▫One last time..▫

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"Cause Im so afraid, that in the end, you'll leave again. It may be sad but what was I supposed to do? Im wearing a mask again so I can see you.."

He breathed in and out,' he'll be fine', he kept repeating those words non-stop. Natsu took his camera and things, and once again goes to the mansion after cleaning himself up, he must finish his work before the last week, even for a little bit of time, he can be with Hinode, just them passing time together. 

He heavily sat on the wooden chair, and desk, he let out a sigh before starting his work, after he did the final picture taking. He was almost finished at arranging the photos he was going to submit to the rich woman. After doing the final arrangements, Natsu placed his laptop on the desk, and was starting to write on his journal. It only took him 20 minutes and so, he fixed his things, and the hard drive with the photos he took, he planned to pass the hard drive before his flight. He ran outside of the mansion without Mr. Takamura noticing, he didnt looked back and just ran straight to the apartment to return his things, it was almost sunset and he wanna see it before its late. 

'hey, what do you think about love?'

Natsu was listening to the waves, and splash of the water through the shore, Hinode was beside him looking at him as he listen to it, the sky was turning orange to purple as the sun sets. They were mesmerized by the color in the sky as it changes, and the waves making sounds upon the shore, it was relaxing. "I finished work today," Natsu began "so I might not be seen in the mansion for the several weeks left." , "but, we have more time to hangout than usual, anything you wanna do tomorrow?" . Hinode looked at Natsu and the exitement on his face was shown, "theres so much to do!" Hinode exclaimed, "how about movie marathon? Sleepover? Oh!" He said "There's a field of dandelions near here, how about we should go there sometimes when it isn't raining?" Natsu nodded that made Hinode smile to see him agreeing. "so, what do you wanna do tomorrow? The forecast said it was gonna be thunder clouds and rain tomorrow." Natsu asked, "it would be nice to do movie marathon and a sleepover!" Hinode replied, he acts childish but still, Natsu enjoys being around him as if he was comfortable with him, or as if Hinode was comfortable with him, they both watched the sunrise and sunset a several times, especially when Natsu can't sleep because of nonsense nightmares or problems, Hinode was always there with him, he comforts Natsu, even though Natsu was the one aiming to comfort Hinode, well, it just happens. 

*AFTER AN HOUR*

Natsu stared at the ceiling, it was dark but the moonlight can be seen passing through the light curtains, outside was windy, the windows were open and the curtains were following the movements of the wind flowing from the room, the smell of the sea was on the room, Natsu kept staring at the ceiling, and listening to the sound of the crickets and owls from outside, he tries to slowly close his eyes, and after that all was silent.

A blinding lights that led Natsu open his eyes, he was standing in a path, and there were cherry blossom trees arrange on the sides of the path, in each end of the path was just bright lights, you can't see what's on the last step. Natsu looked at his left and right, aiming on which side will he go, as he decide, the trees leaves were falling, its like the time passes by so fast, that all the leaves were on the ground slowly drying out, the sky was starting to go dark, stars can't be seen for the clouds were everywhere, it started to create thunder clouds, and after a minute a strong rain started to pour, Natsu just stood in the middle of the path, he looked on the ground and the water was slowly rising, until it almost reached his chin, he tried to move but he can't, the water started to rise more, until he took a deep breath, as the water rises, he kept trying to move but his body won't let him, he can't see anything around him, it was so dark, he can't held his breath for a long time, he then started to slowly drown, he kept moving until he can already move, he swam up to the waters but he can't take it anymore, he was out of breath, the only light from above was drifting away as he goes deeper again on where he was standing on.

The sound of the clock has heard, Natsu was awoken, the chirping birds were outside and the sun is already risen, he looked at the clock and it was 8:12 a.m. he stood up and made his breakfast.

'Another nightmare.'

After he cleaned the house and himself, his phone rang, he took it and answered. 

[Natsu?] 

Hinode's voice was heard.

[Yes?]

[Where would the sleepover be?]

Natsu looked all over the place before he answered. 

[How about here? Since I already cleaned the house.]

[Really? Then, what time?]

[Anytime.]

[Okay okay, I'll go there at noon. Im gonna ask Mr. Takamura to buy some chips or anything at the grocery store.]

[Sure. Okay then, see you later.]

They hang up and Natsu continued to clean the remaining parts of the house, he also fixed the table and placing it on the front of the bed, so they can place the foods there, because the television was located at the front of the bed and the table, he connected the tv to the internet, and goes to netflix, he just tested it out and turn it off after. Since theres 2 hours left, he thought about writing on his journal for a while. Outside was getting cloudy and the some thunders were heard, but not so loud. The wind was getting stronger too, he closed the windows and opened the AC, with the curtains slightly opened a small view can still be seen outside. He sat on the bed and took his laptop, he wrote about what he did in a few hours. 

*AFTER AN HOUR*

The doorbell rang, and Natsu's was interrupted but he didn't mind, he rushed through the door and opened it, it was Hinode holding plastic bags with food and sodas, he let him in, and Natsu placed the food on the table near the bed, Hinode took his coat off and placed it on a small racket near the door, "can I borrow the bathroom? I'll just change." Asked Hinode, Natsu nodded and Hinode took his bag and to the bathroom. Natsu was wearing a sized sweater, pajama, and white socks, because the AC will get cold if hours has passed, Natsu sat at the bed continuing his journal, The bathroom door opened and Hinode got out, he was wearing a white t-shirt, a black pajamas, and white socks, Natsu closed his laptop and tap the bed and was asking Hinode to come sit here, Hinode sat beside him, they chat for a while and then decided to close the lights and opened the tv, Natsu gave Hinode the remote and he picked a series, it was titled "The Guest", Natsu didn't thought that he'll pick a horror series, Natsu took a chip from the plastic bag, and covered himself on a blanket he just took on his luggage, it was a furry white blanket and goes well with cold places, Hinode noticed him and also took a bag of chips and opened a can of soda, he also took a black like camping blanket on his bag, and also covered himself up with a blanket, they watched the first episode, as the second episode starts, the rain outside started to pour, and loud thunder was heard, and Natsu reminded it about his recent nightmare, especially the sound of rain echoes on the roof. 

Natsu tried to ignore the nightmare and continued watching, they were enjoying it, the mc's fits well with the story, hours had passed and they finished almost 10 episodes, some parts of the series made Natsu cover his eyes using the blanket, but Hinode just watched the movie straight faced, 'Im not a fan of horror movies that much, but I do enjoyed this.' Natsu thought. They searched for more series, and found a show called "Magic for Humans", they watched some of the episodes, and the guy was so good at magic tricks, no wonder, he was learning magic tricks for about years on his life, that show was indeed entertaining. Natsu looked at the time behind and beside his bed, it was 8:01 p.m. they turned off the tv and opened the lights, they talked for a bit, like stuff about what they like and what they don't.

Hinode sat closer to Natsu, the AC was freezing cold, and outside was still raining so heavily, Natsu's eyes were slowly closing, after that movie marathon he started falling asleep, his head was laying on Hinode's shoulder, Hinode noticed and layed Natsu comfortably on the bed, he watched Natsu as he fall asleep, Natsu hugged him and whispered "come back" , Hinode embraced him and trying to calm Natsu as he seen Natsu crying. He then started to fall asleep slowly while Natsu on his arms.