A/N: -rubs hands excitedly- Okayyyyyy, here is the sequel to the oneshot 'Dream' that I promised!^_________^ I think I'll make this into a 5 chapter story(or somewhere close) and do another sequel to thisXDDDDDDD So stay tuned!:D

Disclaimer: If I owned Pandora Hearts, I'd make Break the main character instead of OzXP

Requiem for a dream

Retrace I: Prelude

-The beginning of the end.

"Xerx-nii, where are you? I am scared…"

A small little girl with plum-coloured hair hugged herself tightly in a small corner and began to cry.

She felt so alone, so desolate………….

"Xerx-nii……"

She thought that she saw then, a familiar grinning face and white hair.

She sniffled and held out both arms to be carried.

From her angle, the person's face could not be seen clearly as a shadow fell on his face.

"Really, milady……"

There was a sigh.

"When will you grow up?"

A strong pair of arms hoisted her up and held her firmly.

"Let's go, shall we?"

Break smiled ruefully.

The little girl giggled.

"Xerx-nii…xerx-nii…"

"Xerx-nii……" Sharon murmured sleepily as her head rested on the blanket.

"Xerx-nii!"

Her head snapped up and she looked around her surroundings warily.

She observed the still unconscious Break and gave an audible sigh.

For a moment, I thought he woke up……

It was late in the night and the lights were switched off.

Strange, I thought I heard something……

She turned and was about to walk away when a hand grabbed her wrist firmly.

She jumped.

"Who's there-"

By the sheer force of that grip she spun around and fell onto the bed.

"You called me, ojou-sama?"

A lazy and languid voice rang in her ears.

She gazed deeply into that single red eye that seemed to shine in the dark.

"B-Break!" she exclaimed.

She rubbed her eyes disbelievingly.

No, he was still there.

"Hi~"

Break gave a comical little wave and grinned.

Sharon felt her vision become misty and realized that those were tears.

"You idiot!" she shouted.

"Why didn't you wake up earlier? You stupid idiot!"

And now the tears wouldn't stop.

"If you liked to sleep so much, then don't wake up at all!" she wailed, falling into his open arms.

"You were so noisy that I couldn't sleep, ojou-sama."

She glared at that complacent smile, her eyes still stinging with tears.

She breathed in shakily and swallowed in those shameful tears that were about to escape.

"It was high time you woke up! You have lots of work to do! Did you think that you could get away with missing so much work?"

She tried to sound stern.

Break simply smiled deviously.

"Well, I can always get Reim-san to help me do~"

"No excuses for you! I won't allow anyone to help!"

He pouted.

"Awwww, you're so mean, ojou-sama……"

"Don't give me that kind of face, Break!"

"So uncute, ojou-sama……"

Sharon's hands suddenly itched for her favourite harisen.

There.

Her eyes gleamed.

She spotted a piece of paper.

It was an important official document, but she would care less.

She needed to quench her overwhelming urge first.

Explanation would come in later.

With amazing speed, she folded the paper into her handy harisen.

TWHACK!

"Owie……"

Break's mouth became an 'O' shape and out of nowhere he pulled out a dusty Emily and started talking to her.

"Miss Sharon is abusing a patient, how mean…don't you think so, Emily?"

And Emily's nodded her head and answered gleefully in the strange high-pitched voice of hers, "Mean, mean, mean!"

So the two continued their banter [A/N: More of one-sided conversation…-sweatdrop-] while a silently seething Sharon watched with a murderous glint in her eyes.

She raised her harisen, poised to attack……

And Break ran.

So it became the never-ending race between, *AHEM, contestant one, Xerxes Break and contestant two, Sharon Rainsworth. Oh, and of course, the doll Emily.

There is no end-point.

The two ran around the room in circles, with the former holding Emily as he ran.

It was when the first rays of sunshine filtered through the window did they realize that it was morning.

Sharon leaned against Break's chest, her face on his skin, as she listened intently.

At first she heard nothing.

Then, as she drew even closer in alarm, she heard it.

The faintest sound in a far corner.

It was weak, but it was persisting.

It gave her all the assurance that she needed.

Her music.

The prove that he was still there with her.

Her most important person.

She held on tightly, afraid that the music would be gone once she turned away.

So she stayed in that position for a long time as she listened to Break talk softly and it just felt so comforting.

She wished that this moment was forever.

Alas, her wish was not to come true, since it was immediately shattered within the next moment.

"…and I see a rabbit head."

Break smiled and threw a sweet at a disappearing head at the door.

There was a muffled exclamation of pain and curses.

"Why don't you all come in? It must have been tiring standing there straining your ears trying to hear what we are saying."

So Oz and company shuffled in sheepishly, albeit a certain fuming rabbit that stormed in and pointed at the devilishly smiling man.

"You stupid clown! You just had to throw so hard at me, didn't you?"

"Of course. It was just too fun to watch." The latter smirked.

Gilbert had to hold her back forcefully to stop her from attacking the white-haired man.

"Wait, stupid rabbit! He just recovered. You can't…"

"Don't stop me, seaweed-head!"

Break watched all this with growing interest as his smile grew wider and wider.

Oz, who had been watching nervously suddenly felt uneasy.

That smile……

He shivered.

Creepy.

Better not get involved.

He rapidly changed his expression to a cheerful smile as he asked him, "How are you feeling, Break?"

Break laughed.

Then Alice suddenly gave a shout.

Sharon who had fallen asleep stirred and Break then shifted his position slightly as he whispered comfortingly, "Nothing's wrong, just sleep. I'll be here, alright?"

It was when Sharon had finally fallen asleep again did he detach himself from her and place her gently on the bed.

Placing a finger on his lips, he motioned the other occupants of the room to go out.

He grabbed a piece of clothing on his way out and they stood outside, at the corridors which were unnaturally quiet.

Oz questioned, "Sharon-chan……"

"Oh, because we were fooling around, she did not get much sleep last night." Break smiled as he dressed himself quickly.

"…Then what about you, Break?"

"Me? I don't need to sleep so much. An old man shouldn't sleep so much, anyway."

He disregarded the weird looks the others threw at him and instead asked, "So what did I miss?"

A/N: Alright…………..Hope you liked this chp, and because you are all awesome readers who would take pity on a poor little fanfiction writer like me, you'd all review and make me really happy, wouldn't you? -begs-

Signing out,

…The Absolutely Hopeless Break-fanXP