Serial Love

Chapter 1

It was a late Saturday afternoon when Jisung was working on his couch, his tongue peeking out of the corner of his lip as he focused on writing the perfect song, getting a little stressed before hearing breaking new on his TV. He looked up curious to hear and see what they had to say, his eyes widening a bit in shock as he stared at the reporter. "Breaking news coming from Seoul, South Korea, there's been reports of a masked serial killer around town. Their known to be attacking young female and male people in their early 20's. Please make sure if you see someone of the height 5'8 inches in a ghost face mask with black clothing to run and hide, stay safe."

Jisung shivered at the thought, being in his early 20's and had just turned 23, he was a bit worried. He shook his head as he stood up and closed his computer, grabbing his car keys and wallet before heading out to his car. He closed the door, looking through the rearview mirror as he backed his car up, heading the direction of the grocery store to stock on food, being the foodie that he is. As he arrived he noticed a stranger in the parking lot, wiping his hands on his pants before walking into the store. Jisung shrugged it off as he parked near the front of the store, getting out and locking the car as he walked away.

For some off reason he felt as if he was being watched, the thought of that made him shiver as he shook his head, looking around the parking lot before walking inside. He was very thankful that it was broad daylight, so if anything were to happen people would see. He grabbed a cart before heading straight to the chips section, humming softly as he put his headphones in his ears and shuffling his most played playlist. As he was shopping, about halfway through he saw the weird stranger again, his eyes getting caught on his looks before quickly shaking his head, reminding himself not to trust anybody at this time, but Jisung couldn't help but admire him. The man looked at him, looking Jisung up and down before smiling at him softly as he walked past him. Jisung felt his heart beat faster, he always knew he preferred men over women, but he'd never fallen in love, he only knows about it from watching romances and listening to music, which has inspired a few works of his own.

Jisung continued walking, looking back at the man one more time, making close eye contact with him. He blushed and quickly looked away, slapping his forehead as he shook his head and continued walking. Towards the end of the shopping trip, he had made it to his last stop which was the drink aisle. He was choosing between sprite and fanta, sighing as he hummed a bit more, feeling someone walk up beside him and reach up. He looked over, noticing how close the man was to him. He blushed softly noticing it was the man from earlier, looking away quickly before wondering how he kept running into him, quickly coming up with the solution that they might have a similar grocery list.

A few hours later the news had interrupted the show he was watching once again, his eyes widening in fear as he made eyes with the screen. "Breaking news from Seoul, South Korea. A report came in from a elder man who had spotted a young womans dead body outside the front of Seoul grocery store. Citizens say they noticed a strange man walking away from the place her body was found, but nobody knows what he looked like as he had his face covered. Please stay safe everybody."

Jisung felt a shiver go through his entire body, quickly turning off the TV and sitting up, leaning forward as he had his hands on both sides of his head. "Who would..do such a horrible thing?" he thought out loud, looking up at the clock as he notices it's around 6:00 pm. He stood up and grabbed his phone before making his way up to his room, throwing his phone on the bed and grabbing a change of clothes as he changed into an oversized hoodie and sweats, sighing before walking back downstairs to make sure all windows and doors were locked.

As he was walking throughout the house locking the doors and windows, he couldn't help but feel as if he was being watched again. Turning his head towards his window by the front door, he watched as someone in a mask walked past his house, causing him to gasp audibly and quickly locking all windows and closing all the curtains. Jisung sighed as he ran upstairs to his room, biting his bottom lip as he felt a wave of nervousness flow through his body, closing his bedroom door and locking it. "Fuck..I hope I'm just seeing things." he thought to himself, shaking his head as he layed down, turning his TV on a low volume to try and fall asleep.
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It was at least midnight when Jisung heard his phone begin to ring, groaning n his sleep as he looked at the time then the caller ID, noticing it was unknown which caused him to hang up. He set his phone back down before getting a call from the same number, sighing as he answered the phone and brought it up to his ear, speaking lowly as he was tired. "Hello?"

"Hey, sorry for calling so late!" Jisung couldn't make out the voice, shaking his head as he sat up in bed and scratched his head. "Who is this?"
"Oh, that doesn't matter!"
"Have we met before? How did you get my number?" Jisung was utterly confused, most of it being he was tired.
"Yes, in vocal class remember?"
"No, but that doesn't explain how you got my number."
"Yes well, say..are you taken or talking to anyone yet?"

Jisung was confused, shaking his head and rubbing his eyes again as he yawned before answering. "Why is that any of your business?" The man laughed for a bit before replying a while later. "Just curious. So do you?"
"No, I don't."
"Great, and what's your name?"
"Why do you need my name?"
"Because I wanna know if I'm looking at the right person." There was a big gap of silence on both ends of the phone as Jisung's heart stopped, looking around the room before hearing a loud thud in his living room, but also hearing it from the other side of the phone, hearing the man chuckle before speaking. "Tell me Jisung, do you like scary movies?"

Jisung stayed silent as he felt his breathing increase in speed as he felt tears fill his eyes, taking a deep breath before speaking. "This isn't fucking funny.."
"Answer the question, Jisung."

Jisung felt his heart speed up, he could hear his heartbeat through his ears as it grew louder and louder the more scared he became. "Y-Yes.."
"Great!! What's your favorite scary movie?"
"Scream.."
"Then you should know how this ends quite well, don't you?"

Jisung hung up the phone, grabbing his pepper spray as he pretended to sleep, hearing the sound of his door handle jiggle, causing his to whimper in fear. "There's no way he could open my do-" Jisung's thoughts were caught off by the sound of his door opening and hitting the wall behind it, gripping his pepper spray in his right hand as he layed there in his bed peacefully as the man wondered Jisung's room.

The man made his way over to Jisung, his hands in leather gloves as he gently caressed Jisung's cheek, hearing him chuckle lowly as he leaned down and whispered into his ear. "I know your awake." Causing Jisung to shoot up and slap the man's face, quickly getting out of bed and running downstairs, his heart beating fast as he ran to the kitchen and grabbed his car keys, turning around to see the masked killer standing at the front door. Jisung took a hard gulp before running to his back door, struggling to unlock it before hearing the sound of the killer's running footsteps close behind him.

Jisung turned around and quickly bolted past the killer to the front door, assuming that's where the killer came from before tripping on his way there, grunting in pain as he fell flat on his stomach which knocked the wind straight out of him. The killer had walked up to him and grabbed his ankle, pulling him closer towards him and turning him around. Jisung grunted as he was turned around, looking up at the masked killer and gasping for air, thinking his life was over before watching the killer set the knife down, causing Jisung to sigh in relief as he held his stomach. "I never thought I would ever run into a victim of mine as beautiful as you," The killer spoke, Jisung looked up at him as he slowly caught his breath, looking up towards the front door then back at the killer. "I knew I would have to at least get to know you a bit more, so why don't we talk a bit darling?"

Jisung began to breath heavily, staying silent as refusing to tell the man anything else about himself. "Fine, we can play this the hard way." As he spoke, he picked up the knife a raised it above Jisung, causing him to put his hands out in fear and scream out. "No no no no please!! I'm sorry!!"

The man set the knife back down, tilting his head to the side as he admired Jisung's state of emotion, chuckling lowly as he spoke again. "What else do you w-want to know?" he spoke as his words were spit out in broken terms, tears running down his face as he set his hands down, grabbing his pepper spray once more. "Tell me anything about yourself, darling."
"My name is H-Han Jisung, I'm 23 years old, I write mu-music and I sing and dance."

"Well done Jisung, I'm so proud of you. Now tell me what you want as a reward." the man spoke, reaching a hand out as he brushed some of Jisung's hair out of his face, noticing the sweat mixed with tears on his face. "I wanna know who you are.." Jisung replied, watching as the man shook his head in reply, sighing softly. "Anything but that, pretty boy." Jisung couldn't think of anything else he wanted for his life right now, shaking his head. "Then get the fuck out of my house."

And with that, the man simply stood up, grabbing his knife and making his way out through the front door, disappearing into the night forever. Or at least that's what Jisung thought. Jisung quickly stood up, holding his stomach in pain as he walked to his door and locked it, making a mental note that he would need to get new locks and doors.