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Nightmares:

B awoke with a start, sweat clinging to his pale frame as he sat up. He shivered with the chill the air of the room gave him when it came into contact with his seemingly too hot skin. Pushing the sheets off his persperating body, B began to remove the black, sweat soaked shirt that clung to his body like a second skin, throwing it to the side and grabbing a new, dry shirt from the closet, slipping it over his head.

The dreams were getting worse now. They varied every time he closed his eyes, each one eating him away as they smashed his heart into tiny pieces. Lately all he dreamt about was A. A slowly losing himself to the stress and pressure that engulfed his mind like a never ending blaze. A locking himself from the world for hours on end. A hanging lifeless from the rafters after taking his own life. His lifeless eyes staring at B, asking why he didn't help. Blaming him. It was all his fault.

B clutched his chest, resisting the urge to throw up the little contents in his stomach. "It's all my fault," he mumbled to himself over and over like a broken record, "I could have helped him."

B arose from his bed, grabbing it when he almost fell to the ground. Slowly, he opened the door, stepping out into the hallway and tiptoeing to the library at the end of the hall. He knew he could not fall asleep after having a nightmare. He would let the insomnia that had developed win this time.

He sat in a comfy leather chair, staring at the wall ahead of him. His eyes were sore with exhaustion and bloodshot from lack of sleep. B yawned heavily, scotching down into the chair.

"If you are tired, why do you not sleep?" a voice asked from across the room, startling B out of the chair and onto the carpet below. Beyond him (AN haha get it?), B could make out a shadow about his height with hair sticking out in all directions. It stood in a hunched over position as it stared directly at him.

"L?" B asked, although he could see the boy's name floating above his head. The figure stepped closer and perched itself in the chair from B.

L looked at B expectantly. "You never answered my question," he reminded the tired boy.

"I keep having nightmares and can't sleep so I came in here," B answered and then yawned as if to accent the fact. L nodded in understanding.

"It helps to talk about them," L said causing B to smirk. It was just over a week ago that he had hated L and now he was going to open up to him. The world must have been ending.

"I don't want to," B stated like a stubborn child.

"They are about A, are they not?" L said matter of factly, making B a little angry. L did not respect boundaries at all. "What is in the past is in the past. A would not want you worrying about something that is already done."

B looked at the boy across from him, fire burning in his scarlet eyes. L didn't care for A at all. Easier to forget. "I won't forget about what happened. I am partially to blame for I did see the signs but chose to brush them off and just look ahead as if I was blind. But you are also to blame and yet it is easier for you to forget. I will never forget. That image is seared into my mind forever," B stated and L watched in amusement, knowing his thumb as he watched. B really was dedicated… or stubborn.

L arose from his seat, collecting something from the table where he had previously been seated at. "Here, I find that this give me more energy," he said, handing B a cup of tea and a piece of strawberry cake. B took it and began to pick at it with his fork.

"Do not forget him but try to suppress the memories. It will get better. And when you feel you cannot sleep, the library is always open. You will have a lot of work to do if you are going to succeed me." And with that, L left B with tea and a half eaten slice of cake.

I will never forget him and he will never forget me…

~AN~

Yay... finally the next one. I've had this written but have failed to upload it because my teachers have been giving tests and alternative fuel projects... which thanks to my awesome group actually went well! Hope you liked this... L kind of seems like a therapist (I would talk to him) and B seems like a stubborn child (which I am too!). Hooray. Hope to have the next one up soon! XD