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Only When I Sleep
Chapter 2
[Prologue Part 2]
Haruko Akagi, then 14 years old, ran up to her brother.
"Oniichan..."
"Imootosan...why are you crying?" Takenori Akagi asked the girl crying in his arms. He hugged her and patted her back soothingly. "Tell your oniichan what happened."
"Sato..girl...date..turn me down..." Haruko said in between sobs.
Somehow, Akagi understood that his little sister was turned down by her crush, Sato.
"Now, now Haruko..."
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That night, Haruko stared at the ceiling of her bedroom. She couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned, but her restlessness wouldn't disappear. She got up, looked out the window and stared at the peaceful heavens.
A falling star.
A wish! Haruko smiled.
I wish I'd find my man...
Haruko giggled at her silliness and jumped happily on her bed, and slept.
In a few minutes, she was fast asleep, even snoring gently. But she didn't have a dreamless sleep -- instead, her mind was filled with colorful scenes focusing on two people...
"Haruko-chan," he said. She looked at him, but she couldn't see his face. It was him, her man. She held out her hand and he took it -- their fingers laced together and Haruko felt as if that was where her fingers belonged. They talked about everything under the sun, never running out of any topic. She was happy.
Haruko woke up and sat up on her bed thinking about her dream. She usually didn't recall her dreams, but this one was so vivid that it seemed almost like a memory.
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author's notes: Unlike Rukawa, Haruko only dreamed about him once. Rukawa dreams about her everytime he goes to sleep, and that's why he likes to go to sleep, because that's the only time he sees her.
However, Haruko does not forget about the man of her dreams.
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