Blackpepper

He always told me that he dreamed of me at night.

The warmth of our hands under the pool waters during our schooldays

What was that heavy feeling that sunk deep into the pool that night?

A love that was too short to call it first love and the story that redraws that moment piece by piece.

Chief Kim and Assistant manager Choi

Somehow, Woojin reached the first floor. He touched the exit doorknob, which felt cool. Luckily, or unluckily, the door was unlocked. Woojin had no idea how much time had passed since he escaped that room. Had it been a few minutes or a few hours?


He pushed the metal door open and was about to walk out when a hand reached out from behind and covered his mouth.


The hand smelled of deep lavender. Woojin tried to fight back, but when he attempted to turn around, the voice that whispered into his ear sounded familiar, "Stay quiet."


Woojin's eyes widened in shock when he saw the black fathomless eyes. Woojin looked down and saw the needle.


The man grabbed Woojin's wrist and injected him with the syringe. Was this the end? Everything began to turn black again.


Woojin and Shin Kim… Shin's Woojin…


Like he did in that blue swimming pool, Woojin started to fall. But this time, he wondered if he would ever surface again.


Chapter 100.