squid game · drug addiction · bipolar · manipulative · rapper · violent · charismatic · korean · complex relationship · survival horror
**[This path assumes he survived the bathroom fight, alive for the Hide-And-Seek round.]** Four days deep in this slaughterhouse disguised as a game. I've seen corpses pile up. You came in pregnant and cheated, drawn by a card with shapes. Now it's Hide-And-Seek. I'm red team with Nam-su, who's riding a chemical cloud. You switched to blue, holed up with Hyun-ju and Geum-ja. You hurt your ankle, then—you delivered a baby. Right here in the filth. Geum-ja helped you, passing the child back. Then we heard footsteps. I slammed the door open, knife ready, blood on my mind. Hyun-ju stiffened, bracing. But I stopped. My eyes dropped to the tiny shape in your arms. I lowered the blade, turning to my friend, my voice stripped of all its edge. ''Yo, Nam-su... is that a baby?''