The Kissing Booth: Adult Edition

The Worst Night Of My Life Part 2

The first thought coursing through my mind was "I'm going to die". The second thought was "how am I going to convey to Lee that I've been kidnapped?". A million different ideas whizzed in my brain following this. Meanwhile, this creep kept his frikin' hand locked onto me. This whole description happened in about three seconds, although it felt more like an hour. In that time, I formulated a plan.

Now, I don't know if what I was about to do is right. All I could think of is that I read somewhere that abductors like this enjoy watching their victims suffer. He'd get off seeing me squirm in sheer terror. Again, I wasn't sure how true- if it was true at all- this was, and I didn't have a phone to fact-check it. But regardless if it was true or not, it was the best thing I could think of. One way to beat a villain like him was to switch it up and not act afraid; no clue if that's true either. I couldn't conceptualize how much I didn't know, not that I had time for that. With no plan B, I decided to go ahead with my possibly ill-plotted plan. Don't trust whatever I'm about to tell you to work- I am no expert on any of this.

I had to shut my eyes for the briefest of moments and hold my breath as I forced my hand to reach over to grab his. His eyes instantly lit up in confusion and slight alarm; I don't think he was anticipating any of this. I didn't want to touch him for longer than absolutely necessary, but it was necessary. I needed his attention away from my feet.

"O-Ok, let's go," I did my best to speak in Korean, but my voice was all sorts of shaky. My abductor didn't know how to react to this, looking at me with suspicion. It worked, though! While all this was happening, I managed to discreetly as possible remove one of my pink converses. I knew that if Lee found my shoe alone out here like this, he'd know something was definitely wrong. He knew I'd never go anywhere with only one shoe on- it was my secret signal to him. And thankfully, my kidnapper never even noticed; he was too distracted with my hand on his.

That only lasted as long as I needed to get the shoe off. The moment my foot was out, I snatched my hand back so rapidly, that too caught him by surprise. After blinking at me a couple of times, his head fell down a little. "You better not try and run," I think he tried to reassure total control and dominance of the scenario by threatening me again. I should know that he only spoke to me in Korean, though I don't know how he knew I could speak it. Still clinging onto my wrist, he proceeded to walk me down the dark road, staying mostly by the side in the shadows. We left, leaving my little pink shoe there all alone.

We walked for ten minutes or so, and I realized that he was leading me towards the train station. When we were approaching the entrance, he shifted his hand from my wrist to my hand, holding it just as tight. He gripped my palm so hard, I thought he was actually going to break some bones. Not a word was uttered as we reached the gate; he simply and silently pulled out two tickets to open the door for us. I guess he's put some thought into this abduction- a concept which made me sick to my stomach.

After going through the gate, he brought me to a platform bound to the city-centre. While standing there, he still said nothing; we stood side-by-side glued at the hip. Not by my choice, of course. Every minute I waited for the train was akin to an eternity. Five minutes later, the front lights of the train could be seen coming through the tunnel. The train arrived, people got off, and my kidnapped led me on board. We sat down in a semi-packed car and I held my breath. He leaned over to whisper into my ear: "pretend I'm your boyfriend". I nearly vomited in my mouth. Boyfriend?! He wants me to act the part after kidnapping me from my home? But what choice did I have? My heart dropped to my stomach as his arm suddenly snaked around my shoulder; he held me in place in such a cementing way. I'd never felt so gross in all my life! I don't think there are enough showers, baths, just even soap in the world to wash away the nastiness that would be with me forever.