My Downfall | Killers List #3

Kim Bogeun

Sowon yawned as she came back up the stairs after making the soup. She walked all the way down the hall to Yerins room. She figured maybe Eunbi would be in her room arguing with Yerin about something stupid.

She opened the door only to see Yerin sleeping in her bed. Sowon took a few steps into the room and saw Eunbi laying on the floor on the side of Yerins bed. It seemed as if Eunbi watched over Yerin all night long.

"Nevermind..." Sowon whispered and quietly shut the door.

She made her way back to her room to sleep off her hangover. When she shut her door behind her she could hear someone crying underneath her blankets. There was only one person that cried like that, Kim.

"What's wrong?" Sowon lifted up the blankets.

"...Yuju yelled at me" Kim looked up at Sowon with a frown.

"Are you kidding me right now? That's why you're crying?" Sowon rolled her eyes. This was the one thing that annoyed Sowon about Kim.

"You know I'm sensitive!"

"Fine I'll go talk to her" Sowon glared at Kim before going to Umji's room where she knew Yuju would be at.

Sometimes Kim really annoyed Sowon. Sometimes Sowon even thought about leaving her, but she knew she couldn't.

"Yuju why is Kim-" Sowon stopped when she saw Yuju and Umji both peacefully sleeping together.

"What the fuck is happening with everyone today?..." Sowon furrowed her eyebrows. Everyone seemed to be acting strange today, she figured it was just from drinking too much last night.

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"Last night when you said I take of you more than I could imagine, what did you mean by that?" Yerin suddenly asked.

"I just mean that you always hold me in place, even when you don't know it. Whenever I think of doing something bad you stop me, even when you're not there" Eunbi explained.

"How so?"

"Well when I'm about to do something bad I think of you and I immediately stop because I know you'll yell at me if you find out what I have done. You scare me when you yell, I'm being honest" Eunbi shyly admitted. She didn't want Yerin to know she was afraid of her. Well it wasn't necessarily that Eunbi was afraid of her, she was just scared of Yerin when she yelled.

"So you basically think of me as your mother?"

"I mean I guess, but I think Sowon already has taken that position"

"Sowon is so irresponsible these days. She can't even decide if she likes girls or not" Yerin rolled her eyes.

"Well don't you think Kim is moving a bit too fast? She's already giving her a ring"

"It's not a marriage ring though. If you gave me a ring right now then hell yeah I'd take it...THAT IS IF I LIKED YOU WHICH I DON'T" Yerin almost forgot to make it clear that she wasn't hinting that she likes Eunbi, because she doesn't.

"Well I would never give you a ring anyways. It's not like anyone would ever like someone like you" Eunbi glared at her.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Yerin moved her head away from Eunbi, looking offended.

"You're boring and mean"

"What?! That doesn't sound like me at all! I'll have you know that I am very fun and I have manners! Just not towards you because I hate you so damn much!" Yerin began to get aggressive towards Eunbi. She grabbed the pillow next to her and whacked Eunbi in the face as hard as she could.

"You bitch!" Eunbi grabbed onto the edge of the blanket that Yerin was wrapped in and pulled it.

"What the hell is going on in here?" Sowon came running into the room to make sure there was no physical fighting going on.

And it was that very moment Yerin came falling off the bed along with the blankets. Eunbi was hoping she'd fall on the floor but she forgot that she was laying right below her. And without a warning, Yerin came crashing down on Eunbi.

"Get off me!"

"Get me off you!" Yerin had her whole hand spread out on Eunbi's face.

The room was filled with grumbling and curse words while the two tried to get up. When they both were finally standing on their feet they noticed Sowon standing by the door.

"Hi mom—sister!...I meant sister" Eunbi awkwardly smiled and waved at Sowon.

"She meant mom, she was talking crap about you earlier" Yerin gave a sassy look while she walked to the bathroom.

"No I wasn't!" Eunbi verbally fought back as she was dragged out of the room by her ear that Sowon was grasping on to.

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Yuju suddenly woke up from the shouting coming from the hallway, it was Eunbi arguing with Sowon. She immediately closed her eyes when the sudden light hit them. For a few minutes she laid there in silence, thinking about absolutely nothing.

The walls suddenly seemed so interesting to her. That was until she felt the abrupt urge to use the bathroom. The second she tried to move she felt something holding her legs down.

She turned her head over a little to see what was keeping her from moving. She must've forgot that she was watching over Umji and accidentally fell asleep. Yuju took a minute or two, actually she took longer than she'd like to admit, to look at Umji who was still sleeping.

She removed the blankets to get out of bed which revealed what was keeping her tied down to the mattress. She looked down at Umji's legs that were tangled around hers. She slowly slipped one leg out at a time, praying not to wake up Umji.

She slowly crawled out of bed and sprinted to the bathroom on her tip-toes. She let out a loud sigh of relief. There was nothing like finally being able to use the bathroom after a long time. She washed her hands and quietly opened the squeaky door.

When she came out of the bathroom she saw that Umji had gone missing. She shrugged and went downstairs to see if she was down there. It was very quiet downstairs because it was almost completely empty, which kind of creeped her out. Everyone was up in their own rooms relaxing.

She found Umji sitting in the living room, her eyes glued to the television. Yuju asked Umji multiple times if she wanted soup but she wouldn't respond. Yuju soon gave up and walked into the living room. She sat on the couch a few feet away from Umji.

"...Umji?" Yujus eyes widened when she heard Umji sniffling.

She saw tears rolling down her cheeks but she didn't understand why. What was so devastating that made Umji cry? She never cried. Yuju tried to understand by looking at the television but she couldn't put the clues together.

The two watched intensely as the news reporter spoke about a man who was shot and killed in the marines. He seemed to be about Umji's age. Kim Bogeun, that name sounded awfully familiar but Yuju couldn't seem to remember.

And then it suddenly dawned on her who the man was. Kim Bogeun, Umji's now deceased older brother.