STOOOOP! I know it might be selfish of me, but I strongly recommend the reader to listen to the song "Order Made" itself while reading this chapter. This is because some portions of the song will be used in this particular chapter, and so yeah. To get a better feel of the story. *sweatdrops* Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

Chapter 5.5: Epilogue. Ear.

In his dream, he was back to that solitary place. There was no sound. No sign of movement.

Everything was just silent. Stagnant.

As if it wasn't him that had stopped moving.

It was time.

It was just dark. Just an infinite darkness.

He tried to raise his hand. Even a shift of finger would do. If he could just get up and run away from this place. He opened his mouth. Someone, someone lift him up. Someone take him away from this place. He called his mother's name. Her sister's. Izumi. Koji.

But no one was replying. He was calling out for no one.

And then he felt himself sinking. Slowly. Slowly. Some vacuum-like mass of darkness floating around him. It was cold. Freezing cold, and it froze her chest.

It reached his feet. Soon, it was on his legs. Next came his chest. His arms. His senses were being frozen—one by one.

He could feel his lungs giving up. Was it going to end like this?

And then he realized, this was how it felt to die.

His vision was the only one that remained.

He was sinking, sinking, sinking—

The last thing that he saw was a spiral. A golden one, and he had never seen such a beautiful thing in his life. It was like a gem in the midst of metals, an oasis amidst the desert...

"OI HINATA! PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER DAMMIT!"

Hinata opened his eyes, his face and body covered in cold sweat. His body seemed to have gone stiff. His eyes roamed across and around the room. The ceiling. The walls. The furniture.

He looked to his left.

And Kageyama.

"Oi! Are you even listening to me? You're having a nightmare."

Hinata blinked and gave a hum as a weak reply.

"Geez…" Kageyama sighed in relief, finally settling himself on the floor and leaning against the edge of the bed, his head right beside Hinata's, who was still staring at the empty space. "What are you even thinking about for you to have a nightm—"

"I was in an empty room."

Kageyama closed his mouth. "And?"

"There was just…nothing. No one inside. Just me."

"And?"

"It was also dark. I could hear nothing."

"Not a single sound?"

Hinata shook his head slightly.

"And then?"

"Some dark matter flooded the room, and then it began to swallow me. It was really slow. Really slow. It felt like I was drowning."

"Hm…"

"I guess..." Hinata pulled a slight smile. "That would have been the case if you didn't save me. I would've died either way in that hospital."

"But you are here now," Kageyama said, arching his neck farther so that he met Hinata's amber eyes.

Hinata smiled.

"You're alive."

"That's because you gave me a second chance. If not—"

"It was you whom I chose. I chose to let you live again. It wouldn't have been any other way."

Hinata felt the warmth return to his body. He shifted further to his left, making his face now an inch apart from Kageyama's.

"Really?"

Kageyama nodded, not taking his eyes away from Hinata's.

Hinata smiled.

"I saw you though."

"Huh?"

Hinata nodded.

"I saw your eyes before the darkness was able to swallow me whole."

"Did I say something?"

Hinata shook his head.

Kageyama sighed. "What a pity."

"Indeed…" Hinata closed his eyes.

"You look pale."

"Hm…"

"Will you be able to sleep?"

Hinata opened his eyes once again.

"Do you want me to sing you a song?"

"You can sing?"

"I sure hope that doesn't imply your lack of confidence on me but I'll ignore that for the sake of my reputation as a celestial being,"

Hinata chuckled. "Let's hear it then."

"And for the record, yes, all angels can sing. An angel's voice has the power to calm a human's heart."

"Then…sing for me…" Hinata whispered, closing his eyes once again.

Kitto boku wa tazuneraretan darou

Umareru mae dokoka no dareka ni

"Mirai to kako dochira ka hitotsu wo

Mireru you ni shite ageru kara sa

Docchi ga ii?"

(I'm sure I was probably asked before I was born, by someone from somewhere

"I will make it so you can see either the past or the future

So which do you want?")

Hinata giggled.

"Well, I did choose the past, and here I am now."

Kageyama smiled, and continued singing.

Soshite boku wa kako wo erandan darou

Tsuyoi hito yori yasashii hito ni

Nareru you ni naremasu you ni to

"Omoide"tte nandaka wakaru you ni

(And then, I probably chose the past

So that I can become, so I may become a kind person rather than a strong person

So that I understand what "memories" are…)

Tsuzukete dareka san wa boku ni iu

"Ude mo ashi mo kuchi mo mimi mo me mo

Shinzou mo oppai mo hana no ana mo

Futatsu zutsu tsukete ageru kara ne

Ii deshou?"

(Continuing, that somebody said to me "arms, legs, mouths, ears, eyes, hearts, breasts, and the holes in your nose,

I'll give you two of each,

So isn't that great?")

"Yeah, I did get all of that with me back alive, but I also get a grumpy angel with it," Hinata spoke, burying his head on the pillow.

"Oi! I saved you from those bullies!"

"But you can be kind to me at least…" The orange head pouted, ruffling the angels' black hair. "And you should stop hitting my head every time you feel annoyed."

Kageyama caught Hinata's wrist.

"Fine, fine. At least let me finish the song!"

Hinata pulled his face into a pout. "You're really enjoying this huh? Fine…"

Kageyama cleared his throat once again.

Dakedo boku wa onegai shitanda yo

"Kuchi wa hitotsu dake de ii desu" to

Boku ga hitori de kenka shinai you ni

Hitori to dake kisu ga deki—

(But I asked a favor

"I'm fine with just one mouth" I said.

So that I don't fight with myself

So that I can only kiss one pers—)

The angel stopped singing and blinked. Was it just his imagination, or did he just hear a certain someone snore?

"He fell asleep?!" Kageyama exclaimed in disbelief. True enough, drool was already dripping from the edge of Hinata's mouth.

It might had been some sort of gravitational pull—some sort of magnetic magic, but Kageyama's hand just moved on its own as he gently wiped the edge of Hinata's lips.

"Hitori to dake kisu ga dekiru you ni…" The black-headed angel whispered as he watched Hinata's sleeping face.

"Wasuretai demo wasurenai

Konna omoi wo nanto yobu no kai?"

Kageyama stopped singing. Something was definitely wrong. He could hear something—like a rhythm. It was a soft one, but it sounded like a loud beat to his ears.

All this he felt as his free hand clutched the left part of his chest.

This kind of feeling that I want to forget, but can't

What do you call it?