"𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶." declared the artist as he walked towards the pale-skin model. "𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.".
Being in charge of drawing the portrait of a mysterious young lady, artist Kim Sunoo grows an unhealthy obsession for the person he has to spend a long while with.
"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦."
He feels enamoured. Thus, his angel has to do the same. And if she doesn't? The artist will take care of that himself.
The only negative aspect, she is not real and she has never been. Not for once. Yet Sunoo will realise that way too late.
// In which Kim Sunoo has dementia, schizophrenia and is seeing his muse every time he feels alone.
-possibly written in a fancy, old-fashioned way?
WARLEGGAN, 2023
All characters, institutions, and events in this story - even those based on real people - are entirely fictional. Cover by me.