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Notes: I was supposed to post this a yesterday, but something happened to my internet that enabled me to visit any sites.

Dedication: to kraehe oyama. Hehe.

Chapter Two: In Dreams

Ban rolled his eyes. "Nah… I couldn't possibly fall for that itomaki. I mean, I know he is cute and all, but…" he trailed off. "Okay. Where did 'cute' come from?"

He was cut off by Ginji staring at him hard for the last few minutes. "Eto… Ban-chan? Are you okay?"

"Let's go, Ginji. We'll leave them alone for now." Ban deadpanned.

"Eh? Ban-chan?"

"LET'S GO!"

All of them failed to notice Kazuki's watchful eyes.

Ban drifted off to sleep…

"Where am I?" Ban asked himself. Yes, himself, since he was alone inside this colossal castle with white walls that surrounded him. Or so he thought.

"Shogo! Stop that! This isn't funny!" a voice near Ban said. He immediately approached the place where that came from. He thought someone was in danger or whatever; but when he reached his destination, he was wrong.

"Why should I? You're enjoying it! Haha!" a guy who had eyes and hair same as Ban's, although it was not spiky. He was tickling a girl who had auburn hair that ended on her shoulders, with chocolate-brown eyes.

"Uhm…" Ban started.

The two people looked up. They were obviously startled by the sudden appearance of a person with 'strange' clothes. They blushed; bright crimson coloring their once pale cheeks.

The girl looked up her, probably, Ban thought, lover. "Ne, Shogo… he kinda looks like you…"

Shogo raised a questioning eyebrow. He studied Ban's structure for about a minute, scrutinizing and analyzing every detail of him. "Erk. I'm way much handsome, right, Shin?" he asked his lover. He tilted his lover's chin up, readying for a lip-lock.

"Ahem." Ban interrupted; he didn't really like the idea of a couple kissing in front of him. He looked at Shogo. "Look, I'm just asking where the hell am I. And please, if you want some lovey-dovey with your girl here, why don't you tak-"

He was cut off by a fuming, beet-red, Shin. "I'm not a woman!" He tugged Shogo's robes lightly. "Shogo?"

Shogo sweatdropped. He turned to Ban. "Uh… he doesn't like being called a woman." He said. "He's a guy."

Ban raised an eyebrow. He rubbed his chin. "Hmm… he kinda reminds me of someone I know…" then it hit him. "Ah! Itomaki!"

"Itomaki?" Shogo and Shin asked in chorus.

Ban shook his head. "Nevermind."

Then a realization came to Shin's mind. He turned to his lover. "Shogo… do you think that he's…?" he trailed off, not continuing for he knew that Shogo understood.

Shogo glanced over at Ban, then at Shin. "We're not sure, Shin. Let's wait for the 'other one'. But we should not get our hopes down, alright?" he assured Shin.

"Hai."

Ban, dazed by all that is happening, said, "Uh… who the hell are you guys anyway?"

Shin and Shogo turned to Ban, chocolate brown eyes and snake-like purple eyes looking at him with so much longing and hope. Shin nodded; somehow encouraging. "Please. I have faith."

Ban had no idea what was going on; he wanted to ask so many things; but he didn't have the chance to.

Because he woke up.

Ban sat upright, panting. His dream was pretty vague, although he remembered fragments of it. "What the hell. People in robes, people inside castles, effeminate guy who looks like itomaki, rude person who looks like me, Shogo, Shin, argh!"

Sweat trickled down from his forehead down to his chin. He didn't know why, but those eyes of theirs… it made Ban melancholic. It's like, they were so hopeful of something yet they could not achieve it. They are afraid that something might separate them forever…

"But what?"

Kazuki blinked. He was pretty much cured by his high fever, with the help of medicines and Ban.

"Ban?" he asked himself, astonished. When he saw Ban visiting him yesterday afternoon, it was as if some force or magic took his fever away. He was perplexed, but he just shrugged it off. He just went to sleep.

Kazuki looked around. "What a weird place this is…" he declared. "Looks like this was one of the ancient castles." He then noticed two figures talking in one of the brown wooden chairs.

A petite figure suddenly spoke up. "But I really have a feeling that he's the one…"

The other figure said, "We're both hopeful, Shin. Like I said before, be optimistic, mmkay?"

The other nodded. "Hai."

They must've noticed Kazuki because they both stopped talking and looked at the direction from where Kazuki was standing.

The two people talking stood up. A guy, brown hair, brown eyes, effeminate, Kazuki noted. Then he looked at his companion. A guy, obviously, black hair, purple eyes.

Shin looked at Shogo. "Oh god, Shogo, he's the 'other one'."

Shogo nodded. "I think so too. Now I am positive that they're…"

Kazuki smiled politely. "Ah… sumimasen. Am I bothering both of you?"

Shin, the more hopeful one, answered quickly, "No! Of course not!"

Shogo eyed his perky lover. He shook his head. He may be enthusiastic sometimes, he thought, smiling. He spoke up. "Shin, we also need to help them to realize."

Shin smiled. "Of course, ne?"

Kazuki scratched his cheek. "Ehe… I'm not interfering but, I have no idea wh-"

Shogo smiled. "You will, soon enough… in time, my friend, in time…"

Kazuki bolted up. "What…?"

Ban won't punch me today, Ginji concluded. True, it was evident that Ban was distracted by something. Ginji had no idea. He glanced at his distraught partner. He was slumped down on top of the table, sitting in one of the stools. He was gawking at practically nowhere.

A dazed-looking Kazuki entered the café. He didn't even greet his "Ginji-san". He sat down on the stool beside Ban, ordered coffee, and that's that.

"Life's a mystery," Ginji thought. "You never know what's going to happen next." He blinked, slightly frowning. "Everyone's acting weird today."

Ginji thought. He blinked, slightly frowning.

A sudden shriek broke Ginji's thoughts.

Kazuki's hot coffee spilled all over his clothes, steaming brown liquid now dripping on the stunned Kazuki. It turned out that Ban accidentally elbowed Kazuki's cup, causing it to, well, fall. It was supposed to be okay with Kazuki, but he didn't even hear a single "I'm sorry". Ban just looked away innocently, causing him a hard shove from Kazuki.

"What's your problem!" they chorused.

"ARGH!" once again, they chorused.

"STOP mimicking me!" need I say more?

They both looked away from one another, crossing their stubborn arms.

Ginji sweatdropped. "Life is really a mystery."

Once again, they both chorused something. Not something irritating, but it actually surprised the both of them.

"If only I haven't had that dream!"

tbc

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