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•Author's note•
Hey, this is my new Fan fiction. It really will be interesting to see if I can actually keep all three going. Well, interesting to me.
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I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
- Phil Collins & Genesis, Land of confusion
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Ever since Momoko and Manami were little, they have been compared. Before they were friends, Momoko hated Manami. To Momoko, Manami was the sole reason as to why her parents were always pushing her to be perfect.
'You have to be better then that Suzuki kid.' They always told her. Momoko, in a way, hated her more after their first meeting. She had been expecting Manami to hate her, but she didn't. While she glared at her, Manami just smiled.
When their parents introduced them to each other then left, Momoko told Manami that she hated her. All Manami did was ask why. Simple as that. So why did Momoko hate her more? Because with that one simple question, Manami made her question herself. Questioning herself was not something Momoko was good at.
So after that, at the age of eight, they became friends. It truly is weird that they were able to stay friends so long because they are so different.
Momoko is polite and well mannered. She is also beautiful and intelligent. She is pretty much the definition of Graceful and Perfect.
Manami was pretty much the complete opposite. She barely got passing grades, and didn't really think she was that good looking. No one else did either because they just couldn't see pass how awkward she is. She is the definition of eccentric, to put it nicely.
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'Manami groaned as she turned up the volume of her MP3 player. She hated malls. All the people talking at once and the teenage girls squealing, it made her sick. Just being around so many people was unnatural to her.
Suddenly, as she was trying to drown out the noise of the people, the hairs on the back of her neck stood up, and a chill went down her spine.
"What?" She asked herself and turned around in circles, trying to pin point where that feeling came from. It was never good when she got that feeling. The mall filled with a evil laughter and then an explosion.
People started screaming and running around, chaos was everywhere. No one knew what was happening, but they knew that it was bad. The animosity was so thick that Manami felt like she was choking.
Blood was everywhere, and Manami just stood there staring at the thing that was killing people. His eyes reflected happiness that Manami had never experienced before.' Manami shot up from her bed. Her heart was beating a mile a minutes, and she was covered in cold sweat.
'Why is it always that dream?' She asked herself as she wiped the sweat off her forehead. "I can't do this anymore." She whispered and got out of bed. Manami knew there was no way she would be able to go back to sleep. She tiptoed out of her room and went to the kitchen downstairs.
"Hey freak." Her sister said as she ate a sandwich. "Hey loser." Manami said in response. Manami went to the fridge and got a can of ice tea. She opened it and sat down next to her sister.
"Still having that weird dream?" Kana, her little sister, asked. Manami shrugged her shoulders. "Mom and Dad think you are insane." Kana said lightly and Manami rolled her eyes.
"They think I have been 'un-balanced' for years. That's why I was home schooled remember?" Manami said and Kana laughed mockingly.
"This time is serious. They said you have officially gone 'out of it'. They were looking at mental hospitals." Manami stared at her sister.
"Really?" Kana nodded her head and took a bite out of her sandwich. "Can you blame them? You claim 'demons' attacked the mall. What's next? You fall in love with one and have tiny little demons running around?" Manami shook her head.
"They can't do this. I am a adult." Manami said more to herself. "A adult that still lives with her parents." Kana said. Manami glared at her. Needless to say, they really didn't have a good relationship.
"Why haven't they talked to me about this?" Manami asked and Kana shrugged her shoulders. "I think they are scared that you will flip out or something crazy like that." Kana replied and stood up.
"I am going to bed now. Unlike you, I don't have insomnia." With a wink, Kana left the kitchen. "I really hate her." Manami said to herself.
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"Shuichi? What are you doing here?" Momoko asked when she opened her front door. Shuichi smiled. "I have just come to see you." He replied and Momoko ushered him in. She smiled brightly at him.
"I am so glad you came by. I have had the worse night ever." Momoko said and hugged Kurama tightly. "It's better now that you are here." She murmured.
"You know, you can call me Kurama. Just not when other people are around." He said and Momoko shook her head. "I like Shuichi better." She replied and he laughed lightly.
"I would have been here sooner, but I ran into the strangest girl I have ever met." He said and Momoko pulled away. "Oh really?" She asked and Kurama nodded his head.
"Yes, she really was strange." Momoko laughed. "Are you thirsty? I was just making some tea." Kurama nodded his head. "Ok I will be right back.Hardly anycream and 2 sugar right?" She asked.
"Quite creamy and 1 sugar." He corrected and she laughed. "Sorry."
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"Could they really put me in a mental hospital? Aren't those things voluntary or something?" Manami asked her friend, Riko over the phone. They had met recently. Riko was one of the few people Manami knew who believed in demons.
'Guess, how the fuck should I know?' Riko replied and Manami sighed heavily. "I should move out or something." Riko was also the only person who didn't think that Manami was going crazy.
'Whatever.' Manami nervously started to play with the cord of her phone. "Where will I live?" Manami asked more herself then Riko. She tended to do that a lot.
'Doesn't that Momoko girl's apartment building have a apartment up for rent?' Manami nodded her head, even though Riko couldn't see her. "Yeah. Tomorrow I will go check it out." Manami replied, hope coming back to her slowly.
'Well there you go. I have to get off the phone now. Call me tomorrow. I swear to god, if you phone me at dawn again, I will slowly have to decapitate you.' Before Manami could say goodbye, Riko hung up.
'What got up her ass and died?' Manami thought as she hung up the phone. She laid down on her bed and stared at the ceiling, thoughts of her own apartment swirling in her mind. Slowly the sweet darkness of sleep engulfed her.