Chapter 3: My Dream

It has been a day since Anna's departure, yet Yoh wondered why he was so sullen since she left. She was going to come back, wasn't she? Their parents already arranged their marriage since birth; there was no escaping this destiny. Yoh began regretting his passive actions the past few days. Although he might have always displayed a disliking towards his fiance's bossy attitude, it was one of the things he liked about Anna. It was sort of like her trademark; it made her Anna.

"I wonder what she's doing right now," Yoh thought, lying on his bed holding out in front of him a picture. It was framed around with glass on the back and front to shield the fragile photo. The picture was of himself with his usual lax stance wearing his black, orange uniform. His arms were situated behind his head with his orange earphones behind his ears. Next to him was Anna. She was staring straight ahead with her death glare, giving an illusion that she was about to kill the person on the other side.

Meanwhile, Yoh was listening to the next song in his cassette player.

[When I was younger
You use to say
That all of my dreams would
Soon go away
But no matter what you say
I will always hold on
To that dream that I believe in
Cause it makes me so strong
And no matter what you do
I will never stop
Cause believing in that dream
Is the thing I've got

And my dream
Is gonna come true
Like the sun on a cloudy day
It's gonna shine through
And my dream
Will always go on
Even if it's just inside my heart
That's what makes me strong

I know that you could
Never change
What I want to be
Cause I know that's what makes myself me
And I've always looked up to the sky
When I was feeling down
But when I looked into my heart
That is where I found
The hope I need
The faith I want
The dream I see free
All I have to do now
Is just to be me

Cause my dream
Is gonna come true
Like the sun on a cloudy day
It's gonna shine through
And my dream
Will always go on
Even if it's just inside my heart
That's what makes me strong

Cause when I'm myself
I always know
Better than anyone else
The path that I should go
And I have always known what I want to do
I just need to believe
And always push through

Cause my dream
Is gonna come true
Like the sun on a cloudy day
It's gonna shine through
And my dream
Will always go on
Even if it's just inside my heart
That's what makes me strong

Cause that's what makes me
That's what makes me
That's what makes me strong]

Flashback:

"Here! Please remember me by this," the little girl said with a smile, but the rest of her face was blurred with darkness. She held out a small box gift towards the little boy who had orange earphones on.

"What is this?" the little boy asked, his big, innocent eyes reflecting his puzzlement.

"My dream," she whispered, giving a giggle after her response.

End of flashback.

Author's Notes:

Song is My Dream, written by Tiffany Alvord. It's on youtube.