To Sleep or to Be Awake ( Yandere Dream Demon x Reader )

Researching Ji-Young

   ' Okay, let's get started on this. '

I sat in front of the computer at the library ready to research dreams. Bruno gave me papers and a file to put everything in so I wouldn't get disorganized. I borrowed a pencil from the librarian and found a computer to start looking for answers. 

   ' Where do I start? Should I start with where dreams come from or why we dream in general? '

The only problem was that I didn't know where to start. There were millions of places where I could start from and I didn't know which one to start with. I placed my pencil down and put my hands on the keyboard. I typed in the first words I thought when I would think of Ji-Young.

   ' I might as well look for things like a dream demon. Maybe someone has said something about them. '

I couldn't find anything but articles about movies and Freddy Kreuger. I wasn't looking for that so I added mythology to my search. Results started coming up, and I started reading through them. There were many articles, about sleep paralysis, but one thing caught my eye.

   ' Incubus? What does that mean? '

I clicked the site link on Wikipedia and pulled up the article. 

Lauren explains that "maron" is Old Germanic for "nightmare", a creature similar to the incubus, a demon that rapes women in their sleep. The psychic agrees to help evict the entity and the video fades to black.

   ' I don't think that's it. '

I opened a new tab and researched seeing people in dreams, but it didn't mention anything that would be useful to me. All it would mention was that people we see in dreams are people we met in real life, but I never met anyone like Ji-Young before.

   ' Maybe there are some news articles? '

I started looking for newspapers that had anything mentioning a woman or man going crazy. I didn't find anything that surprised me. I would find news articles about a woman claiming to have dreamt something crazy and it happens, but it was false. Even psychological magazines always tied it back to a sleep paralysis demon. I couldn't find anything worth reading or even believing. There was nothing about seeing the same man in your dreams every night and who controlled your mind. There was nothing.

   " Why can't I find anything? You would think there's at least one thing over it, but there's nothing. "

   " Excuse me dear? "

I turned around in my seat and there was an old lady standing behind me. She had a cane in her grip and she was wearing a pink hat on her white hair. Her outfit consisted of a pink dress, that went to the floor.

   " Yes? "

   " Can you help me get a book from one of the high shelves? "

   " Sure. "

I stood from the computer and walked with her into the rows of books. She was slow, but I followed beside her.

   " I noticed you were researching demons. What kind? "

   " Ones that you see in your dreams. I keep seeing the same one over and over again. "

   " Hmmm, that sounds interesting. Reminds me of something. "

   " What is it? "

   " Can you grab that book for me? "

The old lady pointed up to one of the shelves, and the book she was pointing at had a red spine, and it was brand new. I grabbed the book and handed it to the old lady. 

   " Thank you, sweetie. As I was saying, what you said reminds me of another woman I met. Her name Is Dr. Samal. She's a psychologist in the city and I went to visit her to test my mind and I asked her if she had ever come across anything strange. She said there was a woman who had seen the same man in her dreams for three years, and Dr. Samal helped her get him out. "

   " Where in the city? "

   " Let me give you her number. "

The old lady walked back to the computer I was at and started to write down a number on my paper. I thanked her and grabbed my stuff to leave. I pulled out my phone and dialed the number on the paper. I got in my car and shut the door. I waited for someone to answer, and someone did.

   " Hello? "

   " Hi, is this Dr. Samal? "

   " Yes, who is this? "

   " My name is Y/n and I heard you've talked to someone about seeing the same man over and over in your dreams. A man you've never met before. Is this true? "

   " It is, why are you asking? "

   " Because I think, I'm dealing with the same problem. "