*Chapter 3*

*Dreams and Nightmares - Wake up and smell the...charcoal?!*

-Kaoru's POV-

It was morning when I woke up. I rolled my head over on my pillow and glanced at the clock:

7:00am...

I slowly sat up held my hand over my forehead, my mind still a little foggy from waking up. I'd slept for 12 hours straight. That can't be healthy...

As the fogginess wore off I realized from where I'd been laying I shouldn't have been able to see the clock. Hikaru and I sleep in the same bed and the clock is on his side.

"...Hikaru?" I call rubbing the grogginess from my eyes. Why was I still tired? Maybe too much sleep had the same effect as not enough sleep.

"So you ARE alive!" I looked over and saw him stroll out of the ensuite bathroom, a wide grin on his face.

"You actually let me sleep for 12 hours?"

"You looked so peaceful, how could I NOT let you sleep?"

I smiled as he walked over to the dresser, fixing his hair and adjusting the tie of his school uniform.

...school Uniform...school?...Oh CRAP!

I practically lept out of bed and made a mad dive for my bookbag. I pulled out three half finished papers and stared in utter disbelief at Hikaru who simply lifted an eyebrow, hands still adjusting the knot on his tie.

"I didn't finish my homework!"

"13."

"...what?"

"How long can Kaoru play Xbox before realizing he still hasn't finished his homework: about 13 and a half hours!"

I couldn't help but smile and shake my head as I started reading some of English sentences on the paper I knew I wasn't going to finish. I stopped at one that really seemed to catch my interest:

'Please help your brother take out the trash.'

I don't know why but it reminded me of something...but what was it?

I laid the papers on the floor and walked into the ensuite bathroom to take a shower, still trying to remember what that retarded sounding sentence reminded me of.

I was shampooing my hair, stupidly imagining Hikaru taking out the trash when it hit me. It was my dream from last night!

-Dream Sequence-

"Hikaru take out the garbage. It smells...really bad."

Are you sure it's not Ageha? She might need changing...again."

I looked lovingly down at the little baby girl in my arms. She had dark ash colored hair and big, golden eyes. Her face was so round and happy I couldn't help but giggle a little. I looked back up at Hikaru, feeling same love towards him "If you noticed she needs changing than why didn't you do it?"

"Your her mother, isn't that your job?"

"Your her father, shouldn't you show some initiative?"

"Hm...rock, paper, scissors?"

I sighed and looked back down at baby Ageha "Your fathers lazy. Oh and he sucks at rock, paper, scissors."

"I do not! Ready? Once...twice...shoot! Damn!"

"I win. Like always!"

Hikaru sighed, grabbing the garbage bag and taking a few steps towards me "Your so cute when your gloating!" He was just about to kiss me when I woke up.

-End Dream Sequence-

I could feel my face heat up as I blushed at having such a stupid dream. But than something occurred to me and I tensed, a cold sweat building on my forehead despite the hot water cascading down my body. Something so horrible that it turned my stupid little dream into a living nightmare! It wasn't the dream itself that horrified me. It was he fact that I had forgotten it! I had felt so much joy when looking down at baby Ageha, knowing that Hikaru and I were her ever loving parents. Even though baby Ageha wasnt real and I don't feel any romantic interest towards Hikaru what so ever in real life that wasn't the point! The point was, at that moment I felt such intense emotion for Hikaru and our daughter and I had just forgotten them! I just carried on like it never even happened! It just proved to me that no matter what happens in my life, no matter how intense the emotion, no matter how wonderful the people, no matter how memorable the experience; it will just be forgotten in the end.

And when I end, my life will be forgotten just like that dream...

-Hikaru's POV-

I looked up from the pan of eggs I was cooking and started staring at the kitchen doorway. What was taking Kaoru so long to get dressed? I looked at the clock again, letting my mind wander. Maybe I should go up there and see if he's ok. Maybe he fell in...again. Seriously since mom is always away it was practically a house full of boys, or course the toilet seat is ALWAYS going to be up!

I held back a laugh and looked back up at the door again, questions swarming my mind. Maybe I SHOULD see if he's ok. Why has he been so pensive lately? Why is he always so sleepy? He'll sleep for hours and still wake up tired. Was he sick? and what the Hell was that burning smell?!

I looked down and gasped at the smoking pan of darkened, extra crispy eggs. I ran across the Kitchen and threw the pan, eggs and all, into the sink turning on the faucet and hoping to high heaven the smoke detector wouldn't go off.

I turned off the stove and started opening windows when Kaoru finally walked in.

"What is that smell?!" he asked, walking over to the sink to turn off the still running faucet. "How did you burn eggs?"

"Very easily. Why aren't the servants doing this?"

"You know its time we started to learn how to cook for ourselves."

"Yeah well, whatever. You wants some bac- FUCK I left the bacon in the oven!" I grabbed a towel and ran over to the oven as Kaoru said something along the lines of 'who puts bacon in the oven' but I wasn't listening. I turned off the oven and practically threw open the door, furiously fanning the smoke that erupted forth, making our oven look like the gaping maw of some odd, square shaped dragon.

I could hear Kaoru banging a fist on the Kitchen table in laughter while all I could do was think to myself that breakfast was pretty much ruined. The blaring screech of the fire detector only seem to make Kaoru laugh harder.

After rescuing the um, 'Louisiana Blackened' bacon strips from the oven and the soggy eggs from the sink I piled everything onto a plate and set it in front of Kaoru. I WAS going to make coffee as well but I think I overheated the water because when I went back to the stove it had completely evaporated...that or ran for its life, it was really hard to tell at this point...

Kaoru took one look at my creation, "Buttered toast it is than!" he chuckled before walking over to the breadbox and putting 3 pieces of bread into the toaster.

I looked back at the plate of "breakfast" I had worked really hard on before picking up and scrutinizing one of the strips of charcoal. SOMEONE was going to eat this food!

I heard the toaster pop up as I took a bite, immedeatly spitting it back out onto the floor. Ok so that someone was most definitely not me...

"Oh Kaoru~!" I singsong. When he didn't answer I looked up at him. He was standing next to the toaster, staring rather intently at something on the other side of the Kitchen. I followed his gaze to a set of Knives on one of the Kitchen counters and then looked back at Kaoru. He looked as if he was thinking about something rather important. That or he was too lazy to walk the ten feet to get a knife to butter his toast...

I shook my head and smiled. It was just one of those mornings. I walked to the knife set, grabbed one and flipped it into the air before handing it to Kaoru "Need some help?"

I watched him slowly blink, eyes never leaving the blade before asking very slowly and carefully "You actually...want me to?"

I just barely heard him he was talking so low "Want you to what? Are you even awake?"

"Huh? Oh sorry, guess I'm still a little tired..."

I glanced back at the clock and put the knife back on the counter "Sorry Kaoru, no butter for you, we're gonna be late for school."

I watch Kaoru reluctantly pull his gaze from the knife before grabbing his toast and following me out to the Limo. Guess he really wanted that butter...

(A/N In later chapters Im going to switch the point of view from character to character so you can get a full idea of what Kaoru is going through right now. I will also include lots of humor to balance out the angst and also to show there truly isnt anything wrong with Kaoru's life. Than why is he so sad you ask?

You'll find out soon enough...

Also a special thanks goes out to bleachfangirl7 for being my first follower and for favoriting! Im so touched right now! T_T)