THE EXPERIMENT

Chapter 9

2 weeks later~

Jimin is jogging around the small and enclosed surgical room. 

"Why have I spent weeks in the room? It's not like I'm going to have surgery anytime soon." Jimin wonders to himself.

He hears someone opening the door.

He rushed to the hospital bed and lays on it.

Somebody walks through...

But it's not who Jimin expected it be, which was Dr Jung.

It was a different doctor.

"Um...where's Dr Jung?" Jimin asks the new doctor out of confusion.

"Ehm..." The doctors eyes wonders around the room like he is trying to find an answer.

Or excuse.

"He's not feeling well so I will fill in for him." The new doctor explains.

"Oh ok." Jimin says sounding a bit disappointed.

Dr Jung actually seemed like a genuinely nice guy. 

Maybe Jimin even trusted him a bit.

Jimin even showed Dr Jung that he had been practicing walking.

Yes, it may of affected his plans of escape but Dr Jung promised he wouldn't tell anyone that Jimin could walk again,  like Jimin asked.

"Anyways, I'm Dr Rhee." The doctor says stretching his hand out for Jimin to shake.

Jimin hesitates for a moment, but then reaches his arm to shake Dr Rhee's hand.

"So, by the look of what Dr Jung has written here, you have been improving a lot." Dr Rhee says looking down at his notes.

"Yes! I taught myself how to speak and I've been working on my writing too." Jimin justifies Dr Rhee.

He doesn't trust this Dr Rhee guy as he is new and just filling in for Dr Jung, so Jimin doesn't say that he knows how to walk too.

"Wow, That's great!" Dr Rhee says but goes back to looking at the clipboard instantly.

Jimin continues to lay on the bed while watching Dr Rhee.

"Also looks like the surgery on your brain was cancelled last week because of your improvements." Dr Rhee reads.

"Yes. Dr Jung came in and told me that last week." Jimin says smiling.

"Thats great news." Dr Rhee says while smiling back at Jimin.

They both then sit in silence.

Awkward silence.

"Uh...I've got a question." Jimin says suddenly. 

"Yes, Mr Park?" Dr Rhee asks.

"Why am I kept in this small surgical room? If I don't need a surgery anymore, then why am I still here? Shouldn't I move to a different location? Maybe even my own room?" Jimin asks.

"Woah, a lot of questions there Mr Park! You are kept in this surgical room because it's the only hospital rooms we have in the lab and will stay in it until you have fully recovered. I'm sorry but you aren't allowed to go back into your normal room until you are completely ready." Dr Rhee clarifies.

"What? Why is there only these rooms?" Jimin questioned.

"Because we only allow people to go to our hospital if they are really injured and need surgery. If they are just feeling sick, then it could just be a bug or a way to get off the pills." 

"Oh," Jimin says, "Talking about pills, I haven't had mine in all this time I've been in hospital. Isn't that bad?" 

To be honest, Jimin had forgotten about the pills or drugs or whatever they are. 

Even though he didn't take the pills in how ever long it had been, he still couldn't get a good nights sleep.

He probably slept about 2 to 5 hours at the maximum every night. He always tossed and turned.

Maybe it wasn't the pills that had been disturbing his sleep.

Maybe its just the lab that makes him feel uneasy.

Something else had to be on his mind.

"Oh yes! That's right. You can't have your pills while your in the hospital or recovering, especially when you have a head, brain injury." Dr Rhee makes clear.

Jimin just nods.

"Actually, about the pills," Dr Rhee says," I need to ask a few questions myself."

"Ok?" Jimin says back.

Hadn't he been asked "a few questions" a few days or something into the experiment when he first got here?

"How have you been sleeping lately?" Dr Rhee asks Jimin.

What a surprise...It IS the same sort of questions as last time.

"Um..."

He had been feeling more alive lately, but that's because he has been getting more sleep then he has ever got here.

"I guess better?" Jimin replies.

"Please be specific and give more clear answers, Mr Park."

"Oh ok sorry. Since I have been in this room, I've been sleeping better. Or that's what you could say. I still toss and turn and struggle to sleep. I probably get around 3 hours of sleep each night." Jimin explains.

"Still?"

"When I was in my room, I couldn't sleep at all. I was always awake. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't sleep." Jimin says

Dr Rhee writes down somethings while Jimin is talking.

"I...Uhhh- I even cried to myself many nights because of the lack of sleep..." Jimin says quietly because he is embarrassed to say that he cried to himself.

Dr Rhee doesn't say anything but continues to write things down.

"Anything else?" He says once he has done.

"I did have day dreams, or dreams at night, but I wasn't asleep. That made no sense. I'm sorry." Jimin answers.

"No, it's ok. It makes sense." Dr Rhee says continuing to write.

"What were these dreams?" He then asks.

Jimin hesitates because he didn't want to say what they were about. 

He was afraid.

But of what?

Dr Rhee or himself?

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A/n~

Ta Da! Finito! 

Well for this chapter lmao

oooooo its going back to being pretty intense! dont ya think?

ok im sorry i feel really weird rn haha

ive got so much homework  and tests and assignments/assessments/projects and im just writing this when i should be working and its really late and im tired and im exhausted from everything and i got to get up early tomorrow because i have interschool athletics training and----

lets just say i have a lot on my plate.