PATIENT 16

Chapter 3

  " hey chipmunk!" i greeted rosé once i entered the staffroom. I didn't get alot of sleep since i was busy thinking of jennie. Wait that sounds wrong, i was thinking of what jennie said...

Yes, i was thinking of her words. That girl is really weird huh.

" did jennie really talked to you?" chipmunk asked me as she sat next to me.

" urm...yea." i replied, recalling the how loud she yelled.

" thats strange to be honest." i faced her confusedly.

" jennie has never talked to any male nurse for the past 3 years. She only talks a bit with jisoo."

Okay...what? Jennie literally scream at my face and thanked me later on. Does that me i am special? No way.

" chipmunk, do you know what are the punishments here?"

Her face immediately sank and she sighed.

" i hated them. I could always see the patients crying afterwards. It hurts for them...it hurts me too. They would hit the patients with wood or metal. If its serious, they would even cut them with knifes."

My mouth was unable to utter any word at that moment. Mental hospital is where patients heal not get hurt!

" director allows that?" i raised my voice a little due to my anger.

" no. Its his brother." she let it out. I patted her head before taking my clipboard.

" thanks for letting me know. Have a good day." i thanked her before leaving. 

As i walked along the corridors, i could see other nurses guiding their patients. Some may act like a child but  i am sure they did not choose to be like that.

While i was in deep thought, i accidentally knocked into someone. I groaned it pain when that person pushed me to the ground.

" kai, stop!" a nurse approached us. He handcuffed that guys hands and helped me up.

" sorry for that, thats my patient." the guy infront of me introduced himself as jungkook, jeon jungkook. Nice name. I nodded and shook hands with him before leaving.

" hi, sorry for being late, jen." the nickname came out of my mouth so naturally that i was stunned by myself.

She also froze for a second when i said that. I place the clipboard on the table and focused on her afterwards.

" did someone slap you?" i wanted to touch her cheeks but she pushed ny hands away.

" stop. Let me see it." i sternly said. I went forward again and she didn't move.

She winced in pain when i touched it. Her hands touched mine when she wanted careless her cheeks that was in pain.

I pulled away and thats when i found more scars and bruises on her hand and legs.

" who did this..." my heart ached when i saw her like this.

" its none of your business."

" then what is my job?" i stared at her and continued my sentences.

" once i accepted this job here, you are my responsibility. When someone hurt you, i will....hurt them back."

we remained eye contact for a few seconds then she looked away. She suddenly turned a little red. weird?

" they punished me." i sat beside her, signalling her to continue.

" they wanted to do some check ups on me but i don't want to. I kicked them away when they forced me. Then, i got punished."

my hand unconsciously stroke her hair. What made me surprised is that she let me do it. Okay this is an improvement.

Mr kim pov

Being the director is not easy. All the reports are stacked like mountains on my desk. I checked all the water and electricity bills and sighed.

Its been increasing over the past few months. Tae has been telling me to cut off the fans for the rooms. But how i can afford to do so. All the patients needs a acceptable room thats has a good living conditions.

Tae is my brother but since he is way younger than me, our parents gave me the role of the director after they passed away. So, i need to take care of this mental hospital to what i can.

I still gave tae some things to do such as planning the food and the rooms for some patients. I hope he did well.

I checked the reports on jennie. That girl has been here for 5 years. I wanted to let her out by letting doctors do some check ups but they never succeeded.

I gave tae the role to check on jennie with the doctors but he always told me that she is too aggressive and they didn't do it.

Aish...if we can't perform a check up on her, we can't release her. I want to give that girl some freedom, she has been trapped on the inside for too long. She needs to check the outside world.

I closed my eyes and sighed...

Y/n pov

After feeding jennie, i went to the staffroom to take out some boardgames. Hmm...let me see, snake and ladder, no. Chess, mhm good enough. I took it and went to jennie's room.

" lets play this." i place it on the table.

" with my hands cuffed?" she mocked Sarcastically.

I thought for awile before starting to unlock her handcuffs with a key.

When i took it out, she stared at me weirdly.

" come on, lets start." i chuckled a little. She moved closer to the table and smirked.

" you will lose so badly." she challenged me.

I just continued playing, not minding her words.

We were halfway through and i am quite sure that i would win. She was thinking so hard when it was her turn.

Whenever i want to give her some hints, she would tell me to shut up before she continues to play.

" hah! I won!" she slightly smiles a little before hiding it again.

" congrats. What do you want as a reward?" i laughed.

" hmmm...just buy me a burger. The food at the canteen sucks."

i smiled at her and starts to clear the table. After taking the chessboard, i prepared to leave.

" sweet dream, nini." there you go again, nicknames.