dark part II
nightmares
It's a white cape.
Always a white cape.
She runs after him, time after time, tries to catch him, grab him, hold him.
But she never reaches him.
He leaves her behind.
But sometimes, Kid stops, and the smiling face of the friend she fell in love with all those years ago looks back at her.
Ne, Aoko.
That's when she wakes up, gasping for breath, her heart heavy with suppressed emotions, and she has to physically remind herself where she is and who she has become and why these dreams were that much worse than nightmares.