I deeply apologized for this sudden chapter, but this is actually the FINAL request, from Zindakku Hirokai!

Zindakku Hirokai requested = "Eli has a Thriller-like vampire dream about Rei"

I had to put this out because I forgot to mention over at that the requests have closed. So, yeah. Enjoy one more request chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from both Love Live and Ensemble Stars. All characters belongs to their original creator. I merely own the story of this fanfic.

Chapter 35: Just a Nightmare (Eli & Rei)

A long sigh escaped through Eli's lips as she walked down the sidewalk, heading straight to her school. Massaging her temple, Eli tried her best to get rid of a headache she had at the moment.

"How many times does this make, as of now...? I really need to stop thinking about it too much..." she asked herself. Letting out another sigh, she massaged her temple again.

"Elicchi~ Good morning~" a familiar voice called out to her. Turning her head around, Eli saw a familiar purple-haired female walking towards her with a cheerful look on her face.

"Oh, Nozomi. Good morning." the blond female waved her hand slightly as she waited for her friend to catch up. "You looked happy today. Something happened?"

"Hehe~ Well, let's just say, something good is bound to happen today." Nozomi chirped and winked at the blond female. Eli could only muster a soft chuckle. The only good thing she wanted right now was for her headache to disappear. Of course, that would be impossible for now.

"I...see. Well, if that's the case, I do hope it'll happen soon." Eli said, as softly as she could before both of them continued with their walk. It was a long, silent walk which was pretty unusual for them. Usually, they would engaged into conversation with Nozomi being the one to start the conversation. Eli wanted to ask but somehow, due to her previous headache, she kept her mouth shut, still trying to recover from it. Not long after that, Nozomi finally spoke up.

"Hey, Elicchi. Are you okay?" Nozomi asked.

"Huh?" surprised, Eli turned her head around to face the purple-haired female. It was certainly an unexpected question that she received from Nozomi. "What do you mean?"

Nozomi let out a soft sigh before she faced the sidewalk in front of her.

"Elicchi, we've been friends for so long that I could tell at a glance that you're hiding something." Nozomi said almost blatantly. Busted, Eli thought to herself and yet, she secretly agreed with Nozomi's statement. She knew it was futile to hide something from Nozomi. Despite her playful nature, Nozomi have a keen eye whenever she saw something was off. Apparently, she was also good in sensing something wrong too.

"Well? " Nozomi asked, finally looking back to glance at the blond female. Eli remained silent as she stood at her spot. Letting out a sigh, she decided to give up and told the purple-haired female her problems.

"I guess...it wouldn't hurt to tell you about it..." Eli began to walk again and Nozomi followed closely. It wasn't long after that, she turned and faced Nozomi with a serious face. "But promise me that you won't laugh!"

"Hehehe, I wonder~ After all, it's the only way to see Elicchi's embarrassed face~" Nozomi chuckled and gave her a teasing smile.

"Nozomi!"

"Alright, alright~ I won't laugh, I promise." the purple-haired female stuck out her tongue playfully, causing Eli to let out a sigh. Once Eli gathered up enough resolve, she finally spoke up.

"Well, remembered the photoshoot we did several days ago?" she asked, turning around to face Nozomi. The purple-haired female nodded her head in response. "It started right after that day... I've been having a nightmare of-"

She didn't realized how long she had been running down the empty street. When she thought about it, everything around her felt familiar. The houses, the lampposts, and even the trees. It felt as if she had been running around in circle, bringing her back to the same empty street, no matter which direction she took.

Slowing down, she finally had the chance to catch her breath. She had been running for a while and she was in desperate need of air. However, a question came into her mind. What was she running away from?

Looking behind her, she realized that she was all alone. No one was around, no lights can be seen from any of the houses. It was just her, all alone in the empty, eerie street. Weird, she thought. She knew she was running away from someone, or something. But what was it?

It happened right after she faced the front once again, a living, rotten corpse suddenly appeared in front of her, moaning as if in pain.

"Kyahhhh!" she screamed and fell backwards. And all of the sudden, a song she recognized as 'Thriller' by Micheal Jackson suddenly played out of nowhere.

"WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!?" she panicked from the confusion.

While the song played in the background, the previous corpse slowly made it's way towards Eli. While the female blond desperately dragged herself backwards, it wasn't long after that, she bumped into something behind her. Turning around, she found another rotten corpse staring at her.

Screaming once again, she pulled herself up from the ground in a hurry and ran away. Without even sparing a look behind, she continued to run. At the same time, she finally noticed several rotten corpses suddenly raised from the ground and chased after her.

While she ran for her life, she could still hear the music playing in the background, as if mocking her situation from being chased by the weird creatures.

"I know I listened to that song right before I sleep but this is too much!" she screamed out, as if trying to tell someone out there to stop playing the stupid song. Surprisingly, none of the corpses were bothered by it. And THANKFULLY, none of them started dancing.

Shaking her head, Eli put all of her focus on running, ignoring the song, the corpses and everything else.

"Please... Just, please..." Eli shut her eyes tight. Tears were starting to form inside her eyes and she almost cried. Opening her eyes, she desperately wished to get out from her current situation. "Stop it... Just make it stop!"

As if right on cue, the song suddenly stopped and Eli thought she was finally out from trouble. However, it was at that moment, that she suddenly tripped and fell on the ground. She could hear the corpses voices getting closer. Looking behind, she realized that the corpses were still there, reaching out to grab her. Trying to get up, she suddenly felt a sharp pain on her ankle. It was then, she realized that she had sprained her ankle.

"No... No, no, no... Not like this...!" she covered her mouth, trying to prevent herself from crying out. She was scared and the fact that she was going to get captured and became God knows what was going to happen to her. Closing her eyes and covering her mouth, she deeply wished that it was all just an imagination and that it was just in her head.

When she felt a hand touching her shoulder, she tensed and began to thrash around.

"No!" she screamed, swinging her arms around to protect herself from any contact. Then, something grabbed both her wrists and the blond female began to thrash around and screamed even harder than before. Eyes still closed, she tried as best as she could to resist. However...

"Ayase-kun!" a voice called out to her and slowly she stopped. The voice sounded familiar and she couldn't help herself but to look at who it was. Slowly opening her eyes, her eyes landed on a familiar face.

"Sakuma-san...?" once those words left her mouth, tears began to slide down her cheeks. Rei was the only one in the area and all the rotten corpses that she saw earlier were nowhere to be found. She was trembling and now that a familiar face was in front of her, she couldn't even describe how relieved she felt at that moment.

"I believe you once mentioned to me, that you were afraid of the dark? What are you doing out here?" he asked. His eyes gave off the impression that he was worried over the blond female's condition.

"I-I-I..." she stuttered. Her breath hitched, preventing her from speaking. Rei gave her a small smile as of to reassure her that everything was fine. Extending his hand to her, he asked. "Can you stand?"

Eli wanted to speak up but her voice failed her. As if she had lost her voice completely. Instead, she looked over at her sprained ankle, hoping that Rei would understood her message. The black-haired male looked over to her ankle before giving her a small smile, as if to reassure her.

"Alright then." he said. Without a proper warning, he suddenly carried her in bridal style, surprising the blond female from the sudden action. Without saying anything, the black-haired male walked towards a nearby bench in an empty park.

Eli was worried if somehow the rotten corpses were going to come out again as she looked around frantically. Rei noticed her panicked state before he petted her head softly.

"It's alright. Everything is fine." he soothed her down. Eli wanted to but at the same time, she couldn't. She was afraid. She felt as if something was bound to happen. It was then she suddenly felt Rei's hands clasped with hers. Looking up, she saw him staring at her.

"Do you trust me...?" he asked. Eli stared back in silence. It was weird in both ways. The question and the situation. It was weird why he asked that question and yet, at the same time, she felt as if that question had been asked several times before. Despite that, she nodded her head. She discarded all of her doubts and worries so that she could bring herself to trust Rei.

She went into his embrace, leaning her head to his shoulder. Rei chuckled slightly and petted her head. She felt safe. And that's all that matters.

"Foolish little child..."

In an instant, she felt a deep, sharp pain piercing through her skin at her neck. It hurt so much that she wanted to scream but her voice, once again, failed her. When the sharp feeling finally left her skin, Eli's eyes instantly zoomed in on Rei's fangs. Blood dripping from his teeth while he smirked at her.

It was then she realized, everything that was happening right now was indeed familiar. Because it had happened before, many times. And died in his hands.

"Didn't he told you once? Never trust a monster like me...?" he asked and right after that, she blacked out.

"...and that's how it has always been." Eli ended her story before she glanced over at her friend beside her. Nozomi seemed surprised and uncomfortable but her eyes also gave off that she was interested.

"Hmm, is that so? It must have been tough huh, Elicchi? Especially since you're scared of the dark..." Nozomi put her finger on her chin as she began to re-imagine the whole story.

"But still, why did that song suddenly appeared in the dream...?" Nozomi wondered out loud, confused and slightly uncomfortable.

"Probably because Rin suddenly brought MJ's album during our practices and danced to it..."

"Yeah, I know, but...why THAT song?"

"Honestly, I don't WANT to remember why... Nor do I even care..." Eli could only let out a sigh after that. Just retelling the story was enough to tire her out, she definitely didn't want to remember anything regarding the dream. In fact, she preferred if it she just stopped thinking about it.

"But really, Sakuma Rei, huh? Now that's something that I haven't heard you talking about for a long time~ Especially when you-" Nozomi gave her a sideway glance with a teasing smirk.

"Nozomi... That happened a long time ago. It's not a big deal..." Eli cut her off while giving her a serious look.

"Aww, Elicchi is being no fun~ Back then, you and Sakuma-san were like-"

"I'm leaving you behind!" Eli quickly fastened her pace, leaving the purple-haired female behind.

"E-Elicchi~! I was just trying to lift up the mood!" she shouted back as she ran after the blond female, trying to catch up. However, Eli had already gone ahead and arrived at the school. She knew Nozomi didn't have any bad intention, but Eli really didn't want to remember what happened in the past.

Going upstairs, she quickly turned around the corner, only to bump into someone. Looking up, it turned out to be Sakuma Rei.

"Kyahh! S-Sakuma-san!" she unconsciously screamed. Rei flinched slightly and closed his eyes from the scream while Eli quickly covered her mouth, realizing her mistake.

"Hrmm... Please refrain yourself from screaming... It hurts my head..." he mumbled out softly, eyes still closed while he hold his head with one of his hand. Eli felt bad for screaming but how could she not? She just had a stupid nightmare about this young man and only recently, Nozomi almost made her recalled the past between her and Rei. Of course, she would be surprised to suddenly found the man appearing in front of her.

"A-Are you okay?" she asked, nevertheless. Rei finally opened his eyes and looked at the blond female standing in front of him.

"Oh, it's you huh, Ayase-kun...?" he gave her a weak smile as he waved a hand at her. "I'm fine... I'm fine. I just need to go to the Light Music Club for a while..."

"D-Do you need want me to help you out?" Eli asked, still feeling guilty over what happened. Rei let out a soft chuckled before he shook his head.

"As kind as ever Ayase-kun... However, I can managed myself. After all, I need to get used to walking around in this wicked sunlight, now that Summer is coming soon... Still, thank you for the kind offer." he finally gave her a proper smile, surprising the blond female as she stared at him with wide eyes. Unlike the Rei she saw in her dreams, the one standing in front of her felt more...real. Not because she was trying to distinguish between a dream and reality but because, the one in front of her felt more...natural.

"You've really changed..." she mumbled out.

"Hmm?" Rei tilted his head in confusion while Eli shook her head, smiling at him.

"It's nothing. I'll...be going then. See you later." she waved her hand and quickly left the area. As she made her way to her class, she suddenly remembered his smile earlier. A big, earnest smile. A small smile suddenly crept up on her face as she recalled back her previous nightmare.

'You're not like that...' she thought. Her heart suddenly felt lighter. As if a heavy thought have been lifted. Somehow, she felt as if she didn't have to worry about the nightmares anymore.

'Hopefully...' she thought.

~ Extra ~

"Good morning." Eli greeted as she entered the classroom. Surprisingly, Nozomi was already inside the classroom. And Eli thought she arrived first. She realized that Chiaki was standing next to the purple-haired female as he waved at her.

"Yo! Morning, Ayase!" he greeted, grinning widely.

"Good morning, Chiaki-kun." when Eli walked closer, she realized that Nozomi was pouting at her. Confused, she gave her a questioning look. "What's wrong, Nozomi?"

Nozomi, however, remained silent as she looked away, still pouting. Chiaki gave out a nervous laugh while Eli was still confused. Looking at the male brunette, she expected an answer.

"Yeah..." he dragged his word as he scratched the back of his neck. "So, Toujou mentioned something about you leaving her behind. That's why she's like this."

He emphasized the purple-haired female beside him, still pouting and a little upset. Just a little. Laughing out nervously, Eli pressed both of her palms in front of her.

"Right... Sorry about that, Nozomi..." she apologized.

"You better treat me for lunch today, Elicchi..." Nozomi concluded.

Yeah, let me put this out for you. I can't resist teasing Eli and Rei. Aha~! It shows how much I loved this pairing~ Even though I was cringing the whole time during the dream scene~ Ohohohoho~!

And yes, for those who might be wondering if there is something going on between Eli and Rei in the past, yes, something DID happened. But no, I won't tell. That's up to your imagination...for now~

Finally, and I mean, FINALLY, all of the requests are done! Whew! It was a good experience to try and write prompts from you guys! And it certainly was a good chance for me both in improving my writing as well as increasing my experience! A big THANK YOU to all of you for giving contributions for this story. You might not know this, but your prompts and requests, more or less, have given me an opportunity to reveal some parts that might not be a big deal to read about in the story but it still matters. Seriously, this chapter itself, also gave you a hint about what was going on between those two. So yeah, long story short, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!

Anyway! Thank you for taking your time to read the story and this last request chapter! Hope you liked it and if you have any comment or review, please write it down below~! I'll see you in the next chapter~! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°