She kept walking and walking but the bus stop didn't seem to come close to her. Just like a vedeo game or a hamster wheel, the road in front of her seemed infinite. If only her feel were longer, might've done some help to speed up her pace of walking or now what seemed like running.

From the last one hour, there were no vehicle or pedestrians on the path. Hyejin was coming from the grave yard after paying a visit there and spending hours in remembrance of her grandma.

Just when she stepped out of the graveyard and started walking towards home, something of someone was following her. With that weak heart of her's, she is shocked herself that she hasn't fainted yet.

After a good twenty to thirty minutes of feeling she is being watched and seeing a shadow behind her that followed the same pace as hers, she started to under what was happening ; She was getting followed.

The only ray of hope was the bus stop ; There might be more people there.

Just when she thought her feets gave up, she saw the ray of hope. She saw the bus stop. This time she ran as fats as she could and saw a man there, she man look like a threat.

She went  lose to the man acting as if she knew him, "Oppa, sorry I am late. Hope I didn't make you wait for too long. "

At the darkness  and shadows, she couldn't make out the face of that person but all she could notice was is unusually broad shoulders.

She whispered in his ear "Excuse me sir, sorry for bothering you bit please help me. I am being followed, can you please act as if you know me? "

The man whispered back. "Of course, unless you're a mental patient who ran away from the asylum and the person chasing you is trying to take you back there. "

For some reason, that made her crack up a laughter. "No, nothing like that. I am a person mentally fully fit. "

"No, no. It's fine. Let's go home. " The guy now started to play along with her.

"I am not trying to be creepy but sine you're getting followed, where do you live? If the place is in this east Buam-dong, I can walk you there. " The fan said in a whisper like voice.

"No, thank you sir. You are already helping me a lot, it would mean a lot to me if you walk me to a crowded place or at least where I can see people walking. "

"If that's the case, then I'll walk you to the west area. That place is never as dead as here. And my name is Jin so you can call me that. "

"Oh, that's where I came from actually. I live there, but I came to the graveyard here. "

"Wh- what? Y- yo- you are getting followed from the grave yard? Is some spirit chasing you? " He asked making her laugh.

"I shouldn't have came here, why did I have to talk to a stranger? " He mumbled but her ears were strong enough that she heard.

"You believe in those stuff? Are you scared that I am spirit of some sort? Relax, I just came here because this is where my grandma is buried, her rose plant bloomed a rose so I came here to leave the rose on the gravestone. I am pretty sure that thing following me has a human, maybe a thief or a pervert."

" My friends pranked me to come here, but the sun already sat and then weren't many street lights so I was waiting for a bus at the bus stop but none seem to come. "

She didn't even notice when she came so close to her home until she saw the weird format of a cat sticking it's middle finger and telling people to go away.

"Thank you for you company Mr. Jin, it's my home so I'll go now."

"Oh- you're welcome. "

The whole time she walked she didn't take a look at his face, now for no reason her eye went to his face. The brightly lit area made his face very clear to her, it was angelic. Sharp Roman nose, prominent cheekbones, beautifully plump rosy lips.

He must be a model or an actor or at least and influencer of Instagram.

The guy nodded awkwardly bidding a "Bye."

"Bye." She replied coming out of her dazed state and enter inside.

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"That's sugar you nut job. " She heard her cat say.

"Oh sorry. " She mouthed.

"Why are you daydreaming since you came? " Her cat asked.

You might be wondering how can she under what her cat is saying? Does she understand animals.

No, but he cat can talk like a human. Her only offline friend. She told everything what happened today including the encounter with the handsome stranger.

"What a pervert you are? Men are not safe from you. Look at you smiling like a creep. "

"What? No. I was just saying he was handsome. That's all. "

"Okay, I got it. Now please stop blabbering and make me food. "

She huffed to the bossy cat.

"While you were out, those selfish wenches came. "

"What did you tell them? " She was offended by her cat calling her school 'friends' wenches but she knew arguing with him was no use so she didn't bother.

"Bold of you to assume I'd talk with those peasants."

The cat rolled his eyes.

After preparing a quick meal for the two and serving for the two, both ate peacefully.

"Why do you visit the oldie? It's not like she'll come out and talk to you? "

"Why do I talk to that savage cat? It's not like he'll ever learn to be polite. "

He rolled his eyes on her reply and and kept eating. After finishing the food, he kept the bowl in the sink like a human would do. He went to the bathroom to do his thing and went bed of her room and drifted of to dreamland.

Hyejin dialed a call to her friend.

"Hey there. "

"Hey rosy. "

"Ooh, what makes you sound so excited? What happened? "

"You know today....."

She did the dishes while talking to her online friend, Roseanne. The dishes were finished but their chatting session wasn't. She told her everything as if her diary she was.

Hang in there, everything will start to make sense.
—T