CHATPER ONE ~ Restless Night
Gakupo stared into the endless river, nothing but darkness rested beneath the murky water's surface, he gazed up into the night sky, although the stars just reflected on the calm water.
The night was dead silent, no movement, not even a breeze or the sound of crickets. Dead silence consumed the night.
The violet sighed heavily, averting his gaze back into the water. Something court his attention, at a glimpse, he could have sworn it was a face in the water. He looked closer into the water, his assumtion was right, it was a face in the water.
A dead body was just floating near the surface, he thought perhaps he was mistaking and took a closer look, leaning forward. The face had been replaced with the moon's reflection, he stood up, deciding it be best report what he'd seen.
But then again, what if he had been seeing things? And they went in with a team to find the deceased and located nothing within the water? He shook his head, guessing he was just imagining things and turned from the river.
A sudden noise broke the silence, the audible sound of a pebble being cast into the water, he turned quickly, looking back at the river. Fog had emerged within seconds, it rested on the water and drifted amongst the trees, making it look as if there was no ground at all.
He looked back at the path he'd came down to get here, then he thought about it. An absent-minded thought court him. How had he gotten here in the first place? What time was it?
He inhaled nervously and stared ahead, he wanted to move but his body seemed to freeze, he pressed his lips into a thin line and chewed his bottom lip anxiously.
"Where am I?" The violet haired male asked himself, he looked up the path. Wind suddenly picked up and rustled through the trees, he closed his eyes, hearing his own heart beat increase. It drummed through his ears. A tight feeling spread across his chest.
He opened his eyes quickly, hearing the sound of light footsteps falling up ahead, a lantern floated in mid-air, his vision seemed to blur and he became dizzy and light-headed. The fog thickened, choking the sky.
Gakupo stepped forward and looked at the blured outline of the approaching figure, "rantan..?" he mumbled. Reaching a shaking hand out to the object.
"Rantan?" He repeated, slightly louder, a loud splash came from the river, something cold and wet clung to his ankle, his first reaction was to gasp and try to escape the 'thing's' clutches, it only enwound around his ankle tighter, dragging him back with some unbeatable force, "stop! Rantan!" He cried out, his knees grew weaker and gave way. He fell to ground.
"Rantan!" He screamed, trying desprately to escape, digging his fingernails into the ground, using his free leg to kick at the hand, pulling him backwards into the water.
"Rantan!" He called again, screaming the word, needing help. Screaming for help, but no one came and the lantern slowly faded into the foggy night again, and the violet slowly was left the drift under the water, a peacful emotion washed over him. Leaving him defenseless, and alone to die quietly...
Gakupo opened his eyes, he sat up quickly, hitting his forehead on something hard, he cursed loudly and tossed the blankets aside and breathed heavily. His skin was coated with sweat and his mouth was dry. He looked around the dark room and inhaled sharply.
'Just another dream.' A voice hummed in the back of his mind.
He placed a shaking cold hand on his now throbbing head, Kaito. Who was on the top bunk felt the knock underneath him, he put his laptop to the side and got out of bed, climbing down the bed and met his gaze with Gakupo. "What're you doing?" He asked.
Gakupo sighed and laid back down, "nothing, just hit my head" he said, stating the obvious.
"Well you shouldn't have sat up so quickly" Kaito scolded.
Gakupo winced as the bedroom light was turned on.
"Did you have another dream?" Kaito asked, taking his finger away from the light-switch, leaving it on and sat on the side of Gakupo's bed.
Gakupo just nodded in response, "yeah, but it doesn't matter" he said.
"Did you want to talk about it?" Kaito asked.
Gakupo declined, "no, it's fine" he lied.
Kaito looked at him for a moment, ready to argue the point. He shrugged it off and accepted the fact now wasn't a good time.
Gakupo glared at him for a moment, coming to a realization. "Why are you still awake?" He asked, averting his gaze to bedroom clock, the time reading almost two in morning.
Kaito now had a light blush forming in his cheeks, "yeah... I was, asleep" he informed, giggling fiendishly.
Gakupo just stared at him blankly, not wanting to know anymore.
"So... Have you seen my laptop charger?" Kaito asked.
Gakupo had gone to the kitchen, leaving Kaito up to rummage around the room for his laptop charger. He stood at the sink, waiting for the glass he had to fill with water. He looked out the kitchen window, nothing but night, a clear sky of stars.
He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, "it was just a dream" he told himself, he drank the contents of the cup and went back to bed, keeping that in mind, it was only a dream, a very scary dream, but just a dream. He kept telling himself this.
It took hours for him to get back to sleep, Kaito was satisfied he'd found his laptop charger and he was back in the top bunk, watching god knows what on his laptop.
Gakupo didn't care, as long as he kept his earphones plugged in.
He figured he felt more comfortable knowing someone in the house was awake and that there was some type of light source in the room.
Keeping this in mind, that Kaito was awake and he would probably still be awake the rest of the night and the fact the blue-haired man would be there for him if he needed his comfort, he fell asleep peacfully.