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Working at a haunted house was way more enjoyable than Baek Saheon first imagined. The pay was nice and the job itself was quite manageable. If not for that one coworker- Kim Soleum.
He was fucking scared of his coworker.
When they both had been new to their job Baek Saheon had thought that it might be good to befriend him. After all Kim Soleum had this air of quiet confidence surrounding him- the kind that made you want him around if things got out of hand.
He had been so horribly wrong that it could only be described as laughable.
Whatever horrors he might have needed to face with his boss or fellow employees- Kim Soleum was a hundred times worse.
On their first day Baek Saheon purposefully bribed another employee just to sit next to him. But when he tried to initiate small talk that guy had just looked at him like he found a new toy to play with. That look at seriously send shivers down his spine.
Another time, about a month in he got punched in the face by a visitor that couldn’t “get their reflexes under control”.
‘if you go to a haunted house be fucking sure not to punch the employees out of fear…’
Kim Soleum asked him if he was alright back then but he did it with such a creepy smile on his face that it seemed like he enjoyed seeing Baek Saheon getting punched.
And he was currently on night shift duty with that psychopath.
‘Seriously what did I even do to deserve this?’
“Hey, are you even listening?”
Kim Soleum’s face was close, way too fucking close-
“I told you to go check on that noise further down the hall.”
-it was in fact close enough for Baek Saheon to see the creepy red highlights in his eyes.
“Yeah got it, no need to corner me like that.”
‘What is wrong with this guy…’
Kim Soleum moved aside and he was finally able to place himself out of that psychopath’s reach.
‘Check on something? The further away from you the better!’
He walked in the indicated direction and tried listening for anything strange.
Wait- why did he have to go? Hadn’t Kim Soleum been heading there in the first place?
Weren’t psychopaths supposed to love thrill and adrenaline rush? Shouldn’t a mysterious noise hit some weird spot in their brain and make them feel good?
Fuck- what did he know, he wasn’t one of them after all.
Still, why him? This wasn’t some trap right?
No. Baek Saheon reassured himself. This place had cameras, if Kim Soleum really tried to do something he’d be arrested in no time.
Not that it would be of much help to a dead person but well.
He continued walking towards the supposed source of the noise. It was dark and the horror decor didn’t exactly help against the unsettling feeling that was starting to spread through him.
Seriously that place had never been so unnerving before…
Why didn’t he take his phone with him to have some light at least?
Never mind, he wasn’t some kid that was scared of the dark.
Just when he was about to go around a corner-“KLANG”
“WHAT THE FUCK!!?”
Just a split second after he heard something stirring from the vague direction of the first noise, he ran.
‘FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK WHAT IS THAT?? WHY WAS SOMETHING MOVING BACK THERE???’
It only took him a few steps to reach Kim Soleum, who was still standing at his earlier spot as if frozen in fear. Without thinking Baek Saheon grabbed his hand, dragging that stupid psycho out with him.
“HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN HOW TO FUCKING RUN?? MOVE!”
He seemed to finally come to his senses and started running as well but not without frantically turning around his head to check back.
“What was that?”
“Do you think I’d be running like this if I fucking knew??”
Kim Soleum didn’t reply and they both started looking around to find a place to hide from whatever caused that noise.
Soon Baek Saheon felt a light tug at his arm urging him to follow.
After practically jumping up a flight of stairs he pulled them into a bathroom locking the door immediately.
“Hah, what the fuck was that??”
“It looks like we are safe right now… Let’s catch our breath first and plan further later.”
‘The nerve of this guy! And I thought he was scared, as if.’
Some seconds of silence, occasionally interrupted by their panting passed and Baek Saheon spoke up.
“Honestly I have no idea what it could have been. I’m just pretty sure that it was alive and moving in my direction- fucking creepy…”
Kim Soleum didn’t answer and Baek Saheon looked up to see a distressed face staring back at him.
Wait- distressed? Had that psycho ever looked slightly out of balance? Never.
So what is different now? Huh could it be…? No way right?
“Are you scared?”
“What?”