AUTHOR'S NOTE: MAJOR SPOILERS FOR SEVEN'S ROUTE!!

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"Why am I the only one who remembers? Am I a mistake in the program or something?"

He handed the paper back to her, and she set her glass of wine down.

"I don't know. But I wouldn't call you a mistske. A glitch maybe? I mean, other than me, you're the only other one I've come across."

She sat quietly as he read it.

"What is "the game"? You said it was something called "Mystical Messenger" right?"

"'Mystic Messenger.' It's a romance game with a bit of a twist. It's basically everything you've experienced and more. I learn more about you all, and on the 5th day, I fall in love with someone (except for Jaehee the straighty) and I help them be happier. On the 11th day, it all resets and their memories are wiped."

"Oh. I'm still having a bit of trouble wrapping my head around this... do you know what happened to Saeran? Do you even know who he is?"

"I have some idea... I went on social media and saw some of the spoilers. He's working with Mint Eye... they brainwashed him. I'm so sorry, Seven..."

He sat in silence with his head towards the floor.

"The special security system will be acti- acti- act... act..." A woman's voice said.

"What?" Seven got up and looked at the panel next to the front door.

MC ran to the bedroom when she heard glass breaking. Seven was still occupied with the panel.

"God... I didn't plan on making a sound but I suppose I failed on that. Hey, miss just stay there. You'll hurt your feet if you step on glass. I'm climbing over the window."

MC saw a man who had white hair with pink tips climb through the bedroom window. He seemed a little familiar, but she couldn't place him. He was wearing a mask.

"Do you know who I am?" He was standing a foot in front of her.

"The hacker...?!" She realized.

"Smart lady. You might be able to understand me then. Wow, it feels so strange to see it like this. Do you know that? I'm the one who first talked to you about that missing phone. I left that strange message a couple days ago... and I'm the one who sent that email. How was the email I sent? It is an invitation. Our paradise, where everyone is happy. Magenta of hopes and dreams. I've come to take you there... the RFA is only filled with false hope. Especially those men named V and Luciel, they are all lying. I will explain everything once we get to Magenta." He walked closer towards her.

"What are you talkingtalking about? I'm not going anywhere!"

"Sorry, but you don't have any say. You entered the RFA because of me. And thanks to me, you'll be able to get out. You may not understand this now... but this is all for us to live in heaven. You will be happy in the end too." He grabbed MC's arm.

"I'm not going anywhere! Seven! Help me!"

"I expected you to resist... but you yelling out that-"

"MC!" Seven called and rushed to the bedroom.

"Shit! Why? Why are you here?! I thought I could finally put you in pain...!" The intruder exclaimed.

"You're the hacker, right? Guess you're not completely shameless since you're covering yourself. You'll go to jail for breaking and entering. How did I not hear you come in? I must have been too preoccupied checking the security system." He looked at MC. "MC, be careful of the glass. You'll get hurt if you step on it." He looked back at the intruder. "First, why don't you let go of that lady over there? I hated that the agency made me go through physical training... but I guess it did help." He said more to himself than anybody.

"Even now, all you do is just ruin my life..." The intruder said.

"Huh? You know me?" Confusion came across Seven's face. He had never met that person before. At least... he didn't think he did.

"You probably don't know. I'm sure you've long forgotten about me." Seven watched as the man pulled down the cloth that covered his face. "You still don't know?"

"No way..." He breathed.

"I guess now you do."

"Seven, do you know him?" MC asked, obviously confused.

"That's... did you know about this?!" He yelled at MC.

"What? Seven, I don't know what you're talking about! Who is he? I can't see his face!"

"I prayed so that I wouldn't meet you. Because I knew seeing you would remind me of my pathetic life...!" The stranger said.

"What-what happened? Why are you...! Why are you here?! You're Saeran, right...?" Seven asked.

MC could hear his voice break and her eyes widened at the realization.

"Don't call me that. You don't deserve to say that name."

"You're the one who copied my algorithm...? God... when did you learn to hack?! Who taught you?"

"Shut up!" He yelled and pressed the gun he was holding up against MC's head.

"Why are you doing this? Rika told me that you..."

"You... don't you dare say that name."

"What?"

"Traitor! All the names you spit out will be contaminated, so shut up!"

"Something bad happened, right? That's why you're here? But Rika would never have lied to me...!"

The look of betrayal was displayed across his face. It made MC's heart hurt a little.

"You're the one lying. I can tell, don't pretend you don't know."

"I'm not lying!" Seven yelled.

"You're not? That promise about protecting me, about being together, all lies... even your last promise when you told me that we will be happy after escaping that hellish place was a lie. I remember all of them. I know that you changed your name to Luciel to get rid of me. Don't tell me you don't remember."

"That... I had no choice! It's all too much to explain now..."

"Shut up!" His grip on MC tightened and Seven noticed her flinch.

"What do you mean you had no choice...?" He chuckled. "Eat those pathetic lies of yours. You're uncontrollable. Covering lies with more lies... I knew you were lowly. My savior was right."

"'Savior'? Saeran, I don't know what people told you... but I thought you were doing well. I asked Rika to see a photo of you laughing. I knew I couldn't meet you but I always prayed for you to be happy..."

"Shut up! I don't want to hear it. Stop lying!" He dug his nails into MC's arm.

She sucked air through her teeth and tightly closed her eyes.

"First... let MC go, and let's talk. Please? Let's take care of this together... you hate me right now, right? She has nothing to do with this."

"You're getting this wrong. I brought her here, so she's mine."

"There's no need to involve her in this! Don't do something to her because of me... please...!" The panic in his voice was clear.

"Hmm... do you have feelings for this girl or something?"

"I..." He looked at her with worried eyes, and then back to Saeran. "Even if I do, it's useless." His worried expression was replaced wih sadness.

"So you do have feelings for her. I can read everything on your mind, you know. So I can just do whatever I want to this girl to make you suffer, right?"

"Seven! I... I love you!" She blurted.

"What...?" Seven asked, shocked.

"Love? I guess you two were being lovey dovey when I shivered in my loneliness." Saeran said.

"What? That's not it! MC, don't move!"

"Let me play with you guys, hmm?" He tugged on the back of her head.

She winced again and a tear rolled down her cheek from her teary eyes. She thought she was going to die.

"How will I play with you? If you want to be officially inducted, you'll have to go through training..." He grinned next to her ear. "Oh, a lot is coming to my mind..." He said as he looked at Seven, evilly.

"Saeran... just take me instead!" Seven exclaimed.

"A stranger has been located." They heard a woman's voice say from the living room.

"What is it saying?" Saeran asked.

"The special security system... I restarted it and it's only starting to work now..." Seven said.

"Sensed location of stranger... adjusting target." It said.

"It's sensing you as a stranger, Saeran." Seven told him.

"What?" He asked.

"The whole place will explode if we stay here like this. Get out of here!" Seven yelled.

"Backing up all information. After the back up is complete, the bomb will be activated. Twenty seconds left." The system said.

"We'll all die if we don't get out!" Seven yelled.

"Shit!" Saeran said.

"MC! Right now!" Seven told her.

She elbowed Saeran's side and headbutted him and ran to Seven who embraced her in his arms.

"Ten seconds left. Nine seconds."

"Saeran, why did we have to meet like this...?"

"Shit..."

"Six seconds. Five seconds."

"Get out! You'll die like this!"

"Shit... shit! I won't forgive you next time... I'll get payback for everything including today!" He rushed towards the broken window.

"Sensing stranger's movement. Readjusting target. Readjusting. Readjusting."

They both saw him climb out of the window.

"Stranger missing. Stop attack. The special security system is now under lookout mode."

"Thank god... it stopped." Seven said.

MC backed away slightly and looked up at him. "Seven, are you okay?" Her eyes were still wet with tears.

"I don't know... I don't think either of us are okay... god... shit..."

"That was your brother, right...?"

"Yes... MC, I'm sorry, but please keep what happened with him a secret. You can forget it completely... no, that will actually be better. Since it was a traumatic experience... don't tell anyone in the RFA about him... please."

She could tell that it was important. She also knew that if the RFA did know, they'd start looking for him and go after him. They wouldn't only be in danger, but it would hurt Seven too...

"I won't. I promise."

"Thank you. I'll see the end to this for sure, so don't worry. I'm so, so sorry for putting you in danger. I should... finish rebuilding the special security system here."

"Don't be sorry. It's not your fault." She reached up to stroke his arm and grabbed her own. "Ow..." She said, quietly.

"Did he hurt you? Where is it?"

"It's fine, Seven. It's not that big a deal."

"Let me see. I want to make sure you're not bleeding."

"Seven, I-"

"Let me see, MC!"

"I..." She sighed and took off her shirt to reveal the nail marks on her bicep. They were bleeding slightly.

"That-" Seven sighed. "I'll get you some Band-Aids. Wait here."

"I'm able to walk. You don't need to-"

Before she could finish her sentence, he was looking around in the bathroom. She sat down on the bed and waited for him to get back.

"I also found some cream to help it not get infected. Let me see." He sat down next to her and applied the cream.

She lightly sucked air through her teeth.

He put the cap back on the container and placed the Band-Aid over the marks.

"MC... why did you say that you love me...?"

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Yes, the majority of this is from the actual game. It is important to the story, I promise. Also, I wrote a lot more so I'll be spamming them haha. The last one will take a while though so please be patient! Again, please leave comments! Even negative ones, I love hearing ways to improve my writing! Bye, and thanks for reading!