Don't Sleep

The Charming Sea and The Enchanting Moon
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“Good morning, Wendy,” Seulgi greets the brunette, joining her as they walk to the entrance of their school.

 

“Good morning,” Wendy chirps.

 

“You’re rather bright this morning.”

 

“I’m always bright every morning.”

 

“Then I should start going to school with you every morning,” Seulgi replies with a smile.

 

Wendy feels a rush of heat, as her cheeks turn a tint of pink.

 

“PETER!”

 

Joy. Wendy inwardly groans. Why must Joy always appear at the wrong timing? What’s more embarrassing is Joy calling her Peter in front Seulgi. Wendy could feel her knees buckling as she dies from embarrassment.

 

“I’m not Peter, Joy,” the brunette huffs in annoyance.

 

The taller girl grins and ruffles the brunette’s hair, much to the latter’s dismay. “I know, Peter.” Joy raises an eyebrow at Seulgi. “Hey, I know you. Why are you with my Peter?”

 

“We’re friends,” Seulgi responds casually.

 

“Peter,” Joy gasps as she looks at Wendy accusingly, “I was only gone for a day and you found yourself a replacement??”

 

“Stop overreacting,” Wendy chides the taller girl.

 

“I’ll see you when I see you Wendy,” Seulgi tells Wendy. She shifts her gaze to Joy. “Nice to meet you, Joy.”

 

After bidding their goodbyes, Joy drapes her arm around Wendy’s shoulder. “Seungwan, why are you talking to that girl?” she asks in a serious tone.

 

Wendy gulps. Joy rarely calls her by her Korean name unless it’s something serious. “Is there something wrong with that?”

 

Joy sighs. “I forgot you have selective attention. You might wanna consider expanding your peripheral vision or something. Or I don’t know, keep yourself updated with what’s going around in school.”

 

“Why should I concern myself with people who don’t matter? They only view me as a psychopath anyway.”

 

“Hey, you’re not a psychopath,” Joy reminds the brunette. “To hell with what the entire school population thinks of you. I am, afterall, the only one who matters to you.”

 

The taller girl smiles cockily as she flips her hair, drawing a laugh from the brunette.

 

“Yeah, you’re the only who matters,” Wendy agrees.





 

“Hey, we meet again,” Seulgi says, as she sits next to Wendy.

 

“Who are you?” Wendy suddenly asks. Joy hadn’t told her about who Seulgi is.

 

“Did I do something wrong?”

 

“N-nothing,” Wendy responds, suddenly feeling embarrassed for asking Seulgi such a question unexpectedly. “I’m just wondering who you are before you talked to me.”

 

“Well, before I met you, I was Kang Seulgi. After I met you, I’m still Kang Seulgi,” the blonde quips. “Does that answer your question, Wendy?”

 

“I-I guess,” Wendy mumbles. She goes back to doing her assignment.

 

“Wendy, is that assignment more important than me?”

 

Wendy nods.

 

“Ouch, such blatant honesty.”

 

“Huh?” Wendy looks up to see a pouting Seulgi. “What was your question again?”

 

“You didn’t hear the question?”

 

Wendy gives Seulgi a sheepish smile. “Sorry, I was just a little absorbed in my work.”

 

“Yeah, I can see that,” Seulgi replies, her voice laced with amusement. “Forget my question, it’s not important. Where’s Joy?”

 

“Cafeteria.”

 

“You don’t eat?”

 

Wendy.

 

The brunette turns around to find the voice calling out her name.

 

Wendy.

 

“Wendy?”

 

Wendy squeezes her eyes shut, and mentally screams one to three before she lifts her eyelids again. When she snaps back to her consciousness, she is startled to find Seulgi’s face just inches away from hers.

 

“Wendy, are you okay?” Seulgi asks, her eyes boring into the brunette’s, causing the latter pull her head back and move away.

 

“I’m fine,” Wendy mutters.

 

“Hey Peter!”

 

Relief washes over Wendy upon hearing the familiar greeting from Joy. One of the rare times when Joy actually swoops in at the right time.

 

Seulgi stands up. “Nice talking to you, Wendy. And nice to meet you again, Joy.”

 

“Yeah, nice to see you again too, Seulgi,” Joy states, as she settles beside Wendy.

 

As soon as the blonde walks away, Joy turns to Wendy. “Hey, what was that all about?”

 

“What was what all about?”

 

“Stop pretending, Wendy. I saw all of that. I thought she was going to kiss you or something.”

 

“Your imagination is out the world.”

 

“But it seems like it!” Joy retorts. “Do you have a crush on her, Wendy?”

 

“Do I look like I’m interested in getting into a relationship?”

 

“Well…” Joy hesitates to continue. She knows relationship is a sensitive subject for the shorter girl.

 

“8.4 seconds,” Wendy comments.

 

“What 8.4 seconds?” Joy asks, baffled.

 

“You hesitated for 8.4 seconds,” Wendy explains. “Not only that, there are also twenty two strands of white hair on your head, “ Wendy cracks a smile. “You’ve been too stressed about unnecessary things. Just worry about your incomplete assignments instead of stressing about me. I can think for myself, Joy.”

 

But remember that one time you tried to drown yourself in the sea?

 

And the several suicide attempts that follow afterwards?

 

“Hey, I’m just showing my concern for my midget friend,” Joy says playfully, holding herself back from verbalising the thoughts in her head.

 

She steals a glance at the scars on Wendy’s left forearm and inwardly sighs.





 

Wendy places a cupcake on Irene’s desk before settling on her chair. “Happy birthday!”

 

Irene shoots Wendy a quizzical look. “It’s not my birthday.”

 

“Who says your birthday has to be specifically on the day you’re born? If you’re happy on, let’s say, Monday, then that day’s your birthday.”

 

“So if I’m happy everyday, everyday’s my birthday?”

 

“You got that right doctor,” Wendy beams, “Ten points to Gryffindor.”

 

Wendy is unusually chatty today, and Irene wonders why.

 

“Well then, thank you for the cupcake Wendy. I hope it’s as sw

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TaeSicaDaisy #1
Chapter 15: Oh wow. It was a really good story. Heavy, but good. Im glad they had a happy ending
thequietone
16 streak #2
Rereading this after 3 years I understand this even more and still the best, love your writing love the way Wendy thinks its so deep and beautiful so smart.. Irene's too whipped for Wendy haha.I love her commitment to Wendy and despite some issues she's still firm on loving Wendy near or far.. love how you pace the story the mysteriousness and feelss kinda real with the overwhelming sadness surrounding the area too

Also love that I can understand most of the psychology theories since I'm a psych grad.

Love it!! Thank you ♡
Baechuki
#3
Chapter 9: When Negative punishment is done to a person, it's behavior can be unpredictable, for they can harbor negative feelings or repressed their emotions and behavior.

Skinner prefered reinforcement over punishment, for the former can strenghthen the desirable behavior if it is reinforced continously.

Irene's psychological elements was proven imbalance at this chapter. Her Id, Ego and superego is at shambles. And Irene is slowly succumbing to her desire, to have wendy. Ego failed its job to be the middle-man of Id(desires) and superego(moral conscience). But she should've known better.
Baechuki
#4
Chapter 8: Right! Skinner's reinforcement and punishment concept is so confusing! That's why it is always helpful when you relate it to life situations to understand it but can be a bit tricky i must say. ://
Baechuki
#5
Chapter 5: Why do people label things? I learned this from theories of personality; people label things to differentiate things, to seperate normal and abnormal. How do people know what is normal and what is not? They do series of standardization test to know a certain behavior if it is normal or not.

Psychology is really interesting but can be hard to grasp and understand. After all, human mind is a complex area.
Baechuki
#6
Chapter 3: Oh Irene, you shouldn't have said that. Saying 'you're special to me' might make wendy interpret it the wrong way, even if you mean it.

The Erikson part killed me lmao thats quite witty xD
Baechuki
#7
Chapter 2: it can be quite confusing to those people who are not familiar with psychological facts and I'm glad i am a psych major graduate 😅
xzonkedx
#8
Chapter 15: For a moment, I thought Wendy ends up with.....
BillyLim
#9
Chapter 3: Is wendy's pain getting worse so she can't stop the voices and what way should Irene help her?
BillyLim
#10
Chapter 2: does wendy like seulgi? And why did Irene feel pain in her heart? did he start to be interested in wendy?