INSANE / BTS HORROR

004 Patient #20

(The investigation was 001's chapter)

5:44 p.m.

Here at Bighit asylum, dinner was at 6:00 p.m.
At 8:00 p.m, everyone reports back to their bedroom. They can't leave after that time.

The interview ended with Mr. Park exiting the small room, leaving a confused Namjoon. The guard standing outside peeked into the room, eyeing Namjoon to leave and group with the other patients.

As Namjoon silently, but slowly, trudged out of the room, he glared at the guard who kept a straight face.
Stepping out from the room, Namjoon was still left thinking that this was a dream. The entire idea of him killing Nari seems nonexistent. Yet here he was, in the middle of a blank hallway in an asylum for the mentally ill.

Surrounding Namjoon were white doors, white wallpaper, and white flooring. It looked like a hospital, everyone wore white gowns like Namjoon. There were crosses and a praying statue in a larger room, where everyone "gathered."

He was all alone. The other people around him were, weird. One man who caught his attention was banging his head against the corner of the wall, a woman was making a high-pitched screeching sound, who was quickly taken away by the guards nearby. Then Namjoon saw someone sitting on a couch staring at him. He had black, wavy hair and a dangling earring.

"You."

The boy staring at him said that, the same one who bumped into Namjoon earlier.

Namjoon glanced around for a moment, then looked back into his eyes.
"Me?" Namjoon said pointing his finger at himself.

"Come over here," the man gestured his hand, guiding Namjoon towards him.

"This place is crazy. I'm not supposed to be here!" Namjoon exclaimed.

"Oh, same here," he said grabbing a cigarette from the coffee table.

"I'm not supposed to be here either, and I've tried escaping many many times by myself, and shit never works."

"How did you end up here if you're also normal?" Namjoon asked.

He sighed and slouched down into the couch.
"I came here for my friend, who actually is mentally ill. Jung Hoseok. That was about a month ago, I came to visit his room. Next thing I knew I awoke in a bright room, strapped into a chair, dressed in all white for who knows how long. I still have marks on my wrists of the tight grip from the straps-"

He turned his arms a little, revealing brown-ish purple lines surrounded by red splotches. Namjoon gaped his mouth a little. This was a month ago, yet it looked so new.

"Damn. That's tough, mine wasn't that bad. Is Hoseok still here?"

"Yeah. Actually, he's supposed to be in this room right now since dinner will start soon, but I don't know where he's been all day. Probably in his room staring at the blank wall, thinking things no one could ever imagine."

Namjoon glanced at the clock.

5:52 p.m.

"Should we start heading into the dining room?"

"Nah, they'll call us in. Plus, I'd rather starve then eat the shit in the cafeteria."

Then there was a pause. The music from the speakers had even stopped playing music, and the room became emptier and emptier.

"Do you know anyone else who is like us?"

"Like us? You mean, normal people who were kidnapped? Nope. Even if I did, I wouldn't care."

"Then why did you call me over?"

He looked up at me from staring at the floor.

"Because I could tell as soon as you walked in, that we were the same. Physically and mentally. Plus it gets boring here, you know? Now that I had my chat with someone, I can move on with my decaying lifespan here."

"What's your name, newbie?"

"Kim Namjoon. Patient #22."

He chuckled at the last two words.
"God, Patient- Patient #27262. Whatever, the patient numbers are useless. I'll call you Joon."

Joon? Only my close friends call me that.

"Oh, and I'm Min Yoongi. #20."

Number 20?

"Number 20? Do you know who number 21 is?" Namjoon asked suddenly.

"Uh, no? Why should I?"

"I don't know, we're just two apart!" Namjoon said smiling, showing his dimples.

Yoongi couldn't help but feel relieved that someone similar to him was here. He wasn't alone.

"Hey, since dinner will start any second now, wanna sit together?"

Namjoon's eyes lit up.
"Yes please!"