scream (dreamcatcher)

Two

Gahyeon and Yoohyeon sat on the beach, sipping slushies and giggling.
"You know what, Minji asked me out yesterday!"
"Oh my, wow Yoohyeon, did you say yes?!"
"Uh, yeah, about that..."
"Wowww, don't tell me you said no?"
"Uh, I said yes."
"Oh my god YESS now I can ship you guys for real"
"I know I'm so happy."
They continued gossiping and chatting until the sun went down, and they packed up their equipment and went home. Yoohyeon and Gahyeon arrived at their shared flat and collapsed on the bed.
And then the dream changed.
They were both on the university roof. Yoohyeon was pinned by someone near the edge of the roof. The person was... Gahyeon? Gahyeon had an almost evil expression on her face as she pushed Yoohyeon off the ledge. She watched on motionlessly as Yoohyeon screamed something not understandable and fell to the floor with a resounding crack. Gahyeon looked pleased, and a strange, nearly insane smile crept on her face. Blood almost immediately started forming a pool around the body and as the amount of blood increased, Gahyeon woke with a gasp.
Gahyeon woke up drenched in sweat. Of all days, why did she have a nightmare today? She inhaled shakily and tried to recall her dream. It was Yoohyeon's death, for sure, but something felt off. Why would she dream about killing her very own best friend? Gahyeon groaned and slinked out of bed. Doing so, she woke up Minji, who was sleeping in the top bunk. "Hey Gahyeon, why are you awake?" Minji croaked. Gahyeon shrugged. "Just a dream." Minji sighed. "Look, I know it's hard for you. It hasn't even been a day yet. But try to hang on, for Yoohyeon. For everyone." Minji glanced sadly across the room to the bunk bed where Yoohyeon would have been sleeping soundly. "Why are you out of bed anyway? Do you want me to make you something to eat?" Gahyeon shook her head. "I need to do something."
She grabbed her bag containing the glass orb and slipped silently out of the room. She sat on the steps of the flat and racked her brain desperately to remember every single detail of her dream. She had dreamt about Yoohyeon dying, although she wasn't even there to experience the fall. She wondered dully how she could dream about something she never even saw in such a vivid detail. She could almost smell the metallic tangy stench of blood and retched thinking about it. She opened her bag and pulled the ball put of it. It was glowing a orange red now, and Gahyeon wondered why. It must have some importance to some people in the world. Maybe vampires? Or witches? Gahyeon shook her head at the crazy thought of them even existing. "It's not halloween Gahyeon! Get your head out of fantasy!" She thought to herself.
She stared at the ball for several minutes, replaying her dream in her head. It messed her up thinking that she dreamt about killing Yoohyeon. Despite her sad thoughts about Yoohyeon, she felt that same insanity stirring up deep inside of her. The same insanity when she dreamt about killing Yoohyeon. In her dream, she was happy- proud even- about pushing her friend off a ledge. She was terrified at the thought that she- she enjoyed it. She whispered hashly to herself, "Gahyeon. Get your act together. It's just a dream. You're not like this in real life."
Gahyeon had probably sat there for half an hour, slipping out of sadness and fear, when she felt something move in front of her. She glanced up and shrugged. Suddenly a bright flash blinded Gahyeon, and when she regained sight, she stiffened up quickly. There was someone there. In front of her. She was sure it was a female, wearing a black mask, a black gown, and holding a black umbrella. The gems on her dress and mask glittered, even though there was little to no light. Her lips were parted ever so slightly and she looked quite serious. She said in a voice as rich as chocolate,
"Give me the ball."
Gahyeon was too frightened to say anything. "H-how did you come here. And, anyway, what if I don't want to?" The lady's eyes narrowed. "Then. Then I'll make you want to." She snapped her fingers and Gahyeon felt a blinding pain behind her eyes. She gasped but didn't give the ball to the woman. "I'm not giving the thing to you." She decided. The girl shrugged.
"Your loss. You'll find out why I want the ball soon enough."
This felt quite unsettling to Gahyeon, but she put the ball back in her bag and went to her bed. When she glanced back, the woman had gone.
She trudged back to her bed and lay there for a long time. Minji had already gone back to bed, but Gahyeon could faintly see white tear marks stain her face. She looked at Minji sympathetically, turned over and went back to bed.
Gahyeon was back on the roof. She looked at the body of her friend and all she could do was giggle.
She whispered to herself in a sing-song voice, "Good night." Gahyeon turned around and walked back into the university, traces of the hysterical grin still etched on her face.
Gahyeon didn't wake up in a cold sweat this time. If anything, she slept better than she had in ages.
The alarm grated on Gahyeon's ear drums and she stretched to put it out. She heard Yubin's voice, "Gahyeon! Wake up! We need to leave early to the hospital!" Hospital? Why hospital? Did someone- ah. Yoohyeon. Gahyeon slowly got up and changed. She met Minji and Yubin in the kitchen. "Hey guys!" Gahyeon chirped. Minji was taken aback. "Wow, someone's in a good mood. I would not have expected that." Gahyeon laughed. "Why not? Because of Yoohyeon? You know, it didn't affect me as much as i thought it would." Minji smiled. "I'm happy you're doing well."
Gahyeon smiled. "Me too. Me too." She chuckled.

Ok so I kinda hate this chapter rip its really early morning and I have no sleep schedule at all. My writing tends to be bad when i'm half asleep jssjjssj i really hate this chapter 😾🦶