
It’s almost noon… maybe if we survive until—
The clock hands JERK forward. The bell tolls.
Jeon Jungkook
(panting, grabbing Tae’s hand): Tae… if this is real… stay with me.
Kim teahyung
I will. Always.
The bell should strike noon. But instead…
The sound is deafening. The walls tremble. Everyone screams as darkness swallows them whole.
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