episode_0046

On the way back home after visiting my sick sister.

“Ah. Now that I think about it, I’ve run out of food ingredients. I should go buy some.”

“Then I’ll go buy it by myself. Seoyeon. Go in first. You’ve been standing all this time, it’s hard.”

“Still…”

“Because I have a baby too. I’m worried.”

“…”

“Let’s eat Italian food today. I feel good seeing my little sister’s face. Let’s eat something delicious.”

“Minjun’s food…♥ Hehehe…♥ Want to eat…♥”

“Okay. I’ll buy what I want and go. Go in first.”

“I wanted to go on a date…♥ Okay. It might be hard on the baby.”

“Yeah.”

“Then you have to come quickly…♥ I get lonely if Minjun isn’t by my side even for a second.. Sob. Sob.”

It’s really cute when you pretend to cry.

“I’ll go quickly.”

“Okay. I’ll wait. Okay..,♥”

Seoyeon grabbed my shoulder and kissed my cheek.

“Hehe.”

We parted ways, going our separate ways.

***

The woman who had been following us from behind looked at us for a moment and then followed Seoyeon.

****

Seoyeon, who arrived at the nearby house, sat down and thought about what had happened up to that point.

From the first time Minjun attacked me, to now…

“It’s all because of this baby. Thank you…♥ Because of you, Minjun only thinks of me…♥ Oh, right. We need to decide where to get married. We need to go on a honeymoon, too. Where should we go? Jeju Island. America, Vietnam, France… Okay. Let’s go to Italy. We both like the food there. And also. It’ll be really hard to have sex when Minjun’s family comes to the house. We need to find a house. Hmm… But if I leave right away, they might not like me. Let’s spend time together first and build up our feelings for each other. We’re in the late stages of pregnancy anyway. We won’t be able to have sex. And it’ll be hard after the baby is born because we’ll be busy. I guess I could use some help. ”

I took a nearby chocolate and put it in my mouth.

“Uuuum…♥ What Minjun made was so delicious…♥ Ah. And let’s buy a house and move there. Not too far, but not too close either…♥”

Seoyeon whispered while rubbing her stomach.

“Baby…♥ Hurry up and grow up so we can play together. Woohehe…♥ Finally… Finally, Minjun is mine. We’ll live like this for the rest of our lives. We’ll have sex every day until he becomes a grandfather, and then we’ll die together. There will be hard times and painful times. But we’ll rely on each other and overcome it. It’s the power of love…♥”

Ring ring.

“Ah. I guess Minjun is here.”

Thud, thud.

“What the. You came early.”

Thud, thud.

“At least I left my wallet behind…”

“…”

“Who are you?”

“…”

“Who, who are you? Come in. This is my house.”

The woman facing him smiled and approached him, holding the blade in her left hand.

“Die.”

***

When I finished the chapter, I came back with my hands full of ingredients.

Did I buy too much?

It doesn’t matter since I’ll be using it someday anyway if I just stack it in the fridge.

Bianca, do you want some too?

“…”

Bianca?

“Khuhhh…”

Why are you laughing all of a sudden, Bianca? Are you going to eat something?

“No. I won’t eat it.”

Really…? Got it…

After finishing my shopping, I headed home.

But strangely, the house door was open.

I thought Seoyeon opened it by mistake.

So I went into the house without any suspicion.

“Seoyeon-ah. I’m back. It’s a little late. You must be hungry. Make it quickly…”

Under the soles of my feet, blood was flowing out, soaking wet.

As I slowly turned my gaze towards the direction in which I was coming out, I saw Seoyeon lying in the distance.

“Seo Yeon-ah.”

“…”

“Seoyeon-ah!”

I ran to her and picked her up.

There was a large blade wound on his neck, and blood continued to flow out from it.

I tried to block the wound, but too much blood had already been lost.

“Report. Report first. 119. Please. Please come quickly. Oh! Hello. My wife is bleeding from a wound in her neck. Please come quickly. My wife is dying right now.”

Thud, thud.

“Huh? Where is this? Where is it? ”

Thud, thud.

“Why can’t I remember? Please. Please. Think. Ah. Ah. Here…”

Thud, thud.

I tried to raise my head and think. At that moment, a figure appeared on the black TV screen.

He was coming towards me with a knife in one hand.

That was right nearby too.

“Oh.”

The moment I turned around, the guy ran towards me and tried to stab me with a knife.

“Ah…”

I tried to stop it, but the knife was already on the verge of piercing my neck.

As the thought of death crossed my mind, someone grabbed me and pulled me backwards.

Because of that, the guy’s sword went astray.

“Ugh!”

The person who pulled me was none other than Seoyeon.

Seoyeon, who I thought had fainted, snatched the blade from the guy who was struggling and cut the neck of the guy who was trying to pounce on me.

“Ugh!”

“Seoyeon-ah!”

Seoyeon approached the woman who had fallen, holding her own neck.

“Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! Die! ”

I cut the guy’s entire body to shreds with the blade I was holding.

As the guy gradually stopped moving and died, Seoyeon also stopped by throwing her knife.

“…”

“Seo, Seoyeon-ah. It’s okay.”

“Mi… Jun…”

Seoyeon looked at me and smiled.

Ah, it’s okay. I thought that for a moment.

Seoyeon reached out to grab me, but then lost her strength and fell down.

“Seoyeon!!!”

He caught her as she fell, lifted her up, and held her hand.

“Seoyeon-ah! Wake up. Seoyeon-ah!!”

“Dead.”

Bianca spoke softly.

“Save me.”

“How can you bring back to life a dead person?”

“Save me!!!”

“That’s impossible.”

“Then God. God. God. Buddha. Whoever it is, it doesn’t matter. Divine being. Please. Please save me. You can support me. I don’t care what kind of contract it is. Please save me. Please save Seo-yeon. Seo-yeon did nothing wrong. It’s all my fault. It was my fault! Please! Please! Please! Please!!!”

“…”

“Why. Why. Why. Why won’t you listen? Why won’t you save me.”

“Stop it. Minjun. Just find a new girl. I’m starting to get sick of Seoyeon. Oh. How about the girl who moved in last month? I see. She used to be a model. I like girls like that. She looks delicious.”

“Shut up.”

“Huh? What did you say? You thought I kept dragging you around to Seoyeon, so your positions changed. I’m sorry, but Seoyeon is dead, so you’re nothing. I can kill you anytime.”

“Shut up!!!”

“…”

Seoyeon opened her eyes for a moment, perhaps thanks to my voice.

“Minjun…”

“Seoyeon! It’s okay. The ambulance is coming now. So. Wait. You can survive.”

“I love you.”

“… Me too. Me too.. sob… I love you. I love you so much too. I love you more than Seoyeon loves me. So. So. It’s okay. Let’s live happily. Let’s get married too. Oh! So. It’s okay… Please… Please!!!”

“Huh…”

Seoyeon held my hand tightly and closed her eyes.

And the chest that had been rising greatly gradually fell away and never rose again.

“Seoyeon-ah… Seoyeon.”

I could tell this too. Seoyeon had died. And that too along with the baby in her stomach.

“Then let’s go find the next female…”

“There is no way to bring Seoyeon back to life.”

“No. Even if you ask again, you will get the same answer. Minjun. How can you revive a dead person? Just give up. Find another female…”

“Then I don’t want to live either.”

Seoyeon took the blade she was holding and cut my neck.

The world began to turn red from the flowing blood, and my whole body became incredibly hot.

“Mi… this… woof… ah… ja… nya…”

Bianca started yelling at me, but I couldn’t hear her at all.

He even materialized and grabbed my neck to try to stop the bleeding.

There was no way to stop the unstoppable flow of blood.

Ah. Ah. I’m starting to lose my mind.

Is this death?

Warm and cozy, yet lonely.

“Really? Are you lonely?”

Oh… I think I heard Seoyeon’s voice.

“Minjun.”

Ugh… Even though I closed my eyes. It’s bright.

“Okay. Take my hand. Minjun. Let’s be happy this time.”

Is it Seoyeon? Seoyeon?

“Okay. Okay. Let’s go.”

Yeah. Let’s go. I can go anywhere as long as you’re here.

-END-

***

“Haa!!! Don’t go any further than that.”

Huh? What is it? Bianca.

“If you go over there, you’ll really die.”

Seoyeon is calling.

“That girl is not Seoyeon. She is just a demon who manages death in the form of Seoyeon.”

What does that mean? It’s Seoyeon. Seoyeon is calling right now.

“Haa… Okay. Okay. Come back now.”

When Bianca snapped her fingers, the phenomenon of Seoyeon in front of me disappeared.

And then my eyes opened as I came to my senses again.

“What is it?”

“Congratulations. Minjun. It’s your victory.”

“What, what did you say?”

“Your victory. I am one with you, so if you die, I die too. That’s why you won.”

“I don’t understand.”

“I told you. I attach myself to humans and steal their energy. In order to do that, I have to become one with that human. But you tried to commit suicide. You almost died. I don’t want to die yet. That’s why. This is called your victory. Do you understand? With this, I will break our contract. Do you agree?”

“Now, wait a minute. You tried to kill me.”

“That’s. I scared you. How can I kill you? I’m dying too. Haha.”

“Then… what is it? I didn’t need to listen to you.”

“I lied because I knew you would do that. Now you want to get away from me, don’t you?”

“That, that’s right.”

“Then if you agree to break the contract…”

“Are you coming out of my body?”

“That’s right. And the work we did when we signed the contract will disappear.”

“What does that mean?”

“So. That’s what I’m saying.”

The sound of fingers was heard again. I returned to the familiar, unfamiliar traces of my previous room, a place I never wanted to return to.

“…”

In front of me was the leash I had made to commit suicide.

“You’re coming back here. Before the contract.”

“…”

“Just say you want to break the contract. But as you know, you’ll go back and die.”

“Me… I. I was happy in this fucking world. Everything was miserable and I hated it all. I didn’t even want to live tomorrow. I was happy just because Seoyeon was there. But… Seoyeon isn’t alive, whether it’s in this world or the other world. Then what does it matter if I live? I don’t want to live a life without Seoyeon. I’ve decided… I’ll just die.”

“Hey… Really? You can die?”

“…”

“The guy who shouted that he wanted to live.”

“…”

I slowly climbed into the chair and put the rope around my neck.

“You won’t be able to do it. You absolutely can’t. You’ll die. That’s ridiculous. Just now, it was just the blood rushing to my head. I think you, in your right mind, could do it.”

“Bianca.”

“Huh?”

“Thank you for showing me a dream…even if only for a moment.”

The moment I was about to kick the chair.

“Haa… I understand!”

Bianca kicked the cold chair again and shoved it into my legs.

◦ Tsu -eup.

“…”

“Okay, I got it. I got it. Minjun. Think of us both stepping in each other’s shit. I’ll grant your wish.”

“Wish?”

“Yeah. Ah… Don’t tell me you want to be Superman or a millionaire like Batman. I can’t make that happen. Instead, there’s something I can do.”

“No way. Time…”

“Okay. I’ll turn back time. When do you want it? 10 years ago? When you were in elementary school? When you were in middle school? Or when you attacked Hayoon…”

“There’s only one time zone I want to go back to.”

“Yeah… I knew that, so I asked. There’s only one place for you to go. Okay. I’ll take you back there. Minjun.”

“…”

“I will cancel the contract.”

“Yeah.”

“And then the contract is established again.”

“Yeah.”

“Okay. Contract complete. Now hit this finger and we’ll go back there. Bye. Minjun.”

“…”

“Ah. And I’ll just say the last thing. Minjun. If you’re going to hang yourself at home, don’t do it like this. Even if you do, it’ll definitely break. Even if you hang yourself in a place with such a low ceiling, you won’t be able to die even if you want to.”

“? If you knew, why did you sign the contract? ”

“That doesn’t matter. You tried to kill your mind. That’s enough. And one more thing. Minjun.”

“…”

“There’s nothing you can do by hiding your feelings. Even if you fail. What’s important is expressing your feelings. Well then, goodbye.”

Exactly!

***

“Ugh… haak!!!”

I got up and looked around.

It’s the first day of high school. Everyone is trying to make friends.

The moment I was studying alone.

“I’m back… I’m back here.”

“What? Are you studying from the first day?”

“…”

And then, as if on cue, Seoyeon appeared before my eyes.

Seoyeon in her younger days. Seoyeon in her school uniform. Seoyeon in her high school days!

“Ah… sob…”

“What is it? What is it? Why are you crying? I, I didn’t do anything.”

“Turn it off… Turn it off…”

“Suddenly, you stopped crying again… Mijun? Even your name is strange.”

“My name is Minjun. Hello. Seoyeon.”

“Minjun. I see. You finally figured out my name. Ah. It’s on the name tag. Haha. I figured it out from the name tag too. Woohoo.”

“Seo Yeon-ah…”

What I’ve wanted to say all this time. And what I’ve been hiding.

“Why?”

“I fell in love with you the moment I first saw you.”

“…”

“…”

“That’s… disgusting.”

Afterword – There is an epilogue. Thank you!