writing
Rios
21×× years
- Baekri Research Lab -
“How are you today? Are you still feeling under the weather?”
“ ....uh.....ugh....I don't like it..........”
The man in the white coat asked the child. He asked again and again every morning, seemingly taking the child's feelings very seriously. The child's answer was the same every day.I don't like it... I don't like it. The crying child rubbed his eyes until they were red and sobbed so hard he almost choked. The man in the white coat asked anyway. Are you sure you can't? Seriously, you keep crying so much that the sound of your crying isn't even heard from the next room.
“ ...Huh......Yes?”
The child raised his head and faced the man. His slightly older face seemed overly gentle.
The cold air was so foreign that it gave me goosebumps.
The child was smart.
But it was just a ‘child’.
“The room next door? ....”
It had been a few weeks since he'd arrived. The child asked the man a question for the first time. Who was in the next room? Of course.In the large room with only blue wallpaper, there was only a child and a man, and in the surveillance room beyond the wall, there were five or six people in white coats.
"There are a lot of kids your age in the room next door. We can't meet them now, but someday we'll be able to talk."
The child rolled his eyes and then looked away.
“...Lies, ...... I only see adults next to me....”
The child could not hide himself.
" ....you. "
“I can see beyond the wall.”
The man's gaze changed. As expected, it was truly a stroke of luck that I found you. The child flinched. Now that I have the materials, all I have to do is make it... As the man muttered, the child got up from the floor and walked towards the door. The only white door among the blue-painted walls.
“Hey, that’s not where you should be. You should be here.”
why?
The child did not finish what he was trying to say.
I stood in front of the door and stared blankly at the poor doorknob, then quickly went back to the corner and sat down.
Because I had a feeling that the man in the white coat wouldn't let me out.
scared.
I want to go out.
I never want to go there again...
no.
The child closed his eyes tightly and prayed to himself hundreds of times. If there was a fairy, please take me home. I will do it without anyone knowing who I am. I will not tell anyone, so please come to me just once.
The man saw the boy crouching in the corner, then left the room and entered the surveillance room. He observed the boy through a transparent wall, invisible from the room but visible from the surveillance room.
“It seems I have found a unique material.”
The man laughed. He looked like he could own the world.
"Doctor, I don't think that child needs to be sacrificed. He's already good enough on his own."
“Mr. Kim, I already have a lot to think about, so stop talking nonsense.”
" ........yes. "
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Taehyung!
taehyoung kim!
“Hey! Get up quickly!”
ah,
“What, why are you crying?”
At Jimin's words, everyone around looked back at Taehyung.
“Who is crying?”
“Taehyung is crying?”
Yoon-ki and Seok-jin said in surprise.
“Oh, no… I’m not crying… I was dreaming.”
Taehyung rubbed his wet eyes with his sleeve.
I wiped my already dry eyes again and again.
“Stop rubbing it. It’ll get redder.”
Taehyung only lowered his hand after Jimin's words.
" huh... "
I had a dream in a lab.
why,
Even if it's not a dream, I'm miserable every day.
“What kind of dream is this? Let’s go quickly.”
Taehyung got up and packed his things. He stuffed everything he could into his old backpack: a flashlight, batteries, a chocolate bar, a power cord, water, and so on. He then wrapped three hair ties around his wrist, along with his broken watch.
Taehyung and Jimin were the last to leave the building.
“What about the gun?”
Taehyung took the gun out of his pocket and shrugged.
“But, what is this car?”
"See that logo here? It's a Benz. I found it."
Seokjin got into the driver's seat and started the engine.
“Is this sturdy?”
“It may not be as good as the old car, but it will be quite usable.”
Taehyung kicked the car with his foot and then sat in the passenger seat.
“Then why did you drink the tea?”
Next to Jimin, who was getting into the car with a sigh
Yunki took out a piece of gum from his pocket and chewed it.
“Hey! I want to chew too. Do you have some for me?”
Jimin, who happened to be bored, reached out his hand to Yoongi.
Shining eyes are a bonus.
Red. Mine too.
“Seokjin, aren’t you leaving?”
Jimin was terribly ignored.
“ ........ ? ”
“ㅋㅋㅋ Park Jimin.”
Taehyung was loading his gun when Jimin burst out laughing.
“Ah, Min Yoongi. If you ignore that like that
Jimin is going to be upset again until tomorrow. It's annoying."
“Give me some gum.”
Seokjin said something that made it unclear whether he was trying to comfort Jimin or tease him.
I pressed on the gloss.
It really gets annoying when Jimin gets upset.
But he's already looking out the window with a look of disappointment on his face.
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21×× years
New York
