Antisocial Chapter 26

Chapter 26. Human

Her mouth was suffocated and she couldn’t open it. The murderous intent she had felt the first day she met him was squeezing her heart.

“You having trouble breathing over something so trivial. You cry that it’s hard to get my dick in your wet pussy. You tremble pitifully, scared even by a few words.”

He whispered in a tone of affection, caressing her round cheeks, soft with a layer of white fluff. It was brainwashing implanted in her mind.

“Wouldn’t it be easier to act cute and be loved when I look at you?”

Tap. Tap. He lightly tapped Bo-yeon’s temple, telling her to think about it carefully. Even the slightest touch made the corners of her eyes tingle.

Bo-yeon’s body trembled as she realized she had been mistaken about Joo Do-kyung.

Do-kyung pulled Bo-yeon tightly by the waist, enveloping her in a hug like a massive mountain. He gently caressed her trembling body and asked,

“Where do you want to go tomorrow?”

Bo-yeon flinched at his words, unable to resist the hand pressing against the back of her head. She barely managed to release a trembling breath, leaning her cheek against his solid chest.

“Bo-yeon. Answer me. Be good.”

Bo-yeon’s lips parted slightly under the suffocating pressure. She had only one thing to say.

“Jamsil….”

Bo-yeon whispered.

Obediently, like a small and pretty canary that sweetly accepts its master’s touch. The heat of his body pressed down on her straight, white back, as if clipping her wings.

***

The next day dawned. Do-kyung took Bo-yeon to Jamsil as promised.

It was about 6km from Bo-yeon’s house to Jamsil Station. Do-kyung found a perfectly good car that had been abandoned with the key still inside.

The accident had happened on a Saturday, and many cars had been left abandoned on the road. He solved the problem by completely ignoring traffic rules, such as driving in the wrong direction and disregarding lanes.

“Grrr! Grrr!”

As the car rumbled to life, it caught the attention of the zombies surrounding it. The bright red eyes staring at Bo-yeon gave her goosebumps, but they didn’t come any closer than a certain distance.

As Do-kyung accelerated, the zombies swarmed like they were fleeing a disaster, parting like the Red Sea.

They fought among themselves and trampled on each other. It could only be described as hell on earth.

Bo-yeon was shaking, gripping the passenger seat handle tightly. Do-kyung snickered as he glanced at her, perhaps finding it amusing.

“Why are you scared when they’re far away?”

His face was so calm, as if the zombies’ hellish chaos didn’t even faze him. Maybe that’s why she was even more terrified. He seemed like a devil with a charming appearance.

“Where is it?”

“Uh, right turn…”

The 6km drive ended so quickly it almost felt unreal. When Bo-yeon came to her senses, they were almost at the apartment where her aunt lived. Why hadn’t she heard from them, even though they were so close?

“Here?”

“Yes… Building 102…”

When they finally arrived in front of the apartment, Bo-yeon felt a wave of fear wash over her at the thought of checking on the house. However, since Do-kyung walked ahead with brisk strides, Bo-yeon had no choice but to follow him.

The apartment entrance was a total mess, and since it was a densely populated building, zombies were scattered inside.

“Kuuraahh!”

“……!”

One zombie opened its mouth wide, revealing its bloody teeth. A pungent smell of blood wafted through the air. Bo-yeon staggered, feeling as if she might faint.

“What’s so scary?”

In reality, Do-kyung was indifferent, as though he were experiencing a haunted house that wasn’t even that frightening.

“T-they suddenly popped out…”

Bo-yeon panicked and couldn’t regain her composure. Unlike in the car, the zombies were much closer now. It felt like they had a ferocious dog tied up, just barely out of arm’s reach.

Fearing they might bite her at any moment, Bo-yeon had no choice but to desperately cling to Do-kyung.

“Would you like me to help you?”

Do-kyung asked teasingly. She realized it could be an extension of his threat or that he was intentionally tormenting her. But Bo-yeon didn’t have the strength to argue with him.

“Nhhk, H-help me…” she stammered.

Do-kyung picked Bo-yeon up, whose legs were shaking. Held like a child in his arms, Bo-yeon sobbed quietly. The zombies didn’t attack again until they reached the top of the stairs.

He was truly cruel and mean. Every time this happened, Bo-yeon grew even more afraid of him.

But why did she feel safe in his arms? Her pounding heart gradually calmed. It was so familiar, it almost scared her.

They arrived at the 9th-floor hallway.

 

What does it mean? Every house had an O,X mark written in red lipstick. There were an overwhelming number of Xs.

They arrived in front of her aunt’s house.

Right next to the front door, a large X-mark was painted in red lipstick. The foul stench coming from the hallway was coming from her aunt’s house.

It was the smell of rotting corpses.

“It stinks.”

Do-kyung slammed the front door. It made a loud noise.

Bam! The inside became noisy. As Bo-yeon took a step back, the thick front door rattled violently.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

“Krrk! Grrr! Krrgg!”

The zombie-like sounds resonated through the door.

However, it soon became quiet, as if Do-kyung had pushed the creatures farther away.

“There are zombies and corpses. At least one must have died quietly in the room.”

“We don’t know who it is yet… It could be someone else…”

Ah. Bo-yeon hoped that the zombies and corpses inside her aunt’s house were someone else.

She wished that someone else had been sacrificed instead of her beloved family. Humans were so selfish. Bo-yeon’s face twisted with guilt and fear.

“Okay, then.”

He grabbed the door lock handle and turned it. The lock was stuck, so there was no way it would open if he turned it that way…

Jolt!

The door lock was broken and rattled. There was a round gap where the doorknob was, and he put his hand inside.

Creak!

The thick aluminum door used in ordinary homes creaked and buckled. The latch fell off in an instant.

“…..”

Bo-yeon felt so surreal that she lost her sense of reality.

The power of humans is incredible.

She had heard that some people had enough strength to bend a frying pan. Could that strength be enough to remove a door lock like that?

Even though aluminum is easily dented, the door opened in front of Bo-yeon’s eyes as she stepped back from the thick door.

“……”

The sunlight streaming in through the window reflected their unfamiliar appearances.

“Aunt?”

“Grrrk!”

“Uncle…”

“Krrrgggkk!”

Bo-yeon blankly stared at them, who grew more violent with each word.

The smell came from Hae-in’s room, Bo-yeon’s cousin. Bo-yeon and Hae-in had a small age difference, so they were like sisters.

When Do-kyung opened Hae-in’s room, several flies buzzed in. Inside, there was a corpse in the process of being skeletonized.

It was so badly decomposed that it was impossible to recognize who it had once been.

 

 

An empty medicine bottle rolled around on the desk. Next to it was a small notebook spread out.

Do-kyung looked at the notebook with a calm expression before handing it to Bo-yeon. When the door to the room with the daughter’s body opened, the couple of zombies grumbled, driven by hunger.

Bo-yeon, who had been crying at the sight, collapsed and sobbed uncontrollably when she saw the notebook.

 

 

As sneaky turned each page, the writing became a mess, and the paper was covered in dried tear stains. Hae-in’s last words were briefly written in the notebook.

 

 

“Hm! Aheuk, nhn… hnnnk….”

Despair burst out. Bo-yeon clutched the notebook tightly with both hands, crying so hard she could barely breathe.

Meanwhile, Do-kyung watched Bo-yeon as she cried, wondering what to do about the zombie couple and the corpse of the daughter.

Would she want to kill the zombies? Would she want to hold a funeral?

He thought briefly about killing one of the zombies and letting the remaining one feed on the other two. Wouldn’t it be easier to deal with them that way?

However, he wasn’t sure if Bo-yeon, who was crying so intensely, could handle such a process.

Would she be shocked by something so cruel because she was so weak?

Annoying.

It took quite a while for Bo-yeon to calm down. Do-kyung didn’t urge her, but just quietly watched Bo-yeon cry with her throat choked.