Author's Notes: It's an experiment. Sorry for the wait and this chapter's probably disappointing uniqueness. This is undoubtedly the shortest chapter.

Nightmares in adulthood are often associated with outside stressors or exist concurrently with another mental disorder. Ken just wishes they would stop.



Oneirophobia



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"Hi."

"Hello."

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I think you're beautiful.
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"It's nice out, huh?"

Ken smiles at Daisuke.
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I think you're really beautiful.
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Ken and Daisuke are standing together on a pier somewhere in America, and it is almost evening.
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"Ken?"
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Their hands are about to touch on the railing.

I don't know who moved first . . .
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I think it was you.
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"Daisuke . . ."
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Ken moves first.
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—stabs Daisuke—
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—in the—
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—stomach—
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—with a knife typically used to—

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—eviscerate game fish.
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Your blood is the same color as mine. Heh.
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Red.
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Does that make me a human like you, or does that make you a monster like me?
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Later, when it is darker and Daisuke's internal organs look like giant dark gemstones half-hidden inside a ribbed cave, Ken climbs up onto the pier's railing.
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"I love you."
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Ken leans forward and falls into the ocean.
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And the gratuitous amount of Daisuke's blood on his clothes immediately attracts a tiger shark.
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I think this is the only gift I can give to you.
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So may I wake up now?
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