shenie's love

You didn't plan on staying over, but you felt sentimental and just, too cozy to return. But for some reason you couldn't sleep.

You haven't thought of the past a lot ever since you moved from your home country. But sometimes, the ghosts just won't escape your mind. And this was one of these nights.

Well, it did have a trigger.

Earlier today you happened to open a site you didn't really want to; reddit. It was innocent. Psychiatrists speaking on people who claim to contact supernatural entities. one of these professionals happened to mention a word; "factitious disorder" weird... You're fairly familiar with most mental health issues, most of which you learnt in you teens trying to make sense of your situation.

"Let me search it up," you thought, opening a new tab.

"factitious disorder is a mental disorder in which a person, without a malingering motive, acts as if they have an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating symptoms, purely to attain (for themselves or for another) a patient's role."

"Damn... What if I have it?" A new tab, once again. "Signs of factitious disorder", "Real illness vs. factitious disorder", "are they mentally ill or faking it" You searched opening and closing tabs again and again. Turning off your phone sighing and opening it the next moment.

"..!" Your phone suddenly got snatched and you turned around,

"Tch, go back to sleep" he groaned as he looked at you through his open eye

"I didn't mean to wake you up, sorry." He sighs through his nose and leans forward to your face, giving you a peck on the cheek, "You don't have fictitious disorder"

"I'm sorry." You didn't know what else to say, but his fingers going through your hair comforted and reassured you he wasn't annoyed. "Don't apologize kitten,",

He yawned as he placed his entire body's weight on top of you. "I believe you."

"Sylus..." You started to get sleepy as he kissed you again.

"No matter what, I believe you."