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Never Ending Dreams

I stabbed in stiff and hard with no regrets. No pain, no emotions, and no breathe left inside me. I escaped to somewhere else. Opening one eye, I saw a sea of baby blue… am I dead? Am I in heaven? Am I… alone again? I sat up straight, looked around and saw that I wasn't alone. Cities, flowers, grass and trees grew before my eyes. Soon, civilization grew in those few seconds. I was either in heaven's paradise or I was delusional. Paradise seemed more reasonable for me; it was what I wanted. I forced myself to believe so.

I hand reached out to me, I looked at it and turned to see whom it was. "Taiyuu, koishitau anata," the girl said helping me up to my feet. It only took me a split second to realize who it was. I grinned at her and kissed her on the lips.

"Konichiwa, Fuyou," I wrapped my arms around her and she smiled back at me. Her brown hair was tied into two ponytails side-by-side flipping through the smooth gust of wind. For the first time in a long while, I saw the sun. All my past memories flashed back, I remembered Fuyou's dark-blue eyes always sparkling at me and her white leather vest loosely clung over her shoulders.

"You haven't changed a bit," Fuyou gripped her arms around my neck. For a moment, I thought of my tail and lion like ears. How could she possibly miss that? Turning around, I saw that they were gone; I'm back to normal!

"Neither have you," I replied to her statement. "You will never believe what happened to me. It was so… so… lunatic!" I left my mouth running off again. Fuyou looked at me bewildered. "I was alone in this world and so desperate to have someone to be with. I committed suicide."

"Taiyuu, that's not possible, you were right here with me and you fell asleep. It was probably just a dream. C'mon, your mom's making lunch for us so we'd better get going," Fuyou laughed.

"You're right, it's just a dream, nothing more," I joined her laughter. Now, I knew that everything that happened was just a dream, an insane, crazy, and artificial dream. I started walking towards home. How nice it was to say that word, home. Its' never felt so close before, it's never meant so much to me until that dream I had. After my mind started wandering off, I noticed that we were already standing in front of the main door into my living room.

"Taiyuu! I made rice balls and sushi for you guys. I'm gonna run back to the office to finish some last minute filing. Watch over your brother and sister while I'm gone, kay?" I heard mother's voice echo through the halls.

"Arigato for the lunch mother," I raced to the kitchen helping her stack up the clean dishes before she leaves.

Hahagimi left the house leaving the screen door open for air. Fuyou and I walked to the kitchen hand in hand avoiding a trail of toys Shinkon and Jitsu left behind. The four of us shared the platter of rice balls and when not a single rice ball was left, my two siblings carried on with their childish games. As for Fuyou and I, we watched a movie in the living room and laughed at each other's pathetic jokes. I never really knew how great my life was until I lost it. It came to me as a dream, but nothing has ever felt so real to me before… except for the first kiss between Fuyou and I. The two of us… we were childhood friends, she's like family…is family. My father always told me that blood was thicker than water when I was little but I do not think truly of that. I'd do so much for Fuyou; even give my life to her without question.

"Are we going to walk to school together tomorrow, Taiyuu?" Fuyou asked leaning on my shoulder.

I smiled and nodded at her, "like always…"

When night came, I walked Fuyou out to the door and tucked my five-year-old sister, Shinkon in. I had to literally pull Jitsu away from the television to bed. It can be surprising how strong an eight-year-old boy is when it comes to T.V. I went to bed early that night and spent some time gazing up at the constellations through my bedroom window.

I woke up from a pleasant dream that morning… like usual. I did my morning routine; everything was normal. Not too long after my shower, the doorbell rang and my mother opened the door. She calls for me and I come rushing down stairs with my backpack over my shoulder. Passing through the kitchen, I grabbed a power bar and walked out the door with Fuyou. Of course, I had to bid my hahagimi sayonara. As soon as the door behind me closed, I felt unsafe… as if being watched… or even stalked but I knew to keep my guards up and watch Fuyou. I'd never forgive myself if something happened to her.

We arrived at school gates and I looked up at the large clock above the front doors of our school. It shows that we were early ten minutes. Fuyou raced to her class and I headed to mine. Walking through the halls and pushing aside the crowds of students, I find myself to stand before a boy with a long golden braid. His eyes were the same color as his hair, only filled with a glow of aggression. I tried to walk out of his way but he would not let me go past him. I was a bit apprehensive; I felt heat flush over my face. I kept my eyes on the round so I couldn't see his threatening eyes glare upon me. After a few moments, the boy broke the silence. He called my name but I was not familiar to his voice so I raised my eyes to examine his face hoping to find a trace of recognizable color or shape. No, there was none…

"Do I know you?" I asked slowly looking at his uniform. "Are you new here?"

"Take your shirt off and turn around," he replied ignoring what I asked him. My eyes twitched in disgust. What the heck did he mean by 'take off your shirt?' No one walks around in school without a shirt. I felt my hear pounce rapidly out of nervousness. Taking a deep breath, I grasped my backpack tightly and quickly slipped away from the freak.