BAD DREAM

Shiro entered the room he shared with Kohta and found him sitting on the bed.

"I really didn't see you leave." Kohta admitted.

"Yeah, I told you you wouldn't. But apparently, someone else saw me leave and gave me an earful downstairs when I returned." Shiro dropped his blade close to the couch he slept on.

"Who was it? Let me guess. Saya?" Kohta asked.

Shiro nodded and chuckled. "She was waiting for me at the entrance when I got back and she gave me an earful of her mind. Not that I'm bothered about it though." He shrugged.

"She can be annoying and bossy but she's a sweet person." Kohta smiled.

Shiro, who was already walking to the bathroom, stopped and looked at Kohta and winked at him. "I understand." He laughed and walked into the bathroom.

Kohta stayed for a moment pondering what Shiro meant before he finally understood. His face turned beet red. "That's not what I meant."

"Yeah, yeah. I agree." Shiro responded from inside the bathroom.

Kohta's face was all red. "You know I'm not lying."

Shiro replied to him. "No, I don't. I can't read minds after all. If that's what you want, you should go for it though."

"You should come out first. Our fists need to talk. It's gonna be a short conversation so don't worry." Kohta uttered from the room.

Shiro tried his best to hold his laughter in but failed. "Pfft…" He quickly went silent, not saying a word after that.

A few minutes later, he was out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist.

"With a body like that, all the women in the estate would fall for you." Kohta winked at Shiro.

"Ugh… I wouldn't want that even in the dream." Shiro shrugged.

Shiro put on a new pair of black trousers and a white shirt. "I'm going to be sleeping till whenever I wake up."

"When will you wake?" Kohta asked.

Shiro shrugged. "I don't know. That's why I said I'd also till whenever I wake up. Please, pass that information to the others, I don't want them disturbing my sleep."

"No one comes to visit. Not even Saeko?" Kohta asked to be sure.

"Not even Hina who's been with me all along." Shiro answered.

Kohta nodded in affirmation. "I see… I'd do that then."

"Oh, I'd owe you one if you help me bring back something to eat if you leave for breakfast though."

"I'll take you up on that offer then. I can't just ignore this offer, can I?" Kohta smiled like he was in heaven.

Shiro then remembered his inventory had food in it. "On another note, don't worry about the food."

Kohta's face changed faster than a flip card. "Don't worry, I still owe you one for keeping the others away." Shiro comforted him.

"That's great then. I'll do a great job at keeping them away." Kohta responded. His smile had returned just as fast as it had left.

"I'll see you when I wake up then." Shiro lay down on his couch and closed his eyes.

*****

"Where's Shiro?" Saeko and Hina asked together.

Kohta was wearing a pale blue shirt and trousers in the dining room. "He's asleep, and no one's allowed to see him till he wakes. It's my duty as his roommate to make sure he has enough sleep."

"Hmmph." Saya snorted.

"Why's he allowed to sleep till this moment?" Hina asked, refusing to end the interrogation.

"Kohta just shrugged and replied. "It's a boy's secret."

Saeko stared at Kohta. He quickly diverted his eyes to his food and began to fill his mouth.

Takashi pointed at himself and then at Kohta. "When he wakes up, all three of us need to talk."

"That's sudden but it's okay." Kohta nodded.

"Then I guess the girls will hang out together." Shizuka clapped her hands together with a smile on her face.

Alice joined the conversation happily. "That's great."

*****

Shiro opened his eyes and noticed something on his head. It was a full-head helmet. The parts for the eyes were made with transparent glass which made it possible to see through.

He raised his head and found his body strapped to a bed and close to the bed was a drip hanging on a metal rod. He traced the tube and there it was.

It linked to his left arm. He panicked.

Shiro tried to sit up but the straps wouldn't let him. He shook his body violently to see if it would loosen the strap or even cut a part of it.

"Uhm… Doc, I think 09 is awake." A voice sounded in the room and Shiro heard it clearly.

Another voice was heard. "Are you sure? Let's check it."

Then Shiro heard footsteps approaching his bed. He turned and saw two men in rabbit masks walking toward him. They wore white lab coats and one of them had a stethoscope around his neck.

Shiro stared at them until he saw a syringe in the hand of one of them. Shiro broke down in cold sweat and started shaking violently on the bed.

"I told you he was awake." The footsteps increased and so did Shiro's shaking.

They eventually arrived at his bed and one of them held him in one place to prevent him from shaking. Surprisingly his body was really weak seeing that the man stopped him without stress.

The other one injected Shiro and Shiro could feel himself losing consciousness. "Ahhhh!" He tried to yell but his mouth was too lazy to open.

"That was close." That was the last thing he heard before going unconscious.

"Ahhhhhh." Shiro violently yelled and rose from the couch he had been sleeping on.

He was sweating so much that he thought someone poured water on him.

"That was a dream… that was a dream." He tried to call himself as he took deep breaths.

The door to the room opened and the whole team walked in one after another. "What's the matter, Shiro?" Saeko asked but Hina had already bolted to check on him.

"Nothing, just a really bad dream." Shiro replied.

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