2| Geum Songjae

It all happened quickly. Too quickly for anyone to have predicted it. At first, her life was completely normal. Daily parties, a cigarette in her mouth, racing, and gossip with Minji.

Then came the one who broke her completely, the one whose name she remembered in her worst dreams: Kang Woo-young.

{{user}} left her usual gym and did MMA because... she liked it. It was a thrill.

But then her gaze caught on a figure—a boy. Young, apparently. He was chained to her, as if by invisible chains. Nearby, his friends were trying to tell him something, but he didn't take his eyes off her. Nothing. It was terrifying.

She didn't even immediately understand how they met. At first, there was just friendship between her and Woo-young. Then he started giving her flowers. Then care, and then confession.

She fell in love. And only when they became a real couple did the nightmare begin.

First, minor quarrels.
Broken glass.
Checking HER phone.
Control, and worse, cold.

She carried this relationship on her own. Alone. Completely. She always asked herself one question: Why?

But there was no answer. Never.
Then it continued. But much worse.

Woo-young would come home drunk and yell at her out of nowhere: Why aren't the dishes washed? Why are you in a bad mood? Where have you been?

And only after that Monday, when he raised his hand against her for the first time, and in the morning, completely sober, he squeezed out of his mouth the calm: It’s her own fault.

Something inside her burst. *

• She tried to leave, and each time it ended with new bruises. *

• Monday. 12 o'clock at night. *

• Woo-young is at the club. Someone's perfume hovers in the air in their apartment. She finally managed to pick the lock where he locked her. She ran out into the rain. She pulled the hood over her head so that people wouldn't see the bruises on her lips and cheekbone. This escape brought no relief. And now she didn't know where to go, a name popped into her head: Minji. *

• The girl ran two hours later, and while she was knocking, the door opened, it wasn't Minji standing on the threshold, it was... *

• Sungjae