Title: Sweet Dreams
Author:Kay-chan15 (Part 2)
Fandom: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Pairing: Kurogane/Fai
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own.
Themes: 6. the space between dream and reality
Notes: This is part two of a two part fic. The previous chapter was part 1.
The Space between Dream and Reality
It was cold. Snow all around, and lonely. But he was used to that. He was always alone.
He turned around, and saw Him. He was the only one who didn't leave him alone, who kept him company. All the others were fake, afraid. They had a right to be. He was Fearsome.
The One took a step towards him, held His hand out. "Come," He said without speaking, but he couldn't move. His feet were stuck to the ground, and the One was impatient. He had to move, had to walk.
But walk where? Which way? To, or from? Both ways were equally frightening.
The One had given up waiting, was walking closer now, and he had begun struggling even more. But he still couldn't move, could only watch with wide, helpless eyes as He came closer and closer, holding both hands out now.
And then they were on the ground, his back in the cold, wet snow, the One straddling him with His hands around his throat. Squeezing, tighter and tighter, pressing down so that their faces grew closer and closer, so that the insane sneer on His face became more and more clear, even as his vision began to blacken.
But then the tightness was loosening, the weight was disappearing, the fear was fading, and it was warm, so comfortingly warm. It wasn't Him anymore, it was the Other. The truly kind one, the one who really made him laugh and smile, the one who held him and made him feel safe instead of scared.
He whispered their name.
And it was becoming clearer, clearer...
Fai slowly opened his eyes half way, disoriented from both his dream - nightmare - and his current position. It was so warm, warmer than he remembered feeling when he had fallen asleep.
He lifted his head just slightly, and blinked at the sight presented to him; Kurogane's sleeping face, mere inches away from his own. He realized quickly that the weight around his abdomen was the other man's arm, and that they were snuggled tightly together, for once not just Fai doing the cuddling.
Smiling softly, he tucked his face back down to bury it into Kurogane's chest again, pressing a soft kiss onto the skin there and breathing in the familiar scent of his lover while pushing the dream to the back of his mind again. It was just that; a dream. And he would continue to tell himself that until he was no longer able to.
He could only hope that when that time came, reality would end in the same way.