How to Fix a Psychopath

Chapter 23

 

How to Fix a Psychopath Episode 23

 

“Huh? What do you want to eat?”

 

Eunwoo Lee stood in front of the popcorn store, pulling my hand.

 

“I’ll drink.”

 

“Then should I have orange juice? You can’t drink carbonated beverages.”

 

“Carbonated… … .”

 

“huh?”

 

“I want to drink soda.”

 

Lee Eun-woo made a troubled face. When Lee Eun-woo would sometimes act so absurdly like this, I would also act unreasonably. My body wouldn’t die if I drank soda, but Lee Eun-woo always looked at me like I was going to break at any given moment.

 

It’s true that I’m weak, but I don’t collapse or faint if I drink soda during a movie.

 

 

It was just that, when I didn’t know how weak my body was, and I was stressed out by Eunwoo Lee, what I ate was the cause of the trouble.

 

I once drank soda because I felt like I had food stuck in my stomach, but I ended up throwing it up.

 

After that, whenever she drank carbonated beverages, her stomach would feel bloated. It seemed that Kim So-young’s body could no longer tolerate foods that had previously caused trauma.

 

“If you drink soda, you’ll get diarrhea… … Let’s eat something else.”

 

“Then I don’t want to drink.”

 

“Then I’ll have the cola, Soyoung. You can take a sip, Okay?”

 

This was good.

 

If there was one thing that was clearly different, it was that the more I refused to give in, the more desperate Lee Eun-woo became. And that was how empty he became. I wish I had done this in middle school. That kind of thought didn’t come easily, so even when I was stubborn, he felt empty.

 

 

“……okay.”

 

“Thank you. Your legs hurt right? Let’s buy them quickly and go in.”

 

Eunwoo Lee ordered another drink. A glass of orange juice with a little ice and a glass of cola without any ice. Did she ask to watch a movie for nothing? She got bored of waiting for a long time and leaned her face on Eunwoo Lee’s arm.

 

Eunwoo Lee flinched without showing it, then smiled brightly.

 

Could it be this good?

 

After buying a drink and entering the movie theater, there were already a few people there. Fortunately, no one came from row G, so I didn’t have to cram in. Unlike her, Lee Eun Woo seemed relieved about something else.

 

“Soyoung, you can sit in seat number 15.”

 

In the completely black movie theater, the advertisement started on the big screen. The seats that were purchased on purpose will be empty from the beginning to the end of the movie. That’s how it should be, and that’s why Lee Eun-woo paid for it.

 

When the staff member who checked the number of people by handing out movie tickets before entering asked, “Are the other two people entering separately?”, Eunwoo Lee answered nonchalantly.

 

[No one else is coming.]

 

Eunwoo Lee just held my hand and passed me by, the employee who looked like he didn’t understand and said, “Yes?” He was so cold that I couldn’t find any trace of the generosity he had shown me several times. I don’t know if he was acting like a fox to me because he’s just like that, but that’s how it was.

 

I frowned and sat down in seat number 15 in the dark movie theater.

 

As I sat down, Eunwoo Lee checked that his seat was number 16 and sat down. It wasn’t because he didn’t trust me, but he was just checking once or twice.

 

As soon as I sat down, I took a sip of orange juice. I felt like my thirst, which had been caused by Lee Eun-woo having to buy two more seats because of me, was somewhat quenched. Since no one was going to sit to my right anyway, I left my drink there.

 

“Would you like a cola?”

 

As I quenched my thirst with a few drinks, Eunwoo Lee handed me the cola he had bought for me. If I drank cola without ice for my health, I would definitely not be able to concentrate on the movie and would feel sick.

 

“No.”

 

When I shook my head without even looking at him, Eunwoo Lee smiled and put the cola down again. I guess he thought it was better to throw away money than to make me feel sad. Eunwoo Lee didn’t eat food that was not good for his health anyway.

 

When I was in middle school, I didn’t drink the milk that everyone else ordered. I didn’t drink it because I didn’t have money to order milk.

 

“Soyoung, let’s hold hands.”

 

I reached out my hand at Eunwoo Lee’s soft request. Slowly, the five fingers that wrapped around my palm and tied the back of my hand interlocked. People continued to come into the theater, and meaningless advertisements continued to play on the screen.

 

Now that I think about it, what movie was I watching? I knew it was a movie with a famous actor… … .

 

Was it a thriller? No, was it a romance?

 

“……What are you thinking about?”

 

At that moment, something soft touched the back of my hand. When I turned around, Lee Eun-woo was looking at me, rubbing his lips on the back of my hand. His eyes, which were pretending to be affectionate, were filled with obsession, and he had an expression that said he didn’t like the fact that she was thinking of something else in front of me.

 

“What movie did we decide to watch? I can’t remember.”

 

“Was it? ‘Find Her.’ A crime thriller.”

 

Ah, I see.

 

I nodded with a small smile at Lee Eun-woo’s words. Then I turned my head forward again. Even when I looked forward, I could see Lee Eun-woo looking at me from the side of my vision.

 

Now that I had nothing more to think about, I was waiting for the movie to start, when I suddenly started hearing ambient noises.

 

“Hey, the movie’s starting, later If there are no seats over there, let’s move.”

 

“What? Why are you leaving our seats and going over there, you idiot?”

 

“No, hey, then let’s do it in the middle. I can’t see it at all from here.”

 

“Someone already bought that seat over there… …! If we move our seats and someone else comes, we’ll have to move anyway. Just shut up and watch.”

 

It was a conversation between the boys sitting next to me in seat number 13. It seemed like the boys sitting at the very end of the group of four or five boys were complaining. I glanced at Lee Eun-woo, and he wasn’t looking at me in the first place, but at the boys.

 

ha…….

 

My head was already starting to hurt. Is it because I’m just unlucky, or is it because the people around me are making Eunwoo extremely sensitive?

 

“No, you piece of shit, then you should take a look there.”

 

“Why am I looking there? You said you were looking there.”

 

“Hey, hey, be quiet. Why are you guys fighting and making a fuss

 

here?”

 

“That kid is acting like a total brat. What’s the difference between that place and this place?”

 

“Shut up… …! Stop fighting so shamelessly. Hey, hey, the movie’s starting.”

 

Fortunately, it seemed like no one was really coming this way.

 

I sighed inwardly as the inside of the theater became even darker. It would have been waste when we almost paid for four seats and left before the movie even started. I leaned back on my chair to watch the movie more comfortably.

 

Eunwoo Lee also averted his gaze from the group as soon as the movie started. He quietly held my hand with both of his.

 

The movie story was horrible. It didn’t seem to be rated for all ages and was only for age 15 and above. As a crime thriller, there were action scenes and even more. It was basically a story about a criminal kidnapping the woman the main character loves, and the main character searching for the woman he loves, investigating, and chasing the criminal.

 

I don’t know why it’s so horrible. Maybe it’s because I’m being chased so suffocatingly that I can’t breathe.

 

 

There are parts that I would have just ignored in the past, but to me, they are so… … .

 

“Soyoung, are you okay?”

 

I was startled by the sound of Lee Eun-woo’s voice whispering in my ear.

 

Cool fingers touched the back of my neck. I must have sweated while watching the movie.

 

“Is watching a movie difficult? Let’s go out… … .”

 

“Eww, aaaah!!!!”

 

At that moment, a man screaming loudly came from the speaker.

 

“Jisoo, Jisoo! Ji, Jisoo! Oh my… … Jisoo!!”

 

The male protagonist was sobbing.

 

He was holding the female protagonist. The female protagonist had her legs cut off. According to the censorship regulations, the ankles were wrapped with bandages, but even at a glance, they were only up to the ankles. The blood-soaked bandages showed signs of being wrapped quite meticulously. And then the screen

 

suddenly changed.

 

It’s coming to an end.

 

As it turns out, there was no criminal, and the male protagonist was a mentally ill person who kidnapped, assaulted, and imprisoned the female protagonist. He was just a mentally ill person who loved the female protagonist.

 

“I, I, I… … I would… … I, there’s no way… … I… … !”

 

The screen changes again.

 

“Oppa? What are you doing at this hour? I don’t like it when you come to me at this hour… …! Ugh, ugh! Ugh!”

 

“Ha, Jisoo, it’s because Oppa loves you… …!”

 

The male protagonist calls a woman to his studio apartment at dawn, knocks her out with a handkerchief laced with drugs, and then changes things again.

 

“Oh, Oppa! Why the hell are you doing this! Huh? Oh, please don’t do this! Let me out, huh? We were getting along so well, weren’t we!”

 

“Why are you still thinking about running away? Yes, that would

 

be good. If I cut off your leg, you wouldn’t think about that?”

 

“Oppa… … What is that! Oppa! Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah!!”

 

“Because I love you, Jisoo. Because I love you.”

 

As the scene transitions, the male protagonist hugs the female protagonist with a bizarre face that looks like he’s crying and laughing.

 

“… … Jisoo. I love you… … .”

 

My heart was beating so hard that it wouldn’t have been strange if it had burst through my ribs.

 

And then the screen gradually darkened, and the movie ended.

 

love you love you love you.

 

Those words lingered in my ears.

 

“What the heck? This movie is fucking weird.”

 

“Wow, man, I was fine until the middle, but why is it like this? I’d rather not watch such crime movies henceforth.”

 

“I got goosebumps, the movie was disgusting.”

 

 

 

“Soyoung-ah.”

 

“Ugh, why does this have such good ratings?”

 

“I don’t know, I just saw it for nothing.”

 

“Soyoung-ah.”

 

“Hey, hey, let’s go out.”

 

“Oh, I left some cola. What a shame.”

 

“Take it.”

 

“Crazy- how can you carry this around like that?”

 

“Kim So-young.”

 

Someone grabbed my arm.

 

It was Lee Eun-woo.

 

There stood Lee Eun-woo, with eyes that resembled those soaked in madness in the movie.

 

 

I blinked. And I leaned my body towards Eunwoo. My pounding heart felt like a nail was being driven into my throat.

 

“What’s wrong? Where does it hurt?”

 

Eunwoo Lee, who carefully wrapped his arms around my shoulders, asked worriedly.

 

“Let’s go home…….”

 

Sweat dripped down the back of my neck.

 

Eunwoo Lee’s cool palms wiped away my sweat.

 

“Okay, let’s go.”

 

I came out for nothing. I came out for nothing. I thought about that all day.

 

I shouldn’t have come out, I should have just stayed at home with Eunwoo Lee.

 

I left the movie theater almost leaning on Eunwoo Lee’s arms. My face reflected on the slightly transparent walls of the movie theater looked a little pale.

 

 

“Eunwoo.”

 

“huh?”

 

“How was the movie?”

 

By the way, I said I wanted to see a movie.

 

“It was just so obvious.”

 

I don’t remember very well.