Only a Nightmare Chapter 5

Eiji ran to Oishi, and they both took off as fast as they could, leaving Neji behind and not looking back. They didn't stop running until they arrived at the school, dashed into the clubroom, and locked the door. They took a big breath, but didn't notice that everyone was already inside the clubroom until Fuji asked what happened to make them run and sweat like that, and if it all had something to do with Neji. Eiji only nodded, sat on the floor, pulled his legs to his chest, and leaned his head on them. Oishi only looked at Fuji and lowered his head.

With that all the regulars knew Fuji was right. Neji had attacked them on their way to school, but they were able to escape from him. Everyone was in silence until Tezuka saw the pale faces of the Golden Pair, and decided that it was better to let them relax a little before training.

"Kikumaru, Oishi, you can rest a little bit, then when you think you are able to have a decent match, you can come," the Seigaku buchou said. "Now I think it is better for both of you to relax and think about what happened. The rest of the regulars, let's go. We are practicing singles today." Everyone nodded and walked out of the clubroom in silence. Fuji and Tezuka where the last ones, leaving the Golden Pair inside the clubroom.

Oishi set his bag down on the floor, took out his water, and approached Eiji. The neko didn't look at the mother of Seigaku, but only sat in the same position, thinking. The fukubuchou remained silent as he sat next to his doubles partner. They stayed like that for a few minutes until Eiji broke the silence.

"Why did Neji do that?" he asked in a very low voice while looking at the fukubuchou next to him.

"W-what?" Oishi didn't understand what his doubles partner was talking about. He knew that Eiji knew very well why Neji was trying to kill him, so why was he asking that?

"I mean you saw that Neji had the perfect opportunity to kill me. He was going to do it, but… he didn't kill me. He only cried and stayed there.." The acrobat looked down again, really confused. When the attacker had the knife at him, he thought that his life was over. He was waiting for the last breath and all when he heard Oishi calling him. Then he reacted and saw Neji crying, but he was able to push him away and escape.

The mother of Seigaku sat there, understanding why his doubles partner was wondering about that. Neji… didn't kill Eiji when he had the opportunity. Why?

"I-I don't know Eiji, sorry." Oishi looked down too. So that's why the other half of the Golden Pair was so depressed. Because of that incident? The red-haired boy looked at his partner and figured that thinking about it wasn't good for their mental health, so he tried to be happy. He jumped up and extended a hand to Oishi, who smiled. He stood up with the help of Eiji, and both of them changed and headed for the tennis courts. The rest of the day was really normal, except that Fuji knew that the acrobat was thinking about something since he seemed more distracted than normal, but he knew Eiji was trying to avoid the topic so the tensai didn't want to push his friend. At afternoon practice a girl arrived at the tennis courts.

"What do you need?" Ryuzaki-sensei questioned, looking at the newcomer.

"I need to talk to Kikumaru Eiji. Is he here?" The girl was holding a letter. Thinking it was a love letter Ryuzaki-sensei called the redhead over.

"Thanks" was the only thing the girl said as the neko stopped the match in Court D and headed toward them. The other regulars kept looking the scene. Eiji was smiling as usual while the girl explained something to him, then gave him the letter and walked away. He opened and read the letter, behaving normally in everyone's eyes, but suddenly turned around and waved goodbye.

"Sorry, I have to go meet someone. It's very important," was the only thing the hyperactive boy announced to his friends before heading for the clubroom to change. A few minutes later everyone saw Eiji leave the clubroom and school. No one spoke as they all thought it was probably a date or something.

"Why didn't you stop him Tezuka?" the tensai of Seigaku asked.

"It must be something important. Kikumaru isn't the type to miss practice for nothing, and if it is a date, I think it's better for him to relax a little." The buchou never changed his stoic face.

"Wow, you are unusually flexible with Eiji today." Fuji laughed a little and resumed practicing.

Eiji walked alone, reading the letter again and again until he arrived at a lake. He folded the letter and looked up to see Neji in front of him, so he put the letter in his pocket and walked towards his brother.

"You came, Eiji," his twin stated with a sad face, watching the neko approach with a serious face. Neji didn't have any knife or weapon so Eiji knew that the black-eyed boy wasn't going to hurt him.

"Yes, I did, because in your letter you said you wouldn't hurt me, that you only wanted to talk with me." The acrobat was finally in front of his twin, and both brothers stood looking at each other for a few minutes until Neji broke the silence.

"Why did you believe me? Maybe I was lying in the letter. You never know." The black-eyed boy tried to make an evil smile but failed because he wasn't able to smile, no matter what.

"I know, but I trust you. I don't know why, but when I read the letter I felt that this was true. I think it's something about being twins. Don't you think so?" Eiji was able to smile at his brother.

"Maybe because it was true." Neji looked at his twin whose smile made him relax a little.

"What do you want to talk about, Neji?" The happy neko had disappeared for Eiji was serious again (Wow! He changed his mood fast, no?).

"Okay okay, calm down Eiji. I-I I wanted to tell you that I'm not going to kill you. I understand that… no matter what, whether I kill you or not, I won't be able to take your place. Everyone noticed the difference between you and me, and if I kill you the only thing I'll win is hatred from everyone. Well, I'm already hated by everyone, and I don't have any friends, but if I kill you I'll lose my freedom and-" In that moment Neji was interrupted by his twin.

"Neji, I'm your brother, but also I'm your friend. I know you tried to kill me, but you're my twin, so it's impossible for me to not forgive you. The moment I read the letter I knew you reflected on what you were trying to do, and I know it was difficult. I think that from now on, we are more than twins. We are friends, real friends." Both boys made a high five. Neji smiled at his new twin and brother, and from out of nowhere, began crying, not from sadness like the last time, but from happiness of his first true friend and true brother.

Eiji told everyone about what happened between him and his twin. After that incident, everyone had forgiven and become friends with Neji, but he didn't enter Seigaku. He asked his real mother (the mother of Eiji) for permission to study in Germany. His mother tried to refuse because she wanted her son to be with them, but finally agreed.

One day the acrobat received a letter from Germany, but didn't open it until he arrived at the clubroom where everyone was. He smiled, approached Tezuka, and called everyone together. All the regulars gathered around Eiji who opened the letter and began reading

Dear Eiji and Friends,

It's me, Neji. I'm here in Germany, and this is an awesome place. I don't know why Tezuka left. It's so cool here! I got new friends and a sweet girlfriend, and I'm doing well at the school. My apartment is small, but I love it. I'm glad that our mother agreed to let me come here. Anyway, I wanted to tell everyone that I'm very happy here, but I miss you all, so I'll come back to Japan this winter. I want to be with you guys, and well, have my first really family Christmas. Anyway I'll bring some gifts for everyone. Oh Eiji! I'll call you on your last day of school so you can tell me how everything is going ok? Ha-ha, okay, I'll write later.

Sincerely,

Kikumaru Neji

Everyone smiled and headed for practice.

me:that was the last Chapter of this story tell me what you think