Love Hina – Beautiful Dreamer (Sequel to Love Hina – Because)
Fanfic by Steven Biggs
Chapter One - Revelation
Thursday Morning
It's been three days since the party in Keitaro's room. Kitsune and Su are doing the laundry and Motoko is outside cleaning the pool. Naru is helping Shinobu make breakfast.
"Shinobu, make sure that you don't put too much salt on the eggs. Keitaro still shouldn't eat food that is too spicy."
"Yes Naru-sempai, I remember. These will be just perfect for him."
Shinobu sighs.
"What's wrong, are you all right?"
"I'm fine. It's just that even though I enjoy bringing Sempai his food, I kind of miss all of us being together to eat. It doesn't feel right without him."
"You're right; it feels like family when we're all together."
"How much longer did Dr. Hikari say that he has to stay in bed?"
"Well, since we were a little rough during the party, it'll be a few more days. Maybe he can walk around a little this weekend."
The other girls enter as Shinobu claps her hands.
"That's wonderful! I was afraid that he would relapse during the, ah, ah, game."
Kitsune pinches her cheek.
"You mean during spin the bottle? I thought that we wouldn't be able to revive him so that we could even start!"
"It wasn't fair! You didn't revive me after I passed out!"
"Well, we were afraid that you might pee again."
"Aaauuuuu!"
Naru carries a tray out of the kitchen.
"I'll bring Keitaro his breakfast. I'll be back in a few minutes."
Su hops over the table.
"I'll go with you!"
They get to his room and slide the door open.
"Keitaro, are you awake?
They see him sitting at his desk.
"You should be lying down. Get back into bed."
He closes his sketchbook and moves to the futon.
"Sorry, but I felt like doing some drawing. I'm starting to get bored just lying in here."
"I know, but you really need to rest a few more days."
While Naru is talking to Keitaro, Su walks over to the desk and peeks at the sketchbook. She notices that there are five new drawings. The first shows Naru looking down through the hole in the ceiling.
The second looks like a scene outside Hinata-sou. The third and four are of the town and beach. The last picture has just a few lines. Su holds the book up and looks at him.
"You really do want to go outside, don't you Keitaro?"
"Su! Please don't go through other people's things."
He starts to stand up; Naru gently pushes him back down.
"No, you are going to stay here and eat your breakfast. Su, put that book down."
She drops the book and jumps over to the futon.
"Sorry! Hey, I can mount a seat on Mecha-Tama if you want to move around."
"Uh, thanks Su, but I think I'll pass. I would rather move around on my own."
"It's your loss, Keitaro!"
Su bounds out of the room to her workshop.
Naru sits down next to Keitaro.
"You know, I've never really apologized."
"Hey, it's okay. I know that you never meant to really hurt me."
"Why, why didn't you tell me? I thought that we, that . . . . ."
Keitaro looks out the window.
"To tell the truth, I didn't think that you would care, that I don't mean . . . . ."
Naru grabs his hand.
"I do care!"
"But . . . . . "
"Please! Let me finish. It's really hard for me to, to say how . . . . ."
Motoko leans in the door.
"Naru-sempai, breakfast is ready. Oh! I d-did not know that y-you were, uh . . . . ."
Naru moves away from Keitaro.
"Uh, we were j-just talking!"
Keitaro motions to Motoko.
"Come on in, please. I need to talk to both of you."
Motoko closes the door and slips gracefully into the room, but almost trips halfway to the futon.
"(I am so nervous. Is it now that he will rally against my injuring him?)"
Keitaro sits up, ignoring Naru's attempt to stop him. As well as he can manage, he bows to them.
"I am very sorry. Please forgive me. Forgive me for putting you through all of this. I don't want any of you to feel guilty for what has happened."
"I was afraid to admit that I was hurt. I thought that if you found out, you would force me to quit being the manager. I am happy here. I enjoy feeling useful to all of you, and I don't want to leave."
They stare at him.
"Motoko-chan, I know that you see me as being weak. That's why I tried to hide my injury from you. I don't hold you responsible for what happened. It was my choice to try to deceive you. Forgive me."
They still stare at him.
"Narusegawa, I didn't want to burden you with this because I wanted you to keep studying hard. My chances of making it into Toudai aren't that good, but you really can do it this time! I couldn't bear to think that I would cause you to fail. Please forgive me."
Motoko leans towards him.
"H-how can you hold us so completely blameless?"
"Did either of you ever want to hurt me?"
Naru shakes her head.
"Never! I, I c-couldn't, wouldn't . . . . ."
Motoko pulls her sword out and places it on the floor. She then bows over it.
"I swear upon my sword that I never meant you any real harm. Do you truly feel that you need to ask this of us?"
"No, I knew that answer long ago. I just wanted you to admit it to yourself, to know that I can't blame you for something you did not mean to do."
"B-but how can you do this? Why would you show us such mercy and kindness?"
Naru speaks softly.
"It's like I told you before. He is Keitaro."
He looks at the door.
"The rest of you can come in too."
The door slowly slides open. Kitsune, Shinobu and Su are standing there.
"How did you know we were out here Keitaro-san?
"I've been lying here so long that I've started to notice the sounds that this place makes. I could hear all of you sneaking up to the door."
They come in and sit around him.
"I have to apologize to all of you, too."
He looks at Kitsune.
"I didn't let you know because you are always pointing out things that I need to do around Hinata-sou. I couldn't put off my responsibilities, not for any reason."
Keitaro turns to Su.
"I'm sorry Su. I know how much you like playing with me, and I was afraid to disappoint you."
Shinobu kneels next to him.
"Sempai, why didn't you tell me?"
He smiles places a hand on her head.
"Shinobu-chan, I wanted to tell you, but I knew that you wouldn't be able to keep from telling everyone else."
"Aaauuuuu, Sempai!"
The door slides open. Haruka walks in holding a folder.
"You don't have to try so hard to be a good manager."
She sits down with the others.
"You've been working too hard, trying to prove yourself. Granny Hina knows this and is very proud of you. Well, this seems as good a time as any for your test."
"My test?"
Haruka smiles.
"Don't worry. There is nothing that you have to do."
She looks at the girls.
"Is there anyone of you that has any complaints about how well Keitaro has performed as your manager? Anything at all?"
They all shake their heads.
"This is important. Is there anything that he has failed to do, or has not done to your expectations?"
Naru stands up.
"Keitaro is an excellent manager!"
Kitsune stands next to her.
"He gets my vote too, as long as he keeps us well stocked with sake!"
Shinobu rises.
"Sempai is a really great manager."
Su jumps up.
"And he's really good for target practice!"
Motoko stands.
"His performance has been satisfactory."
Haruka nods her head. She hands the folder to Keitaro.
"Well, it looks like you passed, Keitaro. Congratulations."
He frowns at her.
"I don't understand. What's this about?"
"You are the new owner of Hinata-sou."
"WHAT?"
"Granny Hina gave me specific instructions before she went on vacation. I was to monitor your work, and try to give you as much to do as I could find. In addition, after a few months, I would poll the residents on your performance. If they, and I, agreed that you met all of your responsibilities, I was to give the deed to Hinata-sou to you. This whole property is now yours."
THUMP!
Naru turns and looks at Keitaro lying unconscious.
"Shinobu, you'd better get the cold towel again."
Thursday Noon
The girls are in the common room discussing what has happened. Naru is pacing back and forth.
"I'm happy for Keitaro. This is really good fortune for him."
"(But what will this do about how he feels towards me?)"
Kitsune drinks some sake, and looks at Naru.
"Hey, now he doesn't have to worry about getting into Toudai. If he opens the old sections to tourists again, he will be set for life!"
Naru stops pacing.
"Not go to Toudai? But I thought that we, that together . . . . ."
Shinobu wrings her hands.
"B-but he's been trying so hard to make it! Do you really think that he will give up now?"
Su leaps onto the arm of the couch.
"Yay! Now he can stay here forever and play with me!"
Motoko sips her tea.
"Now that he is the owner, he may hire someone else to be the manager."
The others turn to her.
"Consider this: He no longer needs to directly manage Hinata-sou. His most reasonable course would be to have another manage it for him."
Naru sits next to her.
"But why would he want to do that?"
Motoko looks at the ceiling, towards Keitaro's room.
"Consider what he is going through now. Why should he risk injury again? He is intelligent. He will soon realize that option is now open to him."
"But that means he may leave us."
"That is a very real possibility."
Kitsune puts her glass on the table.
"He can't do that! What will happen to us with a different manager? Keitaro understands us and is always there for us."
Shinobu starts to cry.
"Aaauuuuu, Sempai! I don't want him to leave!"
Su sits on the floor.
"Then our mission is to convince him not to leave."
The girls crowd around her. Naru grabs her shoulders.
"How do we do that?"
Su crosses her arms and smiles.
"I ain't got any idea."
The girls crash to the floor. Su jumps up and raises her fist.
"I know! Let's take him out somewhere nice! He'd like that."
Naru shakes her head.
"We can't, he still isn't supposed to get out of bed."
"Oh yea, I forgot. Well, it was a nice thought anyways."
Naru's eyebrows go up.
"(A nice thought? A nice thought. Why does that sound familiar?)"
Still thinking, she walks over and looks out the front door.
"(We can't take him somewhere nice, but maybe, just maybe. I got it! Su's Mr. Virtual! I can use that to take him somewhere!)"
She looks back over her shoulder where the others are whispering about something. Turning to the door again, she puts her index fingers together.
"(But I can't let anyone find out about this. I'd better not tell the others. I'm going to have to plan this carefully."
She walks to the stairs.
"I'm going to rest for a while. If you come up with anything, let me know."
After she leaves, the others continue to talk. Kitsune grabs Su's arm.
"Su, that's a great idea. Your Mr. Virtual will be perfect for this. However, we can't let Naru know what we're planning. She's gotten rather possessive of Keitaro lately."
Su nods.
"No problem. We'll just take turns. But you have to be really careful. If you strain MV too much it may burn out."
Motoko looks worried.
"Is there a chance that it may injure us?"
"Nah, a burn-out won't hurt anyone wearing it. But it'll take a lot of work to fix it again."
Shinobu starts to clean-up the table.
"How do we make it work? How can we control what it does?"
"That's simple; just make sure that he's asleep. That way you have control."
Kitsune rubs her hands together.
"This is gonna be fun. When do we start?"
"The MV is ready, but who goes first?"
Motoko raises her hand.
"I suggest that we go from the tallest to the shortest."
Shinobu shakes her head.
"It should be by age, uh, youngest first."
Kitsune picks up some chopsticks, breaking them into pieces.
"Let's just draw sticks for it. Longest goes first, shortest goes last."
Shinobu draws the unbroken, longest stick.
"Horray! I'm first, I'm first! I get Thursday night."
Su picks a half stick.
"I guess I get Saturday."
Motoko claps her hands together and bows her head. She then pulls a stick.
"The short stick. That means that I must wait until Sunday."
Kitsune tosses the last stick on the table.
"TGIF! Party-time! Okay Shinobu, you're up to bat first. Any idea what you're gonna do?"
Shinobu blushes.
"I don't know yet, but I'll think of something by tonight."
Su slaps her on the back.
"That's the spirit! Come up to my room and I'll give you Mr. Virtual. Tomorrow, you give it to Kitsune."
They all place their right hands together.
"GO! GO!"
They start to leave, but Kitsune stops them.
"Hold on a minute. We have a problem. Remember the hole in the ceiling? Naru might look down and see what we're doing."
Motoko puts her hand to her chin.
"That is true, but what can we do about it?"
Kitsune slaps the table.
"We're gonna have to move him somewhere! Shinobu, would you mind giving up your room for a few days?"
"But won't Naru-sempai get suspicious?"
"We'll just tell her Keitaro will be more comfortable if he sleeps on a bed instead of his futon. You can move in with me."
After supper, they help Keitaro move to Shinobu's room.
"Do I really need to do this?"
Kitsune is supporting him on one side.
"Of course, Shinobu's bed is the softest one in Hinata-sou."
"I feel kind of strange about this. Are you sure it's okay, Shinobu-chan?
"I'm happy that this will help you get better, Sempai."
Naru is supporting Keitaro's right arm.
"Don't worry, Keitaro. It's only for a few days. (This will make it a bit more difficult to get to him, but once I find where Su keeps Mr. Virtual I'll be all set.)"
Su walks next to Shinobu and whispers.
"C'mon to my room and I'll show you how to set the, uh, thing up."
Thursday Night
After waiting for Keitaro to fall asleep, Shinobu quietly slips into the room carrying the MV. She tiptoes over to the bed and moves a chair quietly next to it. She places one headset gently on his head. Taking a deep breath, she puts hers on. After a few seconds, she flips the switch.
Colors swirl and then reform.
End of Chapter One
Fanfic by Steven Biggs
Chapter One - Revelation
Thursday Morning
It's been three days since the party in Keitaro's room. Kitsune and Su are doing the laundry and Motoko is outside cleaning the pool. Naru is helping Shinobu make breakfast.
"Shinobu, make sure that you don't put too much salt on the eggs. Keitaro still shouldn't eat food that is too spicy."
"Yes Naru-sempai, I remember. These will be just perfect for him."
Shinobu sighs.
"What's wrong, are you all right?"
"I'm fine. It's just that even though I enjoy bringing Sempai his food, I kind of miss all of us being together to eat. It doesn't feel right without him."
"You're right; it feels like family when we're all together."
"How much longer did Dr. Hikari say that he has to stay in bed?"
"Well, since we were a little rough during the party, it'll be a few more days. Maybe he can walk around a little this weekend."
The other girls enter as Shinobu claps her hands.
"That's wonderful! I was afraid that he would relapse during the, ah, ah, game."
Kitsune pinches her cheek.
"You mean during spin the bottle? I thought that we wouldn't be able to revive him so that we could even start!"
"It wasn't fair! You didn't revive me after I passed out!"
"Well, we were afraid that you might pee again."
"Aaauuuuu!"
Naru carries a tray out of the kitchen.
"I'll bring Keitaro his breakfast. I'll be back in a few minutes."
Su hops over the table.
"I'll go with you!"
They get to his room and slide the door open.
"Keitaro, are you awake?
They see him sitting at his desk.
"You should be lying down. Get back into bed."
He closes his sketchbook and moves to the futon.
"Sorry, but I felt like doing some drawing. I'm starting to get bored just lying in here."
"I know, but you really need to rest a few more days."
While Naru is talking to Keitaro, Su walks over to the desk and peeks at the sketchbook. She notices that there are five new drawings. The first shows Naru looking down through the hole in the ceiling.
The second looks like a scene outside Hinata-sou. The third and four are of the town and beach. The last picture has just a few lines. Su holds the book up and looks at him.
"You really do want to go outside, don't you Keitaro?"
"Su! Please don't go through other people's things."
He starts to stand up; Naru gently pushes him back down.
"No, you are going to stay here and eat your breakfast. Su, put that book down."
She drops the book and jumps over to the futon.
"Sorry! Hey, I can mount a seat on Mecha-Tama if you want to move around."
"Uh, thanks Su, but I think I'll pass. I would rather move around on my own."
"It's your loss, Keitaro!"
Su bounds out of the room to her workshop.
Naru sits down next to Keitaro.
"You know, I've never really apologized."
"Hey, it's okay. I know that you never meant to really hurt me."
"Why, why didn't you tell me? I thought that we, that . . . . ."
Keitaro looks out the window.
"To tell the truth, I didn't think that you would care, that I don't mean . . . . ."
Naru grabs his hand.
"I do care!"
"But . . . . . "
"Please! Let me finish. It's really hard for me to, to say how . . . . ."
Motoko leans in the door.
"Naru-sempai, breakfast is ready. Oh! I d-did not know that y-you were, uh . . . . ."
Naru moves away from Keitaro.
"Uh, we were j-just talking!"
Keitaro motions to Motoko.
"Come on in, please. I need to talk to both of you."
Motoko closes the door and slips gracefully into the room, but almost trips halfway to the futon.
"(I am so nervous. Is it now that he will rally against my injuring him?)"
Keitaro sits up, ignoring Naru's attempt to stop him. As well as he can manage, he bows to them.
"I am very sorry. Please forgive me. Forgive me for putting you through all of this. I don't want any of you to feel guilty for what has happened."
"I was afraid to admit that I was hurt. I thought that if you found out, you would force me to quit being the manager. I am happy here. I enjoy feeling useful to all of you, and I don't want to leave."
They stare at him.
"Motoko-chan, I know that you see me as being weak. That's why I tried to hide my injury from you. I don't hold you responsible for what happened. It was my choice to try to deceive you. Forgive me."
They still stare at him.
"Narusegawa, I didn't want to burden you with this because I wanted you to keep studying hard. My chances of making it into Toudai aren't that good, but you really can do it this time! I couldn't bear to think that I would cause you to fail. Please forgive me."
Motoko leans towards him.
"H-how can you hold us so completely blameless?"
"Did either of you ever want to hurt me?"
Naru shakes her head.
"Never! I, I c-couldn't, wouldn't . . . . ."
Motoko pulls her sword out and places it on the floor. She then bows over it.
"I swear upon my sword that I never meant you any real harm. Do you truly feel that you need to ask this of us?"
"No, I knew that answer long ago. I just wanted you to admit it to yourself, to know that I can't blame you for something you did not mean to do."
"B-but how can you do this? Why would you show us such mercy and kindness?"
Naru speaks softly.
"It's like I told you before. He is Keitaro."
He looks at the door.
"The rest of you can come in too."
The door slowly slides open. Kitsune, Shinobu and Su are standing there.
"How did you know we were out here Keitaro-san?
"I've been lying here so long that I've started to notice the sounds that this place makes. I could hear all of you sneaking up to the door."
They come in and sit around him.
"I have to apologize to all of you, too."
He looks at Kitsune.
"I didn't let you know because you are always pointing out things that I need to do around Hinata-sou. I couldn't put off my responsibilities, not for any reason."
Keitaro turns to Su.
"I'm sorry Su. I know how much you like playing with me, and I was afraid to disappoint you."
Shinobu kneels next to him.
"Sempai, why didn't you tell me?"
He smiles places a hand on her head.
"Shinobu-chan, I wanted to tell you, but I knew that you wouldn't be able to keep from telling everyone else."
"Aaauuuuu, Sempai!"
The door slides open. Haruka walks in holding a folder.
"You don't have to try so hard to be a good manager."
She sits down with the others.
"You've been working too hard, trying to prove yourself. Granny Hina knows this and is very proud of you. Well, this seems as good a time as any for your test."
"My test?"
Haruka smiles.
"Don't worry. There is nothing that you have to do."
She looks at the girls.
"Is there anyone of you that has any complaints about how well Keitaro has performed as your manager? Anything at all?"
They all shake their heads.
"This is important. Is there anything that he has failed to do, or has not done to your expectations?"
Naru stands up.
"Keitaro is an excellent manager!"
Kitsune stands next to her.
"He gets my vote too, as long as he keeps us well stocked with sake!"
Shinobu rises.
"Sempai is a really great manager."
Su jumps up.
"And he's really good for target practice!"
Motoko stands.
"His performance has been satisfactory."
Haruka nods her head. She hands the folder to Keitaro.
"Well, it looks like you passed, Keitaro. Congratulations."
He frowns at her.
"I don't understand. What's this about?"
"You are the new owner of Hinata-sou."
"WHAT?"
"Granny Hina gave me specific instructions before she went on vacation. I was to monitor your work, and try to give you as much to do as I could find. In addition, after a few months, I would poll the residents on your performance. If they, and I, agreed that you met all of your responsibilities, I was to give the deed to Hinata-sou to you. This whole property is now yours."
THUMP!
Naru turns and looks at Keitaro lying unconscious.
"Shinobu, you'd better get the cold towel again."
Thursday Noon
The girls are in the common room discussing what has happened. Naru is pacing back and forth.
"I'm happy for Keitaro. This is really good fortune for him."
"(But what will this do about how he feels towards me?)"
Kitsune drinks some sake, and looks at Naru.
"Hey, now he doesn't have to worry about getting into Toudai. If he opens the old sections to tourists again, he will be set for life!"
Naru stops pacing.
"Not go to Toudai? But I thought that we, that together . . . . ."
Shinobu wrings her hands.
"B-but he's been trying so hard to make it! Do you really think that he will give up now?"
Su leaps onto the arm of the couch.
"Yay! Now he can stay here forever and play with me!"
Motoko sips her tea.
"Now that he is the owner, he may hire someone else to be the manager."
The others turn to her.
"Consider this: He no longer needs to directly manage Hinata-sou. His most reasonable course would be to have another manage it for him."
Naru sits next to her.
"But why would he want to do that?"
Motoko looks at the ceiling, towards Keitaro's room.
"Consider what he is going through now. Why should he risk injury again? He is intelligent. He will soon realize that option is now open to him."
"But that means he may leave us."
"That is a very real possibility."
Kitsune puts her glass on the table.
"He can't do that! What will happen to us with a different manager? Keitaro understands us and is always there for us."
Shinobu starts to cry.
"Aaauuuuu, Sempai! I don't want him to leave!"
Su sits on the floor.
"Then our mission is to convince him not to leave."
The girls crowd around her. Naru grabs her shoulders.
"How do we do that?"
Su crosses her arms and smiles.
"I ain't got any idea."
The girls crash to the floor. Su jumps up and raises her fist.
"I know! Let's take him out somewhere nice! He'd like that."
Naru shakes her head.
"We can't, he still isn't supposed to get out of bed."
"Oh yea, I forgot. Well, it was a nice thought anyways."
Naru's eyebrows go up.
"(A nice thought? A nice thought. Why does that sound familiar?)"
Still thinking, she walks over and looks out the front door.
"(We can't take him somewhere nice, but maybe, just maybe. I got it! Su's Mr. Virtual! I can use that to take him somewhere!)"
She looks back over her shoulder where the others are whispering about something. Turning to the door again, she puts her index fingers together.
"(But I can't let anyone find out about this. I'd better not tell the others. I'm going to have to plan this carefully."
She walks to the stairs.
"I'm going to rest for a while. If you come up with anything, let me know."
After she leaves, the others continue to talk. Kitsune grabs Su's arm.
"Su, that's a great idea. Your Mr. Virtual will be perfect for this. However, we can't let Naru know what we're planning. She's gotten rather possessive of Keitaro lately."
Su nods.
"No problem. We'll just take turns. But you have to be really careful. If you strain MV too much it may burn out."
Motoko looks worried.
"Is there a chance that it may injure us?"
"Nah, a burn-out won't hurt anyone wearing it. But it'll take a lot of work to fix it again."
Shinobu starts to clean-up the table.
"How do we make it work? How can we control what it does?"
"That's simple; just make sure that he's asleep. That way you have control."
Kitsune rubs her hands together.
"This is gonna be fun. When do we start?"
"The MV is ready, but who goes first?"
Motoko raises her hand.
"I suggest that we go from the tallest to the shortest."
Shinobu shakes her head.
"It should be by age, uh, youngest first."
Kitsune picks up some chopsticks, breaking them into pieces.
"Let's just draw sticks for it. Longest goes first, shortest goes last."
Shinobu draws the unbroken, longest stick.
"Horray! I'm first, I'm first! I get Thursday night."
Su picks a half stick.
"I guess I get Saturday."
Motoko claps her hands together and bows her head. She then pulls a stick.
"The short stick. That means that I must wait until Sunday."
Kitsune tosses the last stick on the table.
"TGIF! Party-time! Okay Shinobu, you're up to bat first. Any idea what you're gonna do?"
Shinobu blushes.
"I don't know yet, but I'll think of something by tonight."
Su slaps her on the back.
"That's the spirit! Come up to my room and I'll give you Mr. Virtual. Tomorrow, you give it to Kitsune."
They all place their right hands together.
"GO! GO!"
They start to leave, but Kitsune stops them.
"Hold on a minute. We have a problem. Remember the hole in the ceiling? Naru might look down and see what we're doing."
Motoko puts her hand to her chin.
"That is true, but what can we do about it?"
Kitsune slaps the table.
"We're gonna have to move him somewhere! Shinobu, would you mind giving up your room for a few days?"
"But won't Naru-sempai get suspicious?"
"We'll just tell her Keitaro will be more comfortable if he sleeps on a bed instead of his futon. You can move in with me."
After supper, they help Keitaro move to Shinobu's room.
"Do I really need to do this?"
Kitsune is supporting him on one side.
"Of course, Shinobu's bed is the softest one in Hinata-sou."
"I feel kind of strange about this. Are you sure it's okay, Shinobu-chan?
"I'm happy that this will help you get better, Sempai."
Naru is supporting Keitaro's right arm.
"Don't worry, Keitaro. It's only for a few days. (This will make it a bit more difficult to get to him, but once I find where Su keeps Mr. Virtual I'll be all set.)"
Su walks next to Shinobu and whispers.
"C'mon to my room and I'll show you how to set the, uh, thing up."
Thursday Night
After waiting for Keitaro to fall asleep, Shinobu quietly slips into the room carrying the MV. She tiptoes over to the bed and moves a chair quietly next to it. She places one headset gently on his head. Taking a deep breath, she puts hers on. After a few seconds, she flips the switch.
Colors swirl and then reform.
End of Chapter One