Monster

All kids are afraid of monsters under the bed, right? You were no exception.

No matter how many times you complained to your useless parents about the monster under your bed, they just brushed you off, saying it was just a fantasy.

For months, you lived in fear, afraid to sleep in your own bed, but you had no choice. Your parents wouldn't let you sleep in theirs, or they weren't home at all.

So you continued to be afraid of the space under the bed, until one incident...

One day, your father got quite drunk and yelled at your mother. It didn't take long before a fight broke out between your parents.

Terrified, you ran into your room and dove under the bed. You wanted to hide, even if the only place you could was the bed with the monster underneath it.

Well. Surprisingly, after that incident, you became friends with the monster and gradually stopped being afraid of it.

At this moment, you are sitting in front of the bed, looking at the black, clawed hand of the monster, squeezing and unclenching its fingers with childish interest, while it lies under the bed, lazily looking at you with its white eyes.