Prologue: The Dream
"Takanori!" Akira shouted as he ran into the classroom.
The shorter turned around and waved. "What's up?"
"I had that dream again last night." Akira said sitting in his seat.
"Ok and…?"
"It was a little different. I saw the man's face this time."
"Details." Takanori ordered.
"His face is strong and smooth. His eyes are sharp and black, his lips are just perfect. In this dream, he had short hair, but still black. His skin is a milky pale, he's built very nicely."
"How do you know? Was he shirtless too?"
"No, no. His shirt was open! Like the last dream, he just stood there, but he smiled at me. I walked to him and we hugged, but then it turned really bad."
"Did he rape you?" Takanori spat out.
"No. He disappeared and I was suddenly in this run down building. A short shadow appeared, he had claws and fangs. On the other side of the room, a hairy monster appeared and they started fighting. Then I was on my back, the shadow was on top of me. He was smiling, then he shot his head down and I woke up."
Takanori looked at his friend with a raised eyebrow. "That's pretty weird. Did you watch a scary movie before going to bed?"
Akira shook his no, then looked out the window.
"Don't worry about it Aki, it was just a dream."
"But, it felt so real."
"Don't worry, I'll protect you from the boogie man." Takanori giggled.
Akira smiled.
That night Akira was squirming in his bed, from the nightmare he was having. It started off the same, but it was very different. He saw the raven haired man was fighting the monster. It had him pinned on the ground, Akira screamed for it to stop, but the creature stabbed it's claws into the man's chest.
"I'm finally going to kill you." The creature screeched as he yanked the man's heart out from his chest. The man coughed out blood, then looked over at Akira.
He smiled, mouthing some words, then the beast gripped his head and ripped it off. Akira popped up screaming, then leaned over the bed and puked. The bedroom door swung open and the light was turned on.
"Aki!" Takanori yelled running to the bed. "What happened? What's wrong?"
"What's going on?" Takanori's mother walked in and his dad was right behind her.
Akira grabbed his friend and started crying onto his shoulder. His mother cleaned up the vomit and both parents left the room knowing that Akira would only open up if he was alone with Takanori.
"That's horrible." Takanori mumbled. "What did he say?"
Akira shivered at the sight of the man's smiling face. "He said…I love you."
