Heya everybody!! Here is another chapter of Dreams and truth. I know it's short, but I still think it's rather cute. The next chapter will probably the last one, I'm not sure though. I never know where my fantasy leads me, discomforting thought really.

Disclaimer: I still don't own anything, well I do own the manga's in bookshelf. But that's about it.

Chapter 4 Worry and Doubt

It was the second night he laid in bed smoking. It was turning into another bad habit. Still, there was one big difference: Mayu was lying beside him, asleep.

He had trouble keeping his eyes from the sleeping form. Hatori knew he brought her in grave danger by bringing him here, the heart of the Sohma family. Close to Akito. He was thinking hard about this situation and how he could keep her safe.

Some part of him wanted to push her away from him, to protect her. Another part couldn't bear to lose her now. The summer was slowly melting the snow in his cold heart. Honda-kun had been right. Snow will melt, without prevail. He should say that to her, someday. She really was a good kid.

But thinking about that didn't bring him closer to finding a solution to his troubles. He didn't want to think about Akito's reaction and he hoped to keep Mayu's existence secret for as long as possible. The last thing he wanted was to get her hurt.

What this sunny creature saw in him was beyond him. He was nearly blind on one eye and his life was centered on a cursed family. He sighed and inhaled the smoke again. What would she do if she found out about the curse? Would she still accept him or would he be lonely again?

"You keep frowning like that and you will be all wrinkly and ugly in ten years." He heard a sleepy voice saying beside him.

The frown was immediately replaced by a content and intimate smile. "Good morning, summer."

She groaned and closed her eyes. "Don't tell me its morning already."

Hatori checked his alarm clock next to his bed. "Its six o'clock."

She groaned again in despair. "That is way too early to start the day. So what are you thinking about so darn early in the morning?"

"Nothing."He shrugged.

"You are lying to me."It wasn't a question. She always had her ways of reading him.

He looked at her with a steady gaze and raised his hand to touch the birthmark beneath her eye.

"I was wondering what you see in me."

"Hatori, you idiot. There is nothing I don't like about you." She gave him a faint smile and felt a little uncomfortable for being this honest. Being in his bed only added to that discomfort.

She could see his emotions reflected in his eyes. "Thank you." Was all he said.

She gave him a quick kiss on his check. "Can we go back to sleep now?"

Mayu yawned and on that moment he kissed her.

"No fair!" She punched him in the chest. "I thought we were going to sleep?" she snorted and yawned again.

"Really that tired, Mayu?" he smiled.

"You kept me awake the entire night, mister. Now let me sleep or else I'll get grumpy."

She lay down in a comfortable way and in doing so she also stole all the blankets. He didn't mind about that. He would steal them back when she was asleep.

"Sleep tight, handsome." She muttered.

"Same to you, Summer." He lay down next to her as close as he could get without hugging her, and closed his eyes.

All his worries were gone for a while.