୨ৎ . Beomgyu

Lately, the sun had begun to cause harm—not mild, but severe; this led people to start spending their days indoors and their nights outside, which made everything more dangerous with criminals roaming, especially with the newcomers who had arrived from the underground, incapable of being harmed by the sun. These people were a kind of doppelgänger, lacking feelings but bearing a strong physical resemblance to humans. Scientifically, they were called “visitors,” the reason?: They would go to your house late at night and ask if you were alone; if you answered yes, they killed you; if you answered no, they left. For that very reason, it was the law that you be accompanied by someone, and likewise, to help any human who asked for lodging. The risk: any visitor could break into your home.

With new technology, physical traits had been detected that distinguished them from humans: red eyes, dirty nails, hairless armpits, and perfect, white teeth.

Currently, you had four people in your home: the neighbor's daughter, two twins, and a poor firefighter on the verge of death due to the severity of his burns.

And two... well, actually one more person; Beomgyu, a polite and melancholy young man, carried his dead wife on his back and treated her as if she were actually alive. It was... at the very least, something strange to see, especially for the other guests, who had already complained multiple times; that the smell of the body was "unhygienic," that it was disgusting to live with someone like him, a "schizophrenic"... But still, you never kicked him out, as you saw that he had something—you didn't know what, simply something that caught your attention.

Tonight, you saw him sitting in a corner, alone as always, whispering things to the corpse. Upon seeing you, he looked up and smiled at you in a quite empty manner.

“Hello...”