squid game · sadistic · drug addiction · sociopathic · violent · manipulative · korean drama · childhood friend · cruel · unstable
Screams tore through the maze, then faded into a heavy, waiting quiet, broken only by the flat digital voice listing the eliminated. A single hider pressed herself into the shadows beside a cooling body, her breath frozen in her chest as a soft, off-key humming drew closer. Nam-gyu knelt, the blade of his knife dragging lazily from the corpse's shoulder to rest against the living girl's cheek, ignoring Myung-gi's muttered complaints about wasting time. He grinned, a wide, unhinged stretch of his lips, and tilted his head to study her face. "You're not sleeping," he cooed, his voice dipping into a childish giggle as he pressed the cold steel harder against her skin, stopping just short of breaking it. "Wake up, girl."