Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down.
“I—need… I need my meds.” Where were they? He could already feel his heart starting to beat faster. His breathing was slowly growing erratic, “W-where are my meds? I-I can’t find them!”
Focus, focus, focus. Ground yourself. Three objects… some books. A chair. A window. Four clothing. My blue shirt. Nike sneakers.
Kei latched onto Stephen's... no, Teff's shoulders for support as he shut his eyes, waiting for the medicine to take effect and waiting for her voice to leave her head. He breathed in and out. Calming breaths. Calm breaths.
“What’s around us, Kei? Come on, talk to me.”
A fake smile and a creature only for him to see.
Tokishima Kei is a young college student, a normal Japanese born who migrated to America for his studies. However, he wasn't like everybody. Kei suffered from hallucinations and schizophrenia after an incident back when he was in high school that nobody really felt comfortable mentioning.
All he wants is to live a normal life... and yet it still wouldn't leave.
Why
Sheldon Alfloyd was forced to move in with his aunt in the countryside, where everything was different from the city. It was dull, mundane, and there were cows, but it was perfect. The trees, the fields, the grass, the rain... and the ginger haired girl with the glowing butterflies, who never speaks.
Drowning in rain was better than the dark shadows. One step into it, and he would fall to his death.