I involuntarily sighed as I took a sip of my latte.

"Yerin, what's wrong?" Yunji asked. We were back in Jihoon's coffee shop again in the afternoon after my morning shift in a shop.

I sighed again. "Yunji, do you have a boyfriend?"

"No, not at the moment. Why?"

"I don't know...."

"Look," She set her cup of coffee down, "I know something is off between you and Minjun. I've been noticing it for a while."

My head shot up to look at her, "You have?"

"Yes, did you really think I wouldn't notice a change in my best friend? You act differently around Minjun every time, and not in a good way."

I laughed pathetically, "I should have told you what's been happening shouldn't I?'

"Yes. Now go on, spill it."

"Minjun... he has been abusing me..."

She sighed, "Yerin, you really should have told me the first time he did it! I would have gone and slapped him right away and told him to stay away form you! Why did you keep it all in?"

"I- I thought I was in love with him... And he threatened to kill me if I told anyone about it..."

"Aish you pabo! You should have gone to the police right away!" She held her head as if she was going to go mad over my stupid action.

"Haha, yea I should have should't I..." I thought back to what happened yesterday at the police station... and what happened afterward.

She sighed again, "Anyway, have you thought of what you are going to do now?"

Truthfully I haven't. My head had been so occupied by Jimin that I haven't even thought of what to do with Minjun.

"I think you should go and confront Minjun. Running away won't help." Yunji said.

"What? No! I don't want to see Minjun!" I exclaimed just a bit too loudly, turning a few heads form the neighboring tables.

"Yerin, you can't run away forever. You should cut your ties with him face to face, one and for all. And if he wouldn't just get a constraint order on him."

"...Fine." I said reluctantly.

-

There I was with Yunji, in the Busan Hospital, talking to a doctor about Minjun.

"He just woke up yesterday." The doctor said, "But he refused to say anything, not even to the police. But if you are friends of his, you can go and see him, and he might say something."

We bowed the doctor thank you and went to the room in the Intense Care Unit that Minjun was in.

"Ready?" Yunji asked as she was about to open the door.

I nodded, but I wasn't really. Yunji opened the door and went in anyway. I followed her in and saw that Minjun, very unlike what I remember him to be like, was lying stilly on the hospital bed. There were many tubes and lines connecting him to different machines, and he had many casts on him.

I hesitatingly took a step towards him, unsure of what I should say. But my worry was soon forgotten as a loud scream entered my ears. I froze out of shock as I realized that the ear-piercing screen was coming from Minjun, who was now pointing a finger at me and frantically cowering away from me.

"Minjun?" Yunji asked.

But he would just not listen and continued to scream and looked at me as if I was the scariest monster he had ever seen in his life. The doctor rushed in with some nurses. They held him down and he injected something into Minjun. Soon he seemed to lose the strength to scream, and fell asleep.

"W-What happened?" I asked, extremely confused.

"After trauma to the head, some patients might be easily triggered." The doctor said, "Maybe it isn't a good idea for you to see him so soon. Would you like me to notify you when we think he is ready to see you again?"

I nodded without thinking , and hastily left the room. Yunji followed me.

"What's wrong with him!?" Yunji exclaimed as we hurried out the hospital.

"Oh, I don't even know." I was sick of this, sick of Minjun. I just wanted to get this over and done with.

We parted ways when I arrived back at my apartment. When I opened the door to my apartment, I saw  a pair of black shoes near the door.

"Oh, for fucks sake." I muttered.

"Aren't you happy to see me?" Jimin said as he stepped out of my bedroom.

"Not when you just randomly appear in my house!" I stomped into my bedroom and threw my bag onto the chair.

"So, how is our dear Minjunnie?" Jimin asked as he flopped down onto my bed. Oh, of course he knew I went to the hospital.

I paused what I was doing when I remembered what happened with Minjun.

"What happened?" A smiled creeped onto Jimin's face, as if he knew what I was about to tell him would be of great interest to him.

"He..." I tilted my head as I recalled Minjun's strange action, "He just started screaming as soon as he saw me? It's so weird... I have no idea why he did that."

Jimin laughed, "Do you know if the police had got to him or not?"

"I heard from the doctor that he refused to speak, not even to the police, so no..."

"Perfect!" He jumped up from my bed and sat up. "Do you want him dead?"

My head snapped up, "No! What? I thought we were over the whole killing Minjun thing!?"

"I'm happy to kill him anytime," He smiled, "When ever you feel like it."

"Why are you asking me?" I asked.

"Because I kept him alive that night only for you. So if you don't want him alive anymore, I have no reason to let him live any longer."

I raised my eyebrows, "My decision huh? Um... how about no. Let's not kill people."

"Whatever you say, baby." He winked flirtatiously.

I rolled my eyes, "Have I been upgraded to 'baby' already?"

"Of course, baby Yerin." He pulled on my arm and fell back himself so that I fell onto the bed with him. At this point I didn't even bother resisting anymore. He now had his arm around me while my head rested on his firm chest.

"Why did you decide to start stalking- I mean- observing me?" I asked, emphasizing the 'me' in the sentence. "You could have gone to stalk all those pretty celebrities. Why me?"

"No special reason. You just happened to walk pass me one day when I was finding my next victim to kill. I was about to kill you when you met up with Minjunnie, and I saw him beating you. So, I decided not to kill you, and observe you instead."

My brows furrowed as I was hearing the story. "When was that?"

"September. I told you."

I struggled to remember the months when I was in that horrible relationship with Minjun, as if there was a thick blanket over the memories of that time. But I remember this one time, when he beat me in public. It was at night and he asked me to meet up with him in the park. It was just the start of our relationship so I didn't suspect much. But I arrived a bit late because of my work, and he just slapped and kicked me. I did't think anyone saw it, but to think that the very Busan Killer was watching us at that time was a strange thought.

"Minjun..." I accidentally said his name out loud as I thought back to that memory.

"Do you still like him?" Jimin asked.

I laughed, "Of course not. Why would I still like a person that tortured me for three months of my life?"

"I don't know. Women are like that aren't they? They seem to let their emotion stop them from making logical decision, which I cannot even begin to understand."

I sighed, "That's true. I was like that once. But seriously, I have to thank Minjun. Because of him, I'm not like that anymore."

"Good. Some people in your life are not meant to stay, but to teach you a lesson."

"You are very... how should I say it... wise?" I commented.

"I am just a logical person," Jimin said, "I don't understand why people would let emotion get in the way."

I nodded, thinking that he did have a point. If I didn't let what I stupidly thought was 'love' stop me from running away from Minjun the first time he turned violent, I wouldn't have had to go through that tough time. But then again, I wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for my emotion...

"Let's sleep." Jimin said as he held me closer.

I did not protest as I was so tired, and I got more and more sleepy as I listened to the steady beat of Jimin's heart. I simply closed my eyes, and with Jimin's body heat keeping me warm, I soon drifted off to dream land.