Chapter 1: Only in My Dreams
A/N: Okay, so I randomly wrote this in study hall one day. At the time I thought it was a good idea. The writing's a bit rough and choppy so sorry about that. It's more of a draft than a first chapter. Let me know what you think, since I'm not sure if I should continue this. Thanks for reading!
Amu sat in class, hand cupping her chin as she tried to stay awake. The teacher's words buzzed around her head like flies. She tried to care, she really did. It just wasn't worth it though. Then the bell rang. Sweet relief.
She sat at a lunch table with some people. Nagihiko, Rima, Kairi, Kukai. They all were friends since middle school. Amu was never very social, but she hung out with them. They had defended her when she was being teased, which in result formed the bond of their friendship. It lasted through the years with a few changes. Nagihiko and Rima started dating freshman year, making them inseparable. Kukai gained a lot of popularity through sports and dating a popular girl named Utau. Kairi was most like Amu though. He isolated himself because he was always studying for his AP classes, not having much time for social events.
Kukai, Rima, and Nagi were talking about some movie they were seeing that night. Amu never made plans for the weekend and did bother to this time. She took a bit of her turkey and mayonnaise sandwich and cracked open a book.
Kairi said, "You read a lot of books, not even ones for class." Amu just shrugged. She loved to read, any genre. She read the classics, Milton, Whitman, Kerouac, as well as the latest vampire romance novels. She read trashy romance novels and manga along side self-help and nonfiction books. She read it all. Any escape was a mercy.
The rest of the day went by in a daze. She was relieved that no one was there when she got home. She looked at her calendar. A month left of school until she graduated. She didn't even know if she would last even that long. In the fall she would be going to a big state college with Rima as her roommate and Nagi and Kukai. Kairi was going to Yale. They say it'll get better, but school is school. Amu still wasn't looking forward to it. Amu read for the rest of the night until she fell asleep.
Other than reading, sleep was the only thing where Amu could find peace. Amu looked forward to the time where she could crawl in bed. It was like she was drowning in an ocean and her dreams were the raft that pulled her ashore.
That night her dreams were just like any other. They were all the same setting. It was in a big city, not like any Amu had ever been. It was different, magical even. She had a whole other life there. Where the only person she truly cared about was. His name was Ikuto.
That night, or day since it was light out in her dream, Amu and Ikuto met for coffee. She had a latte while he drank straight black, no sugar or cream. Amu was always amazed that he could do that. They conversed about the weather and current events, the usual small talk. Ikuto had a different take on everything, though. He really thought about people and their emotions. Amu envied that so much. She tried to look at life that way but was unsuccessful. During this conversation, they looked up to see a flash of light and—
Amu woke up. She groaned and hit her annoying alarm clock, wanting to go back to Ikuto.