Chapter 151: Discussion Topic: Stockholm Syndrome (1/2)
Close to a month passed after the end of the enjoyable trip.
The kids were sitting right next to each other on the sofa, watching TV. They prepared popcorn and drinks in preparation for the movie they were to watch, but it was none other than Yeorum who chose the movie.
Filling up the screen was a sign that read, ‘R 18+’. Fortunately, the movie was more focused on art instead of being provocative but even then, it wasn’t for teenagers to watch.
The title of the movie was, ‘Beauty and the Beast in Chicago’, a modernised version of the animation.
“Turn it on?”
“Are we really watching it?”
“I’m turning it on.”
“Uah. I don’t want to…! Don’t…!”
Kaeul suddenly snatched the remote controller from Yeorum and hid it between herself and the baby chicken.
“What are you doing. You said you were curious.”
“I am curious but…! But…!”
“Yu Kaeul. Think about it. When would we watch it if we don’t do it now?”
Yeorum had her reasons. Ahjussi had left and since it was very rare for him to leave the house alone with the kids staying back, this was a rare opportunity.
“Uuhh. Even the cover is weird. Why is the man sticking his tongue out…?”
Hearing that, Yeorum sneered but is was soon replaced by mischievousness as she opened her mouth with a coquettish voice.
“My dear sister. What do people do with their tongue?”
“Nn? They eat delicious stuff…?”
“Then why do you think the man has his tongue out?”
“Uh, uhh… to eat…?”
“That’s right ♥”
She licked her lips with a decadent smile. Startled, Kaeul immediately clung to Bom, while the baby chicken also clung to Kaeul in surprise.
“W, w, w, wh what is he eating? No! Don’t say it…! I don’t want to know…! I don’t know…!”
“The heck.”
Yeorum clicked her tongue, seemingly finding that pathetic. They continued quarreling on whether they should watch the movie or not, while Bom suggested Gyeoul go inside her room.
Shake shake. Gyeoul shook her head, and she in fact appeared calmer than Kaeul.
“Will you be fine? The movie might be a bit weird.”
“…How is it, weird?”
“Hmm…”
Bom caressed her blue hair in contemplation. It was hard to explain what was weird and she had to choose the right words that were suitable for a child.
“…Do they do bad things?”
“They’re not bad things. They’re natural, necessary and could be beautiful. At the same time, it could be dirty and some might hate it or like it.”
“…What is it?”
“Hmm. So it’s-”
Bom whispered into her ears but Gyeoul tilted her head as if she didn’t really understand.
“…I shouldn’t know about it?”
“You’ll know about it later on, and you would need to know it in order to have the right mindset about it.”
“…Too difficult.”
“Then do you want to watch it while holding my hand? So that we can share some emotions to an appropriate level and if I think it’s too much, I will cover your eyes for you.”
“…Nn. Thanks.”
Meanwhile, the protector who was standing in a corner of the living room opened his eyes with a suggestive gaze. He seemed to be remembering the ‘days’ where he was popular and thinking about watching an R rated movie was about to cause his crimson eyes to bend into crescents.
“Oi. Cleaner.”
“Yes. Second young lady.”
“I’ll get you a little area outside, so go there and see if that human is coming or not.”
“See if he is coming or not? What do you mean by that?”
“I’m telling you to be on the lookout.”
“Ah…”
The protector had to stay outside.
The movie began with Bom and Yeorum focusing on it. Hugging the baby chicken, Kaeul covered her face with her hands and glanced through her fingers to watch the movie. And whenever someone’s skin showed up, she immediately closed the gap between her fingers.
And when that happened, Bom also covered Gyeoul’s eyes and lowered the volume with the remote controller.
“Why are you lowering it?”
“Because the sound is too explicit.”
“It’s boring. Give it here.”
“No.”
When Bom remained firm, Yeorum tilted her head.
“Give it.”
“No, Yeorum.”
“Ah, for real.”
Yeorum pondered before suddenly floating a cunning smile as if she thought of something. It was when Bom was starting to feel slightly nervous, about what Yeorum was trying to do.
“Hnn… ♥”
A heated orgasm left Yeorum’s mouth.
Kaeul was freaked out.
“Unni, are you crazy? What are you doing…!?”
“Nn… ♥ Hang… ♥”
“Don’t do it! You lunatic!”
Yeorum flipped her eyes up in response to Kaeul’s words.
“Ahh ♥♥”
“Uahh! Dirty! Crazy…! You have a screw loose or something seriously…!”
When Kaeul tried to run away from the sofa with a serious look, Yeorum grabbed her and laughed like a witch. Because of all that fuss, the movie didn’t feel erotic at all.
With all things considered, the movie was quite fun except for the obscene moments. It was the story of a tyrannic rich guy and a poor female secretary.
The rich was a bad person who looked down on others and the secretary tried to run away after being sick of it but was locked up in the office. At the start after being locked up, the female secretary hated the rich but opened her heart towards him later on for some reason, and dated him before changing him near the end.
…It was a romantic cliche.
After the movie came to an end, the kids started chatting about their impressions of the movie.
“But, but, there’s this thing I don’t really understand.”
“Maybe because you didn’t watch half the movie.”
“No? I watched everything except for the erotic scenes…!”
Kaeul thought for a bit before opening her mouth.
“Around the middle part, why did the locked-up female open her heart to the man? I didn’t really get that part.”
“What don’t you get?”
“Look, unni. The man wasn’t even that nice to her. He was bad; swore at her, hit her and locked her up, right? Inside the office.”
“He’s handsome though.”
“Nn…? No, but even then!”
“He has a good body, and his butt is like, damnn~”
“Uhh, so dirty… even then! He was being such a bad person!”
“He’s rich though?”
“Hmm…! But it’s still strange. No matter how handsome and rich he is, I wouldn’t like him if he’s that bad.”
“Apparently, it’s called Stockholm Syndrome,” explained Bom.
“Stockholm Syndrome?”
“Nn. If the perpetrator occasionally shows a gentle side to the victim, apparently there are some victims who open their heart up and sync with the perpetrator.”
Gyeoul interjected with a question.
“…What’s perpetrator?”
“Someone that does bad things.”
“…What’s sync?”
“It means sympathising and empathising with other people.”
“…Ah.”
“A long time ago, apparently there were some armed robbers that attacked a bank in Stockholm and took the staff hostage for several days. It seems that they were occasionally nice to the hostages and after being rescued by the police, they stood on the side of the robbers.”
“Ehhng? Really?”
“Nn. They apparently refused to give testimony and stuff.”