Murder (2)
I pretended to stroke Kang Jia's breasts, slowly raising my arm. She just kept rubbing her cheek against my forearm, blissfully unaware of what was coming for her. Like a snake coiling around its prey, I slid my arm deliberately under her jaw and collarbone.
Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Thump-thump. I could feel the powerful pulse throbbing in Kang Jia's carotid artery. The heartbeat screaming I'm alive at full volume only made me more uneasy.
"Gack... O-oppa...? I feel... a bit uncomfortable."
"Yeah, Jia. It's fine. Just stay still like that..."
Squeeze... My arm began to tighten around Kang Jia's neck bit by bit.
"Cough-cough... O-, O-oppa?"
Don't hesitate, you idiot. Haven't you snapped out of it yet? This is a hunt. Hunting the beast that's been hunting you. This is something you have to do. Kill her. Kill her. Kill her!
"Hngh!"
Crunchhh!!
"Grk-glrk!?"
I squeezed with every ounce of strength I'd had since infancy, clamping down on the chokehold around Kang Jia's neck.
"Kerrrk! Grrrk!!"
She thrashed wildly as her airway constricted and bloodflow to her brain was cut off. Without blood to the brain, consciousness fades in just four seconds. Not much time left.
Thwack! Thwack!
In the grip of deathly terror, Kang Jia's palms and nails dug into my forearm and face, but with slaughter-fueled adrenaline surging through me, I felt no pain at all.
"Gerrrk!!"
Pssht— PSSSHHHH—
Her pussy, slick with female juices just moments ago, was now soaked in urine spurting from her relaxed urethra in mortal panic. The pale yellow liquid flowed between her thighs, staining the bed.
Pssht! Splurt! Pssshk!
With every desperate spasm of her body, urine jetted from her urethra. And when all the warm fluid stored inside her had poured out...
"Grrrk... krrk, grk... gerrk........."
Her struggles faded rapidly. Thud— Her limbs finally went limp.
But I didn't stop. I squeezed harder. Bracing my waist and pouring every bit of strength into it, I yanked as if to rip her slender neck clean off.
Finally.
Crack. Cre-e-eak!
With a bone-chilling snap, Kang Jia's neck broke completely. Vital signs vanished in an instant, but I was beyond reason, just kept choking.
The neck felt disgustingly mushy where the bones had shattered. Her purple tongue lolled out grotesquely.
"Hahk..! Hahk...! Hahk..!"
No pulse remained in Kang Jia's neck. I'd killed her...! I did it! I'd committed murder. Killed a human being.
That sin crashed over me. And beyond it, an electric thrill. The ecstasy of ending the greatest terror that had haunted me—with my own hands.
"Urk!"
It was utterly horrific. Feeling pleasure in murder is something that should never happen. Self-loathing surged, vomit rising in my throat.
I flung Kang Jia's corpse onto the bed and stumbled out to puke my guts up on the floor.
"Blerghhh!"
Splat— Vomit splattered across the room floor. As I heaved for what felt like ages, a strange noise reached me.
Scritch-scratch-scritch-scratch. From the bathroom.
Creeeak... Thud!
Something huge hit the floor. The bathroom doorknob turned slowly.
"Wha... what?"
It burst out.
Chills raced over my skin; I couldn't even scream. Why now? At this point, the 'cockroach' should still be in the bathroom duct space!
Scritch-scratch-scritch-scratch-scritch-scratch-scritch-scratch-scritch-scratch-scritch-scratch!
Before I could even register it, the cockroach lunged at me.
Squelch— Crunch!
What sound was that...? Oh. The sound of my face being chewed off.
"Kaaaaaaaah!!"
Thud! Thud!
No matter how I swung my fists. No matter how I kicked and thrashed. I couldn't even scratch the disgusting monster's exoskeleton.
Crunch—!
My eyeball just got chewed. Vision went pitch black.
Pssshk—!
Its digestive juices melted my face—meat searing sounds filled my ears.
Crack!
The last thing I heard was my bones being crunched.
...
"Haaaaaaaah!!"
"O-, O-oppa! O-oppa, what's wrong! Why, why!!"
"Uwaaaaaah! Kh-hurk! Guh-heeeerk!"
Panic attack hit; I couldn't breathe right. Endless revulsion threatened to drive me insane.
"O-, O-oppa!?"
"F-fuck!!"
Slam!
"Gerk!? Grrrk!!"
No rational thought. Just hatred. Rage. It paralyzed my mind, forcing my hands around Kang Jia's neck.
Rage at her for trapping me in this house. Rage at being thrown into this mad world. Something snapped in my head, numbing even my aversion to murder.
Crunchhh!!
"Grrrk!"
Drool poured from her tiny mouth. Jaw gaping, tongue lolling long in desperate bids for air—but not a single milliliter got in.
Snap!
Just like last time, her fragile neck broke all too easily.
"Hahk… Hahk…. F-fuck.. fuck..."
Only curses escaped my lips. As Kang Jia's body cooled, my boiling-hot head cooled too.
My brain, desperate to avoid another head-ripping by the cockroach, frantically devised a survival plan.
'Prey' needs food. And it doesn't have to be me.
Scritch-scratch-scritch-scratch.
The moment the thought hit, that fucking bug noise started from the bathroom again.
I hurriedly tossed Kang Jia's corpse in front of the bathroom door.
Thud—!
The massive cockroach crawled out. Its long antennae waved in the air, then ignored me and approached the body slowly.
Fresher, resisting prey was riskier than a stinking corpse it preferred. Just as planned.
Clutching my pounding heart, I slipped out of the room cautiously. Thankfully, the cockroach paid me no mind.
Through the closing door crack, the last sight was the horrific bug swarming her cooling corpse.
Vomit threatened again. But before my churning stomach settled, voices sounded.
"Son..."
"Meat.."
In this house, now just me and Kang Jia—cockroach food—two voices echoed.
"Come to... Mommy..."
On the stairs from the first floor, the 'parents' shuffled up awkwardly. Why...? What the hell is this?
After the cockroach appeared, this had never happened before. Parents who only chewed something in the kitchen—why come upstairs now?
"Son, come to Mommy..."
"Come here quick. We want... meat..."
Playing parents, but drool already dripped from their mouths.
I instinctively knew what 'meat' they meant.
Sweat poured from my palms.
"Hahk… Hahk…"
My room had the cockroach; the path downstairs was blocked. Only option... sister's room.
Bang! Slam!!
The moment it hit me, I burst in, slammed the soundproofed door shut, and locked the knob.
Thud-thud-thud!
"Open the door.."
"Son, it's Mommy.. open up quick.."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Open it!!"
I couldn't comprehend.
"Fuck.. what the hell.."
Everything was a mystery, but no time to waste. I crossed the room and flung open the window.
Rattle!
Long rainy season had rusted the metal frame stiff, but I forced it open.
Whooshhh—!
Torrential rain still poured outside.
Flower bed. Flower bed fence. I stuck my head out, checking how far the spiked iron fence extended.
The front flower bed fence reached right under my window.
"Good."
This height was survivable. Just second floor. 2-3 meters. If I slid down the wall gripping the frame, minor scrapes at worst.
Grunting, I dangled from the window and let go.
Scraaape—
Falling sensation hit, but feet hit ground soon after.
Boom—!
"Where'd you go..! Won't you obey Mommy?"
Parents' voices from inside the window above.
Mommy my ass. I've never had psychos like you as parents.
"Huff… Huff…"
I ran. My mind filled with school—and Su-hee. The only one in the same boat as me. I wanted to see her.