Chapter 14
Why? Why did I use the community forum this much?
I shuddered with regret, which had come rushing back to me in an instant. It was a dismal feeling.
‘Why…why did you do it, past me…’
If I hadn’t started or used the community forum, if I had done just a little less, this wouldn’t have happened.
‘No, that’s not it.’
I did nothing wrong. It was this woman who kidnapped me when I was living well. My resentful gaze turned to Eun-ah, who was sleeping next to me.
‘Bitch.’
Of all the people in the world, why I had to end up with this crazy woman? I sincerely liked her . I had put my heart and soul into making it popular, but now I regretted it.
‘All the way… of all things! Because her work and writing style was so similar to the first I read!!’
That was the reason why I assisted the [The Bug-Catcher Girl] so obsessively. Because the style of that woman was exactly the same as the work that made me fall in love with the fiction genre and s when I was a middle school student.
‘Fuck… that’s why they say not to get too close to your first love.’
It was a life lesson that came unexpectedly. Overwhelmed by the suffocating feeling of regret, I shook myself and dispersed the negative emotions.
‘No, what’s done is done.’
Even though I knew that nothing would change, regret came suddenly like a night guest and tormented me. I closed my eyes tightly and gathered my thoughts.
‘I have to think about the future. Right now I have to think about tomorrow.’
I had a rough plan in mind and had found some clues.
‘Notes, picture frames.’
They won’t be able to send me outside like a teleportation artifact, but at least they would be able to bring me one step closer to escape.
‘And a course of action.’
This part…I still didn’t know. I had figured out the basic pattern, but there was no predictability in the woman’s behavior, and it was difficult to confirm anything in just one day. Whenever I thought I had figured something out, she would show an unexpected pattern, so I knew I had to watch her more closely.
‘She seems smart but…somewhere she is sloppy.’
Overall, the thoroughness and insightfulness seemed to go beyond just the category of the criminal, but in her careless and hasty behavior, there was a sense of sloppiness. As I continued with these thoughts, a laugh burst out of my mouth, as if the wind had escaped my lips.
– Haa
‘No… it’s ridiculous to expect normalcy from a psychopath.’
Rather than that, I had to think about tomorrow right now.
‘What can I want to do with these fucking handcuffs… at least how can I get ride off this waist strap?’
The stress from not being able to move my body freely was beyond my imagination. Enduring this only for one day made me stuffy as if my breath was tight.
‘She also didn’t care much about the fact that the waist strap came loose and I moved recklessly.’
I thought back to the moment when my blood was drying up. The moment I squeezed my scarred wrist and scraped the wound with my own hands. At that time, what she was concerned about was not my waistband being undone, but whether I had seen the bottommost shelf.
‘It doesn’t seem impossible…’
‘What should I do?’
My thoughts deepened and my eyes closed. I began to reflect on her actions one by one as I expanded my thinking to find some clues.
‘Trying to flatter with kind words fails.’
The words themselves were received well, but what was demanded was cleverly avoided and the conversation was redirected.
‘What if I target emotional gaps during the timing when the waist is loose…’
The sure moment when that woman undoes my waistband was still during meals and brushing. These were the only two cases. If I waited desperately for that moment and missed the chance, I would dry up and die first. Besides, I didn’t think she would make the same mistake twice.
‘Something to aim for…’
Something that couldn’t be resolved here. Like a shower or something…
‘…the restroom.’
At that moment, I felt my sense of shame expanding throughout my body.
‘Please… don’t ask me to use a chamber pot or something…?’
It won’t be. Shouldn’t I be allowed to go to the bathroom one day at least? No matter how crazy that woman was, she had to let me do that. In my mind, I imagined myself defecating in front of that woman, and I shuddered all over.
‘Oh nooo…’
Goosebumps appeared all over my body. My dignity as a human being, which was barely enough left, was vehemently rejecting the situation.
‘Fuck No!’
‘Absolutely not. I cannot allow it. I can never permit that, even if it means I will be stabbed to death.’
‘No… that woman is extremely sensitive to cleanliness.’
I could tell from the way she had a seizure because I didn’t want to brush my teeth. It never occurred to me that a woman like that would use a chamber pot.
…I didn’t want to.
‘I guess not… No, there’s no way anyone would want to see someone else’s poop, right?’
I brushed my thoughts away as I felt my backbone pull. My thoughts kept bouncing in strange directions. I had to focus.
Coming back, I had mixed hopes, but I could only aim for the toilet and the shower. Those were the two options.
‘The problem is how to use them.’
I hate to think about it, but if I ever leave this room to use the shower or bathroom, that woman would be watching me. Unless she was an idiot, Unless she was a fool, she would know that there was a chance I could do something there. Plus, when it was over, she would come back here and tie me up, as a matter of course.
‘It hurts…’
The frustration was intense. The only conclusion after thinking so far was that I had to make that woman let her guard down. I had to give her the confidence that even if I could move freely, I would not harm her.
My head was pounding. I couldn’t see a way out of this. The woman’s words and expressions seemed to suggest that she liked me, but her actions monitored my every move.
The disparity between her words and actions was one of the reasons why I felt afraid of her and why I felt that this situation was a riddle. Feeling the negativity from her gloomy household, I let out my negative thoughts.
‘No, there’s a way. As long as that woman is human, there will be a gap.’
Like a little while ago. Like the time when she was embarrassed and left belt undone.
I regained my will and continued my thoughts. I kept going over the clues. I had tried to find a way before this night was over, but unfortunately, my body and mind, which had been under severe stress all day, were now starting to give out.
‘Ah…I can’t fall asleep…’
My body just couldn’t hear me. As if sinking into the deep sea, my consciousness began to sink.
It took less than 10 seconds to fall asleep.
*****
A warm feeling was felt. The feeling of the soft cloth, the subtle scent of flesh tickling the nose, and the faint pulse. It was so cozy, it was like a mirage, and fearing that it would scatter if she got farther away, her body burrowed in the direction of warmth.
– Thump. Thump.
As she got closer, the clear beats seemed to fill her body and mind. She liked the comfort so much that she entrusted her body to the heartbeat for a long time.
‘How long had I been like that?’
“Ah…”
A sigh that sounded like a moan escaped her mouth. She realized that she had fallen asleep a little while ago as her bleary eyes opened. Through the gap between her eyes, she saw a white shirt shining.
“…?”
‘What is it, did I fall asleep?’
Eun-ah continued to think about what it was for a long time. In the meantime, suddenly, the awakening mind grasped its true identity.
“ah…!”
She lifted up her head. In the changed scenery, there was a treasure that was more precious to her than anything else. A man with his eyes closed was breathing heavily. She was very happy to see him asleep, unaware of the world. As Eun-ah looked at him, the corner of her mouth opened in a pleasant arc.
“Good… good morning…”
Even though she was saying this to someone who was sleeping, She was so embarrassed and so happy that this situation made her face heat up. It was a feeling of her heart feeling with joy and satisfaction as the situation she had only imagined became a reality.
‘How can someone look so cute while sleeping?’
The tightly closed frowning eyes, the straight nose, and the tightly closed lips all came together like an animal hibernating in hibernation.
She wiggled her hand out and put her index finger lightly on the tip of his nose, and she saw a funny frown in the middle.
“Hehe…”
After looking at his face for a while, suddenly something came to her mind, and she got up. It was something that she had not been able to finish.
“I… I need to sort it out…”
When she found this person, she went blindly without finishing the arrangement. She just wanted to see him quickly, so she was in a hurry, and as result, she even put this person in a room that wasn’t even finished.
“Uh… yesterday…”
She was so nervous that she didn’t even tie up her hair before leaving, worried that she might have looked foolish.
“Uh… yes… it’s a secret… it’s a secret…”
Because what that person needs to see was her alone. Because if he looked at her as she was, that was enough. Other things were unnecessary to know. After finishing her thoughts up to that point, Eun-ah’s body got up completely and she got out of bed.
There was a lot to do. Before leaving the room, she briefly turned her head to look at the back of his head as he slept.
“Then…then sleep a little longer…”
Her hand reached out to brush his head. She thought it would be best to finish organizing everything and prepare the meal before he got up.
“This… this…”
A newlywed couple…
She felt like a fresh, young bride.
“That… well…”
It would mean this person was her husband. As she thought that, her heart thumped. Even though Eun-ah knew that there were only the two of them in this space, she blushed and approached him, planting a kiss on his cheek.
– Smooch
The sensation of his skin through her lips was unfamiliar, but it felt nice. Eun-ah stayed in that position for a moment before getting up and laughing.
“Hehehehehe…”
A mischievous laugh came out of her mouth. She had practiced how to laugh like an adult, but when she felt happy like this, she couldn’t help but laugh like a child. She worried that it might not be considered mature.
‘Mr. Bee… wouldn’t hate it… right?’
Would he hate her for not being a mature adult? She was worried about it.
“Yes! Me. Bee is kind… so…!”
He was a warm and loving person, so even someone like her could like him. Ah, she couldn’t stop smiling. She felt so happy that she thought her heart might burst.
“Ah! This… it’s not the time for this…”
She realized that she had gotten distracted again. She really had to go now.
Her head fell behind the bed frame. A place with a shelf. She walked over and took out the items in the bottommost compartment.
“Quickly…”
‘I need to finish cleaning up and prepare dinner.’
For breakfast, a light meal of rice and stew would be good.