Toobo

A kind girl falls in love with a vicious killer. Unhinged Yuri story set in Seoul.

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“Like a prey waiting with a trap, I missed my predator. 

I missed her touch in the places I’ve never been touched. 

I wanted to hear her sing the songs that I’ve never heard.”

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As the blood dripped off the knife she held firmly in her pale hand, I saw my reflection in the cold blade that had just taken the life of a man. 

I dreamed of magical moments like this every day. 

Something - someone to come and free me from the suffocating monotony of normalcy. 

She stormed into my life brandishing death, and in the moment of madness, my heart fluttered.

Then she came to my place, uninvited. I treated her wounds and fed her. She slept on my couch like a cat. We started our lives together. Death bound us like the knot of tie I fixed for her as she left for work - to kill, kill, and to kill again. 

I spent countless nights sitting in darkness, on my couch hugging my knees, gripped with worry and excitement. I prayed for her safe return home, but I did not pray for the souls she’d be sending to hell. 

But she always returned, like a stray cat coming for food in the back alley behind a restaurant. I was the cook who put out the food for her, stroked her, and gave her shelter.

A stray cat. A great feline predator. She was mine and mine alone. 

Together we laughed, alone I cried. 

Together we laughed, alone I cried. 

But I think we also loved. 

I think. 

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This is a dark and twisted psychological slice-of-life romantic comedy with a sprinkle of inspiration from the noir genre. If that doesn’t make sense, it’s because it doesn’t.

Miho the Killer

The morning came and I woke up to find Miho sleeping in my bed. It was already packed with her plushies and she seemed to have thought I was a plushy too in her sleep, cuddling me like I was a big Teddy bear or something. Not that I didn't like it.

Despite the difficult night we had, I felt like I slept really deeply and felt refreshed. I checked the time and it was 10 AM.

Wow. I haven't slept this long in a while - I thought to myself.

Then came the knock on the door.

"Good morning!" Miho suddenly bolted up, no - actually, literally jumped up from a prone position and banged her head on the top bed.

I patted her head and yelled out to Shin.

Miho and I got out of bed, stretched our bodies, and walked out of the room yawning together.

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