"Wake up in a strange place, angels over my head,
one of them is shouting clear.
1000 bolts of lightning bring me back to life,
and it's a miracle that I'm still here.
As I'm coming too, screaming out for you I need you by my side,
Now I'm alive."
-Gareth Emery (U)
Kido walks in front of him, still keeping that image of a leader she had wanted so much to adopt. Kano can't help but be hurt that even he is shut outside of Kido's world, especially because it used to be him that she would look for when the nightmares would send tears to her face.
The green light turns red. And Kido is still walking.
His eyes widen when the realization dawns.
It's too late.
A glint of metal and a flash of light.
Silence.
And then, the sound of a thousand screams erupt in his mind.
Kido is lying in a pool of scarlet blood, still seeping onto the concrete. The car that hit her is long gone, either oblivious to the damage in its wake, or too scared to face it. A crowd edges around her, people watching with wide-eyed horror. Vaguely, Kano tells himself to call the police, but right now, his eyes are staring unwaveringly at the fallen figure before him. Slowly he—
Kano jolted awake, gasps still echoing the room, sweat dripping down his back. It was a nightmare thinks, as he struggles to soften his breaths, the telltale pounding of his heart still betraying the fear in his mind.
The nightmares came more often now, stealing his sleep in the process. It was always Kido. Kido dying, Kido leaving, Kido hating him. Fears that would haunt him, for reasons he will never voice outloud. Reasons that he would tell only Ayano, to the dead who can spill no secrets.
He walks downstairs, still grateful that his screams are always soundless, just a piece of his nightmares. It would be another knife in the heart to lie to Kido about what —or who is causing them.
Milk and cookies. It's what he always comes for, whenever his nightmares kept him awake. He turns down the hallway, into the kitchen, only to see someone already there.
"Kido?" He asks, out of surprise, but with curiosity laced in his words. She looks beautiful with light purple pajamas and green hair cascading down her back, he thinks, then regretting it immediately.
"Oh, hey Kano." Is her only reply, before she busies herself with rummaging through the fridge again.
She sets a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk on the counter, and pushes it toward him. "Here, it's what you get everytime right?"
Kano is stunned. For many reasons. First, why Leader is up at three o' clock in the morning. And second, how she does know he's been stealing food from the cupboard on nights like these.
"Oh, don't give me that look Kano, you think I wouldn't know that you raid the kitchen everytime you get nightmares?"
Kano manages to look sheepish, while asking questions of his own.
"How about you Leader, why so early?" he asks, cookie in his mouth.
"You're not the only one with nightmares, Kano." She says, the night shadows hiding the expression on her face. He instantly regrets asking.
She sits beside him on the table, with her own plate of cookies, and dares him to say something. Kano only hides a smile and continues with his own plate.
They eat in pleasant silence, both sneaking glances at each other, both running marathons of questions in their minds. But it's late and neither will confess their fears to the other, because they just might end up admitting to more than fears.
The next night, Kano sneaks to the kitchen to grab a plate of cookies, but this time, not for himself. He gently pushes open the door to Kido's room and lowers the plate onto the nightstand with a note attached. And slowly, he backs away, with a smile on his face and the hint of a blush on his cheeks.
"Dear Leader,
So you won't have to go downstairs next time.
PS. We're running out of cookies, this is the last one."
-Kano
Kano dreams peacefully that night. Of happy memories and precious moments, each dearer than the last. Because one green-haired girl is with him through it all.
He sees it as compensation for helping him with his nightmares, so every night he sets a plate of cookies beside a sleeping Kido, just in case.
"No, I didn't pray to God,
No, I never saw the light.
No, I didn't watch my life go flashing right before my eyes.
No, I didn't do the things that they all said that I would do.
I just closed my eyes and all I saw was you."
-Gareth Emery (U)
Author's Notes: I know it's been a while, but here is more KanoKido! KanoKido is my OTP after all. I swear I'll try to update more, but when life brings stuff to do, you cannot ignore the calling. Also, I would like to know whether you guys prefer me writing KanoKido, HaruTaka, or any other KagePro ship. Reviews are always appreciated, and constructive criticism welcome!
Disclaimer: I do not own Mekakucity Actors, the song or the lyrics.