Monster

One

                      A stormy night, the rest of the patients dead asleep. Except for one, Irene. She was simply looking outside through the tall window. "Seulgi never did like thunderstorms." She whispered to herself. Unfortunately, a loud snap from the thunder awoke one of the other patients. Mark, the only patient that could really understand her. "Noona? What are you doing awake?" The boy spoke in broken Korean. After all he was only here because his aunt deemed him crazy after the nightmare continued after they prayed for hours. "Seulgi-ah doesn't like the thunder. She's keeping me awake." Mark arose from the bed and walked slowly towards her. "Are you Irene now?" She simply nodded. The sound of the door opening stopped the two from talking. "Why are you two awake at this hour? You know the cameras see everything." The head-nurse of their wing was always getting mad at them. "Doyoung-Hyung, I can't sleep." Mark said struggling to keep his eyes open. "I can see your eyes fluttering. Don't stay up just because Irene is awake." The boy pouted and walked back to his bed. "Irene go to bed, before Soo-man prescribes you sleeping pills." She nodded again, but Seulgi wanted to give a verbal response. The door closed signaling Seulgi to come out. In the end she cried herself to sleep.

         Seulgi rarely came out during the day, but when she did it was torture. The nurses could not find a way to calm her tantrums. "Seulgi-ah can you let Irene out? She needs to take her medication." The girl ignored him and continued to wail and cry. Crying about how cold it was in the forest, crying about how much it hurt, crying about the storm that was happing. "I need two Suvorexant tablets. And schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist for Irene." The nurses scrambled to complete these requests.