The Dreamer – Part one - A dream come true
It was like a creepy fairytale. The trees had no leaves or life and the sky was dark. But the lights were magical, sprinkled throughout the mist. The rocks were smooth to walk over and the water shimmered, warm and thick. The shadows came forward.
x-x-x
"What do you think it means?" The woman with glasses asked tapping pen against paper.
Shizuo scowled, irritated. That's what happened when he had no sleep. "I don't know, that's why I'm here." That's why his parents had sent him.
"Dreams are the way the subconscious passes messages. Reoccurring dreams is usually because the message isn't getting through. Maybe instead of the bigger picture, figure out what each little detail means to you."
Shizuo sighed knowing it was a waste of time. Yet when the session was over his parents brought him a locked journal and a large encyclopaedia of dreams.
He was six years old. A year later he gained his strength with the fridge incident.
x-x-x
The shadows gathered around and reached out, touching softness. Long beautiful softness. A woman. Soft skin, long glossy hair that looked like it was made of light. Large, full breasts that defied gravity.
The shadows touched, their darkness against her light, black marks left behind on the woman's breasts, inky residue in her hair where they grabbed. The shadows tore the woman down and underneath the water she went.
x-x-x
Shizuo woke up in a cold sweat. It was the first time the dream had continued. The woman had drowned. Why was he dreaming about a woman? Sure she had been beautiful but he hadn't felt anything towards her. Then again he was twelve years old, just starting junior high.
Still, like his parents nagged him to do, Shizuo jotted everything down in his journal and then went to get ready for school.
x-x-x
The woman was tainted. Brought back up, she touched the shadows in turn, marking them too. The woman pressed into one of them, her hand on its chest, arching as another pressed against her back. The woman was trapped between the two, one behind touching her breasts, whilst the one in front touched between her legs.
The one in front grabbed the woman's hair and pulled her closer, their mouths touching. The woman reached out touching the shadow's cock.
x-x-x
Shizuo woke up, his cock hard and a sticky mess in his briefs. The dream had moved on again into something filthy. Shizuo swallowed hard, remembering every moment of the dream. Was he one of the shadows? Was that what it was? Was he going to do that to a woman?
Shizuo got out of bed, showered and hid his soiled underwear. He got ready for school and went down for breakfast before his mother called him again. He was thirteen, in his second year.
"Mom. I want to go to an all boys school."
The girl would be safe from him at the least.
x-x-x
The shadows made the woman scream. The one in the front pulled her across the edge of the water. The stones were cold. The woman laid on them, whilst the first shadow put its cock inside her. She screamed, a wordless noise in the silence. One of the other shadows silenced her anyway, pressing its cock into the woman's mouth.
The other shadows stayed close by watching and waiting. The woman fell back and one shadow replaced another, each taking a turn. The woman was pulled back into the water.
x-x-x
Except he'd be no part of it. Shizuo locked his journal and packed it in the bottom of his bag. His parents had done what he'd asked. Not only was he going to an all boys school, he was going to stay. Away from women, away from anyone to hurt. His strength had already caused enough problems and his parents were happy to pay for his boarding school, rather than hospital bills.
"Shizuo, are you ready?" His mother called.
Shizuo quickly finished packing and hurried down the stairs. He was fourteen.
x-x-x
His new school was big. He could see it in the distance, past the high locked gates and the school sign. Shadowed forest boys school. Shizuo got out of the car and his parents walked him to the gate, handing over his I.D. The gates opened and he was let in, joining the sea of new students in front of him.
Shizuo waved to his mother, stilling as he felt someone watching him. Slowly he turned looking up at the windows of the school, but there was no one there.
Shizuo tugged at his shirt and jeans, preferring to be in uniform. Blending in with everyone else was better. He wanted to be normal, under the radar. Keeping his head down he listened for the opening speech. When it was done, he followed the group, instead of the dorms, they had physicals.
Their bags were taken and numbered and they were queued up, split between several rooms. When his number was called Shizuo went into the room. There were two different uniforms on display. Both uniforms were black, but one had navy blue worked into its design and the other looked more purple.
"Undress."
Shizuo did so, stripping down completely as instructed and standing wherever the man wanted. He was weighed, measured and jabbed with pointy sticks. Even his balls were checked.
"Okay. This is your uniform." The purple one. "Take two of the pink pills a day and eat the white ones like candy."
Shizuo got dressed in his new uniform and left holding the pills in his hands. He was then taken to the dorms. Midnight and Starlight. Shizuo was led into starlight and into one of the rooms. He was on the first floor and had his own room.
There was no sign of the upper years but they'd arranged a party for them, with food and drinks. Shizuo stuffed his face and went through the rest of the day happy.
x-x-x
The woman melted into the shadows. It was hard to tell where she ended and they began. But like a bubble burst, her scream rang out as they took her. In the midnight sky, surrounded by starlight, the shadows took her in the shadowed forest, claiming her as their own.
x-x-x
Shizuo woke up screaming.
x-x-x
Thankfully it was a weekend, meaning no classes. Shizuo left the pills in his drawer. Until he found out what they were for, he wouldn't take them.
At eight o'clock, they were pulled from their rooms in whatever they had on and taken to the breakfast room. Apparently every year had their own floor and weren't to mix. Shizuo sat by himself dressed in his pyjamas like everyone else. He ate quietly keeping to the outskirts. He wasn't the only one.
His dream had moved on but his new school fit way too easily with his surroundings. He'd been in panic mode wondering if he'd made a mistake. But there were no girls in the school.
The dorms were nice. They could eat whenever they wanted but the nice treats were only twice a day. Shizuo had been one of the lucky ones, he could still taste the sweetness. They had game rooms, study rooms, club rooms. Anything they wanted they had. Even a spa room. The baths were joint though. It was the sole building that connected the two dorms.
The baths were huge and designed to look like paradise. But Shizuo had taken one look at the painted sky and the surrounding rocks and left.
"Everything okay?" One of the midnight students touched him and Shizuo shivered.
"What?" Shizuo mumbled.
"Is everything okay? You looked spooked."
The midnight student was smaller than him, black hair to his brown and blue eyes. "…just a little crowded." He lied.
"I'm Mikado Ryugamine, Midnight, first year."
"Shizuo Heiwajima, Starlight, first year."
"Do you wanna be friends?"
Shizuo shrugged. "Sure."
"Wanna go hang out? We can come back later?"
"There are more joint areas?"
"Yeah, I'll show you."
x-x-x
The woman gasped, one of the shadows slamming inside her ass. She was out of the water, straddling another of the shadows, it's cock inside her pussy. She cried out riding one and being pushed around by the other. Her body went limp laying across the one she was riding. The shadow's fingers moved through the woman's hair and when she looked up, the shadow's eyes were there like blue jewels.
x-x-x
Sunday Shizuo spent with Mikado, walking the campus. "Have you met any of the upper years?" He asked not looking at his new friend. The dream reminded him of Mikado's eyes and that made his body react strangely.
"Yes. They threw a welcome party for us. They're nice. Haven't you?"
"We had a party but they didn't show. Their floors are blocked off with barriers."
"Strange. We could ask."
"Someone did. The teachers said it was because everyone has their own area and it's better to make friends in our own years." Shizuo sighed. "It's just a bit weird."
"Sounds it. Alright, I know who to ask."
"Who?" Shizuo asked.
"The student council president."
"That's a bit-"
Mikado grabbed his wrist and pulled him along. The student council was a bridge between the dorms and the main school building. Mikado showed his I.D and knocked on one of two doors.
Shizuo met his first third year. Black hair and red eyes. He shivered under the president's gaze. "First years." Shizuo wanted to run but that voice was stopping him from going anywhere. "Come in."
Mikado followed the Midnight student inside and Shizuo did the same. "Midnight and Starlight. You're friends?"
Shizuo fought a blush. "Yes. I'm…" he didn't want to say. Had a feeling he shouldn't. He should've come.
"Shizuo Heiwajima and Mikado Ryugamine. What can I do for you?"
"Shizuo wanted to know why the first years haven't seen any upper class Starlight students."
"Because they're isolated." Izaya shrugged, sitting behind the desk in his office. There was a staircase he guessed led to the president's bedroom. "The dorms are decided through the physical and the psyche evaluation taken before you were accepted. The result of both decide your path at this school."
"So why are they isolated?" Shizuo asked.
"Because they choose to be." Izaya shrugged. "You'll find you'll see an occasional second year but they won't want to know you and in worse case they'll be hostile. The school prefers when the sole years bond, but the side effects of that, is they don't do well with other years. The Midnight dorms don't have that problem."
"So it's by choice?" Shizuo frowned. "What about the Starlight council president?"
"Email only." Izaya shrugged. "Starlight students aren't social. They'll keep within their year group and won't make friends outside of that."
Shizuo frowned and glanced at Mikado. "Is it because of the pills?"
"Pills? You'd need to ask a Starlight or the school nurses about that. Any other questions?"
"The joint baths. Do they all have the same design?" Shizuo asked.
"No. The decor was done by a school vote. It's redecorated every couple of years. The theme gets darker as the years progress. That is by choice. The first year baths are based on tropical paradise. The second year baths have more of a sunset waterfall Amazon design and the third years are more artistic. They went for a design incorporating the school and the dorms. Does the design bother you?"
"I don't like bugs or crowds." Shizuo said keeping his dreams to himself.
"Unfortunately the joint baths are mandatory. You can choose a quieter period to go and put forward a new design idea when the time comes later in the year."
"Right." Shizuo nodded and turned to leave.
"Shizu-chan, if you have any problems come straight to me. Starlight students play by the rules, so they won't help."
"Uh, thanks." Shizuo left with Mikado at his side.
x-x-x
The blue eyed shadow stroked the woman's hair, she cried out as the shadow behind her kept going, still as it filled her ass. She was pulled back against the shadow's chest, it's hand gripping the front of the woman's throat. She looked up into the shadow's eyes staring into the ruby jewels.
x-x-x
Monday. His first day. Shizuo woke up early, way before his alarm and went to the baths. He was thankfully alone, washed quickly and returned to his dorm room to get dressed. He took the white candy with him to the breakfast room, where he once again got a treat. It looked like the cooks had recognised his sweet tooth and decided to indulge him.
Shizuo had his schedule, his teachers to meet. The classes were a mix of Midnight and Starlight students, although there were less Starlight. Shizuo watched his fellow students eat the candy every five to ten minutes. He didn't touch his.
There was nothing special about the classes. It was the same as junior high but with tougher material. Shizuo was still glad when the bell rang for break though.
He met up with Mikado, who was unfortunately in a different class to him. Mikado was smart, he wasn't so much.
"Shizuo." Mikado waved. There was another student with him. An older looking Midnight, blond hair and dull golden eyes. He wore a smile.
"Ah, so my Mika-kun did make a new friend! A Starlight at that." The blond grinned taking his hand. "Masaomi Kida, second year Midnight."
"Shizuo Heiwajima, first year Starlight."
"Hmm, no rings yet." Masaomi frowned.
Shizuo blinked. "Rings?"
"Yeah. Didn't you listen to the welcoming ceremony?" Masaomi pillowed his arms above his head. "Midnight students are given one ring. To graduate they need to give their ring away and get the necessary grades. Starlight students have it much harder. They need a certain amount of rings to graduate. The grades come second to that."
"What do the rings do?" Shizuo frowned. When Masaomi shrugged Shizuo knew there was only one person that would help him.
x-x-x
Going to Izaya alone, was a little nerve racking. He didn't have Mikado to act as a buffer. Knocking on the door he waited. "Ah, Shizu-chan. What can I do for you?"
Shizuo went in and sat down, glad there was a desk between them. "I didn't listen to the welcoming speech. One of the second years mentioned rings."
"What do you need to know?"
"What are they and what does it mean to receive one?"
Izaya held up his hand and there was a plain silver ring. He took it off and handed it over. Shizuo held it carefully. Izaya's name was on the inside engraved. Shizuo handed it back.
"I guess you could say it's to help Starlight students make a connection with someone outside their year. To pass the first year a Starlight student needs two rings. To pass the second year, it's four rings and to pass the third year and graduate, you need to have kept those rings. You can have more but it's not something to take lightly. Think of them as relationships, you can end it just as easily."
"So it's like marriage." Shizuo frowned.
"In a way. The rings that you graduate with are permanent, until then they're temporary."
"So they're bound together and…so stuff together?"
"Stuff? Like what?" Izaya asked.
"Like share a woman stuff." Shizuo blushed.
"Yes. Although the group can do stuff with other rings. Think of it as a harem or a polyamory relationship. That's what the Starlight students need to graduate."
Shizuo closed his eyes and groaned.
"Something wrong, Shizu-chan?" Izaya's voice was soothing, curious and wouldn't accept a lie.
Shizuo slumped. "I feel like instead of running away, I ran into trouble instead."
"Explain." Izaya used the same tone. Shizuo felt like he'd do anything for that voice.
Shizuo frowned. He had two people he spoke to, he didn't want to be known as the crazy one. "Can I trust you?"
Izaya pursed his lips and slid off his ring again. Moving to sit on the desk, Izaya took Shizuo's hand and slid the ring onto his fourth finger. "Does that answer your question?"
Shizuo blinked. "I-"
"Think it through, Shizu-chan."
Shizuo nodded and left.
x-x-x
After he'd finished his lunch, he went back to the dorm and grabbed his journal and encyclopaedia. He went back to Izaya and held them to his chest, standing before the president.
"Shizu-chan, come in."
Shizuo shook his head. "Here. I'm not crazy, so don't treat me like it." Handing over the books he quickly retreated.
Mikado was with Masaomi so he joined them until the bell rang.
x-x-x
The woman was being tortured. The red eyed shadow sat on the edge of the water, using its legs to keep hers open. Its cock was in her ass. There was another shadow between her legs, it's tongue licking at her clit. The shadow had yellowish jewels for eyes. Red, blue, yellow. The woman reached out for the shadows that stayed back and watched. The blue eyed shadow kissed her.
x-x-x
Shizuo rolled out of bed, grabbed his stuff and headed for the baths. It was past midnight and the water was almost reminiscent of his dreams. Shizuo sighed slipping into the water staring at the parrot painted on the wall. That wasn't in his dreams, so he focused on that. More soiled underwear.
If his dreams were to be believed then one of the shadows was Izaya, another was Mikado and one was Masaomi. So where was he? Just watching or was he one of the other shadows?
Shizuo washed up and left dressed in his pyjamas. There was someone waiting outside. "Shizu-chan."
"Izaya-san." Shizuo nodded following Izaya back to the student council.
"What age did you start having the dream?"
Shizuo sat in front of the desk. Izaya sat on the front of the desk. "When I was six." His journal was sitting open on the desk. "My parents took me to a therapist and she suggested the journal. My parents wrote everything down, until I could." He was thankful for that given how they continued.
"Why an all boys school?"
"I thought I was one of the attackers, I wanted to avoid any girls. I'm not crazy."
"I know you're not." Izaya swung his legs back and forth. "The dream you're having sounds like the graduation claiming. The place you're describing is the third year baths and that is the current design. A shadowed forest, midnight backdrop and starlight woven in. It does look like a creepy fairytale forest."
"Oh." Shizuo blinked and then blinked again, unable to say a single thing.
"Since you've been here it looks like there are more details to your dream. I'd say you've met two of your rings."
"Three." Shizuo murmured. "Before I hit the baths. Dull yellow."
"Who would that be?" Izaya asked.
"A second year that's friends with Mikado."
"Masaomi-kun."
Shizuo nodded. "So my dream doesn't happen until third year graduation."
"Correct."
Shizuo had time. "So there are two shadows left. I mean I guess I'm one of them, or am I just watching? So I guess there's a girls school involved?"
Izaya gazed at him steady. "No."
"Then where does the woman come into it?" Shizuo grumbled.
"Shizu-chan, you are the woman." Izaya said. "At least you will be. The Starlight students hold the potential to become something special. The pills that you take-"
"I'm not taking them. I don't take anything I don't know what it is."
"You're taking them." Izaya sounded confident. "They'd know if you weren't. If you're not, they'd put them in the food so you wouldn't notice."
Shizuo frowned. "They have sweet pastries. They do them twice a day but only certain students get them."
"Then that will be it. You've already started the cycle. Second year is when you'll start to feel the change. Third year you'll be that woman."
Shizuo felt sick. "But she-"
"Shizu-chan, you're still going through puberty. You don't understand what is happening, which is why it's scares you." Izaya took his hand and smoothed a thumb over his ring. "Graduation is all consensual. Sex can hurt but feel good. The dream you're having. Think of it like a wedding night. Every single shadow is there for you. You just have a cheat guide to avoid any bugs. Don't tell anyone else. But keep your rings close."
Shizuo felt his eyes water. "I'm going to turn into a girl?"
"Yes." Izaya's thumb smoother his tears away. "But you'll be happy." Shizuo looked up and Izaya kissed him. Soft, chaste. His first kiss. It made him feel like he was melting. Slowly he stood and wrapped his arms around Izaya's neck, sniffling into his shoulder. Izaya held him, gently rubbing his back. "Every Starlight student goes through it. You'll be okay."
x-x-x
Tuesday, his second day. Shizuo didn't touch his pills. He much preferred the sweet treat trickery option. He wasn't the only Starlight with a ring. A couple of the pretty boys had three or four. Shizuo could take his time. For now he had Izaya.
It was strangely settling to know he wasn't crazy. It was panic stations he was going to turn into a girl but knowing what his dream meant was calming. He knew something the rest of his year didn't. That was why his ring was special and he felt sorry for the two flaunting their rings.
He knew what was coming and now he could feel his dreams. He wasn't just a spectator anymore. He could feel everything the woman did, because he was the woman.
Mikado's gaze dropped to his hand. Shizuo sat with them and waited. "You have a ring."
"Yes."
"Who gave it to you?"
Shizuo glanced at Masaomi, who held his hands up. "I won't say a thing. I get it, it's private."
But Shizuo knew he could trust the second year. "Izaya." No point in honorifics if they were practically engaged.
Masaomi's jaw dropped. "What?"
Mikado frowned. "You know what it means to have a ring?"
"Yes." Shizuo popped a candy. If he was going to transition no matter what, he'd rather a smooth one.
"Orihara-san will be held back until you graduate."
Shizuo didn't know that. But Izaya had seemed fine with it. "He's keeping me." Shizuo knew he was blushing. A bit hard not to when he knew exactly what Izaya would do to him.
Mikado twisted his ring off and took Shizuo's hand, sliding the ring onto one of his fingers. "I'm keeping you too."
Shizuo nodded. He knew what Mikado would do to him too.
Masaomi whistled. "Good luck with those two. I already have a girlfriend, so I just need to pick someone I can ditch after I graduate." Shizuo frowned. "Don't worry, Shizuo-chan. I won't pick you."
x-x-x
Shizuo hugged Izaya and kissed his cheek. A two day boyfriend. "You've got another ring."
"Mikado." Shizuo answered taking a seat. Izaya unlocked the drawer and handed him his journal. Shizuo started writing. "Masaomi has a girlfriend. He said he's going to give his ring to someone he can ditch."
"They'll break up. If not, he's not worth it. Your dream isn't set in stone, Shizu-chan."
"It feels like it. I don't go a single night without having it and now there are more details being added. I'm having sex dreams at fourteen. Really vivid sex dreams." Shizuo blushed trying not to think about it. He didn't need any more soiled underwear. "What if he's a bad choice but I chase him, just because I know what his tongue feels like?"
Shizuo banged his head against the desk. "Mikado says you'll be held back until I graduate."
"Yes, it's why they try and keep the years isolated. One or two slip through though. In my case, I'll probably be used as a trainee teacher, especially given you have two or more shadows to identify."
Shizuo looked up. Izaya was watching him fondly. "What do you mean?"
"You've said in your dreams, there are two watching and waiting. So they could be the next first years or someone you haven't met yet. You have three years until graduation, Shizu-chan. Anything could happen. You could meet a first year in your third. It'll get complicated with the more gaps. But you won't be allowed to meet anyone outside your graduation rings."
"So you'll be a teacher?" Shizuo said blushing madly.
Izaya smirked. "You like the idea. There's no sex until graduation but hugs and kisses are allowed."
"And dreams." Shizuo groaned.
"And dreams. Describe what you'll look like. How do you feel?"
Shizuo frowned. "I'll be small, taller than Mikado, the same size as Masaomi but an inch shorter than you. I'll be thin and soft, I won't have any hair except for on my head. My hair will be really long, almost down to my feet, you like pulling it, wrapping it around your fist. It looks really light, maybe blond. My waist will be thin, but my breasts are big. They fill your hands easily and my nipples poke out. They'll be sensitive. Most of me will be."
"You can feel it now?" Izaya asked.
"Yeah. Now, I'm the woman."
x-x-x
At the end of first year, the Starlight dorms went into chaos. Shizuo took his new supplies and went straight to Izaya. The door was open for him, as always.
"I started my period today." Shizuo announced hugging his boyfriend. Izaya kissed his cheek and moved to the drawer pulling out chocolate bars and his journal. "Everyone else is freaking out."
"You'll need to at least act surprised." Izaya chided.
"I know. I'll tell them I ran crying to my boyfriend in tears." Shizuo shrugged chomping on chocolate. "It's true anyway. So I guess I have a womb now."
"Yes. The inside changes first and then the outside."
Shizuo nodded feeling better. Well not really, the cramps were awful and the feeling of leaking blood wasn't nice. Still, he'd rather be with Izaya than in a class of snivelling students finally realising what they were in for.
Izaya was his support system. His boyfriend helped him with his homework, his school work and anything else he needed. He'd slept over a couple of times, in which case one of the teachers or guards had come to find him in Izaya's spare bed surrounded by paper work. They'd both sworn they wouldn't touch each other until graduation. Given his age and Izaya's position, the sleepovers were allowed.
Mikado was second. Shizuo acknowledged that. Izaya was his number one. The oldest, the most supportive. Mikado was there when he needed company or Izaya was busy. They hadn't kissed yet. Masaomi had given his ring to a first year. Only Izaya understood why he had been upset. He'd let Masaomi go, but the dream version was still there.
x-x-x
The shadows had life breathed into them. Shizuo felt more at ease in the dream and slowly details were coming to light. Izaya was no longer a shadow, Mikado had a bit more definition to him and Masaomi was the same.
But there was one shadow that had been watching that now moved forward. Shizuo watched Masaomi move away for this new shadow. The shadow wasn't shy and knew what he wanted. Shizuo found herself twisted around and pressed between Izaya's legs, her cheek nuzzling his cock.
The new shadow ground himself against her, his hips rolling into hers, as he took her arms and pinned them against her back. His fingers roughly pinched her nipples, his nails raking over her clit. He was brutal and she loved it.
x-x-x
Shizuo waited whilst Izaya read over what he'd written. Izaya whistled low when he was done. "Hm, so the dream has moved on again."
Shizuo blushed. He'd been a mess this morning. He was pretty sure he'd been moaning in his sleep. "Yeah. It was…intense."
"You liked it?" Izaya asked watching him.
"A lot." Shizuo sighed. "Trapped between the two of you was…wow."
"Sounds it." Izaya smirked. His mouth thinned. "I think you should go on a date with Mikado-kun."
"Why?" Shizuo mumbled.
"You need two more rings to pass your second year and keep the two you already possess. You need to work on your relationship with Mikado."
Shizuo sighed. "But he's always hanging out with Masaomi. Can't I stay with you?"
"No. I have things to do."
Shizuo pouted. "Are you bored of me? Are you going to take your ring back?"
"Shizu-chan, you are mine and that ring is on your finger forever. I have blue balls knowing what I'll do to you at graduation. I'm glad I'm your favourite, but you need to graduate and to do that you need two more rings and to deepen those bonds."
Shizuo sighed. "Fine."
"And watch out for the first years." Izaya warned. The second years had already hidden on the second floor. He was the only second year walking around freely.
Shizuo hugged his boyfriend and left.
x-x-x
Shizuo was in the library a week into the new year. He felt someone behind him, someone that crowded against him as he stood and dragged a hand along his ass. A hand grabbed his wrist pinning him to the book case, a hard cock grinding against his ass.
Shizuo allowed a smile to touch his lips. He felt his arm being bent behind his back and a ring being pushed onto his finger. There was a kiss to his cheek and then his Midnight attacker was gone.
Shizuo went straight to Izaya with his books. "I was assaulted in the library." He grinned holding up his hand.
"Why do you look so happy?"
Shizuo sat down and set his books in front of him. "Because it was the shadow from my dream. I didn't see what he looked like." But he had a name. Shizuo twisted the ring and read the engraving. "Aoba Kuronuma."
"First year, blue hair. He and Mikado have history."
"Romantic?"
"More rivalry. Neither one will like that the other wants you."
"If I had to choose between the two, Aoba-kun will do so many fun things." Shizuo sighed. "He had me up against the bookcase, bent my arm up behind me and put the ring on my finger. There was butt touching as well."
"No sex until graduation."
Shizuo frowned. "He's a first year. What'll happen?"
"Depends on when his birthday is. We might get held back."
"A year?"
"No, likely until everyone is of age." Izaya said for the millionth time.
Shizuo rested his head on the book. "Graduation isn't going to be pretty. I never thought I'd want sex this much."
"Second years can order toys."
Shizuo raised his head. "Toys?"
Izaya opened the drawer. Shizuo thought of it as a magic drawer. It had everything he needed in it. Izaya handed him a magazine. "How are you developing?"
"If you're asking if I grew a vagina over summer break, then yes." Shizuo flicked through not understanding what he was seeing. "I don't get it."
"Mikado is the same age as you, so you two can experiment together."
"But you're-"
"Not until graduation. You're mature but you're still underage."
Shizuo sighed. "Alright. Mikado likes both anyway."
"A new development?" Izaya asked. Shizuo was yet to write his dream down.
"Well there's you two sharing me. There's him being in the middle and then there's Aoba pinning him down. I just need one more ring."
x-x-x
Shizuo walked straight up to the duo. Masaomi was a third year now and had taken back his ring. Izaya was a trainee teacher and Mikado was a second year like him. Shizuo clenched the magazine in his fist.
"Izaya thinks I should ask you for help with toys." He said.
"You have another ring." Mikado said before his jaw dropped. "What?"
"Aoba Kuronuma." Shizuo answered one question and then the other by handing Mikado the catalogue. "You're the same age, Aoba is a first year and Izaya refuses to do anything sexual until graduation."
"Aoba gave you a ring?" Mikado scowled. "Why? You can't. Not with him."
Shizuo frowned. "Excuse me?"
"I refuse to be in a group with him."
Shizuo twisted Mikado's ring and exchanged it for the catalogue. "Fine. I'm not forcing you to. I'll figure it out myself."
x-x-x
Shizuo was back down to two rings. It hurt but Mikado had never really felt like more than a friend. He went back to the library looking for Aoba but the first year was scarce. First years stared at him but that was only because he was the rare sighted second year.
He knew Izaya would scold him and advise him to make up with Mikado. That was why he went back to the dorm, greeting the first years and swiping his I.D through the barrier. Most of the second years stayed in their rooms but some stayed in the community areas. The second year was denial.
Shizuo waved to those that said hi and went straight to his own dorm room tossing the catalogue on the bed. Changing his mind, he decided to try and rely on his year group. Swiping up the catalogue he went into the seating area and sat down where the popular duo was, still with their five or six guys.
They looked at Shizuo's two rings and said nothing. "I need relief. One of my rings said second years could order toys."
The duo blinked. "Why don't you ask the second year?"
"We broke up. He doesn't like the first year. It's not like I'm forcing them together." Shizuo scowled. He was partially aware he was sulking and probably could've handled things better. Popping his candy he crunched at it and did another one. His emotions felt out of control. "Stupid Midnights."
"Alright. So you're in the same development stage as us. You have toys for the front and those for the back. Then you've got the kink stuff."
"Any for the front and the back?" Shizuo asked.
"Oh wow. Sure. There's this one here. Or you've got vibrating panties and this one does the clit as well."
"It's not developed yet. I only have the two holes to play with. Don't really want to play with my cock if it's going."
"What's the biggest size?" Shizuo asked. "I mean length, not thickness."
"Shizuo-chan, are you a virgin?" One of the duo asked.
"Yes, but in my dreams definitely not."
"Ooh, in that case you want this one. Different speeds, fills both holes and it's long."
Shizuo took the catalog back and tore out the page. "Thanks."
"You might want to get a chastity belt too."
"Don't need it. Sex isn't allowed until graduation."
"You know what's going to happen?"
"Sure. The second year is denial, the third year is acceptance. Graduation is where we become women and we are claimed by our rings, the men we'll spend our lives with. Anyone not in the claiming we won't be allowed to stay with."
"You're alright with that?"
"I'd be fine with just the one but four is what we need, so I'm working on it. The first year is possessive, he'll be good at sex."
"So divorce and stuff doesn't apply?" One of the duo frowned. "It's like mated for life. Our own pack."
"No cheating." One of the eavesdroppers near by said. "We're wasting time moping. I need to get my guy."
Shizuo frowned watching the student hurry downstairs.
"I just think it's unfair they didn't tell us. It's our bodies." Another eavesdropper.
Shizuo sighed feeling irritable. "I think they did us a favour. The tests proved what we were and we'd likely struggle in the future without them. Knowing the truth now, I wouldn't change a thing. I'm going to be beautiful and have my dream guy and at some stage our kid. I like the simplified speed dating."
"That's true." One of the doors opened. He'd raised his voice. "I've had girlfriends. They were always whining and complaining. Now I'm going to be the girl."
"Yeah but what if you still like girls?" Shizuo frowned, why were all the second years coming over?
"Talk to the student council? Maybe they'll make an exception?" Shizuo shrugged. "Not like we're the first."
"Why don't you ask?" One of the duo suggested. "You need to place the order through them anyway."
x-x-x
Shizuo had never met a third year before and his first was the student council president. Well, it should've been. He'd gone up to the third floor and waited to be let through. Since the second years knew the secret, they were allowed.
"Oh, hello. You're a second year."
"I'm looking for the student council president." Shizuo held up the piece of paper.
"Oh, you've already accepted it. Come on through." The brunette grinned. "Ladies we have a second year guest."
The bustling community area paused and turned his way. "Woah. That's new. What are you after?"
The brunette grinned. "Toys."
"Oh. Thinking about sex already?"
"I've been told, no sex until graduation." Shizuo sighed.
The women giggled. "Not technically true. It's no sex with Midnight students."
"But what happens in Starlight, stays in Starlight."
Shizuo tilted his head. "So a second year orgy is fine?"
The third years grinned. "Of course. As long as it's consensual and you don't try to take a Starlight to graduation. You're free to mess around."
"So still want your toys?"
"Yes, but I'll let the others know." Shizuo paused. "I don't suppose you could keep the barrier unlocked. I think the second years will accept quicker if they meet you."
"What's your name?"
"Shizuo Heiwajima." Shizuo answered.
"Shizuo-chan, would you like to stay and play?"
"Yes."
x-x-x
Shizuo felt guilty going to see Izaya two days later. "You broke up with Mikado-kun."
"Yes." Shizuo sighed. "My hormones were playing up."
"You went to the school nurse?" Izaya asked sitting behind the desk watching him. Shizuo wrung his hands together.
"No. The third years told me."
"Third years? Why were you with third years?"
Shizuo stared at the floor. "To place a toy order."
"Did you?"
"Yes. But…"
"But?" Izaya pressed.
"I messed around with the third years."
"You messed around with the third years how?"
Shizuo swallowed. Izaya knew, he already knew what he'd done. "There was some licking…touching…kissing."
"So you lost a ring and slept with Starlights."
Shizuo squirmed. "We didn't sleep."
"Did you enjoy it?"
Shizuo sucked in a breath, Izaya was standing in front of him. "At the time."
"But now you regret it?"
"They aren't my rings." Shizuo sighed. "I didn't ask. It feels like I cheated."
"You did." Izaya cupped his chin. "Your punishment will be decided between your rings. All of your rings."
Shizuo frowned. "Yes."
x-x-x
Shizuo was punished but he suffered in his dreams first. She died. Pulling herself from the water Shizuo kissed Izaya and left the room. Now that she knew it was just that, it didn't feel so real creepy fairytale. Shizuo felt herself smile as she left her harem to soak. She walked back over the stone design and out of the room, into the showers, the door sliding shut behind her.
Shizuo was slow to react as her hair was grabbed and smashed into the tiles. She staggered and in that time the shower cord was wrapped around her neck. Her head cracking into the wall. There was blood, there was choking and there she was on the ground, one foot on her chest, whilst the cord pulled tighter around her throat.
x-x-x
Shizuo woke screaming, crying and choking. He curled up in his sheets and let panic take control. He was going to die. That was the point of the dreams. He was going to die. There was no happy ending, it didn't matter if he was a woman. He was going to die the day of graduation.
x-x-x
Shizuo stayed in his room. He didn't eat, didn't wash, didn't do anything but sit in the corner and cry. He'd been prepared for his future but not that. He was going to die. Someone was going to murder him. He'd never be able to sleep again.
x-x-x
Shizuo left his room on the second day. It was raining. He wondered why bad things always happened when it rained. With a sigh he headed to the bath and then instead of heading to class he sought out the first years. Shizuo knocked on the door, spotted the blue haired boy and walked over to set the ring on the desk. One down.
Izaya was teaching. That was why he knocked on the door and when Izaya looked his way, he shook his head and pointed to the main teacher.
"Can I help you?" The older man asked once the door was closed.
"Can you give this to Izaya once class is over? Thanks."
"I see."
Shizuo walked away and then he ran, grabbing his packed bag from the baths and legging it to the gate. No one stopped him, after all why would they? A Starlight student in transition. But Shizuo had his strength and he made enough of a gap to escape through. Then he ran away from future that ended in misery.
End
