How to Fix a Psychopath

Chapter 7

 

How to Fix a Psychopath Episode 7

 

I turned on the faucet and washed my face with cold water. I rubbed my face with my palms a few times and raised my head again. Even though midsummer was just around the corner, pouring cold water on my face made my lips turn pale.

 

I was so weak, and it seemed like my physical condition and mood were also low because of my period.

 

I left the bathroom, holding the water dripping down my chin on my shoulder. I felt dizzy. My stomach still hurt as if someone was kicking me. I thought it would be better to leave early.

 

I wonder if I can do it.

 

As soon as I came out of the bathroom, I quietly looked at Eunwoo Lee, who suddenly got up from the stairs coming downstairs as if he had been waiting for me. Eunwoo Lee’s expression was a bit mysterious. It seemed like he was saying that he was upset, or that he had something to say but was hesitating.

 

“……I found it.”

 

Lee Eun-woo quietly handed me a black plastic bag. The contents that could be seen through the gap were sanitary pads. Should I take it or not? I looked down at the bag quietly and thought about this month’s living expenses that I had never checked. Kim So-young’s life was lonely and pathetic.

 

“Thank you.”

 

I quietly accepted the envelope. Our palms brushed against each other. Our hands clasped and then fell apart, but Eunwoo grabbed them again.

 

“Soyoung, I moved to the seat next to you again. Our homeroom teacher told you to sit in front for a bit during the first and second periods. Are you surprised? If you get sick, I’ll tell the teacher everything. I will be next to you. And… … .”

 

It seems that he moved again during the short time he stopped by the classroom to buy sanitary pads. He looked desperate. Lee Eun-woo spoke to me with the softest expression and most aggressive tone. It seemed that Lee Eun-woo had changed his plans again.

 

I looked down at Eunwoo Lee, who seemed to hesitate and trail off, and then I saw his strong grip on my hand, trying not to let go.

 

“… … you should forgot about that earlier. Okay? Let’s talk properly after class, Soyoung.”

 

I was tired. Just by facing Eunwoo Lee, I could tell that he was anxious because Eunwoo Lee kept wetting his lips with his tongue.

 

After he finished speaking, the hallway was quiet. The only sounds were the voices of the teachers flowing into the hallway and the occasional rustling of a bag of sanitary pads.

 

But today wasn’t the day to listen to Eunwoo Lee’s excuses. I also smiled slightly as Eunwoo Lee tried to make up for it.

 

“I’m sorry. I… … am not feeling well so I’m going to leave school early.”

 

Eunwoo Lee looked at my complexion with a face that said he didn’t get it. It was natural for him not to know since it was different from the frequent pains and fever.

 

“I’ll help you.”

 

I shook my head quietly.

 

“… … it’s okay… … .”

 

Eunwoo Lee grabbed my finger tightly as if he couldn’t give up.

 

“Thank you. But I can do it all alone, Eunwoo.”

 

I quietly pulled away from the hand that Eunwoo Lee was holding.

 

After that, the two of us went back to our class. More than half of the class time had already passed, and Eunwoo Lee was sitting alone, looking at me. I could feel the kids in the class also stealing glances at us.

 

Regardless, I packed my school bag as if no one was looking at me. I also put the sanitary pads that Eunwoo Lee bought in my school bag, and neatly packed the textbooks, pencil case, and exercise book I was planning to prepare for the second period. After I finished organizing my heavy school bag, I left the classroom.

 

Eunwoo Lee couldn’t take his eyes off me until I left the classroom. It felt like his eyes were glued to my body. I closed the classroom door and quickly ran to the teachers’ office.

 

Early dismissal was easy. The homeroom teacher, who knew well that Kim So-young was sick, quickly wrote an early dismissal letter. After receiving the early dismissal letter, it was easy to leave school. When I left through the playground, the sun was very hot because it was time to go to lunch. The playground was noisy because there was a physical education class for another

 

class.

 

I crossed to the edge of the shady playground, looking down at my feet crossing each other.

 

One step, two steps, three steps. I stopped walking when I saw something other than my feet.

 

“Haha! You idiot… … . Oh, you can’t even wear that!”

 

I slowly raised my head. What I saw was a male student whose face was all messed up and bruised. Ah. The male student who had been beaten up unilaterally by Lee Eun-woo during physical education class yesterday.

 

The boy, who couldn’t play soccer because of his injury, was sitting in the shade and was watching his friends. The boy, who couldn’t laugh properly because of his cracked mouth, muttered a curse, “Fuck… ” Then he turned to me. I quickly stopped walking because my eyes blinked in surprise.

 

“Huh? Hey! Hey, wait a minute!”

 

I walked a little faster at the sound of a boy’s urgent voice behind me.

 

“Hey! I said just wait!”

 

The boy blocked my path after a few more clicks of sneakers. The boy’s face, facing me… looked more hurt than I had expected. Even though he had rolled on the artificial grass, there were still some small scratches on the rocks.

 

I had a bad feeling about this. It seemed like he was going to say something to me for beating Eun woo’s beating up. The boy, whose facial features were darker and more fierce than those of other kids his age, was quietly looking down at me. Then, all of a sudden, he handed me the gym uniform he was wearing around his neck.

 

“You, you… you… you got something on the back of your skirt.”

 

I blinked.

 

“Miss, I have two older sisters, so I know. You have blood on your skirt. Take this and leave quickly.”

 

As I sat there with a blank expression, the boy, feeling frustrated, put a rag in my hand and spoke. I looked down at the rag I had received in a panic and realized that my period had leaked onto my skirt even after I had covered it with toilet paper.

 

“Ah…….”

 

“You don’t need to thank me,. The uniform smells because I

 

haven’t washed it in a few days.”

 

I closed my open mouth and put the jersey the child had handed me around my waist.

 

“Thank you anyway.”

 

“… …Besides the gratitude, what’s your relationship with Lee Eun-woo?”

 

I pulled up the sleeves of my gym uniform and raised my head. Despite being the kid asking the question, his eyes weren’t on me. I turned around, following the gaze of the boy who was looking up at me with a very unpleasant expression on his face.

 

“That kid did this to me last time too.”

 

From the beginning, Eunwoo Lee was staring at us with a sinister expression, as if he had been looking out the window. He was so far away that I couldn’t tell how fierce his expression was, but it was so creepy that I forgot that summer was approaching.

 

I turned my head back to the upright position and grabbed the boy’s running shirt.

 

The child who was having a fierce staring contest with Eunwoo looked down as if nothing happened and asked, “Why?

 

 

“I’ll make sure to wash your gym clothes and bring them to you.”

 

“Oh, uh. Okay.”

 

“And. The kid in that window… … If possible, try to avoid meeting him.”

 

The boy looked down at me with an expression that said, “Why should I do that?”

 

“Okay.”

 

And then he readily agreed.

 

“Thank you. I’ll go.”

 

“Oh, bye.”

 

I passed by that boy who was waving at me.

 

I felt something pouring down my lower abdomen again. I started sweating. My heart was racing.

 

This is because I remembered how Lee Eun-woo beat up Kim So-young’s senior, whom she used to get along well with during her college days.

 

Arriving home as if I was being chased, I locked the door tightly and leaned against the wall.

 

“Fuck, seriously… … .”

 

I muttered a curse and put my bag and the gym uniform the boy had lent me on the floor, then went straight to the bathroom. I could have run away. I shouldn’t have left him alone at school, where Eunwoo Lee, who had already shown hostility towards that kid, was.

 

I took off my clothes and turned on the shower. Lukewarm water poured down on my head.

 

But you never know. Eunwoo Lee wouldn’t do anything to the boy right away. Still, I couldn’t help feeling anxious.

 

What can I do if Lee Eun-woo bullies that kid? I didn’t have the power to control my classmates like Lee Eun-woo did. I didn’t trust on teachers as much as Lee Eun-woo did.

 

From the beginning, Eunwoo Lee had no idea what he would do to the child, so he didn’t even come up with a plan.

 

Of course, Lee Eun-woo will not do it himself. He will order someone else to do it from afar, as he usually does. So, she cannot hold Lee Eun-woo responsible for the crime. Even if we

 

hold Lee Eun-woo responsible with only circumstantial evidence, Lee Eun-woo will simply deny it and that will be the end of it. Also, Lee Eun-woo’s followers will claim to be the perpetrators, saying that they did it themselves.

 

My fist clenched on its own.

 

I turned off the shower head. I need to rest first. I started my period as Kim So-young, so I felt tired and dizzy.

 

Still, I hope I don’t get sick tomorrow. I vaguely thought that I hope I’ll be given some reasonable benefits since I’ve twisted the original.

 

It would be impossible. The novelist made up his mind to write it entirely in a way that was disadvantageous to Kim So-young. I wouldn’t suddenly become better just because I was possessed by Kim So-young.

 

I washed and hung up the blood-stained school uniform skirt and the gym uniform the boy had lent me. I looked around to see if there was anything else I could do, and then collapsed on the bed. I sat down on the heavy bed and stared blankly at the ceiling before closing my eyes.

 

* * *

 

Someone was touching my leg. It felt like a dream. My body didn’t move. It was the body of the adult Soyoung. There was no complaint. It was a bad dream.

 

Do not touch.

 

I muttered silently with my lips. As expected, the other person didn’t seem to hear me either. The large hand reminded me of a man, and the hand that had been touching my calf quickly moved up and touched my pants.

 

Even though it was a dream, I could feel their skin. I tried to twist my body. It felt like a nightmare. This kind of dream was not pleasant. I didn’t usually have good dreams, but a dream about being sexually harassed was dirty.

 

But my body still didn’t move, and the hand on my waist slowly took off my pants and underwear at the same time. My mouth slowly opened. I felt like I was screaming like crazy, but as if I was in a vacuum, no sound came out. Instead, I could clearly hear the sound of my pants and underwear being taken off.

 

Don’t do it. Don’t do it! No. Don’t do it.

 

The other person in my dream lifted my legs wide open, as if his purpose was to take off my pants and underwear. It was a pose just like a mother changing a newborn’s diaper.

 

 

Don’t… … . Please, don’t. Stop it, leave me alone.

 

please…….

 

It was horrible. The dream was as disgusting as if it were real. My body was shaking. I was sobbing in the dream. But I didn’t feel any tears or the sound of crying.

 

But the other person’s touch and gaze felt so explicit. The explicit gaze directed between her legs. The thick fingers holding and supporting her calf.

 

I wish I could wake up. It was scary. Yes, it was so scary. It was a dream, but I was so scared because I was like Kim So-young in this novel where I couldn’t do anything. If I were hit by Lee Eun-woo, would this be how I would feel? I don’t know. Anyway, it was scarier than anything I’ve ever experienced.

 

As fear and terror took over my mind, the other person became more and more real.

 

“Soyoung… … .”

 

An excited voice comes from between my legs.

 

Ahhh…….

 

 

No.

 

No… … No.

 

“… … So this is what menstruation is like.”

 

Suddenly, my upper body was forcibly raised, and all I could see was Lee Eun-woo, smiling happily between my legs. His mouth gaped open like a clam on a hot plate.

 

“Ah, ah, ahhhhhh!!”

 

And it was covered in darkness.