𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀┃Iwaizumi Hajime

O1.

Chapter n. 1,

D R E A M S

Your body rested on the large bed, the sensation of floating was pleasant, you hugged yourself closer to the pillow, breathing deeply the fresh air that entered through the window. The night was brilliant thanks to all the stars that decided to decorate it, without taking away the prominence of the great moon that stood out against the night sky.

The song of the crickets, the waves of the sea crashing, the hissing of the leaves of the trees... everything gave off such tranquility that you began to fall asleep. An uncomfortable buzz broke the enchanting moment, making your senses alert, you let go of the pillow to lazily stretch your muscles, irritated by the constant sound you left the comfort of your sheets to look at the time on your watch.

3:33

It was still too early for anyone to wake up. You walked down the long, dark hallway while rubbing your eyes, adjusting your vision to the dim illumination provided by the moon. The buzzing became distant voices, whispers that traveled throughout the house. Confused you looked at the door at the end of the hall, through which you could see a thin line of light. A little hesitant you approached there, the murmurs were silenced the further you advanced.

With a small tremor running through your back you put your hand on the knob pulling it to open the door. A current of cold air ran through your entire being, causing you to hug yourself instinctively.

"Honey, you're finally here, we were waiting for you."

You observed how your mother was wearing a gala dress, you looked around the room, getting nervous when you saw how it was full of what seemed to be prestigious people. You looked at your outfit thinking that you were wearing pajamas, however you had a nice dress to your liking, it also seemed quite expensive. Somewhat dazed, you sat in a chair, not knowing what to do, you just listened to the conversations of your elders without interest.

"Here he is! Here he is!"

A lady announced, capturing the attention of everyone present. Bells began to ring as the door was opened by a handsome prince; his hair looked like waves of chocolate, his perfect smile charmed more than one girl who was there. You rolled your eyes looking for something to entertain yourself with but someone grabbed your hand.

"Nice to meet you, princess."

You watched as the newcomer kissed your hand, coquettishly showed his teeth in a closed-eyed smile while you felt the gazes of the other ladies nail your neck with jealousy. Uncomfortable you returned the greeting cordially, you didn't want to be there with that guy, you didn't know what you were doing there either but apparently you should be.

Just when you got up to say goodbye a great tremor shook the earth, without finding your balance you ended up falling into someone's arms. A strong boy dressed in shining armor was holding you against his chest, protecting you from the earthquake. You tried to contemplate his face but it was blurred, you could only see his characteristic dark and spiky hair.

Another jolt made you fall on your face to the ground, you stopped feeling the comforting warmth that those arms gave you and for an instant you felt fear of not being protected. Looking up, the entire room was empty and dark, as if no one had ever been there. You walked aimlessly around the house listening to unintelligible murmurs, you began to walk faster and faster trying to find a way out or someone but it was just you and the constant voices that began to rumble in your head over and over again.

The feeling of anguish began to invade your body, an immense itch ran through your forearms, you began to scratch strongly wanting that feeling to end, but you only managed to feed the fear. Your fear.

You tripped over your own feet falling a second time, your eyes traveling up to see an open door. Almost falling back to get up so quickly you got to this crossing without thinking much, leaning your back against it, breathing heavily. You closed your eyes seeking tranquility, the birds began to sing noisily, relaxing by their song, you took a deep breath to open your eyes.

So you saw them. The handsome prince and the noble knight. One happily greeted you while the other just looked ahead alertly.

For a moment you remembered the sensation of warmth you felt when you were between the muscular arms of the knight, by instinct your body moved on its own, walking serenely towards the duo. One step, two steps, three steps, four, five, six... the image of him was getting further and further away so you started running. Your legs took you to a lush forest where you began to damage your arms because of the thorny branches of the trees.

For an instant you felt that an internal peace ran through your entire body, as if you were floating, from one moment to another the ground under your feet disappeared. Your face turned in horror as you fell into a deep dark abyss, whispers returned to your head, some tears were at the edge of your eyes until you saw the bottom of the hole. You closed your eyes tightly waiting for the impact.

You jerked in bed, your breathing was ragged and you were clutching the pillow that was left on one side of you. You looked alarmed at your watch checking the time.

3:33

When you managed to calm down completely you lay down again looking at the ceiling of your room that was illuminated with fluorescent stars. It had only been a dream.