So I don't know if Horizon is actually male...it just is a nice generic term for most things. So for the sake of this fanfiction, Horizon will be a male. This chapter is a bit of a look into Horizon's thoughts about everything. Yay for another derpy short chapter~


He silently drifted through her bloodstream. Horizon stayed silent despite the fact that he heard her talk to him. The creature was well aware that Hikaru didn't want to speak to him, even though she kept bringing his name up every time she opened her mouth. It pained him.

In all the times that these issues with Maelstrom occurred, Hikaru was the first one that he felt as though her could connect to. Every corpse that he relied on for life support just seemed to pardon his existence, accept that they went insane and would just let the cookies fall as they may. Hikaru was the first that actually challenged him, he liked the idea of knowing that she would put up a fight.

However, he could still note everything she was feeling regardless. Horizon had circulated through her body thousands of times at this point, from her head to her heart, and everything surrounding. He understood her thoughts, her emotions…there was nothing that remained hidden about her. But, he knew she was still trying to hide herself from everyone else, even though he saw her so clearly.

Perhaps that is what he admired the most about Hikaru. She too was like him, a creature intended to drift throughout this world, only to do as they were set to do, making no other branches out to anyone else. He understood the loneliness that she felt, but he never had a chance to tell her. "That loneliness…" he thought to himself, "I…"

The plasma-like being felt as though he lost his thoughts. If he could frown, it would be apparent on his face. Hikaru was just like he was, and he understood that now.

His state of being flowed through her heart and back out again. "It hurts…" he thought, "It aches…" Silently, he kept thinking to himself about the pain Hikaru was feeling. Despite what he tried to set his mind to, it kept falling back to Hikaru. "I want to tell her she isn't alone…" he thought to himself.

Horizon flowed up to her brain, it was in a dormant state, clearly she had fallen asleep. "Her dreams…" he whispered, trying to envision them for himself. On many occasions, he had slipped into her dreams without her awareness. "At this point…" he murmured, "I don't even care if you hate me…I just want to see you smile…"

He drifted around her brain, observing the nerves and thoughts that veered their way through, "Her mind…it's so active…" he paused, "Their brains are so fascinating."

SHH KSHK

He stood in her dream, watching from a distance. Horizon frowned in sorrow, observing the aspects of her dream surrounding the world. It was still the school, and her life seemed to not be any different than what he witnessed earlier.

Horizon took a few steps. It was still awkward to walk, despite all the bodies he used in the past. He managed to manifest himself into a human student, one that looked different from any of the others in her school, but still blended in to keep himself from standing out.

The being followed her slowly, watching her movements. Everything occurred just like the day earlier, clearly her mind was stuck on this issue.

"You shouldn't have come crashing into me in the first place!" he heard her scream suddenly. It dawned on him just how emotional she felt at that moment. How could he be so foolish before and not realize it? He looked around and watched the others ridicule her. "Shut up!" he yelled at them, turned in every direction facing all of the students, "Don't say those things about her!" It practically pained Horizon to actually watch her be humiliated.

Hikaru looked back at him momentarily. They made eye contact and he saw the tears in her eyes. She stared at him for a quick moment before repeating her action of forcing her headphones on and darting into another direction.

"Hikaru!" he shouted, reaching out for her.

"Hikaru…" Horizon retracted his hand and pulled it close to himself, looking at the ground. "Will I ever see you smile?"