Two As One - Sano Manjiro x Reader

CHAPTER 22 : A Hint

Y/n's POV

I just had a fifth bad dream again since I woke up from a coma, I don't know how it hunts me down, but it scared me that the dream was always about Mom, Gramps, Aiya, and surprisingly that blonde moron name Mikey.

"Nakano-chin."

I could hear him called my name several times but the sleepiness in me pulled me down to the bottom as I close my eyes again, until I could feel my own body being carried someone on whoever it was.

A sound of the housekeeper that it was the old lady, until when I try to close my eyes to sleep, the nightmare hunts me down again.

I was like sitting in the middle of nowhere, there are no paths, just clear white surroundings and all until I saw him.

Mikey.

He was standing backing me, when I tried to reach out my hand, I widens my eyes in horror when a knife suddenly stabbed him, making him coughs out blood. "OI!!"

He then turns around, facing me with his smile and next he vanished like that out of my sight as I open my eyes from the dream and saw him again in my own room about to leave.

My conscious overwhelmed as I grab his jacket, "D-Don't leave..."

My vision is blurry due to the tears in my eyes, I don't know if this is a dream or not but I want to make sure if he's okay, that earlier was not real. I felt my body relax next when he then laid down beside and hugged me.

I just don't care anymore if this is a dream, but please hold me tight, I don't want to look pathetic and scaredy in front of anyone ever. But if I could just do this once in my dream, it isn't bad right?

"Nakano-chin, I'm not going anywhere."

His soft voice ringing in my ears, it felt so real, can I hope for something? That I want to be like Aiya too with her boyfriend, who was his name again? Oh, Baji. So, can I be like them too? For example, with Mikey or someone, I'm hoping for something in my age gap now that I'm seventeen to experience what Aiya did too aside Judo.

"M-Mom..." I mumbled her out.

Is it alright for me to learn what you felt about Dad? Even though he abandoned us, is it alright for me to hope that one day someone will take care of me beside Gramps? There's so much to think that I still don't know about to be honest, and love someone even I have to know loving myself first.

It's too hard for me Mom, my heart has been locked like this for the longest time, making me become a person that I don't always want to be. Is showing my soft side would make me fragile? If I being nice and didn't use violence, will I be considered weak?

"It's okay Nakano-chin, Mikey is here."

Telling his presence with me now making me to stop my anxiety before I drift off to sleep.

The Next Morning

I woke up when I let out a small sneeze, my eyes flutter open and it chokes me on the inside when I see the guy name Mikey laid down beside me. His face is also looking at my way but he still had his eyes close.

Is this a dream? Another dream? But it's too real!

Want to make sure, I then blowed out little winds to his face, seconds later his eyebrows twitch and he also slowly open his eyes to meet my gaze. His navy clouded eyes, looking straight at me without a reaction.

Until I move my fingers to slightly slap his cheek, "Ah."

"Huh? He talked." I mumbled confused, then chuckled bitterly. "Seriously L/n Y/n, after you dream last night that this guy hold you tight, then reassuring me that it's going to be fine. Now you're dreaming him again right beside you, such an imaginary kid you are."