Stranger From Hell

Chapter 2- How it all started

9.45 pm

It has been a hot day and this room is even hotter as this room does not have air-condition or fan so I decided to take out my shirt and lay back on the bed, feeling uncomfortable as I wipe off my sweat from my forhead.

I keep turning my body left to right but it doesn't feel right and I can't seem to fall back to sleep. I sign loudly as I lay on bed while staring the room ceiling, I suddenly recall the moment where I first came to this apartment three weeks ago.

The land lady had been honest about the previous tenant having committed suicide in this room but I didn't care as I was desperate and needed a place to stay and I could save enough money and be close to Jiuen.

I mean we were close in terms of city but we could barely meet. Either she was working late or my senior, Jaeho hyung would keep dragging us to eat out. After the first two weeks of it, I was tired.

Tired of not getting to meet my girlfriend, working with unfriendly and annoying co-workers and living in this creepy shady apartment surrounded by weird tenants. Overall, something about Eden Studio gives me this creepy vibes.

The building had five floor. The first floor belonged to a church, I never been or saw anyone on the second floor but I was pretty sure it was private property. Third and fourth floors belonged to the landlady and was mentioned that no one is allowed to went into the fourth floor as she mentioned that the place was completely burned and it used to be a room only for the ladies. And the the fifth floor looked abandoned. There was no air conditioning, plumbing was damaged, some of the walls charred from the fire and the other inhabitants had different degrees of nasty habits. Overall the building is messed up.

I was very sure the guy from 301 was always watching porn in his room as one time, I was walking passed the corridor one time and surprisingly he didn't close his door so I was able to see a full view of his room. His walls were full of pictures of naked women's that he printed and taped on the wall and his floor was filled with porn magazine. And did I mention that his room was very smelly? I remember looking at him in disgust and thought to myself,

"What a trash, utter trash" and walked away.

There were a pair of twins who lives here as well but I don't really communicate with them as they gives me this weird vibes as well. Basically each one of them were acting very weird and creepy. So most day I would just greet the landlady, glared at 301 and ignored the twins.

Back to the topic about the fourth floor, if no one was allowed to go there and it is abandoned then why everynight I could hear whispers and as if someone was dragging their feet on the floor. Is the fouth haunted? Is that it? I even heard several times loud breathing right outside my door very late at night, probably around this timing.

"It's okay Jong-Woo, relax. You're not going to live in this ceepy apartment forever, just wait till you save up enough money and once I had enough i will move to a new apartment!" I said, trying to calm myself down.

Suddenly my phone rang and the screen showed that jiuen is calling, I quickly answered the call with a smile plastered on my face.

"Annyeonghaseyo oppa"

"Jieun-ah, how are you?"

"I'm okay..."

"Ah that's good to hear! jieun-ah I miss you"

"I miss you too. By the way jae-ho told me that you were moody at work?"

What the hell? Why did he tell her that?

"Yeah.. You know why, the people here is driving me crazy. Everyone here is not normal I think-"

"Oppa, don't you think you're being too sensitive?"