scream (dreamcatcher)

ten

that night-

Gahyeon POV

A grey haze. It suffocated everything in a macabre dark wash. Gahyeon could feel the stinging in her eyes, even though it was a dream. A pealing repetitive alarm pierced her eardrums. Where was Gahyeon? She looked around and saw a toilet and a door, although it was hard to tell in all the smoke and fire. Gahyeon felt her throat closing up and she tried to scramble out of the bathroom, but she couldn't breathe- the smoke was invading her lungs. Gahyeon took a deep, ash filled breath, as much as her suffocated body could allow. Her eyes rolled back and she relaxed in the fiery bathroom, her arms blistering and red.

Then the dream stopped. Everything was blank.

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"Yubin!" Yoohyeon whispered desperately. "What did you do to Gahyeon?" Yubin sat at the foot of Gahyeon bed and picked her nails unbothered. "Chill. I did nothing permanent. Just made her faint." Yoohyeon tried with all her power to shake Gahyeon awake. The tips of the ghost's fingers finally made contact with Gahyeon and Yoohyeon tried to help Gahyeon regain consciousness. Nothing did happened. Yoohyeon checked for a pulse. There was a faint pulse, beating under Gahyeon's cold skin but she wasn't breathing. Yoohyeon suddenly had the idea to wake Minji up. At least she could help properly.

"Minji!" Yoohyeon shouted. Minji woke up with a jolt and screamed when she saw Yoohyeon's slightly glowing form in front of her. "Sorry. I can never get used to you looking like this." Minji croaked. Yoohyeon looked down quickly, but continued, "Yubin did something to Gahyeon. Something bad. Gahyeon... she's not breathing." Minji was suddenly wide awake, a terrified expression on her pale face. She threw the heavy blanket off her body and ran down the creaking stairs of her bunk bed to where Gahyeon lay unconscious. She quickly checked that there was still a pulse, and with interlocking fingers Minji pushed up and down on Gahyeon's chest. After doing that for a few minutes, she tilted Gahyeon's head up slightly. Minji hastily put a finger under her nose, checking if she was breathing, but there was still no air. Then, hesitating slightly, she brought her lips up to Gahyeon's and blew as hard as she could.

Yoohyeon could feel a slow burn creeping up on her cheeks when she saw Minji performing CPR to Gahyeon. She looked away hurriedly when Minji attempted to blow air in Gahyeon's mouth. Come on Yoohyeon, you're really getting jealous about your girlfriend trying to save a life? How pathetic. A voice whispered at the back of her head. Yes, she was being pathetic- Minji was trying to save her best friend from dying. Yoohyeon was brought back into reality when she heard a joyful squeal. "Yoohyeon! She's breathing." Minji cried, excitement clear in her face. Yoohyeon rushed to the bed and sure enough, Gahyeon's chest was rising and falling with each heaving breath. "We need to get her to the hospital. We don't know when she might black out again." Minji said seriously and looked at Yoohyeon expectantly. "Oh my god, Minji, you cannot possibly expect me to drive?" Yoohyeon laughed. Minji looked up and down and Yoohyeon. "Oh yeah. But still, I don't know how to drive, and as I'm the only person fit for driving Gahyeon to the hospital, we have to call an ambulance."

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Gahyeon woke up in a hospital bed. What time was it? The bright lights blinded her and she winced. She groaned and saw a familiar face looking at her. Minji ascended quickly from the chair at the foot of the bed and embraced Gahyeon. "You fainted. While you were sleeping. Did you have a nightmare or something?" Gahyeon suddenly was reminded of the dream- or rather nightmare. She was in a fire, but that was all she really remembered. The fire, and the pain. It was a dream but it all felt real. Fire. Wait. Could it be...? Gahyeon didn't even want to think about it and looked back at Minji's waiting face and replied honestly, "I feel terrible." Minji nodded. "Well, obviously. You should just rest today. Also, I think you already know, but Yubin is dead." Gahyeon remembered Yoohyeon's outburst and Yubin's murderous expression. "Yeah. I know." Minji continued, "And she wants to kill you." Gahyeon sighed. "I know. I know, Minji." And she leaned back onto the spotless pillow and closed her eyes.

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Yubin sat on Gahyeon's bed and didn't say a word. Yoohyeon suddenly glided into the room and sat next to Yubin. She looked at Yubin right in the eye and Yubin's stomach turned looking at her expression. "Yubin." Yoohyeon said softly but dangerously. "Why did you do it?" Yubin looked up and fury flared suddenly in her dark eyes. "Why did I do it? You know fully well why I did it. D-do you know how much it hurts to have your best friend k-kill you with her own hands?!" Yoohyeon's expression suddenly softened slightly. "Yubin. That's not the real Gahyeon. The real Gahyeon would never do that!"  Yubin felt tears well up in her eyes and a lump in her throat. "What do you know? She fucking killed me, and she knows it." Yubin wiped the tears from her eyes and ran to her room on the other side of the dorm, drowning out Yoohyeon's calls of her name from the opposite side of the flat. She spread out her body on what used to be her bed and sighed. Her head throbbed endlessly and her chest ached. The room felt foreign suddenly, even though it had been her room for a few years, give or take. "Ugh." Yubin whined quietly to herself. She could hear Yoohyeon walking to her door.

"Yubin." She called. "Can I come in..? There was a long pause, and Yubin could hear Yoohyeon shuffling outside. "Uh...sure. Whatever." Yubin finally replied. Yoohyeon slowly walked right through the door and Yubin gasped slightly. She could never get used to Yoohyeon just walking through the door like that, even though she did it herself. Yoohyeon flopped on the bed and passed through it a little, but she steadied herself and sat next to Yubin's splayed body. "What's up, Yubin?" Yoohyeon asked softly but not dangerously like before. She was actually worried about Yubin. "Nothing." Yubin grumbled. Yoohyeon sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "Look. I'm sorry about before. I don't know how you feel, but I'm sure it's hard for you." Yubin looked to the ground. "Yeah." She mumbled. Yoohyeon looked in Yubin's eyes suddenly and said, "Yubin. Let's make a deal. Fine, you can do whatever you want to Gahyeon, as long as you don't kill her. Because if you kill her, you will spend eternity being tortured by her ghost. Just let her live, that's all I'm asking." Yubin pondered. It seemed like a pretty reasonable deal. "Ok. Ok, fine." Yoohyeon smiled and got up from the bed. "Good. I'll be counting on you not to mess anything up." With that, she walked out of the room. But I want to kill Gahyeon. I want to so badly. Yubin thought. Huh. Whatever. Maybe I can just hurt her. Hurt her to the brink of insanity. Yubin mused. Then something crept into her mind at the wrong time. Memories of her and Gahyeon, happy memories. The last thing she wanted to think about. She furiously swatted the thought away and let the murderous thoughts consume her mind.

I hate this chapter. Well. Actually I hate all the chapters but thats fine.
I hate this one especially tho 😭

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