When I woke the next morning, the first thing I noticed was the lack of Bokuto's warmth. It was rare for him to wake up before me and even when he did, he woke me up right away. Something was clearly different. His bed even felt different.

Slowly I sat up. All of a sudden my head felt extremely dizzy and hazy, making me put a hand to my head. When it seemed to pass, I carefully opened my eyes. What I saw nearly made me faint from shock.

I wasn't in Bokuto's room; I wasn't even in my room. Frantically looking around, I was relieved to see that this was at least a place that I recognized: a park that I used to visit back when I was a kid.

As I looked around, I caught a glimpse of my body and had to look again. My body wasn't that of an owl anymore; it was back to my original human form. At first I thought that I was only dreaming, but this felt much too real to be a dream. But how had this happened?

I tried to think back to that dream I'd had. Okay, so I woke up in the middle of the night and felt there was somewhere that I had to go. That's when I woke Bokuto and... Oh no... Bokuto...

What was I supposed to do about Bokuto? We weren't friends before I became an owl, so I can't just walk right up to him and just start a conversation. But after being so close to him for so long, how could I possibly go back to how it was?

Not to mention the fact that I'd slept in his bed with him many times, heard him talk about an intimate dream he'd had in too much detail, saw him completely naked once, smacked him for suggesting that I mate with a smart but somewhat pushy owl, and I'd hear him mention his feelings for me several times. You can't just pretend that none of that happened!

Of course, I don't really have much of a choice, do I?

Soon I returned to school. After repeatedly claiming that I had no memory of what happened during the time that I was missing, things went back to how they used to be. However, one person refused to believe that I couldn't remember: Akaashi.

Sometime during class, he'd passed me a note asking if I really couldn't remember or if I was just afraid that no one would believe what had happened. It was then I decided that I had to tell him the truth.

When lunchtime came around, I met with Akaashi and told him everything. From the night that I had last been human up until the dream, I told him every little detail that I could remember. Surprisingly he believed me and even admitted that he'd figured something like that. When I asked how he knew, he explained it pretty easily.

1. I'd disappeared right when Bokuto had found the owl. 2. The owl was a little too smart and should not have been able actually do math or know how to write. 3. The owl couldn't fly even though there was nothing physically wrong to prevent such actions. 4. The owl seemed flustered when being referred to as Bokuto's girlfriend. 5. The owl hit Bokuto for merely suggesting the idea of mating with another owl. 6. I returned as soon as the owl disappeared.

"I guess if you think about it, it was pretty obvious, wasn't it?" I asked, turning to look out the classroom window. From there, I could see the same tree that Bokuto and I used to sit under during lunch. And under that tree now, was that energetic ace. However, he didn't look all that happy and energetic like he usually did.

Akaashi look int the same direction and let out a sigh. "Bokuto was really happy about that owl," he said softly. "He loved her a lot, so he was really heartbroken when he found out that she was gone."

Once more, that dream came to mind. Maybe it hadn't really been a dream after all? There was no way of really telling if it had been real or not, so it probably didn't matter. It's not like I could really remember all of it anyway...

"Do you think someone should go talk to him? You know, to cheer him up and all," I asked, not taking my eyes off of the owl-haired boy sulking under the tree. It was heartbreaking to see him like that, but what could I do? I probably only was able to help before because I was close to him then, but things were different now.

I wasn't his friend. I couldn't even talk to him normally. As an owl I couldn't actually talk to him, so how could I possibly do it now? I looked to Akaashi for an answer, but he just shook his head.

"No, it's better to let him handle this on his own." All I could do was hope that he was right.