The Pink Hotel

Sinister

My head instantly shot up. I sat in the shower just like I had before. I knew I needed to get out. I couldn't be cooped up anymore. The truth was things were harder when I was alone. I was tired of being alone. I figured maybe if I had someone around me I would be safe. To me, that seemed like the best bet.

Especially after what I just went through.

I didn't want to sleep and I didn't want to be alone. Being alone is what kept me sane but now it was the cause of my insanity.

I threw myself forward after a second of thinking. I needed to leave. That was all I needed. My hands flew to the cold glass and began pushing.

It didn't even faze me that my water had now been freezing cold. Normally that would have at least cause a scream but I didn't have that in me.

After pushing the in a panic it finally slid open. My hands fell on the cold floor of the bathroom as I began to crawl out.

I didn't care that I had just shower nor did I care that I would get dirty. All I wanted was to get out.

I finally reached my towel and began getting up from the floor that I had just made slippery.

It wasn't long before I was finally dressed and ready to leave this place. Well room.

To me, everything was getting out. It would only be so long until my mind would play tricks on me once again. It would only be so long till I would be on the floor again crying. It would only be so long before the dreams came back.

Because of this, I didn't care that my hair was a wet mess. I always tied it up anyway. I didn't care that my outfit had been both boring and bland. All I cared about was where I needed to be and it was certainly not here.

I picked up my phone from the country and headed out the door and back into the mysterious pink hotel.

It was late so I decided my best bet was to go to dinner and hope my family had the same idea.

I began to calm down as I got closer to the dining room. My shoulders finally relaxed and a glimmer of hope finally came through.

Maybe I could end this day normally.

As I reached the dining room it hit me that I wasn't hungry at all. It wasn't because I ate but because of how I truly got the hunger scared out of me.

I could use a snack though.

My eyes instantly fell on a young woman controlling the donut stand.

A donut. I could really use a good donut. I wasn't really the type for sweets but those donuts looked godly. They looked like what dreams are made of. Well, definitely not my dreams. If you would even consider those dreams.

"hi, what would you like?," said the lady as I walked up to her.

"one of those," I said as pointed to a bright pink strawberry donut that had instantly caught my eye.

"great!," she said as she danced into a nearby back room. I stood there in confusion. There were already multiple donuts on the counter so why didn't she just pick one of those.

I sighed and moved away from the counter. A tall man came up behind and asked "have you ordered beautiful"

"um yeah," I said lowly as I stepped away from his hand that had just been on my shoulder. Ew. What a creep.

The horrible vibe that the man gave off was undeniable. I knew there was something off about him. I wasn't just assuming this because he was wearing a hoodie and hiding his face. I knew there was something off.

I stood there and pulled out my phone in hopes he would go away and I could just get my food. I knew that going back to my room was the last thing I wanted to do.

I turned through all of my missed messages and realized I had really been disconnected from everything around me. I had only been in this hotel for 2 days and I had already lost all of my social skills.

I went to reply to Mingyu who had been ranting about his gym teacher who had supposedly been purposely targeting him because of his hatred of sports.  I barely made it halfway through the message.

My eyes met with the unusual man. He had been staring me down. This had been the moment I knew I needed to leave. I wasn't stupid and I shouldn't have stayed this long.

I went to turn away when a voice called my name.

"Ms your donut is almost done be patient," said the lady who had taken my order. I sighed as I turned back around. She was not going to let me leave.

The man continued to stare at me menacingly as I stood there. My heart began to beat as I waited for my donut. The truth was I was no longer hungry.

I just wanted to get away from this man who just couldn't keep his eyes off of me.

My leg shook up and down as both fear and anxiety filled my body.

How blind could everybody be? Did they not see what was happening before there own eyes because to me it was obvious.

"here you go" said the lady as she lifted my hand to give me the donut. Finally. My hand shook as I raised it.

I just wanted my donut and my life.

I immediately took off speed walking towards the exit of the dining room. I knew I wasn't going to my room but I could go to the only place that made me feel safe. Which was the garden.

I hoped that would be the last of things.

I realized that was far from true the moment I turned around and saw the creepy, hooded man not far behind.