Crazy Life

Pairing: Yunho-OC

Genre:  crack, thriller?

Rating: PG13

Length:  One-shot, 1,595 words

One hand in her pocket, another clutched at the strap of her body bag, she enters the gates anxiously. Her small and fragile frame seems to be shaking. Setting foot in the sanitarium for the first time, she couldn’t help but dread that she herself just might end up being insane like all the patients she was supposed to look after. Damn, community service. Of all places, why here?

She treads the hallway on guard, aware of the eyes that are burning through her. Mad stares from the confined walls seem to see through her calm pretense. Her grip on her bag tightens. Soohyeonah, don’t be afraid. Calm down. They won’t hurt you. They won’t hurt you. She begins to stroke her locks all bunched up in a ponytail, a sure sign of her nerves on the verge of panic. Out of nowhere, a hand grasps and tugs her hair. She screams not in pain but in terror, the racket instantly driving all the others in frenzy.

“Demons! The demons are here!!! Lord save us!”

“Get us out of here… help us… The aliens will use us for experiments! They are crazy… They are all crazy…. You aint one of them are you?”

“Get out! You are an alien…….You can’t hurt me now! I’m invisible… I'm a ninja!”…manic laughter.

Wild cheering, some are crying, others running, fearfully fleeing amok. About to lose her consciousness, she feels a hand pulling her. She tries to fight it but the sturdy yet gentle pull breaks her away from the hustle of the mad crowd.

Almost out of breath, she lets herself limply drop on the floor.

“Are you alright?” the voice was deep and slightly nasal. She lets out a sigh of relief as she looks at the big hands holding her own. She lifts her head and sees his visage, his cherry lips first with a distinctive mole above it, a straight nose, and then his almond shaped eyes under his bushy eyebrows. He runs his hand through his dark brown hair. He was wearing an ordinary lab gown but he looked ethereal in it. For a moment as if she was mesmerized, the world stopped and only his sharp profile etched in the blankness of her gaze.

“Are you alright? Miss… ” he repeats, squeezing her hand softly. Startled, she withdraws her hand and gets up on her feet. She tries to regain her composure but her effort was futile for her trembling knees betrayed her. He advances towards her, one step, then another. Was his smile as warm as the sun that her face felt hot all over? He leans closer … closer… and closer, she takes a deep breath, instinctively closes her eyes… and he fixes her name plate which was crooked from the riot. “Miss… Kim Soohyeon? Nice name.” he takes a step back.

“I’m Dr. Jung Yunho...” He holds out his hand with a big welcoming smile on his face. “…head doctor of this institution. You must be the new playmate of our friends here… I mean the new volunteer nurse. Welcome aboard.” he chuckles with regality and shakes his head at the sight of patients bantering all around.

She looks at his hand still waiting for hers. She slowly reaches out but then recoils. His aura was the most calming drug but her heart just won’t stop going ballistic at his presence. She just bows as low as her weak backbone would have permit. What has gotten into her? Who would have thought that she would ever find a man in white robes attractive, as she believed that all of them are either frog-dissecting geeks or bible-wielding Jesus-freaks? With this man’s physique any girl would go harebrained as she is now.

He motions her to stand straight but she fails to see. She keeps on bowing apologetically. Seeing this, he holds her shoulders and puts her back straight. “You might break if you keep doing that longer.” He kids comfortably, disregarding formal language and skinship with one sentence. “Now let me show you around and introduce you to some of our friends here.” He leads her through the rest of the mazelike hallways.

“That guy over there, his name is Yoocheon. He loves to stay there by the piano and just stare outside. He’s not really friendly and he likes to sulk all day. He can be cranky at times so better be careful with what you do.”

“He looks pretty, ok. Why did he go crazy?”

“Oops. That’s not the term here sweetie” her heart pounded with that word.”They don’t like it very much when they hear that. They prefer ill or sick… you know. Just like how we become physically ill sometimes.” A wink. God, did she just die a little.”Anyway, his girlfriend died when he was in the military. Since then he would just play the piano while calling her name and refuse to eat. It gets really annoying at night when he screams down the hallway ‘Younginah!!!!’ but we have to be more understanding right?” she just nods in agreement. Not only that he has got good looks and brains; he is also compassionate for these retards. God help her. She is smitten.

“Now, to the left. That one is Junsu. He thinks he is a dolphin. The girl beside him is Jiseon. They are always together like a pair of shoes. They are good playmates. Not much trouble with them actually. Just give them their proper medications and let them be.” After saying this, a figure in white came darting past between them. She was just sure that he, she or it touched her rear part and pinched it. She gave out a surprised squeal. It’s a boy. No, it’s a man. The man goes around bouncing with a camera.

“Well, that one with a Polaroid is Jaejoong. He’s kinda mischievous. He does pranks and all kinds of tricks. He also has the hots for nurses specially the one named Park Eunji so better be careful. Don’t wear tight fitting clothes coz he’s sexually disturbed. You wouldn’t want his hands wandering anywhere near your body right? You can’t sue mentally incapacitated people sexual harassment, by the way.” with a slight grin, he looked at her straight in the eye for a second or two and then continues walking ahead. Why my sweet lord? Why? That when he said that her throat seems to have dried up and tighten a bit. She is hoping for the life of her that he doesn’t notice the way she lick and bit her lips. He looks around.

“Uhm, that tall fellow over there. His name is Changmin. He’s one of the bigshots here. Don’t really bother him. He’s got a personal nurse here. Well, she’s not actually a nurse. Her name is Mayi, pretty girl, bad temper. They didn’t want her as a nuisance here but she’s the only one who could actually quiet his tantrums. He’s pretty scary by the way when out of tune, so don’t even try to feed him. Not a good idea. Last time someone tried that, they ended up replacing half of the furniture round here…” She could just let out a sigh as he keeps talking and talking. None of the words he said actually bearing any sense to her captivated mind. If they could just lock her up too for she’s gone crazy about this Dr. Jung.

Across the hall, the tower of terror spots them and saunters their direction. Both alarmed, they turned around but too late, he was walking circles around them. He eyes them piercingly. Panic stricken, she clings to the doctor while the madman chants with a sinister monotonous tone. “He’s crazy. He’s crazy. He’s crazy. We’re all crazy. You will be crazy.”

“What do we do?” she buries herself deeper in his arms. Half of her scared to death, the other half still on flirting stance. The predator moves in on them. An inch closer at a time. Constricting even their breaths. He reaches out for them, his long limb menacingly looms.

    

Amidst the nerve-racking scene a hand grabs the arm of the disturbing apparition and pulls him away. “Goddamnit! Changminah! I told you not to run away! It’s bath time!” The girl in a purple dress’ voice cancels out any other noise. Soohyeon breaks away her grip from the man beside her.

“But the water. The water will burn my skin. The water. The water.” “Shhh… it’s alright. I’m here. The water won’t hurt you. Now be a good boy and let Mayi give you your bath ok?” she wipes the face of the now serene giant. “You. You must be the new nurse. Go straight ahead and turn left. That’s the main office. Dr. Lee is there to give you instructions. He’s not in a good mood today coz this guy over here, Yunho, just fucked up with his report so better be good. And if I were you I wouldn’t talk too much to the patients here like this guy if you don’t wanna end up cuckoo in the head like him. And you, stop fooling around will you? Return Dr. Lee’s lab gown now before I loose my temper!” Changmin sticks his tongue out at Yunho and hides behind the girl’s back.

“You guys are no fun at all…. No fun. No fun. Hmp!” Yunho pouts. He takes off the white robe and throws it on the ground. He stomps his feet and squirms about. He then runs to a corner and sulks.

Crazy Life by firemoth_007 or Mayi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.