MANIA

Part 46

There's a voice. No, multiple voices calling out to Y/N through the fog. She can hear them, just above the noise in her head. The more she focuses, the more she realizes that there are two distinct calls of her name.

They sound almost frantic, pleading with her to wake up.

Wake up!

Just wake up!

A shuddering gasp escapes Y/N's lips as she sits upright in bed. Her chest heaves, feeling fresh tears lingering on the skin of her cheeks as she brings her hands up to rub at her eyes.

Softly, she can feel two hands caressing her back. One stroke over her upper spine while the other rests much lower, thumb stroking tenderly against her skin.

"Shhh, baby, it's okay," Irene's soothing voice reaches her ears. Nothing but worry is reflected on Irene's features as she shares a glance with the other girl to her right.

"We're right here, darling," Mina whispers, noticing how with each breath Y/N takes her seem to be calming down, even if only the slightest. "She can't hurt you anymore."

The sound of the bedroom door flinging open causes Y/N to jolt lightly in their arms, all three of their gazes being drawn to the now open doorway to see both Lisa and Jennie hastily entering the room. Jisoo follows close behind, Rosé a mere step behind her as worry pulls at all of their features.

Before any of them can ask what happened, Y/N's speaking. "Bad dream."

For the past four days, Y/N has been tormented by night terrors. Visions of what happened to her swim through her mind, and usually, any one of them are able to shift her thoughts onto something more peaceful in order to let her rest. Only this time, they couldn't.

No matter how hard Mina and Irene tried, they couldn't reach Y/N's mind. All they could do was watch as Y/N's dream tormented her with her past memories of Miyeon torturing her in that damn chair. Except, whenever the eight of them were supposed to show up in her dream, they never did.

Shifting slightly on the bed, Irene pulls Y/N's head into her chest. Gently, she cradles Y/N in her arms as Jennie comes to sit on the edge. Carefully, Jennie places a hand onto the side of Y/N's face, nothing but concern tugging at her brow.

The arms Y/N has wrapped around Irene squeeze her tighter, eyes falling shut as fresh tears cling to her lashes.

"Every time-" Y/N begins, voice small and barely above a whisper as she swallows the dryness clinging to her throat. "Every time I close my eyes, all I can see is her."

"Baby," Rosé immediately sits on the end of the bed with Lisa right beside her as Jisoo moves closer to Y/N.

"It's like she's living inside my head, and I don't know how to get her out," Y/N's whole body begins to tremble lightly as a tear slowly begins to make its way down the side of her cheek. "And I know I'm safe now. I know you're all here with me, and will do everything in your power to protect me, but trying to reason with myself just isn't working. The harder I try to rationalize with these thoughts, the worse it gets, and I just-" she turns her head away from Jennie, burying her face into the side of Irene's neck as she holds her tighter. "I don't know what to do."