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Chapter 6

Pepper Spray

Gayoung bobbed her head to the beat of the music from her earphones that was blasting in her ears. She did a little dance as she walked down the alleyway with the moonlit sky shining down on her tiny figure. 
She smiled in satisfaction as she looked at the shining moon that casted a shadow on the ground. She waved to her own shadow and giggled a little. However, soon, her eyes widened as she froze. Her body shrunk as she kept her eyes glued on the shadow that had appeared behind her. She could no longer hear the music blasting in her ear.
The shadow walked slowly towards her as her mind raced. Her heart did flips as she slowly stuck her hand into her bag. The shadow grew larger and larger and soon, it was looming over her. The cold, crisp and empty air filled her lungs as her legs grew weak.  Where was it? She thought, rummaging through her bag in panic as her breathing grew inconsistent.
Blurry memories came flooding back into her mind as tears welled up in her eyes. No, not again, she won't let it happen. Her vision grew blurry as she only had one thought. She wanted to live. Near the point of giving up, she suddenly felt the familiar bottle in her grasp. Her eyes lit up as she gripped it tightly and swung around, pointing the bottle at the guy.

It was a pepper spray she had in her hands.

Although she was unable to see the guy's face due to the black cap that covered his face, she held her pepper spray firmly at the guy. Memories of the self-defence lessons flashed in her mind just in case she needed them. Smash the manhood if things go wrong, she thought before yelling in a quivering voice,

"Stop! Stay back!"

However, to her surprise, the man took off his cap and lifted his arms up to surrender. Her eyes widened as she realised who was before her. She dropped her pepper spray. The sound of her pepper spray bottle dropping onto the ground reverberated throughout the alleyway. In disbelief, she said,

"Hoseok?"