Mr Tanaka removes his hands from under his chin and starts rubbing my temples
" Riku please relax. We can't review the dream if you are nervous, baby"
I slowly nod and close my eyes.
His hands are soft and warm and make me lean into his touch.
After a while, I drift off to sleep. I start to see the scenes again ending with
the little girl who I now know is Hannah.
I open my eyes when I notice that Mr Tanaka has stopped touching me.
I start to feel better now that I shared my dream with him.
He looks at me with curiosity in his eyes.
"so?"
"so?"
"who was that girl?"
"um...she is one of my classmates"
"she seems to have many heartbreaking problems.try to find out more about her."
"yes sir"
He smiles and winks at me
"good boy.see you tomorrow"
I smile awkwardly and stand up to leave the room.
"b-bye"
He chuckles and waves at me.
I close the door and facepalm myself
'Saito Riku why do you always get frustrated
when you meet him!!'
I sight and walk throw the door and exit the house.
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I slowly open my eyes.
I'm in my bed and everywhere is dark except for the creepy smiley face looking at me from the roof
I gulp and start shaking even though it's not the first time that it has appeared in my room.
Its smile gets wider
"not you again"
"Hey Riku long time no see"
"w-what do you want?"
"don't you miss me?"
I huff and turn around to face the wall but a few seconds later it appears on the wall too
" I was happy I thought I would never see you again"
"That hurt," he says jokingly
I try to close my eyes but I can feel its eyes on me
"please leave me alone"
I beg while burying my face in my pillow
"Who are you talking to?"
I turn my head to see my brother, Rem, entering my room while having a weird look on his face
He has bags under his eyes and his hair grow longer than the last time I saw him.
"Rem.your back!"
He suddenly jumps on my bed and hugs me tightly
"Of course dummy. I missed you"
"me too"
"Rem I can't breathe"
He chuckles and breaks the hug.
Tears spring to my eyes as I look at my brother after four weeks
He brings his hands to my eyes and gently wipes my tears
After our parents' death, we grew a lot closer to each other to the point that I don't want him to leave me even for a month.
"aww my little bro don't be like that"
"Please don't go away anymore"
"you know I can't honey.i have to work"
I pout and nod.
He claps his hands to change the mood
"So how's school? Does Hannah help you study?"
"Yeah I guess"
He glares at me before starting his boring lecture again.
"Riku!you need to study. your grades aren't really acceptable. Why don't you go to Hannah right now so you two can study"
"but it's not a school day!!"
"no buts just go"
he taps my tights to make me get out of my bed
I groan and pull the covers above my head because I don't really want to study this early in the morning. but I suddenly remember my dream and Mr Tanaka's advice.so I jump out I bed and walk toward the bathroom.
Rem looks surprised but doesn't say anything as he leaves my room to go and rest a bit I think.
I throw some books in my bag and start walking toward Hannah's house
