Intruder || Lee Heeseung

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I made my way back to my shared apartment, which now only has me. I opened the door and closed it with a heavy sigh. I made my way toward the kitchen when I heard some movement in my living room. I grabbed the vegetable knife and carefully made my way towards the living room. It was pitch black. I didn't have any energy to switch on the light.

Suddenly, the lights were turned on, revealing a man in a black mask across the room. Nothing caught my attention except his eyes. They really resembled a deer's eye. 

"Do not come near me." He threatened me. I heaved a sigh and kept the knife on the table.

"If you are here to rob me, then take everything. Take my wallet too." I said, taking out my wallet, and made my way towards the kitchen.

I sat on the stool staring at nothing but void. I heard no movement.

"Do you want to d!e?" he threatened me again and came nearer to me.

I didn't react. I was too numb to say anything.

I looked at the photo frame which was kept on the dining table.

I lost it.

I  had lost everything.

I cried, cried and cried. 

"just do whatever the fuck you want." I screamed at him.

I cried, and he kept staring at me.

"I am not going to rob you," he said, taking a seat beside me. 

He patted my back. "Want to share?"

He asked, and I shared. 

I had lost my only family member, my grandmother. After my parents got divorced, I never got to experience love. My grandmother started to look after me. She was on the deathbed for the past few days, and today she passed away.

"I don't know. Should I be worried? that you just threatened me, but now you are comforting me, or should I grieve over my lose?" 

He didn't say anything.

He gave me water, and I drank it.

"Wait here," he said, and he left from the window, from which I assume he came.

I heard my doorbell ringing but didn't open it.

I kept my head on the table and closed my eyes.

"Here," I heard a bag of polythene being kept on the table. "Since you did not open the door, I had to use the window. I'll take my leave." He said that and left.

I stared at the food he bought. I opened the package, and it was just plain ramen. I took the chopsticks and tried to digest them. not even half, and I fell asleep.