The Dream

Kei fell asleep in Kai's arms.

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It was pitch black. Kei opened her eyes, only to find herself in this abyss of darkness. "Hey loser. Here. Yes, here." She followed the voice. No matter how much her instincts screamed at her to stop herself, she couldn't help but follow the voice because it might help her find her way out, but later she started hearing more voices saying the same phrases repeatedly. They seemed to be coming from different directions. Kei was losing her mind trying to find the directions and finally herself. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them, she found herself in the deepest part of the ocean. Although she couldn't breathe, she wasn't dying either, just numb, unable to move. She stayed in the same position for what seemed like years, later, she could see a dim figure heading towards her. She thought she was hallucinating. The figure approached her and she could see who it was - her loving boyfriend Kai. He took hold of her body with one hand and swam towards the surface.

"Hey. I know it's a slow process, you know, reaching the surface from where we are, but I promise you, you won't regret it when we do reach the surface. You'll find a lot more sunlight there. So please, hold my hand, and never let go. Without you, I will sink into this abyss and never be able to reach the surface."

"I understand. Thank you, for helping me."

"I still am."

All of a sudden, she saw Kai vanish from her sight, and she found herself back in the abyss of darkness that she almost gained freedom from.

Kei woke up sweating and breathing heavily. She turned to see if Kai was still by her side, and there he was - sleeping like a log. She sat up. "Goodness, it was only a dream? No, that was a nightmare, right? Holy cow, I'm never leaving this guy. I don't think I want to know what will happen to me then. I might even die if I don't have him by my side. I don't think I want to see that nightmare again, but, I don't want to disturb Kai... Oh well, knowing me I might be troubled by this till the rest of tomorrow and then he'll ask me what happened and then I'll have to tell him anyway."

She struggled to wake him up. After calling his name out for what seemed like ages he finally woke up.

"Goodness, what happened?! You woke me up in the middle of the night for something that troubling you, right? Okay, wait, I'll wash my face and come."

He got up and went to the bathroom and returned within a minute.

"Okay. I'm all ears."

"Okay so...." And she repeated the whole thing to him.

Drops of crystal clear water fell on the sheets. Kai looked at Kei. Tears were streaming down her cheeks and neck. Kai wiped her tears away while holding back his own tears. "No, it won't do if I cry too, I need to support her, but....I really can't help but cry too when I see her cry. So sweet, so fragile, yet looks so strong. Never lie to me, please, or I don't know what I'll do if I found out that I couldn't help you."

" I think it shows what happened to her, and how she's feeling now. Her journey maybe? Is that what depression does to you? Damn, I guess I couldn't even imagine how hard all of this must be on her huh. Well, now that I know, I'm sending that bastard to jail. He's not coming back to trouble my Kei ever again. "

With that, Kai fell asleep. He held Kei in his arms so tightly, as if to not give her a chance to let go, ever.

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