Who says you can't change everything with your dreams?

21 chapter

- Red, don't worry, we'll be at the hospital in no time," Mikey's voice echoed in Dima's ears.

- Mikey... Emma... W-where is she? - Red asked in a hoarse voice, his eyes slightly open.

- Red, I'm here," Emma said, and appeared in Dmitri's field of vision. - You got hit on the head pretty hard," Emma said in a shaky, agitated voice.

- Ha... I see... I didn't think... that it would end up like this... - Dima still wheezed the same way.

- It won't," Mikey began. - Remember when I ate dorayaki without asking and you chased me, and the first time we sparred, and you won," Mikey said.

- Haha, yeah, that was fun, especially when we got told off by Shini after doing something stupid... - said Dima in a hoarse voice.

- Red... Я... love you... - said Mikey.

- Mikey... I love you too, I love everyone, but... I guess it's... it's too late to admit it. Takemuchi... - Red turned to Hanagaki.

- Yes!

- Take care of... Mikey... and the others... Okay? - Red said faintly.

Tears appeared in Dima's eyes, which immediately rolled down and disappeared from sight. Dima rested his head on Mikey's shoulder and closed his eyes.

- Emma, Kenchik loves you, so your feelings are mutual, even though I promised not to tell you... Я... love you all... even... Izana... - said the last words, Dimitri's hands slumped involuntarily, his body relaxed, and his face became calm, as if he were just sleeping.

His heart gradually began to stop.

- Р... Red... - said Takemichi.

Emma's eyes sparkled and she began to cry.

- Red... Red!? I love you too, so when we get to the hospital, I'll be with you all the time... Takemuchi... - said Mikey.

- I'm listening.

- Can you cover him...?

- Э?

- Red... It's kind of cold... - Mikey said in a trembling voice, staring blankly into the distance.

Tears began to come to Hanagaki's eyes.

- Mikey...

- In my dream... we will be happy. Emma and Kenchick would have a baby, Kenchick would build a house. We'll visit them and we'll all reminisce together about the good times while drinking alcohol...

- Mikey... - Takemichi said again.

"Red is already gone... How come..." - Hanagaki thought.

- We'll drink late, call Shinichiro, Mitsuya and Takemuchi. We'll make noise and have fun... We'll wake up the baby... Emma will get mad at me.

***

The clock is ticking...

Mikey sits in the hallway on a bench with empty eyes, Emma sits next to him and cries, while Shinichiro and Doraken stand next to Red's lifeless body. Takemichi stands in the aisle, watching and crying.

"I... Need to do something about it."

Ken and Shinichiro come out of the room.

- Mikey... Let's go outside. Shinichiro, sit with Emma," Ken said as he left.

Shinichiro sat down next to Emma and tried to calm her down; she pressed herself against his chest and started crying even harder.

Mikey, Ken, and Takemichi went outside. Mikey and Ken stood silently in front of each other, and Takemichi stood a little to the side.

- What happened? - Doraken asked and punched Mikey in the face. - You were there, right, so what the fuck? - Ken asked.

Mikey was still silent.

- Hey, Mikey! - Ken said more rudely and clenched his fists. - You're totally fucked up, motherfucker! - Ryuguji yelled already, and Hanagaki dropped to his knees and started talking.

- This is all my fault! Red protected Emma when there was nothing I could do, even though I was closest to her! Mikey isn't to blame for anything here, so, Doraken, if you want to blame somebody, blame me! There's no point in hitting Mikey! - Takemichi tried to talk Doraken out of hitting Manjiro.

But another hard blow followed.

- Didn't you create Swastons to protect everyone! In the end, it was Red who protected all of us, and only him! That's the way it's always been! - Ken said and punched Mikey, who didn't fight back and took all the punches.

- Please! Stop it, Doraken! - Takemichi shouted and tried to stop Ken.

- Shinichiro is alive because Red was with him that day and protected him! Pa-chin was arrested, but thanks to Red, the sentence was reduced! Budgie's alive, thanks to him, and he brought Cazooter back by fixing his brains!

- Mikey! - Takemichi shouted, seeing that Ken was beating him without mercy.

- Fuck off! - Doraken shouted, elbowing Hanagaki in the face as he pulled away from him. - And even saved Emma by sacrificing himself! You loved him! So why? - he punched again and Mikey fell, and tears began to come to Ken's eyes. - So why... Red...

Hanagaki started to speak to make Ken calm down, but suddenly stopped.

"To be reconciled? I want to feel Hina one more time, to look at her one more time, to talk to her one more time, there's no way I can accept it... The death of a loved one is impossible to accept... They can't go back in time and get it back... Unlike me, they don't have that option... Red was everyone's hope from the beginning. He saved everyone, not me... He was the hero who saved everyone... But... What does the future hold for us?" - Hanagaki thought, lying on the pavement and looking at Mikey, who lay with his eyes closed.

To be continued...