How to Fix a Psychopath

Chapter 20

 

How to Fix a Psychopath Episode 20

 

 

From afar, Lee Eun-woo’s body, which had been embracing me like a lover, froze. Lee Eun-woo immediately bent down. His cold, low-set eyes were searching for mine thoroughly.

 

“What does that mean?”

 

Eunwoo Lee, who always just smiled stupidly no matter what I did, asked me back in an angry voice. It was unfamiliar to see Eunwoo Lee on the verge of losing his mind.

 

“Why? Do you think I can’t do it?”

 

But I was the same. I can’t do this anymore. When I shot him a vicious stern look, Lee Eun-woo’s face distorted. Then, as if it were a lie, his face became dry and he looked down at me.

 

Ha, Lee Eun-woo let out a short sigh. Lee Eun-woo looked up to see if there was anyone in the alley for a moment, then looked down at me again and spoke.

 

“Try it.”

 

For a moment, I doubted my ears.

 

“……What?”

 

“It’s your tongue. Bite it.”

 

As if I hadn’t misheard, Lee Eun-woo continued to speak clearly. My heart was pounding. Lee Eun-woo tilted his head as if the person who was screaming about dying had nothing to do with him and just looked down at me. That day when he was in middle school. It was the similar look that he gave to Kim Seung-chan, just before he was taken to the emergency room.

 

The tongue in my mouth didn’t move easily, as if it had been stabbed with poison.

 

It was just an illusion to think that Eunwoo Lee would tremble and try to stop her if she said she was going to die. His cold, downcast eyes seemed to be urging her to bite her tongue.

 

“Why? Can’t you do it?”

 

An inexplicable sense of emptiness took over my whole body as Eunwoo Lee lightly threw me into death.

 

At that moment, Eunwoo Lee suddenly put his face in front of me.

 

I opened my mouth in surprise, holding my breath, and suddenly something thick entered my mouth. I coughed with my mouth open, and drool dripped down.

 

“Why do you say that so easily, Soyoung?”

 

What entered my mouth was Lee Eun-woo’s finger. His hard, thick thumb pressed down on my tongue.

 

I could see the saliva that flowed when I coughed running down to Lee Eun-woo’s fingers. When I tried to turn my head, Lee Eun-woo’s remaining fingers, which were supporting my chin, held it tightly and prevented me from turning it. Lee Eun-woo lifted my face while holding my chin instead.

 

The words to let go of my tongue were so muffled that I couldn’t even understand them. I grabbed Eunwoo Lee’s hand with both of my hands and tried to force it off somehow, but I couldn’t. The more I tried to pull it off, the harder Eunwoo Lee’s thumb pressed on my tongue. In the end, I gave up on letting go and looked up at Eunwoo Lee with resentment.

 

Lee Eun-woo’s face, which seemed to be properly angry, was like that of a bad carnivore that had to eat its prey alive. The atmosphere emanating from that face was dangerous. I couldn’t help but feel suffocated. When I unconsciously tried to look away, Lee Eun-woo clenched his jaw again.

 

 

“Ugh,” I groaned. It was so painful that tears welled up in my eyes.

 

“Soyoung-ah.”

 

“… … .”

 

“Do you know what I was thinking when you said you would bite your tongue and die?”

 

Eunwoo Lee laughed briefly, as if he had guessed the answer from my shaking eyes.

 

“In that short time, I thought about how I could preserve your body without it rotting.”

 

Rough breath warmed Eunwoo Lee’s thumb.

 

“Or else… … How can I die with you? How can I bury our bodies together in the ground? That’s what I thought. … … But, when I look into your eyes, Soyoung, it seems like you don’t want to die. I’m glad you’re a coward.”

 

Eunwoo Lee smiled leisurely, as if all his emotions had melted away, as if he was truly relieved. In the short few seconds that had passed, his eyes that had been shining as if he would not

 

mind killing someone had dimmed.

 

I saw Lee Eun-woo’s eyes sinking as he looked at my face. Ah, my face reflected in Lee Eun-woo’s black eyes. She was biting Lee Eun-woo’s thumb, and drool was dripping from the corner of her mouth.

 

Eunwoo Lee’s throat moved greatly.

 

“Soyoung… … .”

 

Eunwoo Lee called my name in a lower voice.

 

“You’re too excited, you know? You can’t give up your life like that. So let’s go home and talk slowly. Okay?”

 

Eunwoo Lee came closer as he spoke. It was getting close to lunchtime, so the sun that had been high above his head was hidden by the shadows and could not be seen.

 

Lee Eun-woo shoved something else into my open mouth. A wet, thick tongue slid in next to his thumb. Haa, Lee Eun-woo let out a groan of excitement. Oh, no. As I tried to turn my head quickly, Lee Eun-woo’s other hand wrapped around the back of my head.

 

The tongue that entered the mouth rummaged around inside the mouth and swallowed my saliva like a child who was thirsty for

 

water.

 

The two hands that were holding Lee Eun-woo’s wrists trembled. The hot tongue rubbed the tongue under the thumb that was dotting the inside of the mouth, then sucked the lower lip as if it was precious. Then, it persistently sucked the upper lip, then the lower lip, and then pushed the tongue back into the mouth and began to gently rub the surface of the mouth that had been torn when the cheek was hit.

 

A chill ran down my arm along with the pain.

 

“Haa… … Soyoung… … .”

 

When I heard Eunwoo Lee call my name while groaning as if he was going to die, I shivered and put my hands in my pockets.

 

“… … Soyoung, Soyoung… … .”

 

When Eunwoo Lee covered my mouth again, calling my name endlessly like a crazy kid, I took something out of my pocket and hit Eunwoo Lee’s temple with all my might.

 

puck-!

 

“Gasp, gasp… … .”

 

There was a heavy sound, and Eunwoo Lee fell halfway down, covering the area he had been hit with his palm.

 

My hands were shaking. I, I hit him. I hit Lee Eun-woo… …. Only then did I look down at the object I had hit Lee Eun-woo’s temple with. It was the portable security spray I had been carrying. I was shaking weakly, like someone whose breath was about to stop. At that moment, Lee Eun-woo lifted his head, which had been bowed down, without even letting out his usual groan.

 

“Ugh… … !”

 

Thump, thump, the blood flowing from Eunwoo Lee’s forehead fell to the floor. At that sight, I covered my mouth without even spraying it. Me, me like that, like that… ?

 

Did it get torn while being hit? There’s so much blood. Why does your face look so indifferent? Lee Eun-woo is bleeding like crazy. Did I hit you too hard?

 

I?

 

I hesitated and took a step back in confusion.

 

“Soyoung-ah.”

 

At that moment, Eunwoo Lee grabbed my arm. I looked at the blood flowing out of his body without thinking and then looked up at Eunwoo Lee.

 

“I, I… … .”

 

“I’m okay.”

 

The white shirt on the nape of his neck was dyed red. It was just torn, but how could so much blood flow? Did I blow his head off? I thought that this is exactly what it would feel like if I killed someone. I was so shocked that I couldn’t say anything.

 

But Eunwoo Lee still had a kind smile on his face.

 

It was weird. He was bleeding like he was going to die soon, but he was smiling to reassure me. After we die, won’t Lee Eun-woo come to me from hell looking like that?

 

Even after death.

 

Lee Eun-woo spoke before my mouth, which was shaking in shock.

 

“It doesn’t hurt. So you don’t have to be scared.”

 

There was strength in the hand holding her forearm.

 

“… … Let’s go home.”

 

Hearing Lee Eun-woo’s soft words, I felt like I was in hell. It was as if I had heard a terrible confession that they would be together even in hell.

 

The scent of blood stung my nose sharply, as if the forgotten smell of blood was rising from the wet ground.

 

“Don’t cry, Soyoung.”

 

Eunwoo Lee lifted his other hand, which wasn’t holding my arm, and roughly wiped it away, perhaps because the blood flowing from his head bothered her. His forearm, the back of his neck, and even his face were soaked in blood, so much so that if someone else had seen it, they wouldn’t have been surprised to scream.

 

The person who hit him was clearly her. He didn’t even show any sign of pain, but rather smiled as if nothing had happened, so he looked like a murderer you’d see in a movie.

 

Was I crying? I realized that my shoulders were shaking as he gently held me and patted my back. Even the arm that was held by him was dyed with a horrible color.

 

 

I came to my senses in an instant, but the sight of blood on my white sneakers made me feel dizzy again, as if I was going to faint.

 

Eunwoo Lee grabbed my arm and lifted the carrier that had fallen over. He stood in front of the studio apartment, holding the carrier that was noisy when dragged around, as if he didn’t feel its weight.

 

When I turned around to check, I saw that Eunwoo Lee’s blood had flowed quite a bit and had formed a small puddle. Shouldn’t I clean it up?

 

If someone were to pass by, they would wonder what happened here. And since this happened in front of the studio, the owner of the studio would probably be foaming at the mouth if she found out.

 

“Why?”

 

Eunwoo Lee, who came up next to me, asked. I looked back at Eunwoo Lee. Eunwoo Lee was looking at the place I was heading to with a slightly sharp expression.

 

“That bothered you. It’s okay. I’ll clean it up later.”

 

What? That blood? How? would you go to clean it and make another pool of blood there?

 

His gently opened eyes smiled at me. Looking at him like this, he seems innocent… … . Inside, he is filled with a dark color that no one can tell. No, I don’t even know what color it is.

 

Because when all colors are mixed, the color that is mixed eventually becomes black.

 

Boom, boom, boom.

 

I carelessly typed in the password for the one-room apartment that only the residents should know, and Eunwoo Lee affectionately let me in first before coming inside.

 

How do you know? I looked up at Eunwoo with shaking eyes. In the meantime, blood flowed out again, dripping down the quiet and secluded stairs of the studio apartment.

 

“Why? If you’re having a hard time, should I carry you?”

 

Eunwoo Lee asked worriedly, wondering if I would be unable to climb the stairs because of the endless guilt I felt about my actions.

 

“……No.”

 

 

After a long while, I finally answered.

 

“Okay, let’s go up.”

 

Eunwoo Lee held my hand and naturally linked arms as we climbed the stairs. With each step, blood dripped from Eunwoo Lee’s forehead. It was such a familiar space, and the stairs she had been climbing without stopping felt unfamiliar.

 

I felt like Hansel and Gretel, abandoned in the forest as if they were being kicked out. Instead of dropping bread crumbs on the ground at intervals to keep from getting lost, I dropped Lee Eun-woo’s blood instead.

 

Thump, thump, the sound of our footsteps echoed ominously.

 

I arrived at the floor where I live. As soon as I arrived, Eunwoo Lee put the carrier on the floor and roughly wiped the blood flowing down with his forearm. Eunwoo Lee continued to bleed so much that it seemed like all the blood in his body was draining out.

 

Perhaps it was because he kept touching the wound while wiping it while it was still healing. Before he knew it, Eunwoo Lee’s bangs were tangled in blood.

 

Still, it had healed to some extent, and did not flow down to the

 

point of covering the face like before.

 

A short hallway. In front of my room, which had only three studio apartments on either side of it on one floor, was filled with boxes. They were the same boxes that had been filled with chocolates and candies.

 

“……This.”