Chapter II: Yume No Naka! Into The Dream!
It was all white. There was nothing... then there was Fuuko sitting on the corner... she doesn't even know if that's even a corner. Her face was buried against her knees while hugging them close to her chest. She felt like nothing.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Is that what's wrong? Nothing?"
"Yes."
"No one?"
"Yes."
"Are you feeling lonely?"
"Yes."
"Then let me be here with you."
"No."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"Because I don't need you."
"Yes, you do."
"No, I don't."
"What is it you fear?"
"Tch, me? Be afraid of anything?! No way!"
"It's okay to be afraid... it's okay to cry... Just reach for me... I'm here for you."
"No!"
Then nothing again. Nothing-ness fills this place.... Nothing-ness fills her being... Nothing is what's wrong. Absolutely nothing... She lifted up her face revealing a familiar void within her eyes... She saw it.... It wasn't clear though... a hand...? Then a shadowed figure was in front of her.
"Just reach for me..." there's that voice again.
"No...no..." her reply was now soft, as if beseeching for the voice to not persist anymore.
"I won't judge you... I won't think you're weak... so why are you so afraid...?"
"No..."
"What are you afraid of...?"
"Being hurt..."
"Wouldn't you rather experience the feeling of being with someone rather than hiding forever from the pain you're afraid that is to come. Are you afraid that you might not be able to endure it?"
Fuuko's green eyes flung open quickly as she gasp loudly. She sat up right away, putting a hang on her forehead. It was dawn. The sky was pale for the sun did not yet rise. There was thick fog outside. Leaves of plants and trees and flowers, both fully bloomed and just a starting bud, were filled with circlet morning due. There was a distant melody from the chirping birds outside. Cold beads of sweat trickled down from her forehead to her chin as she stared blankly ahead.
"Wouldn't I rather experience the feeling of being with someone rather than hiding forever from the pain I'm afraid that is to come...?" she repeated silently to herself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
It was all white. There was nothing... then there was Fuuko sitting on the corner... she doesn't even know if that's even a corner. Her face was buried against her knees while hugging them close to her chest. She felt like nothing.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Is that what's wrong? Nothing?"
"Yes."
"No one?"
"Yes."
"Are you feeling lonely?"
"Yes."
"Then let me be here with you."
"No."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"Because I don't need you."
"Yes, you do."
"No, I don't."
"What is it you fear?"
"Tch, me? Be afraid of anything?! No way!"
"It's okay to be afraid... it's okay to cry... Just reach for me... I'm here for you."
"No!"
Then nothing again. Nothing-ness fills this place.... Nothing-ness fills her being... Nothing is what's wrong. Absolutely nothing... She lifted up her face revealing a familiar void within her eyes... She saw it.... It wasn't clear though... a hand...? Then a shadowed figure was in front of her.
"Just reach for me..." there's that voice again.
"No...no..." her reply was now soft, as if beseeching for the voice to not persist anymore.
"I won't judge you... I won't think you're weak... so why are you so afraid...?"
"No..."
"What are you afraid of...?"
"Being hurt..."
"Wouldn't you rather experience the feeling of being with someone rather than hiding forever from the pain you're afraid that is to come. Are you afraid that you might not be able to endure it?"
Fuuko's green eyes flung open quickly as she gasp loudly. She sat up right away, putting a hang on her forehead. It was dawn. The sky was pale for the sun did not yet rise. There was thick fog outside. Leaves of plants and trees and flowers, both fully bloomed and just a starting bud, were filled with circlet morning due. There was a distant melody from the chirping birds outside. Cold beads of sweat trickled down from her forehead to her chin as she stared blankly ahead.
"Wouldn't I rather experience the feeling of being with someone rather than hiding forever from the pain I'm afraid that is to come...?" she repeated silently to herself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
