Night Hag | SaChaeng

Fears

Momo, Sana and Jihyo began their day in the living room, relaxing on the couch. They survived the end-stage alcoholism but also ruined their sleeping schedule. They are supposed to wake up early and edit raw videos. Waking up this late caused a delay. Their eyes looked puffy, their appearances are rumpled but they don't seem to care about how ugly they look at the moment. It was very quiet. There's a second when one of them yawns then returns to being idle after.

"Oh..." Momo already rubbed her stomach before even grabbing the other two's attention. It looks like she wants something edible to fill it up because staring outside won't satisfy her hunger. She then slowly flashes a pleading face at Jihyo while Sana ignores them right away.

"Hell no!!! that face won't definitely work on me. Just order online and stop acting like a cutie patootie!" Jihyo kept pushing Momo away, while the latter keeps on going for a hug. That's her way when asking for a favor, very clingy.

"C'mon! My tummy's craving for Park Jihyo's homemade food. Pleeeek!" Momo snuggles herself down in to Jihyo's arms. The latter can't help but to cringe.

Upon staring at the roads shimmered in the heat of the midday sun, Sana's brain replays the first few scenes of what happened last evenfall. Jihyo noticed how Sana displays seriousness on her face so she called her to ask if there's something wrong or what's bothering her? Momo promptly stops from annoying Jihyo.

"You okay?"

Momo just chuckled, "That's just the alcohol effect, Jihyo. She'll be fine." And she once again, tries to snuggle down in Jihyo's arms.

"Stop it-"

"Guys did you notice or hear someone breaking into our place last night?" Sana finally talked. The other two halted their thing because the question suddenly gave them the creeps. Sana only stares at Momo then to Jihyo. She didn't mean to scare them like that. "I- I... I mean... Something weird happened to me last night. Woke up in the middle of the night but I can't move nor talk. Then a person appeared out of nowhere, it went on my bed. I can't remember the next thing after." Sana rubbed her temples. This is stressing her out. She should not have drank that many yesterday.

A clap, "Aha! I know what you mean, Sana." Momo finally left Jihyo and sat beside the confused girl. "You had sleep paralysis last night."

"Sleep paralysis?" Sana frowned. She's used to Momo who's not using her brain every time but she admits that the girl knows a lot about these type of topics and classic lores as well.

"Yeah! It's normal to suddenly feel conscious but can't move when you're paralyzed during your sleep. But you're unlucky last night, your sleep demon visited you." Momo tries to explain the concept of sleep paralysis.

"Sleep demon huh... So no one barged in our house? Jeez it's actually terrifying." Knowing that it wasn't an intruder somehow relieved Sana but the fact that sleep demons exist finally creeps her out.

"It's actually surprising we didn't hear you freaking out last night." Momo and Jihyo know Sana well. She can be easily get disturbed by some horror stories and criminal cases. "Sleep demons are commonly hags with horns, bloody fangs, sharp nails, in short they're super ugly!" Momo added.

"Don't tell me you flirted with your sleep demon?" Jihyo was just joking earning a super loud cackle from Momo. Sana doesn't really remember anything from that experience except from being unable to move and seeing the figure. She couldn't even recall if she did something after that. "It was absolutely the effect of the alcohol." Added by Jihyo and Momo couldn't agree more.

"I'd be shitting my pants if that ever happens to me again..." Sana crosses her arms before slacking her back off the couch.

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