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

We arrived in Gangnam with Shin's car and parked two blocks away from Club Volta, where the operation was to start in 50 minutes - 20:45.

The whole sequence was well-briefed multiple times.

I was to enter a karaoke at the corner of this street around 20:10 and 'have a good time' with Miho - Tiger - for 20 minutes. We all had a burner phone and Shin - Rat - was to orchestrate the whole operation from 'somewhere', communicating through a messenger app.

Owl would cut off the CCTV inside Club Volta at around 20:30 and Miho would waltz into the club through the front door. Sleek.

As soon as the car fully stopped and I was taking a deep breath before getting out, Shin interrupted me.

"As I said. Change of plan. You are going in with Tiger. No karaoke for you tonight, I'm afraid. But you could enjoy Club Volta."

Sudden Change