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3. "Voices in his head"

Aki woke up to his phone ringing, it wasn't an alarm clock.

He picked it up lazily.

"Hello?"

"Doctor Aki, we have an emergency! Belle Brown is having rather huge emotional outburst and we can't do anything!" The nurse yelled into the phone.

"I'll be there right away!" Aki said and hung up immediately.

Ah, and today was supposed to be his free day. He didn't even have time to think about what he was going to wear so he quickly grabbed the clothes he wore in the evening the day before and rushed out of his apartment.

He called a taxi and raced to the hospital.

"Is she in her room?!" Aki asked as soon a she walked into the hospital. Nurses were panicking.

"Yes, please Doctor do something!" The nurses started pleading, some were crying.

Aki rushed into Belle's room and froze once he saw what was going on.

Belle's clothes were bloody, she had a bunch of scratch marks on his body. She was laughing like a maniac whilst tears spilled from her eyes.

Aki walked into the room and knelled down next to Belle.

She turned to him.

"Oh, here you are! And I thought you wouldn't come~!" she said while smiling.

"Belle, calm down please! Get a hold of yourself!" Aki tried to calm him down, he tried grabbing her hands so she'd stop violently scratching her own skin.

"No!!" She suddenly stood up and hovered above Aki

"Belle.. Please." Aki tried his best to calm him down while keeping himself calm, but he couldn't.

"Why would I? Who need me? Who loves me? No one! Absolutely no one! I am just a piece of trash that was left on the side of the road! I am nothing to this world, I'm nothing to you, I'm nothing to my friends because I don't even have any! Everyone left me to suffer! They didn't believe me, they didn't believe me the truth! How am I supposed to live while knowing that everyone that I ever loved is gone or hates me? How am I supposed to stay calm in this suit you call a body? I want to disappear, please...let me.." Belle yelled out, tears spilling from his eyes as the blood slowly dripped on the floor.

"Belle... You are my patient. I care about you. That should be a good reason to stay alive." Aki said calmly, trying to hold back his own tears.

"Please..take care of me.." She said and finally dropped his hands. Aki opened the first-aid kit that he had brought and gestured Belle to sit down.

He carefully started treating her wounds. They didn't exchange any words but Aki knew she was disgusted with herself.

"Belle," Aki finally broke the silence. "What's in the past, stays in the past. You need to focus on the present times, you need to focus on a goal. I think your goals should be getting better. And if you need a person to help you reach your goal, I'm here for you."

He saw a tear fall down on Belle's hand, as Aki looked up he saw him crying once again.

"Take these pills, they'll make you sleepy, but you'll also feel a tad better," Aki said and handed Belle two pills and a glass of water. He gulped them down and went to bed.

Aki stayed in the room till he heard Belle's peaceful snores.

Once he walked out and locked the door, he saw a bunch of nurses and other doctors waiting for him.

"Is she..?" One of the nurses asked.

"She's fine. She's resting." Aki reassured them.

"Thank you, Doctor Aki Huang. You really are amazing. Though, we have another favor to ask?" She spoke.

"What is it?" Aki asked as he walked closer to them.

"Ivan Ivanov.." Was all that she said. She watched as Aki nodded and took the files from her hand.

This was going to be his first session with Ivan.

He walked through the corridor till he reached the room 0713. Once he walked in, he saw a guy, a teenager, drawing.

His drawings were much more detailed and peaceful than Belle's.

"Ivan Ivanov, I'm here instead of your doctor today," he said. He watched as Aki turned to him. His eyes were red and he hadn't slept properly for days.

"Ah, Doctor Aki. Hello." He said and stood up, he wobbled to his bed and sat down.

"Ivan, I want to help you, so please, tell me why you are here in your opinion." Aki watched as Ivan looked into the corner of the room before pointing his finger there.

"Him." He spoke.

"Ivan.. I'll need you to tell me everything from the start." Aki explained calmly. This was so much different than the sessions with Belle. Ivan's room was clean, his drawings had one detail that connected them all. A boy.

"A bit more than a year ago I got into an argument with my bestfriend, I said bad things even though I knew how sensitive he was.. He.. He committed suicide and.. And I guess I went crazy. I thought that the texts from him were true.. So moved towns and I met a girl. Her name is Ivy Gomez, she was so adorable and lovable.. But.. She's not real.." Ivan spoke quietly.

"I see. Does he hurt you?" Aki asked. Aki shakes his head.

"No.. She speaks.. She says nasty things.. She's pressuring me into doing things that I don't wanna so.. Even now she is saying that I should punch you, but I can't." Aki dealt with a similar problem before, so he was sure he could handle Ivan.

The rest of the session went by calmly, it was a relief for Aki. Before leaving the hospital he went to check on Belle again. She was sleeping peacefully in her bed.

She looked like an angel, but she most definitely wasn't one.