All For You

Dreaming

Hinode's Pov

Where am I?

What is this place?

It's so warm.... I just want to....... sleep......

My eyes started to slowly close.

"Aniki! Wake up!"

I was jolted away by someone shouting. I look up to see a little boy. Possibly the age of 8, with straight black hair pulled into a low ponytail, and big lavender eyes. He wore a simple black and white yukata. His hands were on his hips and an adorable pout on his face. But.... "who are you?"

The boy's eyes widen with disbelief. Then he laughed and smiled at my. "I'm Kichirou, your otōto silly!"

My own eyes widen a bit as I stare at him. "My..... otōto?"

Then it all came rushing back. What had happened, what Muzan had done.

I quickly grabbed Kichirou and hugged him for dear life. How could I have forgotten my otōto. "Kichirou, what are you doing here?" I pull away with my hands firmly on his shoulders. "How are you even here?" Then I started looking around. It was dark, darker than dark everywhere. There were glowing little balls of light that floated around us calmly. "Better yet, where is here exactly?"

"Aniki." The calmness in Kichirou's voice startled me a bit, I've never heard him talk like this. I looked back at him, he had a sad smile on his face which confusing me even more. "You're dreaming."

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "Dreaming? I don't understand."

Kichirou grabbed one of my hands in his and pulled me with him. When he did that, a blinding light enveloped us. I covered my eyes with my free arm.

Then I heard the sound of birds, and smelt the faint fragrance of maple in the air. I uncovered my eyes, to see we were standing on top of the mountain that otou-san and I used to go to everyday. The mountain? How did we get here?

Kichirou pulled me to our usual sitting spot and sat us both down. He still had a sad smile on his face as he looked out at the view in front of us. "When Muzan-sama gave you his blood...." I furrowed my brows a bit. Kichirou looked at me with that sad smile and squeezed my hand a bit. "You fell asleep."

"I fell asleep?" I looked around in disbelief. "So you're saying, none of this is real?" Then I looked back at him with sadness. "Not even you?"

He nodded once with a quick 'hmph.' "Right now, we're in the subconscious part of your mind. This place, it's where your memories lie, like me."

My eyes widen, then I look at the view in front of us. "Is that so..... but, why are we here then? How long have I been dreaming?"

"Not very long, only a few days. Time moves differently here." Then Kichirou stood up, releasing my hand. Causing me to look up at him. He stood there smiling at the view. "And we're here–" Then he looked at me with a closed eye smile. "To make sure you don't forget!"

"Huh?" I gave him a dead pinned look. "Forget? Forget what?"

Kichirou placed his hands on his hips with an adorable angered expression on his face, again. He was about to reply, he was interrupted.

"You nearly forget us just a second ago, remember?"

We both look to see okaa-san, Ako, and otou-san standing together.

I felt tears form in my widened eyes, my mouth gaping. Then I quickly got up and ran to them. It felt nice to run, even if it wasn't real.

Okaa-san opened her arms wide. Allowing me to hug her like I did to Kichirou, and then I cried. She to wrapped her arms around me and patted my back to sooth my sobbing. "It's alright, Hinode. We're here now."