𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁𝘀》BTS

Good Neighbor [Namjin]

Excerpt: About a man whose husband and eldest son go on a fishing trip in the woods behind their house. As night falls and they still have not returned, the man begins to get worried.

One calm, cool day in the middle of Autumn, Seokjin got up early to cook breakfast for his husband Namjoon, and their two sons. After they had eaten, Namjoon announced that he was taking his eldest son hiking in the woods behind their house. They also planned to do some fishing in the river that flowed through the heart of the dense forest.

The youngest boy wanted to go too, but Namjoon said he was too young to accompany them. Instead, he told him he would have to stay behind and help his father in the kitchen. The boy was very disappointed but he obeyed his father and did not complain.

The young boy stood with Seokjin at the back door as they watched Namjoon and the eldest son set off on their trip, carrying their fishing gear on their shoulders. They walked down the garden path and disappeared into the trees.

Later that day, Seokjin asked his youngest son to help him prepare the dinner. He told him he wanted to have a hearty meal prepared for the others because they would be hungry when they came back.

When the dinner was finally cooked, he sent his son upstairs to wash his hands and waited for the rest of her family to arrive.

After a while, he began to become worried. Namjoon and his eldest son had still not returned and it was getting late. He hadn’t heard so much as a word from them since they left that morning. The dinner was getting cold and they should have been home hours ago.

After waiting for another hour, Seokjin decided to go out and look for them. He went next door and asked their neighbor to take care of the house while he was gone and look after his youngest son. The man who lived next door smiled and told him that he would be happy to help him out.

Then, Seokjin took a flashlight with him and set out in search of his missing family members. The neighbor and the youngest son stood at the back door, watching as Seokjin walked down the garden path and disappeared into the woods.

By now, it was almost nighttime and the forest was completely dark. He trudged through the undergrowth and the densely-packed trees, calling out their names, but there was no reply. He shone his flashlight this way and that, but could find no trace of them.

After some time, he came to the river and was surprised to find Namjoon’s fishing gear lying unattended on the bank. The fishing rod was propped up on sticks and the line was trailing in the water. It was as if Namjoon and his eldest son had suddenly disappeared and left everything behind.

Seokjin picked up the fishing rod and began reeling it in. It was hard work because there was something heavy on the other end of the line. After struggling for a while, he finally managed to land whatever had been hooked on the line. In complete darkness, he pulled it onto the bank, then picked up his flashlight to see what it was.

When Seokjin switched on the flashlight, he was horrified by what he saw in the beam. There, lying on the bank of the river were the bodies of Namjoon and his eldest son. They had been tied together and the hook was stuck in Namjoon’s mouth.

Both of their faces were bloody and bruised. It was obvious that they had been murdered. Their bodies had been sliced open with a knife and they had been gutted like fish. It was a horrible sight and Seokjin almost collapsed from the shock.

Frightened out of his wits, the poor man realised that whoever had killed his husband and son was probably still on the loose in the woods. He ran frantically through the forest, crashing through the trees and branches, not daring to stop for a second, until he reached the safety of his house.

As he ran up the garden path, he saw his youngest son peering out of the upstairs window. He stared at Seokjin, his eyes wide open and his face pale and frightened.

He pounded on the back door with his fists and eventually, their neighbor opened it and greeted him with surprise. Seokjin rushed into the kitchen and fell to his knees, exhausted. Trying to catch his breath, he told their neighbor how he had discovered the dead bodies of his husband and eldest son in the woods. Tears were streaming down his face and he was hysterical.

The neighbor tried to calm him down and then told him he was going next door to call the police. When the neighbor left, Seokjin composed himself, then went upstairs to break the tragic news to his youngest son. He was dreading the thought of telling him that his father and brother were dead.

When Seokjin opened his son’s bedroom door, he screamed in horror at the terrible scene he found.

There, on the bed, surrounded by a pool of blood, lay his son’s decapitated body. There was a blood-stained knife on the pillow. His severed head sat on the windowsill, staring out the window with sightless eyes.

The devastated man called the police, but when they arrived, they found that the house next door was deserted and the neighbor was long gone. For days, they searched the woods but they never found any trace of him.