How to Fix a Psychopath

Chapter 27

 

How to Fix a Psychopath Episode 27

 

 

I swallowed heavily. I turned my head and looked at the door of my studio apartment. I almost thought that maybe he had brought me a stuffed dead puppy.

 

At that moment, my stomach turned. Lee Eun-woo came to me with a bewildered face after seeing me retching in the hallway after seeing something that wasn’t even alive. His face that said he didn’t understand what was going on made me feel even worse. There was no way I could eat lunch at school a few hours ago. But it was disgusting.

 

‘Put it away!’

 

I shouted at Eunwoo Lee, who was coming to me with the doll.

 

If he had thought about it, he wouldn’t have chosen something exactly like a dead doll! It seemed like Eunwoo Lee just wanted to do something for me, whether the puppy was alive or not.

 

He killed it and twisted its neck!

 

‘You don’t like it…? This is the most similar… … .’

 

 

While doing so, Eunwoo Lee just patted my back. With a face and tone of voice that said he knew nothing.

 

Ugh… I blocked his hand with one hand.

 

I had never taken the doll out of its wrapping. I ran to the bookshelf with my textbooks without hiding my disgusted expression.

 

The next day, Eunwoo Lee bought another doll. Perhaps because he thought I wasn’t satisfied with the doll, he handed me two things as she was leaving to school while he was holding a bouquet of flowers.

 

Those two were soon thrown into the trash can.

 

“Oh right.”

 

I put all my textbooks away, zipped up my bag, and looked at Eunwoo Lee.

 

“Soyoung, here.”

 

Eunwoo Lee was handing me a pill as if he had finished washing the dishes. I squinted my eyes.

 

“What’s this?”

 

“Vitamin.”

 

“vitamin?”

 

“Yeah, there’s not much time left until the CSAT. So I bought it.”

 

Eunwoo Lee showed me the medicine bottle on the table. The medicine bottle with the word “vitamin” written on it in large letters was a fairly famous brand.

 

I picked up the pill and put it in my mouth. As if he had been waiting, Eunwoo Lee held out a glass of water and she swallowed the pill along with the water.

 

“……thank you.”

 

I said while carrying my bag. Eunwoo Lee hugged me like that.

 

“I am more grateful.”

 

What? By taking these vitamins?

 

Eunwoo Lee said something unknown.

 

* * *

 

It seemed like there were only 100 days left until the college entrance exam, but it was already tomorrow. I put my hands in my padding, looking at the white breath dispersing. Am I becoming an adult in this world? Starlight twinkled between the breath. It seemed like the stars were visible because it was a country sky.

 

What was my real feeling around this time? I don’t remember it well, but I guess I was nervous once or twice during the college entrance exam. I don’t think it was this cold back then. Now, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t recall those memories or feelings.

 

“What are you doing there?”

 

I lowered my gaze that had been looking up at the sky. Eunwoo Lee was sticking his face out from the veranda.

 

“I was looking at the stars.”

 

At my words, Eunwoo tilted his head up to the sky. Countless stars were twinkling as if they were about to fall. Her eyes were dazzled by the twinkling. When she blinked, tears flowed down.

 

Ah, why am I doing this? Even though I wanted to, the stars were

 

so beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off them. What will I think about when the college entrance exam is over? What will happen when I become an adult? Dizzy thoughts complicated my mind.

 

Even when I was a student, I vaguely felt that once I finished the college entrance exam, my world would fall apart and the world of becoming an adult would be recreated.

 

I believed that when an imperfect student becomes an adult, he or she will become a perfect being who can do anything and accomplish anything. But nothing seems to have changed.

 

But what on earth is this feeling?

 

In this world, in this place, I kept feeling like I shouldn’t be an adult.

 

Even though it’s a novel, time doesn’t suddenly stop. When you scroll up, you’re still a high school student, and when you scroll down, you don’t suddenly become an adult.

 

As expected, even though I knew the ending and scrolled up, the direction of the story didn’t change, and the main characters continued to say and do the same things.

 

“Soyoung-ah.”

 

 

Eunwoo Lee put his hand on my back. Even though it was thick padding, I could feel Eunwoo Lee’s hand. I looked at the stars and then at Eunwoo Lee. A warm hand cupped my cheek.

 

“Why are you crying? Who made you cry?”

 

Eunwoo Lee ran out in the clothes that he only wears at home. As if he thought my tears were a waste, or as if he felt sorry for me crying, Eunwoo Lee wiped my tears with his palm.

 

I quietly hugged Lee Eun-woo.

 

Eunwoo Lee took a deep breath and hugged me. There was a strong soapy scent that made me feel suffocated. It was Eunwoo Lee’s scent. Now, whenever I think of Eunwoo Lee, this scent comes naturally.

 

“The stars are so pretty, that I’m crying.”

 

I said that with a sob.

 

Eunwoo Lee patted my back with a hollow smile. Eunwoo Lee’s chest vibrated as it touched my face, and my heart raced.

 

“Aren’t you cold?”

 

I sniffled. It was cold. Lee Eun-woo immediately laughed and urged me to hurry into the house. I waddled into the studio. Laughter quickly erupted at my strange gait, and Lee Eun-woo also laughed heartily. Our laughter echoed through the hallway and the stairs.

 

“Why two today?”

 

I looked at the vitamin pills on Eunwoo Lee’s palm and asked.

 

“I think you might catch a cold.”

 

“I see.”

 

Is it a cold medicine?

 

I put my palm on my forehead. It seemed like that. I picked up the pill on Eunwoo Lee’s hand and put it in my mouth. I drank some water and swallowed two pills.

 

Eunwoo Lee watched her swallow the pill. And then,

 

“Do you want to sleep?”

 

And asked.

 

I looked at the clock on the wall. It was just about 9 o’clock. But

 

tomorrow was the college entrance exam, and I had to get up early. I put my glass of water down on the table and nodded.

 

“Okay.”

 

Eunwoo Lee smiled softly.

 

I lay down on the bed. Lee Eun-woo sat on the floor and looked at me. This way, our eye levels were just right. I blinked. Lee Eun-woo followed suit belatedly, and blinked his too.

 

As if by magic, I began to fall asleep not long after I laid down.

 

“Are you sleepy?”

 

“huh.”

 

Eunwoo Lee played with my hand. Then he kissed the back of my hand. For some reason, I felt like I could smell medicine in his mouth.

 

“… … What time should I wake you up?”

 

“Umm… … 5 o’clock… … ?”

 

“Okay.”

 

Eunwoo Lee held my hand until I fell asleep. There were many times when I felt embarrassed and burdened, but somehow today I didn’t have time to think about it. Soon, my eyelids became heavy.

 

I completely closed my eyes in a dazed state. Even so, I heard Eunwoo Lee take his hand off and raise his body. And then I fell into a deep sleep.

 

* * *

 

Suddenly, my eyes opened.

 

I blinked several times. I felt refreshed. My head was clear like a forest cleared of fog, and my body didn’t feel heavy. I stretched and got out of bed.

 

But why is it night?

 

Did I wake up at dawn? If so, that means I didn’t sleep for a few hours. I was planning to wake up at dawn anyway, so it didn’t matter. I got up, dragging my feet out of bed. My head was a little dizzy because I woke up so suddenly, but I could bear it.

 

I was about to cross the living room straight to the bathroom, but the front door suddenly opened. I looked at the front door in surprise, but it was, not surprisingly, Lee Eun-woo.

 

“You are here?”

 

I was about to go to the bathroom, but instead I smiled awkwardly and said, “Why are you looking at me like that?” On the other hand, Eunwoo Lee, who had bought something, was looking at me with narrowed eyes. Why are you looking at me like that? I stood there bashfully, not knowing what was going on. Normally, he would have greeted me with a big smile.

 

Eunwoo Lee’s body smelled cold. Did he go out this early in the morning? He might have bought a lunch box to eat on the day of the CSAT.

 

“… …Why are you up already?”

 

What is this?

 

“When I opened my eyes… … .”

 

What?

 

It felt like a damp fog was covering the peace that had been flowing leisurely for a while. It was a strange feeling, like dark clouds were gathering in a warm, sun-filled garden. I rolled my eyes and looked at Eunwoo Lee.

 

Did I do something wrong? Should I have woken up after Lee

 

Eun-woo woke me up?

 

I raised the corners of my mouth, trying to lighten the mood.

 

“What’s that? A lunch box?”

 

Eunwoo Lee looked down at the envelope he had bought at my words and then looked back at me. Then he hid the envelope behind his back.

 

What……?

 

“What is it… … .”

 

My voice trembled faintly.

 

Then, suddenly, “Haa,” Lee Eun-woo let out a sigh. With that sigh, I felt like my heart was falling. What? Why? Why are you doing that?

 

Eunwoo let out a long sigh and entered the house with his shoes on. His face was hard. Her body instinctively stepped back.

 

“What are you trying to do?”

 

As Eunwoo Lee approached, a sharp voice automatically popped out. However, Eunwoo Lee still kept his mouth shut and

 

walked towards me with a steady gait. The sound of his sneaker heels was unusually loud, and her heartbeat was pounding along with the sound.

 

In an instant, Lee Eun-woo, who was standing in front of me, was so big that he could completely cover me. Was he really this big? When he was being affectionate, he never felt this big. Now, Lee Eun-woo, who was standing right in front of me, looked so huge that it was dizzying just to look at him.

 

“Why did you wake up so early?”

 

Eunwoo Lee smiled.

 

It was a smile that somehow put my heart at ease. I took a shallow breath and swallowed. I was so scared.

 

“Eunwoo… … .”

 

“It seems like Soyoung’s body doesn’t respond well to sleeping pills.”

 

What?

 

What did he just say?

 

Eunwoo Lee knelt down in front of me. He put down the bag he

 

had brought next to me. When he put it down, it made a heavy thud sound, as if it was a lunch box or something. Then, there was a rustling sound as if he was doing something. It seemed like he was searching through the bag.

 

I felt uneasy.

 

Before I could even figure out what Eunwoo Lee was saying, I looked down at what Eunwoo Lee was doing under my knees. Eunwoo Lee started taking out strange and bizarre things from the envelope.

 

A dog leash? No, it was much stranger than that. What was that, like a chain or a bracelet made of leather or metal?

 

“Th-what is that?”

 

I asked urgently in a panicked voice.

 

There was no answer.

 

“Eunwoo, I have to take the CSAT.”

 

“That’s over.”

 

“… … What are you talking about, that is… … .”

 

Eunwoo Lee stopped focusing on the strange object and looked up at me at the sound of my sobbing. I was trembling and was reflected in Eunwoon Lee’s black eyes.

 

“I’m talking about the college entrance exam. It’s already been two days.”