"Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk."
- Robert Bloch
You step out of the elevator and make your way towards your front door followed by a confused Wendy as she fishes out the apartment keys from her bag. Your spot a parcel sitting idly at your doorstep making you furrow your brows.
"Did you order something Wen?" you turn to look at her. She drops her gaze to the package and reads the address out loud, "it's addressed to you."
Puzzled, you pick it up and inspect it closely while Wendy jams in the key and unlocks the apartment door. There's no sender's address written. You discard your blazer and search for a knife in the kitchen. Wendy watches you while she takes out vegetables from the fridge to cook dinner. You quickly scramble to the living room with the knife and package in either of your hands, anticipation getting the best of you.
You stab the tape and rip it open. A baby pink coloured cushion is revealed when you open it. Running your fingers on it, you feel the silk fabric warm your skin. You find a piece of paper folded at the bottom as you fumble with the contents in the box, heaps of paper cuttings are scattered inside. You pick it up and unfold it. A short note is printed that says,
♡
Dear Buttercup,
Your skin is the only touch I crave.
Your name is a fraction on my body that I want to engrave.
Your sweet nectar is all I want to taste.
Not a single bit of you I want to waste.
Watching you mound a pillow oh-so ravenously,
All I want to do is make love to you every day mercilessly.
Yours
Edgar Allen Poe.
♡
You freeze, and low-key cringe at the pathetic and cheesy piece of poetry.
"What is it ____?" Wendy probes from the Kitchen.
"Uh-oh nothing," you stutter. "I mean, uh, I ordered this cushion for my bed." You pick up the pillow and show it to her.
"Looks boujee, where'd you get it from?"
"Uh there's this website... I'll just send you the link." You lie again. Your phone dings and makes alarms ring in your head. You start walking towards your room. "I'm feeling tired Wen, going to take some rest."
She looks at you with softened eyes, "alright, I'll call you when dinner's ready."
But she has known you long enough to catch your white lie.
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K00kies97 : wHAT DO U MEAN BY THAT
You : I said I received a pillow and a disturbing note from this EAP guy. Followed by a text.
K00kies97 : send me the note and text
You : I can't, it's embarrassing
K00kies97 : are u seriusly worried about that rn
You : alright
K00kies97 : waiting
You muster up the courage to send him the note and the message that said "Did you like it doll? -EAP"
K00kies97 : what does he mean by watching u mound a pillow
K00kies97 : dudes sick
K00kies97 : 😐
K00kies97 : wAIT
K00kies97 : you
K00kies97 : had $3X with a pillow
Kookies97 : wow
You : that's not the point.
You : STOP
You : this is why I didn't want to send it!
K00kies97 : okok
K00kies97 : check if theres hidden cameras or something in the pillow
You : your mind
K00kies97 :
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K00kies97 : you can thank me later luv
You : ok luv
You : boy have I missed you XD
K00kies97 : have u
You : did I stutter?
K00kies97 : okok
You : ok so I checked it and no it's just a simple pillow...
You : looks very expensive though
K00kies97 : 😐
K00kies97 : theres a stalker on the loose and this is what u care about
You : well I'm broke and this is fancy so yeah maybe I do care about it a little
K00kies97 : so if ur stalker asks u out on a date would u date him
You : no I would prefer to live
K00kies97 : really tho would u
You : why are you so interested? are you my stalker?
K00kies97 : wHAT
K00kies97 : NO
You : haha just kidding
You don't get a reply after that. You like to think that he's busy. That's the reasoning you give yourself when he keeps going offline abruptly without any notice or replies. However, it feels like a weight has been lifted from your shoulders, you needed to tell someone about this. You cannot share it with Wendy or Jisoo because they will get unnecessarily worried, would probably end up giving you the talk. And they didn't even support you communicating with K00kies97 in the first place, so they will probably start an intervention. You don't want that. But the problem at hand, this Edgar Allen Poe who wants to, god forbid, do wild things to you, is still pending.
How will you get out of this one?
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A/N : I was supposed to be posting this on Sunday but my palm kept twitching so here I am. Enjoy! Also, the pillow gifted to y/n does not look like the ones in that gif haha, I just found that gif and thought of using it ;)
