Torment and Torture

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"Y-Yoo....bum...m..."

Sangwoo felt the cold metal object in his body, he felt it shaking as Yoonbum's hands trembled with fear and anger.

"It's over Sangwoo. You can't hurt anyone ever again."

And at that moment, Yoonbum gave a genuine smile, as if to notion how relieved he was that Sangwoo would be gone, that he would be free from the pain and constraints and that horrible basement.

But Sangwoo wasn't leaving without a fight. He lunged forwards, which was stupid considering the knife only went farther into him, and clasped Yoonbum's neck tightly. Yoonbum smacked and kicked Sangwoo, desperation spread across his panicked face.

Yoonbum had an idea that might work. He kicked the knife as hard as he could, making it all go straight into Sangwoo's body. Sangwoo released Yoonbum and arched his back in pain.

"Ahh!!!" Sangwoo cried out. Tears began to well up in his eyes as he realised that this was the end. He tried to crawl towards Yoonbum, to touch him one more time, but ended up collapsing onto his front before he got there, his arm stretched out to Yoonbum.

Yoonbum placed a hand upon Sangwoo's hand.

"Rest now..."

Yoonbum smiled and exhaled so deeply that it was as if all of his worries had been taken away, regardless of the fact that he just murdered someone. He sat by Sangwoo's dead body and stroked his soft skin.

Someone came bursting through the door holding a gun. The man immediately pointed it at Yoonbum, and stopped when he realised who it was.

Seung-hee.

"Yoonbum...what did you-"

"I killed him. I got rid of him."

"Why would you-"

"You would have done it in the hospital had I not told you not to...I did this for you..."

"No...this isn't...what I wanted..."

Seung-hee fell to his knees and held his head in his hands.

"This isn't....what was supposed to happen...taking life...simply because life had been taken....is wrong...."

Yoonbum crawled over to Seung-hee and placed a hand on his leg.

"It's okay...he can't hurt us anymore. Let's go..."

Yoonbum reached out for Seung-hee's hand, but Seung-hee snatched his hand away and stood up.

"This isn't right Yoonbum. You killed someone, you can't just expect me to walk away like nothing has happened!"

Yoonbum looked over at Sangwoo's dead body on the floor. He turned back to look at Seung-hee.

"Seung-hee...he killed your Dad. He tortured me and you. He deserved to die."

These words hit Seung-hee like a slap in the face. He was shaken by Yoonbum's coolness of the situation, he wasn't even the one that killed him yet he felt more responsible than Yoonbum.

"Yoonbum...."

Seung-hee crouched down and stared at Yoonbum in the eyes. He glanced at his lips before pulling him into a passionate kiss. Yoonbum melted into it as Seung-hee gripped Yoonbum's arm and pulled him closer.

Seung-hee pulled away and Yoonbum saw the tears streaming down his face.

"What's wrong?" Yoonbum wiped away Seung-hee's tears and smiled.

"You...I'm sorry...I have to call the police...I want you to get better...so we can be happy..."

Yoonbum's face changed and he did the exact same thing Sangwoo used to do. His expression changed in one second from happy to angered, and Seung-hee felt scared of him.