Insane

Caught

TW: Talk of death, mention of death penalty, mention of death by fire, panic attack, passing out from a panic attack, talking to someone as if they were a young child, forced drinking (water)

When I wake up everything is pitch black. I can see some vague street lamps out of the window though. I guess nobody woke me up for dinner, which is fine, I guess. Now that I'm awake, there's no chance that I'll get back to sleep. I turn my body to that I'm facing Logan's bed as I notice that there's a tray with some bread and milk on the ground by my bed. I only realise how hungry I am when I see it, so I grab it and scoff it all in record time.

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This exact thing is what happens for the next few weeks on repeat. I wake up early for my "treatment" and come back to the room so tired that I crash into bed and don't wake up again until about 3am. It's a messed-up schedule, but I'm fine with it. Each day I watch as Janus gets more and more on edge.

Today is June 1st. Janus stopped sleeping about two days ago, and Remus never really slept. I've been awake since about 4, and he's been awake all night. A nurse comes in and flips the light on, completely ignoring the three of us gasp in pain when the the light bounces off our eyes so suddenly. It takes about a minute for all three of the others to wake up fully,

"Good morning, Insomniacs!" Roman exclaims as he bounces out of bed and heads towards the window.
"Today shall, hopefully be a good one. Mary is expecting to recieve a date on which an inspector will visit the hospital." Logan says, in an attempt to bring the mood up.
"And! And! Tommorrow is your birthday Janus! The big one, eight! That's cool!" Patton says while walking over to Janus, who is sitting up on his bed. Towards the end of the sentence, Patton lightly shakes Janus' shoulders, smiling at him, The boy in question smiles back lightly.

"Yeah, I guess. It's all a little bittersweet though."

Then, our door opens, Remy coming in confidently. "Morning."
"Morning, Remy!"
"Salutations."
"..Hi."
"Sup."
"Greetings!"
"I wonder how much someone would pay for your organs."

Remy looks over to Remus, not surprised. "Anyway-" He takes a sharp breath and looks over to Janus.
"Dr Sanders expects to see you in his office tommorrow. Somebody is coming in to discuss a court date for your trial as an adult."  Remy turns as if he is going to leave, and I find myself stoppng him.
"W-Wait!" Remy turns towards me an raises an eyebrow. "Since tom-tomorrow is J-Jan-nus' birthday, do- do you think, we, um, we could m-maybe d-do something f-fun? L-Like go outs-side?"

Dr Sleep sighs. "Considering that you might be put to death very soon, I-" He looks at the floor then up to me again. "I'll see what I can do."

I turn towards Janus' bed and see that he's staring towards the floor, whispering to himself.
"You, uh..? You okay, J?" Roman asks.
"I- I can't go one minute witho-without thinking about de-death.. I.. I don't want to die." He says, looking up to the ceiling. "It all would have been so much easier if I had just died in that fire like everyone else."

I find my self hugging him as he shakes in my arms, and in no time I realise that everyone in the room has joined in the group hug.

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When I wake up, I look over and smile to myself when I see that Janus is asleep. He deserves a good night's rest, it is his birthday after all. I sigh internally when the lights turn on and everyone wakes up, rubbing their eyes and yawning.
"It's your birthday!" Remus yells, running over to his friend's bed where he was sitting and tackling like the puppet in FNaF 2, leaping at him, sending him onto the floor.
"Y-AERGuh!" He yells as he falls onto the floor, laughing. We all burst out laughing (even Logan) and while we are doing so, Dr Sanders opens the door and looks in. He waits paitently for us to stop laughing before he talks.