Chapter 105: Humans Long for Connection
I had been waiting.
It seemed like I had been waiting for that person every single day since being saved.
“Drink it all and leave the thermos out.”
With those words, the thermos and Diageo were placed right in front of the door.
Those things tossed with pure goodwill and such, without any sinister intent, might not have been enough to wash away the shock and fear of almost being raped.
The thought of wanting to die was scattered, and they were things that made me recall that person entirely.
In a world frozen solid, a mysterious person who readily offered warm coffee and sweet, savory snacks and then vanished.
Her gaze was indifferent, but her heart was kind, a good person who helped a woman with no relationship at all.
At the convenience store she had always been a strange and funny person, but after the world collapsed she shone.
It must have been because of that.
“...”
“You didn’t come for three days..., I thought something might have happened to you...”
Because I hadn’t come for more than three days, I unknowingly started worrying about the man, overcame the fear of opening the door and facing someone, and even blurted out the first words.
It was probably because I was secretly waiting for this person to come find me, over and over.
And the answer I heard at that time was this.
“It’s not a good idea to casually talk to outsiders you don’t know. Especially as someone who almost suffered a dangerous situation, you should be aware of that part.”
“Ah.... b-but...”
“If food or resources are lacking, write it down on a note. I can help a little even if it’s not much.”
“Th-thank you...”
With a firm, knife-like tone he scolded me and poured out advice to wake up.
He picked up the empty thermos I was extending with a hand that didn’t even touch it and prepared to leave again.
“Drink the coffee while it’s warm, and leave the empty thermos in the hallway. If I come again in a few days, don’t come out to meet me like this.”
“But even so..., since you saved me...”
And.
Because I was regretful about that, I wanted to talk a little more, I became curious about what kind of person this man was, and I was pulled along without realizing it.
After saying that, I had no choice but to shrink under his gaze looking down.
“If I’m a bad person, what are you going to do?”
He said that.
“I don’t think I’m doing this to do bad things like those guys, do you?”
I hadn’t thought that at all.
“Don’t trust people.”
In a ruined world, if you don’t trust people, what can you trust?
I recalled the memory and spoke.
“It’s cool, right? Our oppa, really cool, right?”
“Yeah, you’re definitely a good person.”
Recalling the oppa from back then, my heart still pounds. Even thinking about it now, it’s a pretty exciting point.
But now, why..., um.
No. I still feel excited.
Thinking that, I continued.
“He’s an incredibly good person. He’s very firm and realistic, so it was hard to approach him.”
“Did you approach him first?”
“Of course! As I said last time, I’ve had my eye on you since I was working part-time at the convenience store, so I believed it was fate.”
Security guard sister Jeong Su-yeon nodded at my words. She smiled faintly and stroked my head cutely.
“I see.”
“Yeah. Of course, it’s over now...”
And I made a slightly bitter expression. To make her face bloom with embarrassment and guilt, I slightly lowered my head and acted like a person who was deflated.
“Th-that’s... sorry. At that time, I subdued and took you away, but I had no choice.”
“It’s okay. I believe we’ll see each other again someday.”
“Yeah..., I hope so.”
After finishing the late evening conversation, I locked myself in my assigned room again.
I fell asleep soon.
Thinking about getting up early in the morning and giving a morning call to oppa.
The gentleman’s revenge may take 10 years, but it’s not too late.
People often say it as a joke, but in fact, I always think that the sooner the revenge, the better.
The bad feelings a person can hold, the intense emotions and anger stacked in an instant.
As time passes, they gradually wear down and fade, before the deep feelings become as thin as water.
It’s the best revenge to do it while it’s still intensely blooming.
And patience brings the right time.
The optimal moment, perfect timing.
“...”
Humans are usually hesitant and fail even when such a moment comes, but I’m not like that.
When it approaches, I grab it.
Grab it and pull it out to the dirty place, press down on the struggling, screaming thing, and trample it.
Until I hear the words that they were wrong.
In other words, this was that moment.
“Ha...”
Start.
“ALL BIRDS KNIGHT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
This is the best moment, having woken up before Harin. I poured out my morning call with the morning resentment of the deep freeze.
“LAIRA LI CHA CHA CHA!!!!!! HEY PAPPA PAPPA!!!!!!!”
I pressed the PTT button hard on the radio and didn’t let go. This is the best I can do.
“IN THE ALL BIRDS CHEST!!!!! BIG MEANING!!!!!!! I HAVE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I don’t think about hearing an apology for being wrong? There’s nothing like that until the rant is satisfied.
“ALL BIRDS!!!!!!!!!!!! KNIGHT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
I did this until just before blood came out of my throat.
And.
The end of my rant song came after about 2 minutes of a sweet-sour morning call.
“Huh, cough... Hello. Good morning.”
- ..., I was wrong.
“Eh? What are you talking about, that.”
Actually, I wanted to do more, but my throat got hoarse and stopped.
Still, it was very refreshing.
My heart was so clear it was like a hole had been punched through it, cool and cold.
- From now on, I’ll do a gentle morning call....
“A gentle morning call? What’s that?”
- No, please.... I was wrong....
Only sobbing and surrender in Harin’s voice.
“Wrong? What’s that?”
- Oppa..., what do you want....
As expected, the revenge of the accumulated anger over several days is the best way to immediately release it without waiting 10 years.
Who the hell said to wait 10 years to take revenge.
Revenge is to do it right away when you can.
Surely the gentleman also died of anger after waiting 10 years for revenge.
Wow, refreshing.
We made a truce.
“Hey, Dr. Rin.”
- Dr. Rin, the authority on generator production, appears....
She decided to introduce herself as Dr. Rin, the authority on generator production, for the next week as a sign of reflection.
“Hmm, good. Finally, you understand my big meaning.”
- In the past..., it was really cool and exciting.... But now, why..., like this....
“What?”
- It’s nothing. Dr. Rin, the generator production authority, is going to eat, so you can continue what you were doing.
“Ah.”
Even just changing one title made the radio content lively.
And now I am farming as always.
Of course, after giving a month’s worth of food and resources to the Kim Min-seo deputy group, the things in the warehouse decreased sharply.
“Ha...”
First, the immediate harvest is the classic Lotte Beer and cigarettes, and the full condom box in the drawer, and the soju in the fridge.
I didn’t stockpile them, but I found various adult products that go well with them.
“Oh..., it looks strangely made. What is this thing used for...”
Leashes, handcuffs, whips and blindfolds. Sexy lingerie and strangely shaped panties.
Dildos are displayed by size, and even if we say the vibrator with cat ears is strange, the tail is the problem, and there’s only one slot to attach it to.
Without discrimination, there are all kinds of things for various tastes, as if advertising that they eat everything.
Looking at the house’s quirks, it’s possible to become a collector of sex diseases in the collapsed world at the moment of using it even once.
AIDS is surprised, syphilis welcomes, herpes is horrified, and even the plague claps hands in a fantastic scene.
“Hmm.”
Alcohol, cigarettes, women – three sets.
Those who indulged in desire will definitely go to hell even when they die.
Thinking that, I threw the strangely shaped dildo I was holding hard and headed to the next house.
“Good bye. I won’t see you off.”
Actually, such a shitty sight is now familiar.
Originally, don’t forget that my home, the 104th house of Spring House, was lying naked alone showing a fantastic fountain show.
That shocking scene was quite a tactical nuclear, but since there’s a connection, I won’t use it.
Anyway.
“Busy, busy. Modern society.”
Even in a completely ruined modern society, the fact that it’s busy is the saddest story that doesn’t change.