MANIA

Part 9

As soon as Y/N's foot enters the hallway, both Mina and Irene were in front of her,

Sana following close behind. The three of them watch Y/N carefully, worried that she might try to do something rash, like attempting to sprint past them and run for the exit again. 

Y/N tried it. Once. The first night when everything happened. They watched her sprint right past them, still wearing that gorgeous suit, and practically fling herself out of the front doors. Only, as soon as she left through one door, it’s like she were entering back through the other.

A looping entrance. A simple spell, or rather, curse in Y/N's mind. Every time she attempted to run out of the front door, she found herself sprinting back through the entrance, a frustrated look on her face as a feeling of hopelessness washed over her.

That was the final snap to her sanity which landed her in such a state of limbo for the past two weeks. Y/N's just glad she managed to pull herself out of it.

When Y/N meet their gaze, she make no sign of acknowledgement. They cannot hear any thoughts of her wanting to escape running through her head for the moment. The only thought they can hear, is a constant repeating of her wanting some coffee.

“Where-“ Irene takes a step forward before halting right in her tracks as Y/N raise a hand to stop her.

“No.” Y/N's pointer finger is raised as if to say ‘hold on a moment’, making sure to keep a safe distance away from all of them as she look into each of their eyes. “Just follow.”

As soon as Y/N turns to start walking down the hallway, Lisa appears before her, a steaming cup of coffee held in her hands.

Wordlessly, Lisa hands it to Y/N, and the latter meets her gaze for only a moment. 

A curt nod was all Lisa receives as Y/N takes the mug from her hands, sipping on the warm liquid.

Lisa swallows. At least it’s better than nothing.

'What’s going on?' Nayeon's voice echoes through all of their heads, a tinge of worry to her words.

'We don’t know, but at least she’s out of her room.' Mina replies, following silently behind Y/N as she begin to lead them down the hallway.

'She’s out of her room?' Rosé's voice is full of excited disbelief, and they can hear the clanging of a pan falling onto the ground coming from the direction of the kitchen before she appeared right next to Lisa just as they breach the lobby.

Jennie is the next to appear, having been walking down the opposite hallway at the time, monitoring Y/N's thoughts as soon as this commotion started. Y/N's mind is blank.

'Should we be worried?' Irene's fingers twitch, itching to pull Y/N into her arms and ask her what’s wrong.

A thought Irene knows is echoing through all of their minds this very second.

'The last time her mind was blank, she stabbed Nayeon with a knife.' Jisoo reminds them, appearing in the lobby in the next second, a swatch of fabric still clutched in her hands.

'She also tried jumping off of her balcony. So, let’s not forget that, either.' Sana said, worry about lacing her tone.