Park

@Kim Shinyeong As she watched from the top of the slide, her legs crossed over each other, hanging carelessly off the side, Jieun watched as a girl around her age ran to the playground, clutching a worn teddy bear in her hand. The teenager chuckled to herself as she watched the other girl's antics. So far she had met the doctor, an older woman with OCD, and a psychopath. Who knew what was wrong with this one. Nonetheless, the young girl smiled as she watched the latter play on the swings.

Sighing, she looked away, instead turning her gaze to the sky, which was slowly getting darker as dark clouds began moving in. Watching the other girl play with such genuine happiness on the swings, made Jieun smile slightly. The latter was cute in a child-like way. She could only wish to be as carefree as the latter seemed. But she had gone too far for that. The old Jieun, who was sweet and innocent, was buried away in the very back of her mind. Anyways, there were greater predicaments at hand. The doctor had decided to give her another six years in this hell, just for wanting to have some fun. And, worst of all, he had taken away her knife. HER PRECIOUS KNIFE. How could she be carefree when she had issues like that? As the smoking girl lost herself in her thoughts, the other had already climbed up and joined her on the top. When a stuttering voice interrupted her thoughts, the teenager flinched a little, startled by the other, who said, 'smoke,' and was looking at her with wide eyes. Jieun returned the wide eyed gaze as she tried to comprehend what the girl with the teddy bear wanted. Perhaps she wanted her to stop her smoking while at the park. Yeah, that was probably it. Sighing for nth time, the young girl stubbed the cigarette and shoved it in her pocket. She wasn't just going to throw it on the floor and the trash can was too far away. "Sorry about that, dear," she said softly, eyeing the teddy bear. She would never admit it, but Jieun loved stuffed toys. They always gave her comfort and she loved cuddling with them. But no one would ever know that. "Nice teddy bear," she commented, not really looking at the girl, as her gaze wandered once again to the darkening sky.

@Jieun(IU) Managing to sneak away from the nurses that were watching her, Shinyeong found herself exploring the spacious establishment once again. It wasn't like she liked the fact of being hidden away in a room once again, so she decided to get up and get out of her room. Gripping at the old teddy bear that needed to be washed and new stuffing, the girl continued on her small journey around the institute. But to be honest, she missed her home, even if it didn't seem very different from this place at all. She was only supposed to stay at her home, and her room didn't have much color because it was just in grey scale. Everything was similar, but this place just didn't give her a settling feeling. It was too unfamiliar.

After a few moments of exploring all of the places that she hadn't been to before, Shinyeong decided to go outside of the mental institute. Exiting the building quietly, she ventured out in the open space surrounding the building. It was a lot prettier out here than in the stuffy places inside the big building. But the place was still gated, probably some precautions for patients that would want to run away from this hell. She continued to venture out into her surroundings, hoping to get rid of her little homesickness.

Soon enough, she came across a little playground in the near distance. A big smile found its way onto the girl's paled face as she stared. Shinyeong loved going to playgrounds. She used to go to them a lot with her parents when she was younger. But those happy times stopped when she was six. It was probably because her parents didn't want her playing with the other kids, or else she could hit them. The girl found herself running over to the playground happily, her teddy bear in hand. She sat herself down on one of the swings at the swing set and began to move back and forth. But suddenly, the smell of smoke filled her lungs. Shinyeong turned around to see a girl smoking at the top. She quickly got off and went over to her side quietly, sitting next to her quietly with her teddy bear sitting on her lap. "S-smoke." she stuttered, looking at the girl with wide eyes.

@Kim Shinyeong Jieun jogged past the enticing benches, struggling to keep going. She was running around in shorts and a tank top that was hidden by a blue light jacket. Nowadays, it seemed like everyone in the hospital was skinnier then her. It made her feel fat. Well, more than fat, enormous. At least she was losing all that extra weight now. She huffed and turned her music off, sitting at a bench that she stopped at. She laid back and closed her eyes slowly. It was odd to hear the complete silence. She fluttered her eyes open after a while and yawned a bit. Was she taking a nap but didn't know it? The young girl furrowed her eyes at the thought but then decided to forget about it. Instead, she once again got up and walked around the park. Frowning as she reached the playground, she sighed as reality hit her. The playground was empty. It reminded her of the past. Of the many times she had spent at the park with her mother as a child. She closed her eyes and went back, trying to remember the last time she had been in a normal park; the park was full of kids laughter, the birds singing, and all of the great things that made you feel good inside. This park had none of that. Unlike other parks, this one just brought her sadness. Oh how she wished that she could get out of this hellhole.

Sighing, she went up to the playground, climbing up the stairs and sat, hugging her knees, at the very top of the tallest slide in the park before taking out a strawberry cigarette, lighting it up, and bringing it to as she inhaled. She was up to her last pack; the doctor had confiscated the rest. But she still had her knives- all of her lovely knives. Those two items were the only things that kept the young girl from losing it and going completely insane. If she were to lose those then...She shuddered at the thought, not even wanting to think about what would happen. Exhaling a puff of smoke, she watched her surroundings below her. She giggled. She felt like a king up here, above everything else.