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I was standing in front of that wall again, the wall with the graffiti. It took a second for my mind to process everything and realise that I was back in my dream land, I let out a breath of relief.

"Finally," I muttered, I turned away from the wall, expecting him to be behind me.

He wasn't.
"Huh?"

Why was I alone? I was never alone here. He was always here with me.

I started walking away from the wall, leaving the dark alley completely, my eyes scanned everything I could see, in search of him.

I couldn't even call out his name, I didn't know it.
How stupid, two years and I didn't know his name. Then again, I've never thought to ask.

"Hello? Dream guy! Why aren't you here?" I attempted yelling out, hoping he'd appear somewhere.

He didn't.

I continued walking, still wildly looking around everywhere.

I hadn't noticed what this world was like before, he was always with me so I mostly only concentrated on him. This place was quite dark, so devoid of life. Empty. The flowers were less colourful and the sky was less blue. It was all very.. grey.

Was he here alone while I wasn't sleeping too? I felt bad for him then.

Was I running in circles? I couldn't find him.
But it was His dream, like he said, shouldn't he be here?

I shut my eyes, taking a deep breath as I leaned my head towards the starless sky.

When I opened them back again I didn't expect to be in a hospital.

I glanced around the unfamiliar area, my eyes wide. Seriously, Dream guy? Empty hospitals are creepy. Did he bring me here? He must have.

Somehow the hospital not looking like a mess or abandoned at all made it feel more eerie than it already was. I frowned, a familiar feeling washing over me. I've probably been here before.

"It would be easier if you just showed yourself to me," I declared loudly into the empty area. It was quite weird, the place was big and empty, I expected it to echo but it didn't. Not at all.

I sighed and decided to walk in a random direction, I'd have to find him myself then. I was in a corridor, it was quite long with doors on each side. I tried counting them but I gave up after door number 5. Too many doors. Way too many.

No.
There had to be a shortcut. I couldn't check all of them.

I was getting desperate, my gut told me he wasn't in any of those rooms anyway. I decided to trust myself and turned around, I was back in the reception room.

Something caught my eye. It glistened- it stood out, a very vibrant and saturated red in a grey background. There was some sort of red string on the floor, continuing in a certain direction.

"Well, that seems awfully convenient, this better be you, Dream boy,"
I followed the string, walking through corridors and up multiple flights of stairs until I was finally behind a door.
He has to be here, if not him, then something useful.

I didn't hesitate in gripping the door handle and pulling it open.

I froze.
It was him.
I only saw his back but I recognised it right away, having had run into it and hurt myself a hundred times before.

There must have been something or someone in the hospital bed. He was just standing in front of the bed, looking at it.

Was he even aware of my presence?
I took a few steps closer to him, I glanced at the empty bed and then at him.

"Hey," I tried, hoping for a reaction.

I got one, the emptiness had disappeared and his eyes turned towards me, a bit widened. Was he surprised to see me?

"Riza," he said softly, it sounded pretty coming from his lips. My own eyes widened. The way he said it was quite...attractive.
I ignored my beating heart.

"Where were you? I was looking for you everywhere! I wanted to talk to you yesterday but I couldn't fall asleep," I exclaimed, remembering how long I had searched for him. His eyebrows raised the slightest bit at my short rant.

"I was trying to wake up," was the only thing he said, he spoke very quietly, turning his gaze back to the hospital bed. I did the same.

I had to do a double take.
The bed was definitely empty before. Now, there lay a figure with eyes were closed.

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01.07.2020
things are getting more serious yoohoo!!