Futatabi Ningen•|Dazai Osamu|•

7

"I don't want to be called SC-2005 all the time. I want to be known a person, not just as a subject."

"Are you saying that you want to be human?" A gentle voice said.

"No, it's impossible for me to be human after all this. I simply want to be treated like one."

Another dream?

"Who...Am..I..?" She asked herself.
She walked through the countless alleys until she saw a young man, around her age, with a black coat draped around his shoulders. He had bandages on his face.

"Who..are..you?" She asked. The man turned to face her. Somehow, even though he was already facing me, I couldn't make out his face. It's like his face was blotted by ink.

"I'm ••••••. Who are you?" He said.

Again with the static noises.

"I'm Kagura." She said. "That's what I want to call myself. I don't have a last name, I don't know who my parents are either."

A man in his 30s with a small amount of stubble walked towards him, with a man in a suit and circular glasses.

"We have to go now, •••••••." He said. "Mori is calling us."

The man in the black coat walked towards the two men. Then pauses to look at her.

"We'll see each other soon, I promise." He said, and bids goodbye. Their figure soon disappeared.

"••••••. You're my target. But at the same time, I want to be friends with you." She said to herself.

Then suddenly I saw the man with Kagura. They were laughing together, making flower crowns. Kagura's blue eyes shimmered in glee.

"I'm so glad I met you, ••••. I've never been so happy." She smiles at him.
She finishes her flower crown full of red flowers, and puts it on top of his head.
"You look really pretty, ••••••••!" She exclaims. I saw her draw her blade slowly, ready to stab him. But she was stopped when he finished his flower crown adorned with pink flowers and puts it on the top of her head.

Her eyes widened. "Pink looks really pretty on you, Kagura!" He smiles genuinely. She sheathes her blade inside her pocket.

"•••••, Mori is calling you to go to the headquarters now." A man who emerged from a limo said.

The man sighed. "I guess it's time for me to go now, Kagura."
"It's okay, I'll wait for you!" She said, standing up and dusting off her skirt.
"Don't forget me, okay?" He smiles.

"Why would I forget about you, ••••?!" She said. "That would be so rude." She pouts.
" *chuckles* Okay, okay, sorry about that. I won't forget you, you know? I just wanted to make sure you won't forget me as well." He said.

"Say, what do people do to seal a promise?" She said.

"Alright, stick out your pinky."
She sticks out her pinky. He sticks out his pinky as well.
"Then?"
"Follow what I say, then intertwine our pinkies."
"Pinky promise?" He said.
"Pinky promise." She followed.
"Goodbye Kagura! Till next time!" He bids farewell. She does the same.

I woke up.

That dream was so much better compared to the last one. Kagura, hmm....I know nothing about her, but at the same time, I feel like I knew her on a spiritual level just by that dream.