Thump thump.....

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Thump thump.....

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Should I or should I not? (Kaito)

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He saw. He remembered. He picked it up. Will he...dream again? (Amaris)

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Kaito sat on his bed, thinking. What should he do? What if he forgets again? Such thoughts churned in his head.

But...I remembered. I should...shouldn't I? I should meet her again. Let her live in a fantasy. Her note... 'Living in a dream... it's not fun. It's terrible. It's hurting. But it's worth it. With you.' She'd get hurt again. She'd burn from the inside out. It'll be my fault.

He covered his mouth and looked out the window. They were so close...but they could never meet. Because no matter where or what, there was a wall between them that neither would ever scale.

How hurt she must have felt. How terribly I treated her. It's all my fault. She deserves better. I know that this is cruel, what I'm planning to do. I'm just doing this for her. To cut this illusionary boy from her heart.

He lay down and looked at his watch. The time? 4:55.... A tear trickled out.

There's no time to think. Just get it over with. Take a deep breath and drop her heart. It's better now than later.

He closed his eyes, stopping time, flying into the land...of frighteningly terrifying yet sweet dreams.

For a while, just for a minute, a second even. I just want to see your face again. I'm selfish, and cruel. I'm in love.

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“I'm going to sleep on the flight back, hon.....”

Mom stopped. Everything did too. He's pulling me back into a dream!

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Amaris opened her eyes. She was in a meadow. A clean cut one too. She got up quickly and turned around.

Where are you, Kaito? (Amaris)

There he was...in Romerus' form. His eyes were searching her, his brow, tainted with a bit of longing, fear, hope, guilt, sadness. The rest of his face was covered with a mask.

“Kaito!” she smiled.

She took a step towards him.

He took a step towards her and reached out a hand.

She smiled and ran forward.

You can't be doing this!

Kaito was going to speak when he froze...His eyes widened and he crumpled to the floor, curling in pain.

Amaris....I love...

A sharp pain pulsed through him just as she touched his hand...

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His name echoed back with her to reality.

Why?! Was I hallucinating?

“Attention please, ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing a slight turbulence...”

I'm back, but what did I do wrong? Why did he crumple?

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She...called me. She...smiled...at me. Instantly...she forgave me. I know...her heart was beating like mine did. I know now...that it's useless. I can't tell her to forget me. I know she won't. I can't tell her I don't like her. She'll see through it. It's terrible, like what she said, this dream. (Kaito)

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Did I, perhaps, hurt him? Am I, really, but a pest in his life?

A darkness clouded about her. An object sensed, not seen.

Of course. How could I have been so naïve, to see this dream as anything besides an illusion?

“Honey, what's wrong?” her mom asked, placing a hand on her knee

“It's nothing,” she answered hoarsely and turned to look away.

But it's something.

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Then...the only thing to do is to forget...again. Do everything like every normal day. Forget about her. So she doesn't hurt as much as I do later on.

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What's wrong with me? What's wrong?(Amaris)

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But...what if I can't take it?(Kaito)

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It's four more days to the end of summer break. Both of them, struggling with millions of internal thoughts, are dying a little every day, every hour, every minute...all because...of his dream.