38.

"What is your philosophy on love, Kyungsoo ssi?"

"It's something I'll never experience perhaps," Kyungsoo shrugged, his eyes fixed on the opposite grey wall.

"Why?"

"People don't love monsters."

Eun-ah gave him a pitiful smile, taking his warm hands in her small ones.

"Monsters are people too."

Kyungsoo had left Eun-ah a few new books to read,and she was grateful. His choice in literature was amazing,just like his collection.

Kyungsoo,much like Eun-ah,had a thing for surrealism,and it perhaps reflected in his life philosophy too.

It was a seemingly calm and normal day,the usual painful routine.

Kyungsoo had a tendency to disappear in the mornings, Eun-ah reckoned it had to do with his "missions". Being lonely was painful,but she was growing used to the routine. 

Chanyeol sneaked in sometimes, and often expressed how regretful he felt that he was powerless. Everytime they met, he promised her that he'll get her out, that they would run away to a place where no one would hurt her. It almost seemed like he was reading his little sister bed time fairy tales.

She wondered if that dream of his would ever come true.

It was somewhere around twilight,and it was unusually quiet. It was obvious that no one was around 

Maybe an odd man here or there,but Eun-ah had no idea how many residents lived in this larger than life mansion.

But all her doubts about no one being h