Title: Stockholm Syndrome
Written By: SSZE_A501

Chapter: FOUR.

It was getting colder and colder since it was winter. The only thing that could warm the house up, was the small heater. Since there was no boiler inside
the house, the floor was kept cold all the time which made Chaejin spend his whole day sitting on the bed doing nothing. Starting from this morning, Seyong
had trust in Chaejin that he un-tied the rope around him. But, Seyong was wrong, Chaejin was thinking about running away. Who will never think of
running away when they are free. Chaejin was excited that he was running around, moving his legs and was pretending to watch the TV. Chaejin was
thinking why it was so cold this morning, but the announcer  who was telling the weather said that it is going to be minus five degrees. Ah - that's why it
was so cold... I feel like hot chocolate - I guess he doesn't have hot chocolate inside the house. He doesn't have a boiler here, so he wouldn't be having
anything interesting inside this place -

"I'm going out for awhile."

"Okay, bye -"

Take care. Chaejin couldn't say that word to Seyong, that he kept it to himself. How could I say that to him, when i'm running away? If he gets here, then
i'll be gone. Chaejin was also upset by thinking that this was going to be the last day with him. Seyong smiled towards Chaejin as he said, 'Look after this
house, till I come back.' and went outside. Soon, there was the front gate opening, Chaejin swallowed his saliva as the gate closed with a cracking sound.
Seyong-ah, goodbye - When Seyong was gone, Chaejin was busy packing his things to get ready to go out of this place. The only thing that he had to grab
was his school bag. Chaejin then changed his clothes back to his school uniform, because the clothes he was wearing was too big for him since it was Seyong's
t-shirt. Chaejin finished wearing his school uniform and put his bag around his back. Should I go home first? Since my phone got taken away from Seyong,
I can't call my friends as well as they might be at school right now. So, the only place that I can go is... home. Chaejin was now standing infront of the front
gate. Chaejin turned around one last time, then he noticed a really old looking shoes, which was a converse. It was ripped and was all dirty, which made
Chaejin feel more bad for leaving him like this. Chaejin tied his shoe properly and stood up, then he pushed opened the front gate.

You're really stupid, Seyong. How could you make a place where people can run away from here, easily? I did a mist... wait, no. I don't have any mistakes.
But, since you treat me well. I won't report you to the police, since i'm so nice - also, it'll be tiring for myself as well. The wind blew, as it messed Chaejin's
hair up. Aaah, I should have stole one of his scarf - the wind was so cold when it blew that Chaejin had to just stay there for awhile. Because it snowed
not long ago, the floor was slippery that Chaejin fell on the floor, twisting his ankle. Chaejin still stood up from the spot, and walked carefully and slowly
as he can. Ah, I have to go faster. If Seyong sees me, he'll definately kill me. Chaejin shivered as he thought about Seyong trying to kill him. He'll either,
hit me till I die... or kiss me like the other time... Chaejin shook his head to get rid of the thought. He's a ert.

"Student."

"Y- yeah?"

"I don't know the way here - can you help me?"

"Ah, yeah... where are you going..."

Aish, i'm busy running away at the moment. Chaejin was forcing a smile infront of the old lady. The old lady was walking slow, and was talking slow at
the same time which made Chaejin more afraid that Seyong might come anytime. Chaejin just wanted to walk away from the old lady, but he didn't want
to be rude to the elders, so he calmed himself down and asked the old lady where she was going. The old lady, took out a piece of paper out of her pocket
and handed it towards Chaejin. Chaejin opened the piece of paper which was written 501 Myname Apartment. Wait... isn't this address Seyong's place?
Chaejin wasn't good at remember things, but weirdly he remembered the place where Seyong was living at. Does that mean, that this old lady, is Seyong's
grandmother?

"Grandma -"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Are you going to see your grandson?"

"Yeah - I came here to see how my grandson is doing, he is living by himself without his parents. I wonder how he is doing..."

"Yeah, o-okay..."

Seyong... doesn't have parents? Aish, Seyong... stop showing me your empty spots. Don't make me feel sorry for you...

"So, can you help me?"

"Ah... yeah, this place is..."

***

"Aigoo, thank you. This is something small but here take it."

"No, it's okay. You don't need to give me this -"

"Just take it for me. It's a small present for taking me here -"

The old lady was being so nice towards Chaejin, at the same time he thought about if she knows that Seyong is a murderer. When Chaejin shook his head,
and looked at the old lady, she then quickly took out some more chocolates out of the packet and shoved it inside Chaejin's pocket. She is so much like
Seyong. The way they keep on shoving everything inside. When Chaejin was thinking about this and that, he realised that he wasted too much time. Chaejin
also thought about just living here with Seyong because he didn't do any harm, but eventhough Chaejin thought about living here with Seyong, his leg
wouldn't agree to it and was about to go down the stairs again when...

"..."

"... Seyong..."

What a crazy timing it was. Seyong was walking his way up the stairs, while holding a lot of plastic bags which was full of junk foods. Chaejin couldn't
run away, or move at all. He was just glued to the spot, looking at Seyong coming up the stairs. At the same time, the old lady came out of the place.
Then, she walked away saying that the place wasn't the place where his grandson was living at. Seyong's eyes were on Chaejin's eyes, but Chaejin couldn't
look away from him. When Chaejin saw his eyes, it was mixed with awkwardness, sadness and the loneliness. It also looked scary at some point. He was
looking at Chaejin with mixed emotions, then made out a soft laugh which sounded really sad. It wasn't just the laugh that the murderer made like the first
time, he met Seyong, but it was the laugh, which was mixed with sadness that he looked like he was going to cry soon.

"Chaejin..."

"..."

"I guess I made a mistake."

"..."

"It will sound funny, but I trusted you..."

"..."

"Right now, i'm disappointed in you."

"... Seyong-ah..."

"Just make an excuse or something..."

"... there's no excuse. You saw it with your own eyes..."

".... hah.... alright... let's go inside..."

Seyong walked passed Chaejin. Chaejin turned around to looked at Seyong walking inside without looking back. Chaejin sighed  and looked down, feeling
really confused about his feelings, because right now... he felt really sorry for Seyong for trying to run away from him.

***

Nothing changed, when they were both inside the house. Seyong looked like he was really disappointed in him. But, Chaejin somehow felt wrong about
this. Why is Seyong disappointed in me, and why do I have to feel sorry for doing that. We're in no relationship and why do I feel that something is wrong
about this? Chaejin also felt something was wrong at the first time when he got kidnapped by him. Usually, if people get kidnapped, they'd either ask for
money, , or kill them. But Chaejin felt weird, that Seyong kidnapped him to just to let him live together with him. Chaejin also felt stupid for thinking
about this, but he wanted to know the reason why. At the same time, Chaejin was in deep thought, Seyong came out bringing out the food from the kitchen.
Chaejin didn't feel like eating.

"..."

"..."

There was an awkward silence and Chaejin was just chewing on the food for along time not thinking about swallowing it. But, Seyong didn't care like other
time, and just kept silent ignoring him. Like the other days, he would have made complain while Chaejin was eating, but he didn't say anything to him.
Chaejin forced himself to eat, eventhough he didn't feel like eating. He just shoved the plain rice inside his mouth and just swallowed it without chewing.
When Chaejin finished eating, he stood up and took his empty bowl and walked passed Seyong, to the kitchen and began to wash the dishes. Chaejin felt
like crying. Why do you trust me? Why did you un-tie the rope around me for? If you're going to be like this, you shouldn't have un-tied me... Tears were
about to fall down from Chaejin's eyes. It was blurring Chaejin's view. I can't see anything, it's too blurry... suddenly, the bowl he was holding slipped off
his hand, and fell onto the floor, which broke into pieces.

"Ah..."

Chaejin blamed himself for not concentrating on washing the dishes but something else. Chaejin quicly bent down to pick the broken pieces up, but while
picking it up, the glass went into his skin, but he couldn't feel the pain. Seyong who also finished eating his food, hold his empty bowl and walked towards
where Chaejin was, but he was surprised when he saw the glass inside Chaejin's skin and the blood coming out of him, that he put the bowl down and
grabbed Chaejin's wrist.

"Ah... ... you're bleeding."

"..."

"Really... a guy like you... can't live without me."

"Seyong-ah."

"... the cut is deep... does it hurt..."

"... Seyong-ah..."

"... Chaejin-ah."

"Seyong-ah... sorry... sorry... I'm really sorry... Seyong-ah..."

"..."

Chaejin just let his tears out that he was keeping in for along time, when he saw Seyong worrying about him. The tears wouldn't stop coming out, that
it fell onto the floor. Seyong hugged Chaejin without a word. Seyong-ah... I think i'm crazy... I like you so much...

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author's note :::

Hello everyone, sorry for not updating for few days >_____<
but here, I came back with an update :) for all of you to read lol... *ofcourse*
so, how was the story. and guess what?
guess whe gunwoo will come out of this story?
also, guess what role he is coming out as :P
ah, I don't know when to bring gunwoo out in this story,
i'm already excited writing about Seyong and Chaejin lol
okay, enjoy. Bye bye...

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