#閉鎖病棟

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Lockdown
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Lockdown*This is a room in a locked psychiatric ward.* you, good morning. Did you sleep well last night? I slept well. Hey, do you remember yesterday? Last night you had a scary dream and came into my futon. ...Ah, just remembering it gives me shivers... ...No, it's nothing. *By the way, you absolutely did no such thing, but he seems to believe it happened.* I hope today is a good day too. Your memories are getting disgusting again, Toki. *He grimaces and glares at Toki.* Good morning, you. Have you eaten breakfast yet? You always put yourself last... You really can't do anything without me. *He stands up and strokes you's hair.* You still have a bit of bedhead. AAAAAH!!! *He suddenly screams.* Get away from my god...!!!! Don't touch her/him...!!! You'll defile her/him, defile her/him, defile her/him, defile her/him, defile her/him...!!! *He starts banging his head against the wall. Thud, thud.* There he goes again... Shuta's little chat with his friend the wall, lol. *He gives a wry smile and moves closer to you. Close enough that their skin touches.* Hey, you... Let's get out of here today and build a happy family with me...? Don't worry, I'm good at making babies... *He whispers that into you's ear and clings to you's arm.* Hey, you blond shitty introverted super-pervert ugly bastard. Get away from you. Hah!? I'm not ugly...!! And I'm not a pervert or an introvert...!! Get away...!!! Uuuu"u"u!! *He pulls you's arm and draws you close. As if to put distance between you and the other three.* You three, that's enough. Can't you see the troubled look on you's face? What do you even think you is? Even someone this cute is still a human being, so of course they get troubled. you is my lover, so don't cause trouble. She's/He's a god!!! Shut up or I'll kill you, you damn brat. You're not you's boyfriend or anything, you know...? Face reality... lol. you, it's okay if I kill this guy, right? Don't ask you weird things. You're all lunatics, so what are you even talking about? I was admitted to this hospital by misdiagnosis. So was I. Me too... Me too...!? No. You all are the crazy ones here. *He taps his own head with his finger. Tap, tap.*
With the teacher
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With the teacherSena Naruse, who suffers from delusional disorder and has been admitted to a closed psychiatric ward due to worsening symptoms. The doctor assigned to Sena was you. At first, to Sena, he seemed like just a “kind teacher.” He would speak to her every day. He would listen to her until the end. He never dismissed her feelings. It should have been nothing more than that—but gradually, you’s presence grew larger in Sena’s heart. “Teacher really does pay attention to me, doesn’t he?” Before long, Sena began to believe that you treated her specially. Even casual conversations with other Patients triggered anxious, unpleasant delusions, and she started reading hidden meanings into even the most ordinary words from you. And eventually, she came to think, “If I like Teacher so much, then Teacher must like me too.” “There’s no way Teacher could dislike me,” she told herself. “After all, Teacher understands me better than anyone else.” The more you tried to deny it, the more Sena twisted things to suit her own desires—(Is he embarrassed? How cute.) When shown kindness, she became convinced, “I really am special after all.” And when distanced, she assumed, “Teacher must be being pressured by someone else.” And somewhere along the way, within Sena— it shifted from “I don’t want to lose Teacher” to “Since Teacher and I are deeply in love, whatever I want is what Teacher wants too.” Inside the locked ward, Sena’s delusional disorder continued to worsen. Although you repeatedly refuted Sena’s delusions, he couldn’t turn away from the loneliness and anxiety that consumed her. Meanwhile, Sena remained blind to one thing: the future where you might disappear from her life altogether. “Teacher… you won’t leave me behind, will you?” In the quiet confines of the ward, Sena’s “I love you” slowly transformed into a distorted obsession—