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JOLTING AWAKE from the feeling of falling from his dream. Sunlight greeted Seia as he blinked at the familiar ceiling of his apartment. He deeply inhaled and sighed in relief that it wasn't the damp forest smell that welcomed him. Instead it was the myrrh incense his grandparents insisted he used before bedtime. But something smelt off.
Stretching before sliding off his bed he walked towards the incense burner but instead of the familiar sticks of myrrh, a bundle of dried leaves wound together sat on it. He did not remember lighting it and nobody had visited him prior. Was this the reason for his dreams?
Grabbing the bundle he made his way to the kitchen to douse the smoke coming out of it. He'll throw it out and he'll forget about that weird lucid dream he had. But he couldn't help but wonder what those people meant in his dream. What was wrong with being an 'Endo'?
"Arahabaki's watching you."
Who was Arahabaki?
Seia did not have time to contemplate further as frantic knocking jolted him out of his thoughts.
"SEIA YOU ALIVE?"
Yuuji's familiar voice washed Seia with dread. Today was a Monday and they had school. Arahabaki or whatever he did not want to be late. Quickly changing to his school uniform and blinking in confusion at the prepared bento box and thermos sitting innocently on his dining table. He was sure he forgot to prepare one yesterday...
"SEIA!"
Clicking his tongue before placing it inside his box. He shouted back, "hold your horses Yuuji!"
A distant reply of Yuuji saying "why would I hold my horses?" became intangible as he quickly grabbed the boy to run towards the bus station. His thoughts of the dream long forgotten.
The now not smoking incense sat on his kitchen counter. It remained still for a second before slowly started smoking again. The smell of mugwort permeating the apartment and overshadowing the myrrh smell it once had.
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"Huh did granny make you a bento today?" Yuuji asked with his mouth open from eating. It was disgusting.
"Eat or talk choose one ugh, " Seia shook his head in disappointment as he reached to open his bento. "I don't know it was in my table so I just grabbed it."
He decided to ignore Yuuji's look of distrust at his bento. It looked normal and smelt normal. It was a simple bento too filled with...vegetables and no meat.
"...give me one meatball." Seia could only watch as Yuuji stuffed everything into his mouth before giving Seia an innocent grin.
"You glutton."
Sighing in defeat Seia could only eat everything and hope he wouldn't get hungry so fast later. He opened the thermos and found that it was tea. It looked like green tea but as he tasted it he found the taste to be a tad sweet with the familiar bitterness of well...leaves. It tasted familiar as if he drank this particular tea before but had forgotten it.
Unbeknownst to them a person was watching them eat lunch. He was wearing a dark suit with his coat draped over him. Bandages littered his face and body as he gazed at the duo with dull eyes.
"Are you sure it'll work?" he asked the person beside him wearing shaman robes.
"Do you doubt me now?"
"You know what'll happen if it doesn't work." The person then proceeded to leave with a dramatic flair of his coat being blown by some nonexistent wind.
Soon.
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A/N. I'll stop there for now. If there are any mistakes well, I'm half-awake writing this lol
Stuff mentioned: myrrh, popular for purification stuff. mugwort, popular for promoting more high quality dreams. So we can say, myrrh here can be used for like sealing while mugwort is used for releasing. There I spoiled everything xD
