Chapter III: Dream
Some ramblings: Last chapter. I'm not used to writing cheesy fics. The ending is a bit like Ring 0. Severe addiction. And Thankies for the reviews, I'll try to improve on those but I can't cram the Hana-Yume series in. LOL. Anyway, R&R please!
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"If I could be reborn, even though it violate the will of God himself. I would want to be at your side.with you. If it were all a dream when I awoke if only you were There. But the light of the morning shows me as I really am. Still, I want to say it. 'I love you'."
-Yamamura Sadako
I had never noticed the night to be so cold. Maybe it's the feeling of emptiness. . . Sure, I had known this feeling.. Even from when I was a child, but tonight, it seems to be more lonely than usual. All my years of childhood is nothing compared to this. It seems to be all a dream.
I fell on the bed with a soft sound. I was too tired to even take the time to change.
~*~*~*~*~
When I awoke; everything was pitch black. I couldn't hear nor see anything. At first, I just stood still trying to determine which way was out. I squinted hard to find some exit. After a few minutes, I gave up. Just then; I heard a voice.
"You are not my child! Get away from me!!!"
I froze for a moment. It all seemed too familiar. It was the voice of my father, Nagare. If this was all a dream; I don't know if I want to wake up or not.
I shut my eyes and covered my ears. "This can't be true." An echo of voices ran through my head. Until to the time. the time when the blood-red moon seemed to be at it's brightest, when Muraki took 'it' from me. I couldn't take it anymore; I couldn't block it out of my head. I fainted.
~*~*~*~*~
When I had recovered, I was still in the same place. Maybe I'm still dreaming. I tried to shut my eyes and wake up. Nothing happened.
It seemed like an eternity but it finally dawned on me that I was stuck there forever. I buried my face in my arms, but then.
"'Soka-chan~!!!!"
I know that voice! I'm sure it must be Tsuzuki!
I walked anticipating seeing Tsuzuki somewhere in that darkness, or even bumping into him. It was too dark but I had managed to walk around without hitting anything. "So, it's a vast open area, but it shouldn't be too hard." I urged myself.
"'Soooookaaaa-chaaaan! Please don't keep me waiting!"
My eyes lit up. The voice sounded clearer, I must have been getting near! I walked briskly, going faster and faster. After a while, my legs ached. I felt tired.
I walked a few steps more and collapsed from exhaustion. "This is just a short rest. I'm sure that Tsuzuki will be waiting for me."
As if on cue, I heard the voice again. This time - Tsuzuki was there.
"Hisoka-chan!!!" Tsuzuki was smiling at me, holding out his hand.
"Hisoka-chan. Come now! Let's get out of this horrible place! No ice cream! Or sweets, or any food at all! Let's go!" He extended his hand more to me.
I blinked in surprise. "Tsuzuki, how could you be thinking about 'those' at a time like this!? Well, let's go."
I reached out to hold his hand but then - he seemed to go farther and farther and farther.
I heard smirks. It was distinctively Muraki's. Tears formed from my eyes.
"TSUUUUZUUUUKIIIIII!!!!"
~*~*~*~*~
"Hisoka! Hisoka! Wake up!"
The moment I opened my eyes, I saw white. Clean sheets on an empty bed and white curtains draped over equally white windows. I squinted when somebody came into view. I couldn't make it out at first but when the person touched my hand. the warmth. it could only be Tsuzuki.
"Hisoka. You were having a bad dream." Tsuzuki half-whispered, "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you up or anything but -"
For the first time, I smiled at him. I wiped off some cold sweat and looked around first. We were at the hospital, though I don't know where. I didn't even know Meifu had a hospital.
~Next day.~
I was sitting under the sakura tree, reading a book, but I couldn't keep focused since I kept remembering my dream.
"What if. It really happened? What would I do.If I had really lost Tsuzuki?"
Just then -
"ITAII!!!" Tsuzuki fell off a branch. He wasn't that hurt. Maybe just trying to be cute.
He blinked in surprise. "Eh.? Erm. I wasn't eavesdropping or anything but - I thought I heard you calling me. Ahahaha. *gulp* you're. you're not mad at me. ne?"
I shook my head a little. "Ie." But remembering more important things. "Baka! You aren't discharged from the hospital yet.?"
Tsuzuki winked at me. "I already was! I was just waiting for you. Besides, I was afraid."
I closed my book and looked him straight in the eyes, ".Of what.?"
"That you would break your promise and leave me."
"Baka! Why would it do that for!"
I opened the book again to read -to hide my blush too-, and Tsuzuki sat beside me, constantly peering to see if I was already finished with the chapter.
"Hisoka.?"
"Mm. Nani.?"
"Well." Tsuzuki stopped and blushed a little. Yes, the Tsuzuki Asato, blushing.
"Spit it out already!!!"
"I - I just wanted to tell you. that. Thank you. for being there for me, for making me feel wanted." Tsuzuki stopped and smiled at me. "Well. that's all. I should be going now."
I was touched by his words. I don't need to use empathy on him; I already knew what he meant. "Tsuzuki. - wait!" I caught his wrist and tugged gently at his sleeve.
"I - I have something to tell you too." I dropped the book and stood up to face him.
Tsuzuki grinned eagerly. "Yes?"
I looked down on the floor but my gaze wandered again to Tsuzuki.
"I. I - love you!"
Tsuzuki kept smiling, then after a moment which all seemed like an eternity for me, "I love you too." He pulled me closer and hugged me. I pulled closer to his warmth.
Then - a kiss. It was a simple and quick kiss, but it expressed everything that had been building up inside me all this time. Tsuzuki looked at me seriously, "Hisoka, promise to stay with me forever.?"
I smiled back at him, "Baka! We're Shinigamis! Partners stick to each other!"
Tsuzuki only replied, "Of course." He took my arm and we walked together, not minding what the world would think, just as long as we had each other, everything would be fine. It would be all right.
~*~*~*~
*Terazuma fall from the tree branch above the one that Tsuzuki fell* "*groan* How touching."
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Eh, I warned you about the ending! I did! But it's not exactly like R0 because. erm. can't say spoilers. That's the last chapter so please review! Erm. in the last part, when Terazuma says 'How touching', I mean - he was eavesdropping and he was sarcastic too. LOL.
Some ramblings: Last chapter. I'm not used to writing cheesy fics. The ending is a bit like Ring 0. Severe addiction. And Thankies for the reviews, I'll try to improve on those but I can't cram the Hana-Yume series in. LOL. Anyway, R&R please!
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"If I could be reborn, even though it violate the will of God himself. I would want to be at your side.with you. If it were all a dream when I awoke if only you were There. But the light of the morning shows me as I really am. Still, I want to say it. 'I love you'."
-Yamamura Sadako
I had never noticed the night to be so cold. Maybe it's the feeling of emptiness. . . Sure, I had known this feeling.. Even from when I was a child, but tonight, it seems to be more lonely than usual. All my years of childhood is nothing compared to this. It seems to be all a dream.
I fell on the bed with a soft sound. I was too tired to even take the time to change.
~*~*~*~*~
When I awoke; everything was pitch black. I couldn't hear nor see anything. At first, I just stood still trying to determine which way was out. I squinted hard to find some exit. After a few minutes, I gave up. Just then; I heard a voice.
"You are not my child! Get away from me!!!"
I froze for a moment. It all seemed too familiar. It was the voice of my father, Nagare. If this was all a dream; I don't know if I want to wake up or not.
I shut my eyes and covered my ears. "This can't be true." An echo of voices ran through my head. Until to the time. the time when the blood-red moon seemed to be at it's brightest, when Muraki took 'it' from me. I couldn't take it anymore; I couldn't block it out of my head. I fainted.
~*~*~*~*~
When I had recovered, I was still in the same place. Maybe I'm still dreaming. I tried to shut my eyes and wake up. Nothing happened.
It seemed like an eternity but it finally dawned on me that I was stuck there forever. I buried my face in my arms, but then.
"'Soka-chan~!!!!"
I know that voice! I'm sure it must be Tsuzuki!
I walked anticipating seeing Tsuzuki somewhere in that darkness, or even bumping into him. It was too dark but I had managed to walk around without hitting anything. "So, it's a vast open area, but it shouldn't be too hard." I urged myself.
"'Soooookaaaa-chaaaan! Please don't keep me waiting!"
My eyes lit up. The voice sounded clearer, I must have been getting near! I walked briskly, going faster and faster. After a while, my legs ached. I felt tired.
I walked a few steps more and collapsed from exhaustion. "This is just a short rest. I'm sure that Tsuzuki will be waiting for me."
As if on cue, I heard the voice again. This time - Tsuzuki was there.
"Hisoka-chan!!!" Tsuzuki was smiling at me, holding out his hand.
"Hisoka-chan. Come now! Let's get out of this horrible place! No ice cream! Or sweets, or any food at all! Let's go!" He extended his hand more to me.
I blinked in surprise. "Tsuzuki, how could you be thinking about 'those' at a time like this!? Well, let's go."
I reached out to hold his hand but then - he seemed to go farther and farther and farther.
I heard smirks. It was distinctively Muraki's. Tears formed from my eyes.
"TSUUUUZUUUUKIIIIII!!!!"
~*~*~*~*~
"Hisoka! Hisoka! Wake up!"
The moment I opened my eyes, I saw white. Clean sheets on an empty bed and white curtains draped over equally white windows. I squinted when somebody came into view. I couldn't make it out at first but when the person touched my hand. the warmth. it could only be Tsuzuki.
"Hisoka. You were having a bad dream." Tsuzuki half-whispered, "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you up or anything but -"
For the first time, I smiled at him. I wiped off some cold sweat and looked around first. We were at the hospital, though I don't know where. I didn't even know Meifu had a hospital.
~Next day.~
I was sitting under the sakura tree, reading a book, but I couldn't keep focused since I kept remembering my dream.
"What if. It really happened? What would I do.If I had really lost Tsuzuki?"
Just then -
"ITAII!!!" Tsuzuki fell off a branch. He wasn't that hurt. Maybe just trying to be cute.
He blinked in surprise. "Eh.? Erm. I wasn't eavesdropping or anything but - I thought I heard you calling me. Ahahaha. *gulp* you're. you're not mad at me. ne?"
I shook my head a little. "Ie." But remembering more important things. "Baka! You aren't discharged from the hospital yet.?"
Tsuzuki winked at me. "I already was! I was just waiting for you. Besides, I was afraid."
I closed my book and looked him straight in the eyes, ".Of what.?"
"That you would break your promise and leave me."
"Baka! Why would it do that for!"
I opened the book again to read -to hide my blush too-, and Tsuzuki sat beside me, constantly peering to see if I was already finished with the chapter.
"Hisoka.?"
"Mm. Nani.?"
"Well." Tsuzuki stopped and blushed a little. Yes, the Tsuzuki Asato, blushing.
"Spit it out already!!!"
"I - I just wanted to tell you. that. Thank you. for being there for me, for making me feel wanted." Tsuzuki stopped and smiled at me. "Well. that's all. I should be going now."
I was touched by his words. I don't need to use empathy on him; I already knew what he meant. "Tsuzuki. - wait!" I caught his wrist and tugged gently at his sleeve.
"I - I have something to tell you too." I dropped the book and stood up to face him.
Tsuzuki grinned eagerly. "Yes?"
I looked down on the floor but my gaze wandered again to Tsuzuki.
"I. I - love you!"
Tsuzuki kept smiling, then after a moment which all seemed like an eternity for me, "I love you too." He pulled me closer and hugged me. I pulled closer to his warmth.
Then - a kiss. It was a simple and quick kiss, but it expressed everything that had been building up inside me all this time. Tsuzuki looked at me seriously, "Hisoka, promise to stay with me forever.?"
I smiled back at him, "Baka! We're Shinigamis! Partners stick to each other!"
Tsuzuki only replied, "Of course." He took my arm and we walked together, not minding what the world would think, just as long as we had each other, everything would be fine. It would be all right.
~*~*~*~
*Terazuma fall from the tree branch above the one that Tsuzuki fell* "*groan* How touching."
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Eh, I warned you about the ending! I did! But it's not exactly like R0 because. erm. can't say spoilers. That's the last chapter so please review! Erm. in the last part, when Terazuma says 'How touching', I mean - he was eavesdropping and he was sarcastic too. LOL.