CHAPTER 7: NIGHTMARES
"I love you, too, Yuriy."
//YURIY POV//
I smirked in satisfaction of catching my bounty. He was cornered in an alleyway. Unsheathing my sword I spoke, "Your head's gonna make me rich." I smiled again, as I plunged the sword through his heart. As soon as I felt the sword hit the brick wall behind the man, I felt the realization hit me. "No…Rei…" I whispered softly…
"Rei!" I shot up in bed covered in a cold sweat. Damnit, why do I keep having the same dream every night. I sighed, throwing myself back. Every night I dream of killing Rei and enjoying it, every time it's in a different place. I sighed again, looking out the window. Rei's scent had faded from his pillow, along with any trace of him being in the apartment. The nightmares confused me, why would I kill Rei? And why would I enjoy doing it? I could understand if it were Kai I enjoyed killing. It was his fault Rei was gone. It'd been two weeks since he left again, two weeks that I've been sick with these nightmares. Literally on more than one occasion. I rolled over, looking at the clock, 1:22 A.M. Might as well try to get more sleep. I pulled the blankets over my head, closing my eyes.
//KAI POV//
I laughed as I set the last hut on fire. "No one messes with Kai Hiwatari and gets away with it." I said as I turned and walked to the hill to watch the fire. I could hear the screams of the villagers from my place atop the hill, 50 feet away from it all. As the screams diminished it started to rain, within a few minutes, the light rain turned into a down pour. My head felt like it was going to explode, then it hit me. Everything I'd just done, everyone I'd just murdered. It was too much to bear, I collapsed to me knees and cried. I'd killed all my friends, the only family I had left…
I shot up in bed, with a quiet scream. "Maybe I should just knock you out at night, maybe we'd both get sleep." I heard Rei say from beside me. He sat up, rubbing his eyes. Moving closer, he brushed his hand across my cheek. "You're crying again." He said softly, resting his head on my shoulder. I nodded slowly, laying back down, pulling Rei with me. Sighing, I turned away from him, staring at the fire. I smiled slightly when I felt Rei behind me as he slid his arm around my waist. "It'll be okay, Kai." He whispered, before going back to sleep. I sighed, I wasn't going back to sleep, but I also wasn't going to leave Rei. I watched the fire burn while I thought of the nightmares, mine and Rei's.
//REI POV//
"Come on, Yuriy!" I shouted behind me as I ran through the field. I was watching myself, like I was floating above everything. An 8 year-old me and a 10 year-old Yuriy, running through the wheat fields that separated Zenoshia and Zenozurria. We were both so happy back then, back when we thought nothing bad could ever happen to us. I watched as we ran all over the fields, little Rei was wearing all white, white sleeveless shirt, white pants, white fingerless gloves. And little Yuriy was wearing all pale blue, pale blue button up shirt, pale blue pants, pale blue fingerless gloves. "Come on, Rei-Rei. We need to get back to the village, mum and dad will start to wonder where we are." Yuriy said. "You mean my mum and dad will, your parents let you stay out way later than me." I smiled sadly as I remembered what was going to happen soon. "I don't stay out, though. I always stay with you, Rei." Yuriy told Rei, smiling. I watched myself smile widely and pounce on Tala and laughed softly as Tala blushed. "Come on, Rei. We've gotta go back to Zenoshia, now." Yuriy said, pushing Rei off of him. "Why are you being so annoying?" "Why are you being so stubborn." "Why are you so persistent?" "Why are you so beautiful?" I smiled at that. "What'd you say?" Rei asked, making Yuriy blush. "Nothing. Now come on." Yuriy stood, grabbing Rei's hand and started dragging him back to Zenoshia. "Tell me what you said, Yuriy Ivanov, now." I watched as Rei, stopped and scratched Yuriy's arm, forcing him to let go. "No, now come on or I'm leaving you here." Rei sat down where he was, "Fine." He crossed his arms, puffed his cheeks and turned away from Yuriy. I smiled at that as well, that trick always worked. Yuriy sighed, sitting behind Rei. He put his arms around Rei's waist and pulled him against him. Little Rei had the look of confusion and surprise on his face as Yuriy rested his head on Rei's shoulder. "I asked, Rei-Rei, why are you so beautiful?" Rei blushed and tried to get out of Yuriy's grip. "Care to answer the question?" Rei shook his head, violently. "Do you know why I asked the question?" Rei nodded and replied, "It was a slip up, your idiot head has never been good with not spilling secrets." Yuriy sighed, "Coulda put it a little better than that, but yes. And you know what the secret is?" Rei nodded. I felt a tear run down my cheek, as I watched it un-fold. That day was the best and worst day of my life… Rei turned his head and kissed Tala quickly on the lips, "I love you, too, Yuriy." Rei whispered, making Yuriy blush. "I love you, Rei-Rei. NOW, will you come back with me?" Rei nodded and with Yuriy's help, stood up. They walked hand-in-hand back to Zenoshia, smiling...Smiling until they saw the smoke. "Yuriy?" Rei asked, his voice just above a whisper. "I don't know." They broke into a run, never letting go of the other's hand. They arrived to the city to see it covered in flames, people lay in the streets, dead. Massacre…" Yuriy whispered. "Mother!" Rei screamed seeing his mother, laying against a building, he ran to her, dragging Yuriy with him. "What happened?" Yuriy asked, his voice emotionless. "I don't know…a group of bandits…would be my guess…Take care of Rei…for me." Rei's mother went limp.
"No!" I woke up screaming.
//KAI POV//
(back to right after Rei fell asleep)
I was watching the oh so fascinating wall when my fun was interrupted by Rei mumbling in his sleep. I rolled over in Rei's arms to watch him, instead of the stupid wall. "Yuriy…" He whispered, smiling. Great, he's dreaming of Yuriy. Rei smiled again, "I love you, too, Tala." He whispered, making my heart sink and it sank more when the smile Rei had was slowly melting away into a frown. "No…mother..."I frowned when a tear slid down his cheek. "No!" Rei shot up in bed, knocking me off in the process. "Kai? Kai!" I sat up so he could see I was still here. "Stop yelling, I'm right here." Rei tilted his head to the side. "Why are you on the floor?" "I thought it'd be fun." I replied flatly, "You knocked me off the bed when you woke up." "Sorry...I guess you're not the only one who has nightmares, anymore, huh?" I nodded as I stood up and crawled back under the covers. "Anything you wanna talk about, Rei?" He shook his head and laid back down. "Maybe in the morning." He said, I nodded and laid beside him. "Hey, Kai?" I tilted my head to look at him, "Mmhmm?" "You never answered one of the questions you were listing off earlier." He said. "Which one?" I'd thought I'd covered them all. "Why you never take your shirt off." "Oh. That one. I'm exhausted Rei, I'll tell you in the morning, all the fun of being knocked off the bed wore me out." "Sorry." He whispered. "It's fine." I mumbled before falling back asleep.
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Note: Rei fully understood the kind of love Yuriy meant.
He was a very mature, child, yet very childish at the same time.
Which helped his case when he and Tala had to rely on each other to survive, after the massacre.
