Telling
"Jahara…" 'Keep close Luka' she thought. "Jahara… Uck!" Yes, elimination! "Jahara, I love you…" 'He loves me? Oh no, what have I done?' "I'm so sorry, Luka."
"AHH!" Jahara screamed as she woke up. "It was just a dream" she tried to convince herself but to no avail. She got up and walked outside to a pool of water and sat by the edge. 'I don't see how he can still like me; I almost killed him while under the influence of Hyun the second time' Jahara stared into her reflection. As she looked at her reflection she saw a tired young woman. Of course she was tired; she had been having the nightmare for almost three months.
The war had ended four months ago and the dream started at rarely occurring and went to where she was having it every night. On the nights she had it she would wake up with a scream then she couldn't go back to sleep. If Luka noticed that she was constantly tired he wasn't saying anything. "It's a little late to be out alone. Why are you out here, Jahara?" Luka had suddenly appeared by her side.
"I was just out trying to clear my head."
"You had another nightmare, didn't you?" Jahara was almost alarmed when she found out that Luka knew she had been having nightmares. 'How did he know that I have been having nightmares?' she thought.
"Yes, I did."
"Could you tell me? It might help you." Luka could feel Jahara tense as she silently debated whether or not she was going to tell her friend about the dream.
"It's okay if you don't want to because you don't have to." "No, someone ought to know."
Jahara (still affected) had partially tied Luka up. She charged him, sword in hand. Being trapped, Luka couldn't resist as well. (Of course he didn't want to because he couldn't bear the thought of accidently hurting Jahara.) She was about to strike when she saw something that shocked her a lot. Luka was shedding a few tears. It shocked Jahara even more when he closed his eyes, dropped his sword, and gently patted her on the cheek.
"It's just a reminder of what happened."
"Yes, but you haven't heard all of it yet, Luka. I did fight Hyun but it won, you didn't realize it and I took one of your cards and killed you." As the last two words settled into Luka's ears he reminded himself that he was still alive and so was Jahara. 'But, what will happen if she doesn't recover from the nightmare?' he thought. 'I don't want to know what will happen. But this is bad; I need to help her.' Luka held Jahara close for a while then it got cold. She was starting to fall asleep, which he knew would be a good thing so long as she didn't have the nightmare again.
Luka gently picked her up and whispered into her ear "Don't worry Jahara; I'll be here for you."