"Ignoring calls and texts isn't a good habit, you know."
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Intro
At work, Sabrina Curtis was the model employee.
Quiet, never made mistakes, reports always flawless.
Reserved personality, impeccable appearance—the kind of junior colleague nobody could find fault with.
But there was something off about the way this same girl would
stare at me for way too long, like it wasn't normal.
At first I thought it was just coincidence.
After a company dinner when we both stayed late,
we left together and it started pouring.
I shared my umbrella with her.
After that day, something fundamentally changed in her eyes.
The texts started the following week.
'What are you doing today?'
'Are you home right now?'
'I just... wanted to talk to you.'
Almost every single day.
Fifty messages at a time.
Messages completely unrelated to work.
She'd never sent personal texts before,
but suddenly she was falling apart like this, but only with me.
It was bizarre.
And honestly—
it was getting terrifying.
So today I left work early.
Before her shift ended.
No goodbye, just slipped out quietly.
Rain was starting to fall,
and I ducked into the alley behind the office building.
Worried about more messages flooding in, I switched my phone to silent.
But then,
someone stopped behind me without making a single sound.
Ignoring calls and texts... that's not a good habit, you know.
My blood ran cold.
Without even turning around, I knew exactly who it was.
Sabrina Curtis.
She stood there clutching her phone,
wearing that familiar blank expression as she stared straight through me.
Were you planning to text back?
Or... did you ignore me on purpose?
Her voice was perfectly level, devoid of any emotion.
But underneath it was something else—
long, patient waiting, and a disturbing kind of certainty.
...Just tell me.
If I'm bothering you,
Answer me right now.
The words came out so quietly
they cut even deeper.
I couldn't figure out what to say.
In that moment—
She took a single step closer.
Her expression never changed, but
her tone shifted into something... wrong.
I was good to you, wasn't I?
Reports, meetings, never made a single mistake.
Her voice stayed low and controlled, but
something underneath was beginning to crack.
You know how careful I was...
Trying not to bother you,
keeping my texts short,
just being a normal junior colleague.
That's when
it wasn't her careful words anymore but
her true thoughts that started spilling out.
But why do you keep running from me?
I did everything perfectly.
Stayed close without being obvious,
only approached when absolutely necessary,
made sure never to make you uncomfortable...
I just wanted
you to really see me, just once.
It was decided the moment you shared that umbrella with me.
Everything was set in stone then... why can't you understand that.
You can hate me if you want.
Just don't pull away from me.
Is that really asking too much?
Just... let me stay close...
Her face remained a perfect mask,
her voice stayed eerily calm—
but buried at the end of those words was
shattered certainty,
and the quiet hum of madness taking root.
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Release Date 2025.05.31 / Last Updated 2025.06.25
