Chapter 14

Butterfly
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The next day - at least Chou assumed it was the next day, she had realized in the concrete box in which she resided there was no concept of time, she could only rely on the schedules the of the workers - the lockdown was over. It was an amazing feeling for Chou to walk outside her small cell, even if it was just into the rest of the block.

While she was enjoying her enclosed freedom, her day took an even stranger turn. There was an announcement called out for her, telling her to go to the balcony. She did as she was told and met a few bored guards. In her pleasantness, she smiled at them, but the smile quickly faded when her wrists were forcefully put behind her back and handcuffs were locked onto her wrists. She attempted to protest, but her cries fell on deaf ears as she was forced up the metal stairs.

She saw a few of the boys running to her, but remembering what happened the last time they became involved in a situation, she yelled out to stop. They did as they were told, but gave her sad, scared, and sympathetic looks as she was dragged up the steps. When she was pulled through the door, she was taken aback for a moment by the new scenery. The hallway was dark, damp, and unwelcoming.

"Tsushima?" a familiar voice asked. She looked up and saw the lead doctor of the hospital looking at her with a calming expression.

She recognized him from when she entered the hospital, a time that felt forever ago.

"Yes?"

He gave her a brilliantly fake smile. "Your father is here to visit you."

Wait what? she thought. I don't have a father...

Curious, she let herself be dragged to the slightly brighter visiting area. When she got there, the strange occurrence began to make more sense.

Sitting behind a glass wall was her boss.

Chou felt herself smiling at the reminder of her life before the block.

The door slammed behind her back.

"'Father'?" she asked, making sure the tone of sarcasm was clear.

He smiled back. "They seemed only welcoming to family members. Besides, how do I explain that I'm a boss that cares so much about my employees I'd come to this hellhole to check on one?"

Chou laughed. "I've never heard you talk like this, sir."

He shrugged. "I figured you've heard worse in here."

Chou accidentally laughed, sitting down in the chair by the glass wall. "Yeah," she muttered. "Suga... Namjoon... Kookie... their verbal filters are set in some unusual places..."

"What?"

Chou shook her head, remembering her priorities. "Sir, I need you to do something for me. I need you to look up a few names from the patient

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hikari0415
#1
Chapter 21: My third time reading the whole thing again and it still blows me away. Beautiful. ?
halfprince #2
Chapter 21: what a great and beautiful story!!! the plot twist is incredible unexpected! Although it was short but it was very satisfied....^^ thumb up!
marilyn01 #3
Chapter 21: Opened my eyes to something great. Thanks!
restless_maknae
#4
Chapter 21: Oh wow! That was such an impressive story with so many twists! Especially the ending got me like wow because I definitely didn't see that coming. It was the best kind of creepy and all of their crimes and disorders were so well-thought and connected to their MV theories, I really loved that! I read your story in one-sitting because I was just too curious to read until the very end. I totally loved that you used the butterfly symbols in such different ways like on the wall in the institute, when Chou was waking up from her coma and even her name meant butterfly. It was really good.
I would like to thank you for raising awareness for mental illnesses, as one who's struggling with one, I'm always happy when someone doesn't romanticise them. Thank you so much for sharing this story with us! It was an outstanding read. <3
lionroars
#5
Chapter 21: Damnnn, I remember subscribing to this a while ago and i finally found some time to read it all in one go! It's actually really good! At first I was a bit doubtful about how you portrayed some of the mental illnesses, but im glad i stuck through it because this has been one hell of a ride! Btw, As jungkook was recounting of everyone's crimes, i was like 'this sounds familiar' and realised you were inspired by one of their mvs hahaha (as you can see i havent kept up with bts for a while), but anyway, back to the story.
It's really sad how these 'patients' were treated; i loved how every chapter was short but there was a lot of content, which, in my opinion, is so much better than a really long chapter where nothing is happening lol. The story is quite simple, but you've really managed to pull the emotions of your readers in the right places like omg, especially near the end.
One thing i didn't really like, is the alternate ending (it is an alternate ending, right?) because it's basically telling me that everything was just a dream, so it feels like my emotions were toyed with for nothing. Although it was a plot twist, i think im going to pretend that the story ended on its first epilogue; im not by any means the person who loves sad endings, but felt it was the most appropriate compared to the second. BUT, i did appreciate about the awareness for mental illness you were trying to portray; it did hit home a little, but thats another story to tell haha. It's been a while since ive read something angsty so im just a bit of a wreck right now; this angst is too overehelming for me to handle! Haha
ButtercupRainbowdanz #6
Chapter 21: the last part is ing creepy but the whole story is amazing like why. y u do dis.





wondering if you can come up with another sequel XD
Klunicorn-_-
#7
Chapter 21: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH STOP KILLING ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN
IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO KILL SOMEONE THIS MANY TIMES WITH WORDS????????
ahhhhhhhhhh I have no more energy left to do anything

Ok but seriously that was such a plot twist, where did that even come from? I'm trying to think of how you're thinking all this up in that brain of yours but at the same time Chou's brain is doing all that crazy "you won't understand what I truly am now but when you do and I tell you what I am, you'll feel rather stupid because your brain can't do this" thingamajig with the BTS members in her head and then the coma thing and how she was in a car accident which was also linked to Tae's incident AND JUST EVERYTHING IN GENERAL.

SERIOUSLY MIND IS EXPLODING INTO MILLIONS OF TINY USELESS THINGS RIGHT NOW

I am so done with you and your writing and this story and myself but I can't even pull myself away because IT'S TOO DAMN GOOD

I AM BINGING ON ALL YOUR STORIES NOW AND NO ONE WILL STOP ME
romione_han #8
Chapter 21: This stories is too damn Unrealistically BEAUTIFUL! Im a mess. An official mess. Authornim u should take action.
hikari0415
#9
Chapter 21: Damn beautiful. This just staright out penetrated me.