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"Let me out!"
A squeaky voice came out, but it could not be heard clearly because the voice seemed to be suppressed by a wall of… glass?
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Small fists banged against the thick glass, hoping that someone would notice him and take him out of this abomination.
"Kwak Jekang, you fucking bastard! You damn toad!! Let me out of this thing!!!"
If it wasn't obvious yet, the one who keeps screaming on top of his lungs (which sadly remains unheard because his squeaky, tiny voice was contained where he was) was no other than the unfortunate Baek Saheon and his shitshow of a luck.
To provide context, let us rewind to approximately three scenes before this.
Baek Saheon woke up and chose peace. He thought that since he had resolved not to cause trouble for anyone, naturally, his luck should cooperate, right?
He was wrong.
He was assigned to enter a darkness where his size shrinks considerably, and help solve a puzzle by pushing each block with his tiny body.
Should have been easy, right?
Baek Saheon thought so, too.
Until he was suddenly transported back to reality before he could even complete the puzzle… retaining his small size.
Unfortunately, he was transported right inside the research team 1's office.
Unfortunately, the first person he encountered was no other than that Kwak, who ironically, doesn't know how to quack.
Extra, mega, ultimate, unfortunate, the mad scientist took an interest in Baek Saheon's small body and decided to put him inside a blender, just to see what would happen.
The fucking bastard.
Now, if you're wondering, how does putting small Saheon inside a blender actually help with anything?
Don't ask small Saheon. He does not have the same brain cells as that crazy psychopath to even understand his reasoning.
In fact, wouldn't Kwak Jekang and Kim Soleum have the same wavelength? Since obviously, they're both psychos who love to torment poor, little Saheon, who was currently inside a blender.
Maybe it was because Baek Saheon had turned small, but his emotions could not be contained in this small body. He found himself sniffling and tearing up while looking through the glass cylinder of the blender, hoping someone would save him.
"Sniffle… Sniffle… Someone… Anyone… Let me out…."
Small Saheon was barely keeping himself from staying still, so the blade wouldn't scratch him, but he sure damn well knew that with just one scratch, he would bleed all over.
Worst, if someone turned the blender on, he would be shredded to pieces, and small Saheon would be too powerless to actually do anything.
The thought that he would die inside a blender barely stopped small Saheon from trembling. But even the instinctive act of shuddering was not allowed, because one move, his skin would graze against the blade.
'I want to live… Someone… Please….'
Sniffle. Sniffle.
Small Saheon's big tears started falling from his droopy eyes.
Was he going to die inside a blender? Was this the end for him?
Baek Saheon was slowly losing hope when all of a sudden…
"…Baek Saheon?"
"!"
Baek Saheon perked up at the voice and saw those terrifying black eyes with hues of red looking down on him with…. incredulity.
"Hiccc!!!"
Kim Soleum, another psychopath, has appeared!
Baek Saheon froze, tears halting, shoulders shaking, while looking at Kim Soleum with fear in his teary eyes.
'He's… He's not going to kill me… Is he?'
Kim Soleum… Kim Soleum was looking intensely at the blender… His eyes were closely observing Baek Saheon and his circumstance, and—
His gaze focused on the blender buttons(!!!!!)
Baek Saheon couldn't stop vibrating in place.
"S, S, Super…. Supervisor….. Sir…."
Hic!!!! Baek Saheon is going to die!!!!!
Kim Soleum's face was unreadable. They have always been difficult for Baek Saheon to read. But right now, that unreadable face was so scary because he had no idea when that crazy bastard would press the power button on!
Baek Saheon clutched tightly on the hem of his coat, looking at Kim Soleum with frozen fear. If he kept getting teary-eyed, no one could blame him.
Baek Saheon is just small!
Meanwhile…
Kim Soleum's head was complicated, his heart aching. Right now, Baek Saheon… Baek Saheon…
He looks so cute and pitiful!
A small Saheon, a small Saheon with glossy, tearful eyes, his lips pressed together as if trying to stop himself from crying… While clutching tightly on his coat as if holding onto some sort of emotional support…
Ack!!!!! Kim Soleum was going to die from a heart attack!!!!!
"S, Sir… Please…."
Oh my god, he's even saying please!! Is this a dream? Did Kim Soleum unknowingly enter a darkness, and now he was facing this predicament?
Right. That must be it. Because there was no way Baek Saheon would ever say the word 'please'.
Besides, Baek Saheon would never be this small and vulnerable. That prideful snake would rather dig a hole than show this side of him to Kim Soleum.
Small Saheon sniffled(!!!!)
"Can you help me get out….?"
Huh?
Kim Soleum blinked, then tilted his head slightly.
"Get out?"
Okay. Kim Soleum is not being an idiot. He can see that small Saheon is inside a blender. But this could be a darkness, or an illusion, or a ghost mimicking his sociopathic roommate, or—
A stray tear dripped from small Saheon's eye that made Kim Soleum freeze.
"Team leader Kwak Jekang…"
'Kwak Jekang?'
Why is that name being mentioned here?
Small Saheon sniffled before his head drooped low.
Kim Soleum's face instantly darkened at the next words he heard.
"He put me inside the blender."
…
…
…
'I'm going to kill that fucking bastard.'
Kim Soleum's fists were trembling from the sheer anger he was trying to keep at bay. But the more he heard small Saheon's explanation and sniffles, the more it became difficult for him to contain it all.
"Okay."
Kim Soleum removed the cover and carefully took small Saheon out, cautious not to let small Saheon touch the blades. Once he was finally out of the blender, Kim Soleum barely let out a sigh of relief.
'Thankfully, he's not hurt.'
Had there been a single scratch on him from being stuck inside the blender for who-knows-how-long, Kim Soleum might actually bomb the whole floor.
But small Saheon sustaining no cuts or injuries didn't mean his anger had subsided. He was only temporarily relieved before he felt his anger pulsing through his veins again.
"Baek Saheon, stay still."
"Huh—?"
Kim Soleum did not wait for any response before he carefully placed small Saheon in his coat's front pocket. He waited until small Saheon was comfortable in his position before Kim Soleum patted the front pocket gently, before turning towards the door.
Now then, time to have some roasted duck.
"Oh my! Mr. Roe Deer—!"
PWACK!
The quack flew all the way to the back of the room after Kim Soleum's fist landed on his face.
It seemed the wall had cracked from the impact, but Kim Soleum didn't have time nor the patience to care about that.
He trudged towards the fallen Kwak Jekang and unceremoniously grabbed his collar and forced him up.
"Pwa…! Oof…! Urgh—"
Kwak Jekang could hardly speak. His cheek a delicate color between purple, green, and red. The side of his lips seemed to have split, too.
But again, Kim Soleum did not care.
Kwak Jekang seemed to have collected a bit of his bearings and tried to raise his head and look at Kim Soleum.
"M, Mr. keuk… Roe Deer…? What is this… About?"
"Oh, nothing much." Kim Soleum nonchalantly responded as if he wasn't holding a bleeding and bruised Kwak Jekang. "It's just that your face looked really punchable, so I punched it to see if it's true."
"Keuk?!"
Kim Soleum spread his lips into the same psychopathic smile that always got Baek Saheon trembling, staring down at Kwak Jekang with wide, terrorizing eyes.
"Be careful next time, team leader Kwak. I might break your arm just because."
"!!!!"
Kim Soleum dropped Kwak Jekang, who fell to the floor, before turning towards the research team's office.
BAM!
To vent a bit more of his anger, he even punched a hole in the door, scaring all the researchers inside in the process, before leaving.
Since then, a rumor had circulated in Daydream Inc., and the rumor was this:
Don't ever touch Baek Saheon again if you don't want a scary beast to come after you.
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End.