Chapter 3 - If you dont find him, he will find you (1/2)
Kang Si An. It would be a lie if I am not obsessed with that name.
”So, you are really going to die?” Cha Yoon Mi's eyes become round. ”Is that why you didn't come to the college for the last few days? I thought that you were going places.”
I rest my head on the table. It's hard not to be depressed. It's been four days. I don't know who my murderer is. I still have to go to my part-time jobs and meet people dressed like psychopaths.
”I didn't choose this life. This life chose me.” I mutter under my breath.
”If I were you, I would call myself lucky.” She sips the juice. ”Listen, you know your murderer. You know the time and place. Then, shouldn't you just run away from this country and make sure that it doesn't happen? If you are not here when this happened, then it wouldn't be a problem.”
”It's a problem, Yoon Mi.” I sigh. I feel like I have aged years in the last few days. ”My murderer knows that I can travel through time. He also told me that I cannot change the future. What is meant to happen...always happen in one or another way. Besides, he is a foreigner. What if I go abroad and meet him there? I don't have money to go abroad either.”
”So, if you run away, you might end up meeting your killer anyway.” My best friend is taking this better than me. ”How about we find your killer first and set a trap? We will tell the cops.”
”That might not work. If I do something like that, it might become the exact reason why he wants to kill me.”
”Like what happened in high school” She makes a face. ”You reported Do Yoon because you saw him bully Sang Woo. When Do Yoon was warned, he thought that Sang Woo reported him. He nearly killed Sang Woo like you had seen him doing so. It's a circle.”
I nod quietly. I was fourteen when it started. She was the first one to see me suddenly disappear for a moment. I traveled to a vast green field with no human in sight. I spent a few second there and reappeared on my spot. Both of us thought that it was a trick of the light. We laughed and went to our classroom. Then, it happened again during lunch time. I found myself at G-bridge alone. It was night time. I spent a few hours there before I came back to my school. I was holding a pamphlet from the future. That was when I realized that strange things were happening to me.
”I have to find the reason first.” I stare at the dagger. ”Why does he wants to kill me? Who is he exactly? How does he know about my ability?”
”Maybe, you should find him in the dreams.” She suggests me with a hopeful smile. Other than time-traveling, I can also walk into the dreams of people. Unlike time travel, I can control dream walking.
”I don't want to.” I pick up my bag. ”Let's go to the lecture. We will be late.”
”Who cares about the lecture?” She pulls my arm to make me sit. ”You are going to be killed. How can you care about lectures?”
”I can't ruin my present because of my future.” She snorts when she hears my words. I also find them absurd. ”Yoon Mi, what if I find him? How would I deal with it? I am scared of that guy.”
Both of us look at the murder weapon.
”We should destroy this weapon,” She tells me thoughtfully. ”He can't kill you if he doesn't have this.”
”He can use a different weapon.”