How to Fix a Psychopath

Chapter 6

How to Fix a psychopath

 

“Eunwoo.”

 

The bell for the start of second period rang as she was clearly running away from the infirmary. Eunwoo Lee looked slightly surprised and then lowered his hand, which seemed to have been raised to open the door.

 

“Where does it hurt?”

 

At the soft voice of Lee Eun-woo, I felt a surge of sadness and sorrow again. No. Don’t cry. What Lee Eun-woo wanted was for me to break down like this without his touch. I swallowed heavily and clenched my fist.

 

“You must be really sick. You can’t even answer properly. Do you have a fever or something?”

 

Eunwoo Lee raised his hand again with an affectionate voice and placed his palm on my forehead. Eunwoo Lee’s palm was hot like summer weather. It was to the point where I thought it was Eunwoo Lee who had a fever and a cold.

 

“No, you don’t have a fever. Tell me, Soyoung, okay?”

 

Eunwoo Lee lowered his height a little and met my eyes. Eunwoo Lee’s amazingly handsome and beautiful face was slightly distorted with worry.

 

“Ah, no… … . No.”

 

I hesitated, took a few steps back, and shook my head.

 

“No?”

 

Following my actions, Eunwoo raised his head again. The face that had been filled with worry just a moment ago was nowhere to be found.

 

“Soyoung-ah.”

 

The door to the infirmary that had been facing away from Eunwoo Lee closed with a thud. The sound of the door closing with a thud sounded like my heart pounding. It was scary. He’s a middle school student, Eunwoo Lee is still a middle school student.

 

But no matter how many times I thought about it, Eunwoo Lee was incredibly smart, and with his height of over 180 cm and proportional strength, he didn’t look like a middle school student.

 

“You’ve been lying to me lately. You’ve never done that before.

 

It’s frustrating.”

 

Eunwoo Lee spoke calmly with a smile on his face, not showing any signs of being upset at all.

 

“I’ll help you, Soyoung. Like always.”

 

If you breathe too intermittently, your throat will feel loose.

 

I looked down at Lee Eun-woo’s large hand reaching out to me. The delicate hand was lightly touching my fingertips. The hand was neatly groomed, and not a single nail was grown, so it touched my skin right away. The large, white hand looked just like that of a savior’s.

 

But am I really in that much of a danger right now? Is my life in danger? No. If you think about it realistically, it’s very common for menstruation to suddenly burst anywhere. It’s just difficult to deal with the aftermath.

 

I didn’t need Eunwoo Lee’s help. It was a situation I could handle on my own. I slowly took another step back to keep my hand away from Eunwoo Lee’s hand that was trying to grab mine.

 

And shook my head.

 

“……I’m okay.”

 

 

Eunwoo Lee’s face hardened as if he was trying to reassure me with a smile. But it was only for a moment. As if nothing had happened, Eunwoo Lee put on an affectionate expression again and took back the hand he had hastily extended.

 

“I did that because you didn’t look okay. You’ve never been like this before. So… … I was worried.”

 

It’s terrible.

 

I felt a slight irritation at Eunwoo Lee’s persistent nagging. Yes. I knew that Eunwoo Lee’s personality was like this.

 

But why now? It hasn’t even been 5 minutes since you suddenly turned your back on me. If I had gotten my period yesterday, I would have asked Eunwoo Lee for help without hesitation.

 

It could be that she asked him to buy her sanitary pads in order to see Eunwoo Lee’s human side, such as his innocent blushing face as if he knew nothing. She hoped that Eunwoo Lee would become an ordinary person.

 

Yes. Yesterday, Lee Eun-woo was so devoted that he seemed like he would become Kim So-young’s hands and feet.

 

I made an expression of incomprehension.

 

“……Why?”

 

“Why… … .”

 

Eunwoo Lee made a embarrassed face.

 

“… … You ignored me all day today.”

 

This relationship was strange from the beginning. Kim So-young and Lee Eun-woo never said a word that they loved each other, and they were always hanging out together like they were dating. Then, did Lee Eun-woo ever ask Kim So-young out? No matter how much I searched my memory, there was not a single scene like that.

 

It was only after becoming a college student that Lee Eun-woo kidnapped and imprisoned Kim So-young under the pretext of love.

 

What did Lee Eun-woo say to Kim So-young, who asked to be sent back?

 

‘It’s all because I want you.’ Yes, I think that’s what he said.

 

It was an abnormal relationship. This was not normal. Not only Lee Eun-woo said it was not normal, but Kim So-young also did not feel anything strange about Lee Eun-woo, who was more

 

than just a friend.

 

“I’m sorry, Soyoung. I misunderstood. I was so busy this morning. Did you wait for me? I’m sorry. Oh, and also, the homeroom teacher said that in the morning… … .”

 

I quietly looked up at Eunwoo Lee, who was making excuses. Eunwoo Lee was barely able to maintain a smile, as if he was forcing himself to smile. I don’t know why he was forcing himself to smile.

 

“Strange…….”

 

“……huh?”

 

As I was talking to myself, Eunwoo Lee stopped making excuses and asked.

 

“Why have you helped me until now?”

 

Just. It was so obvious. Without any price, Lee Eun-woo always showed mercy to Kim So-young. Because he loved her? Because he liked her?

 

“What are you talking about, Soyoung… … .”

 

I always thought that if I were the female protagonist in a novel

 

with a mentally ill male protagonist, I would not run away from him, but would love him.

 

I thought the male protagonist was just obsessed and trapped with the female protagonist because he loved her too much.

 

In the end, unless it’s a novel that ends with a bad or sad ending, if the female protagonist accepts the male protagonist, it’s bound to be a happy ending. I thought that if I were the female protagonist, I would have to love and embrace all of the male protagonist’s pain.

 

Then I thought the male protagonist would change. I thought that Eunwoo Lee would do the same. I constantly told myself that I had to be good to him and tried to put it into practice so that I wouldn’t die by his hands before going to college.

 

But that didn’t happen. When I changed, Eunwoo Lee, the kids in the class, and the content and the flow of the story all changed. I was just angry at Eunwoo Lee for ignoring my efforts.

 

“… … Because you feel sorry for me?”

 

Eunwoo Lee didn’t say anything.

 

Why does Lee Eun-woo love Kim So-young? Because her skin is so clear that it looks like it has never been exposed to sunlight?

 

No. Because she is just pretty? No. Because she is weak? That seems to be somewhat true.

 

It’s simple. The only child in a similar situation to Lee Eun-woo is Kim So-young. Kim So-young doesn’t have parents, and Lee Eun-woo has parents who are insignificant. This is the first thing they have in common.

 

But also maybe because she is more pitiful than him.

 

How on earth did Lee Eun-woo know about her family history? By chance? Yes, in the novel, it was written that he found out by chance. Lee Eun-woo was the class president, and it would be even easier to know it from the homeroom teacher who asked the students to report their lives. Moreover, that kid had been in the same class since the first year of middle school.

 

It was natural and obvious for Kim So-young to follow Lee Eun-woo as he showed kindness to a child who was suffering alone and struggling. There was no reason why she started showing sympathy to the poor child. It was just a light feeling of sympathy, like picking up an abandoned kitten on the street.

 

In the process, Lee Eun-woo naturally came to think that Kim So-young was his. Kim So-young’s owner is Lee Eun-woo. Has he ever thought of her as a person and treated her like that?

 

Probably not.

 

So, did Lee Eun-woo feel proud when he saw Kim So-young become a little more active as soon as she entered her second year of middle school? No. She knew how to talk to other kids and had a smooth school life, so he felt like his insides were turning inside out. He had worked hard to make her sociable, but he felt like she had been completely taken out of his arms.

 

It must have been from that time. Lee Eun-woo started to wield his power. After all, he had to appeal to Kim So-young that there was no one else but Lee Eun-woo. He made her rely entirely on him, and he made her unable to do anything without his help or touch.

 

In the end, a twisted love sprouted in Kim So-young, who returned to him on her own.

 

He was completely intoxicated with a sense of conquest and went through college life, but was caught by Kim So-young. It wasn’t because he loved her, but because he felt pity for her. Lee Eun-woo, who she thought was a ray of light during her messy school days, wasn’t her hope. He just made her see no one but himself.

 

Yes, at that time, Kim So-young’s feelings of betrayal from him were swirling around.

 

 

“Soyoung, that kind of thing… … .”

 

In fact, a question crossed my mind as to whether it was really worth getting so angry. But it quickly disappeared.

 

“Don’t say anything.”

 

Tears fell. I was so emotional. It was because I was thinking of a novel that went too far into the future and got myself involved in it. I spoke firmly and wiped my tears with the back of my hand.

 

Those arrogant eyes that are sure that no one else will help her. Kindness disguised as soft and affectionate persuasive speech. Why should I endure not being treated like a human being? Just for Eunwoo Lee to live a normal life? Yes, that’s what I thought at one time. But if I keep asking for more, he’ll act like a tyrant, as if it were his own world.

 

I swallowed heavily and raised my head. I looked at Eunwoo Lee, who was biting his lips nervously.

 

“Okay. Help me. I need a pad.”

 

I won’t finish middle school without being able to open my eyes and just looking at your expressions.

 

Did he take the initiative? Probably not.

 

I looked at Eunwoo Lee, who was flustered by my words and then said, “Okay,” and left the infirmary. I also left the infirmary. They sell sanitary pads at the school cafeteria, so he will definitely buy them. Or I could just borrow some from the kids in my class. I closed the infirmary door and ran to the bathroom.

 

Although I was concerned about Eunwoo Lee telling me to wait and not to go anywhere, I really had no intention of receiving sanitary pads from him.

 

I just felt a strange sense of doubt.

 

“It was spread ultimately… … .”

 

I went into the bathroom stall and checked my underwear. There was a nasty, dark red droplet on my underwear, as if it had burst. I quietly pulled out a toilet paper and rubbed it on my underwear.

 

“……ha…….”

 

The more I rubbed, the more blood spread on my underwear, so I threw the toilet paper in the trash can in frustration. It was quiet in the bathroom because it was not long after class started.

 

I listened to the silence while quietly burying my face in my palms.

 

“Phew.”

 

I took a deep breath and let it out quietly. Let’s go. I rolled up a handful of tissues and put them on over my underwear. Click, I opened the bathroom door and stood in front of the sink. It was too obvious that I had cried so hard in the infirmary. My eyes weren’t swollen, but I wiped the tears away with the back of my hand so hard that the area around my eyes was red.

 

What crime have you and I committed?

 

I asked Kim So-young in the mirror. Even if I asked, there was no Kim So-young to answer.