Kuzi stood with no emotion at all. He felt nothing as he went in, saying, "Please excuse me."
He went inside and sat on a chair. The others heard the scream, and they all went downstairs.
Satori was the first to arrive. He pulled out a chair from the living room on the first floor. Meanwhile, the newcomer ran to reach her. Her brother went all in, and the others followed.
Satori smiled and said, "Yoo, how did you find out my house? Oh my gosh, I thought it was some kind of stalker or something."
Kuzi just sat blandly, leaning backward. "I tracked you down."
The newcomer ran to Hina and hugged her, kissing her forehead. "Are you okay? Did he do something? What happened?"
Tatsuki came near Kuzi, his heart beating so hard. He felt a mix of shame, regret, and fear.
Yet his face could show that he was happy to see him. He smiled and said, with a shrug in his voice, "It's been a while. How are you?"
Kuzi felt, after years of emptiness, a little emotion. He felt his heart beating with a different sign of nervousness.
Kuzi said, "Yeah."
The newcomer acted overly protective. "What did you do? Answer me!"
The newcomer was actually her boyfriend—that's why he didn't like Kuzi, knowing Kuzi might have a romantic connection to her.
Kuzi stared at her with no reaction. "The more she stared at him, the more things went south."
The newcomer covered her. "Stop looking at my girl!"
Kuzi looked at another girl he knew. She was quiet, introverted, and already became Tatsuki's girlfriend.
Kuzi asked him, "You confessed?"
Tatsuki felt his face turning red—physically, mentally, and emotionally honest with his answer.
"Yeah… it was the best day of my life. Haha."
Everyone was shocked.
Satori thought, Do they actually know each other that well? He isn't even this honest with his family, not even us.
Tatsuki said, after a while of thinking, "Everyone sit on the sofa. I'll explain everything else."
Everyone sat down, but Kuzi said, "Finish what you started, whatever it is, and I will join."
Tatsuki didn't pressure him. He just said, "Sure, man."
Tatsuki told them that he met Kuzi in class, and they became best friends. He even invited him to live with them.
But his sister didn't like it. She prepared a prank, using the fool who loved her, and asked him to get into her room.
Tatsuki said he didn't know yet—they continued. She said she needed help lifting things. Kuzi accepted her offer, thinking she was about to acknowledge him.
The fool ended up being accused of sexual assault. It was devastating. Tatsuki was so angry; he said, "I truly picked up trash from the street."
She enjoyed it. He went to jail. From that point on, he didn't want anyone to know where he was being kept, and they lost connection.
But there was one thing they didn't mention to anyone—they regretted it far more than actually doing the sexual assault stuff.
The most recent, most talked about, most viral web novel and light novel was his—Kuzi's. Not theirs—they only edited it and posted.
Satori was angry, veins clearly visible like in 4K. He stood up and shouted at Hina, "You slut! Did you know what you did? Was it fun, you bitch, you gold mine ass kisser!"
Her boyfriend, the newcomer, said, "Say one thing to her, and you're dead…"
Kuzi replied amidst the commotion, "Tatsuki, have you been fine? Was something wrong? How did you write the web novel? Was it because someone guided you in your dreams?"
Tatsuki replied, "Yes. In my dream, there's someone telling me a story, word by word, every single day. I can't skip a single day without posting, or I'm dead. The pain until I grab a pen or start typing is horrifying. I'm basically a modern slave."
Hina said, "It's the same with me. If I don't draw the webtoon—like three pages per day—I'm dead."
Kuzi said, "You both didn't have the skills and determination of an author and artist. There must be a supernatural god involved in this."
Tatsuki said, "But how? I have been feeling the same way, yet I didn't know how to destroy it."
Kuzi said, "You can confess the secret and let go of the novel and webtoon. Let me handle it. It would help and set you free."
Hina said, "But we tried, and it didn't work with others."
Kuzi said, "I know. Only I can take it. The weird, terrifying illusions I've been seeing are making me delusional. You get my point, right? I need to take it from you. You guys need to throw it all onto my back—and that's why I'm here."
Hina said, "Kuzi, I have something to ask you… Can we have free time in my room?"
Everyone was shocked. She meant the room that welcomed misery into Kuzi's life.
The newcomer said, "I will come as well."
She replied, "No, I only told us—it's okay to stay here."
They walked upstairs. The newcomer's rage overflowed. He started punching the sofa.
In the end, it all came down to jealousy. Kuzi's glow-up from jail to so many adventures was a masterpiece, and it felt planned—Kuzi was never alone.
In her room, she closed it. She opened the window, stepping on the moonlight's reflection.
She started taking her clothes off. She wore a bikini top and bottom and stood in the moonlight.
Kuzi didn't feel a thing moving, yet he said, "You flat hell, though."
She started yapping, laughed, and returned cold.
Kuzi thought, She's still the same, but I guess something made her regret what she did. Is it her own self? I don't think so.
As she stepped on the moonlight reflecting in the room through the window, glowing texts appeared on her body. Kuzi wondered, Am I seeing things again?
She smiled and said, "Read them." Texts all over her body read: "Take a deep look, Kuzi… I know you wanted her in the past, so I've prepared this for you. As long as you don't touch the text on her body, it won't disappear."
Kuzi said, "I might actually commit a crime…"
She went near him, hugged him slowly, and said, "Do whatever you want. No one is here to judge you. I'm by your side, so it's okay."
Kuzi took off his jacket, breathed in and out. The first touch was on her hips. The second touch made her scream, but she held her voice in.
He kept on touching her, and it was obvious something supernatural was at play…
He finally finished touching her. He wiped sweat off his face, and she suddenly jumped on him.
She became way too clingy.
Kuzi said, "Wow, that's way too close."
She put him down on the bed and started trying to take his shirt off.
Unexpectedly, the door opened—and it was Tatsuki.