episode_0005
by fnovelpia“Mr. Hayun, how are you feeling?”
“I think it’s okay. Thank you for your concern, Seo-ah.”
“I’m so glad you’re okay. And Mr. Hayun…don’t worry too much. Because I’m fine.”
“….I was really sorry back then. I know in my head that I shouldn’t do that, but for some reason I can’t control my mind…”
“…This may be because depression gets worse in the final stages of pregnancy. Please don’t worry about it, Hayun, and just focus on giving birth to a healthy and beautiful baby!”
“Hehe…Thank you so much, Seo-ah…I feel at ease.”
Two women were seen having a conversation in the hospital room. The content of the conversation was between a nurse and a pregnant woman. After the conversation ended, several scenes passed by in an instant.
A pregnant woman becomes hysterical and nurses cling to her to calm her down. A woman wakes up alone in a hospital room at night, shedding tears and rubbing her stomach.
And – the sight of the child being born dead. After that, the scene moved back to the conversation between the woman and the nurse.
“Hayun…please…you need to eat…”
“…My child is hungry, but what right does a mother have to feed me if she can’t even feed me…”
“That’s not Hayun’s fault. Because the child had no choice, he went to heaven earlier than Hayun…”
“Then…I won’t be able to see my child. Because I’m going to hell.”
“Hayun, please…don’t abuse yourself…”
After the conversation, the woman was alone in the hospital room, hugging a stuffed rabbit and crying alone. The sight of a woman crying, saying, “I’m sorry, baby,” in a suppressed voice–she looked so sad.
Without realizing it, I walked towards the woman. The woman just cried silently, perhaps because she couldn’t see me or because she was crying so much that she didn’t notice.
“Mom…don’t cry…”
For some reason, I was hugging her and comforting her. I wasn’t sure if she was my mother or not, but she was definitely my mother right now, at this moment.
“Baby…?”
Did she hear my voice as she cried breathlessly? She looked at the rabbit doll she was hugging and looked for the child.
That sight was so sad that I kept hugging my mom until she fell asleep. Although her face was marred by tears, she looked much more relaxed as she fell asleep.
“Seo-ah, I found my child.”
“…Yes?”
“Hehe. The child grew up and forgave this ugly mother. Thanks to you… I feel like my heart has been relieved.”
“Ah…yes…Mr. Hayun…”
“Don’t look so sad, Seo-ah. I’m not crazy, I’m serious.”
“Ha-yun, let’s get psychological treatment together… I’ll be there to help you… Yes?”
“It’s always a nuisance to Seo-ah. Thank you so much.”
“….Mr. Hayun…”
That night, she committed suicide by slitting her wrists.
And when the scene changed again – I was left alone in the hospital hallway.
Even when I looked around, I couldn’t see anything because it was covered in thick fog. I became anxious because my mother, who was clearly by my side, had disappeared somewhere, so I held back the tears that were rising and began to walk forward.
How long did you walk? Tired of the fog that never ended no matter how many times I walked, I eventually sat down and cried out loud, looking for my mother.
No matter how much I called my mom, I hated her for not coming, but I wanted to see her, so my crying got louder and louder. Finally, when I stopped crying and my throat hurt, a long, skinny hand came out of the fog and grabbed my leg.
“Let go of this… I mean let go!!”
The skinny hand dragged me further and further into the fog, so I kicked with my other foot, but no matter how much I kicked, the hand didn’t move and dragged me with its strong force.
Is the shadow shining beyond the fog the owner of this hand? I couldn’t see it clearly because of the fog, but it was clearly the silhouette of a terrifying being I knew.
“Ah…please…”
The hand continued to drag me, not paying attention to my pleas. I no longer had the strength to kick my hands and feet, so I was just lying down in my seat, exhausted.
If my entire body enters the fog, what will happen to me? What is certain is that it won’t look very good.
As I lay down, giving up on everything, and was dragged away, a beautiful but wounded hand reached out to my side. I wanted to get up and hold hands, but my body already had no strength at all.
“Mom, I’m sorry…”
The owner of the hand was unknown, but a voice involuntarily emerged from the cracked throat. Perhaps he heard my voice, and his beautiful hand stroked my head once before disappearing beyond the fog. Along with that, my body was also dragged into the fog – and soon my vision became dark.
“….Hyuna”
In the endless darkness, someone’s voice was heard.
“Sihyeon…”
Before I knew it, I was running, chasing the voice that was calling me sweetly and sorrowfully. Something tried to grab me from behind – but I could see that a beautiful, scarred hand had appeared from nowhere and was protecting me.
“Please…open your eyes, Sihyeon..”
A voice calling to me while stroking my head – following the voice of my senior, I finally arrived at a brightly lit place – and I felt my body, which had been deeply asleep, awaken.
“Baby…”
The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes with cold sweat all over my body was my mother… O Hayoon, stroking my head and calling me.
“….Mom.”
When I looked at the hand that was stroking me, it was full of injection marks and multiple cuts around the wrist.
When I looked at my mother again, the angelic feeling I had seen for the first time was gone. Her beauty was still the same, but lifeless, and her stomach and chest were full of knife marks, as if she had been slashed several times.
“Thank you…”
But no matter how much his appearance changed, I could tell right away. The person who protected me was this person. I stood up and looked straight at her. And I had to apologize. The one who drove her to death…maybe it was me.
“Thank you, mom…and I’m sorry…I’m really…sorry…”
Before I knew it, tears were flowing from my eyes. What I just saw in my dream was the past of this hospital, but if what I did had an effect on the past and actually happened…
The rabbit doll child she was talking about, and the fact that she found the child who was the reason she committed suicide…it’s all me.
Even if she detains me like this for the rest of my life, even if she kills me, isn’t there nothing I can do about it? I closed my eyes, waiting for her disposition.
“As expected…it was a baby…”
But rather than scolding me, she hugged me affectionately.
In her warm arms, I hugged her and cried endlessly, just like when I first entered this hospital room.
“You didn’t do anything wrong…my baby, Sihyeon…”
How do you know my name? When I looked at her with her tear-soaked face, she was looking at me with a smile, as if she already knew everything.
“Baby…you have to get out of here, right..? My poor baby…”
“But I’m sorry, baby…Mommy can’t protect you outside of here…”
she was crying He was blaming himself and blaming himself for not being able to sincerely comfort me and protect me.
“If I had the same heart, I would like to stay here with her forever, but since my baby is all grown up, I will have to let her go.”
“Mom…”
“Take this. Here is the key to the second floor. And if you feel like you can’t go on because it’s hard and painful…you can always come back to mom…my baby…”
“Thank you… Mom… If I leave here, I will definitely… come see you. ”
Mom smiled at my answer and gave me a strong hug. I also hugged her tightly.
And before I knew it, I was standing in front of the door of room 205. When I turned around and looked at the door, the crack in the door was slightly open and warm, so I wanted to open it and go in, but I made up my mind and walked to the end of the hallway.
When I opened the security door on the second floor stairs and went up, the third floor I saw was different from before and looked exactly like the image of an abandoned hospital.
Medical equipment was scattered everywhere, and there was an unclaimed wheelchair in the corner of the hallway. All the lights were broken and there was no sunlight, but strangely the hallway was somewhat bright.
What are the rules here? Opening the notebook, I checked the rules.
6. All hospital rooms on the 3rd floor are closed. If you find an open hospital room, close your eyes, cover your ears, and crouch down. If the footsteps disappear, it’s okay to get up.
7. To go to the 5th floor, use the elevator at the end of the hallway. However, if there is a mirror or a window through which you can see the outside of the elevator when you enter the elevator, get out of the elevator and rest for 10 minutes at the nurse’s station before entering again.
7-1. If the elevator is still in the same condition, open the door to room 303, close your eyes, and crouch down. If someone touches you, you must never open your eyes, no matter what happens.
7-2. If someone asks a question, you should answer it sincerely and with as much sincerity as possible. Even if you don’t know the answer, think about it sincerely before answering.
8. There is no rooftop button on the elevator. Even if you find the rooftop button, never press it.
…After briefly checking the rules, I closed my notebook and sighed. As expected, I cautiously stepped forward, feeling that this floor would not be easy at all.
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