First Course: Isolation

He watched in awe as the new patient was entered in. It has been such a long time since a new one came. He wondered how long this patient would last? A month tops probably. He studied the patient carefully and a tiny smirk played across his lips.

The new patient stumbled with fear as he looked around the clinic.
The clinic was old with white tinted walls and had a thick musty smell surrounding it. The patient's eyes wondered around each and every other patient lingering everytime the the patient spotted somebody interesting. The patient realized that they were all probably here because of the same reason.

He wondered what was the patient reason for entering this cold hospital. He knew secretly somewhere deep down in his heart that they probably shared something in common.

There was something about this new patient that interest him. He wondered vaguely whether it was those eyes that curiously wondered through the clinic, or was it the way the patient seemed to be so nervous and yet curious at the same time. He watched intently as the nurses beside the patient read out the patient's name and birthdate and later gave the patient a small little injection. He smiled and recalled the first time where he was first entered here. The emotional pain he felt and how much he struggled and yelled as he wanted to run away so badly; yet they called him insane and locked him up alone in the dark cold cell where no one could hear him yell.

He remembered the feeling all too well and smiled sadly at the horrible experience. It was since then, it seemed as though the whole world closed up on him and no one was there to love or care for him. He had no friends at all since he came in here, none that gave him the feeling of warmth.

The patient watched as the strange man in clothes similar to the patient's own staring into blank space. The patient saw the lips turned into a slow painful smile and recalled the patient's own. The patient wondered whether this man had a similar experience to the patient's own. A chill suddenly ran up to the patient's spine as the man's eyes travelled upon the patient's own and for a moment time froze.

He sat there as though time was connecting them without even moving. He noticed that the patient was moving slowly towards him after the nurses had let him go. He watched as the patient sat across from him and gave him a very slight smile.

Perhaps he wasn't going to be lonely anymore.