"Wake up! Wake up!"
Since I didn't wake up until the next afternoon, my friend shook me.
"Get up!"
I checked the doll as soon as I woke up.
There was a mole under her eyes as well. I was right.
"Actually, I have been dreaming of a female ghost for a few days now. And she looks exactly like that doll."
"I told you, it felt ominous."
She said she felt an ominous feeling from the get-go and suggested we put it back. Since I was too scared to do it, she put the doll back in the closet. Then she put the board back up. But I was still feeling uneasy so I fled to my parent's house.
Seeing my family helped me let down my guard, and I suddenly became exhausted.
I was asleep for some time. That was when the bone chilling feeling swept across my body once again. Feeling terrified, I kept my eyes shut. That's when I heard a loud burst of laughter.
I suddenly opened my eyes as if someone had forcefully opened them. I was definitely at my parent's house. But strangely enough, I saw my own room before my eyes.
Feeling perplexed, I looked around the room that I wasn't in. Suddenly, the terrifying woman appeared in front of me. She looked around for me with her big, black eyes.
"She is not here. She is hiding."
The woman clapped excitedly. I suddenly got up and looked around. And I found myself at my parent's place. I knew I wouldn't be getting any sleep now, so I got up to go the living room. I opened the door but ..
"I got you."
That woman was there. I backed away, and she came closer.
"Don't come near m!!"
"Why are you doing this to me?"
I forced myself to stand up and left the house through the door that was ajar. I was out of breath and my legs felt extremely heavy.
But I couldn't stop. It felt like something terrible would happen if I get caught. My legs were slowly giving out, and she was getting closer and closer.
"Where are you going? You are the seeker now."
She snatched my hair from behind and made me lie on the floor. Then she put her hands around my temples and was about to poke my eyes with her long nails.
"Hyun Jung, are you okay?"
"Hyun Jung, it's me. What's the matter? Are you okay?"
After seeing me on the ground with color drained from my face, my parents asked me what was going on. I had no choice but to tell them the truth.
Then my brother quietly said, "Maybe someone was playing hide-and-seek with that doll. Maybe they covered the doll's eyes so she wouldn't find them."
After hearing what he said, my parents told me to immediately throw the doll and find a new place. But I was hesitant to get rid of the doll in case I'd be put in danger.
In the end my family and I wrapped the doll's eyes with green duct tape after much deliberation. And we buried the doll in a nearby mountain.
The pretty doll whose eyes were covered.
Was the doll really playing hide-and-seek with someone?
Is it possible that the doll is still waiting for a new seeker?
(You can check out my original story. The title is 'THE REDDEST RED')