During the bus ride back all I did was stare in shock, not at the ground, not at the window next to me, but just at the void of nothingness. I was confused, scared, and shakened. I wanted to vomit but I held myself. I had so many questions.
Why was the doctor in my dream? Who was Manabe? Why did the doctor kill him?Why did the doctor do that to Chizuru? Why was it Chizuru in the first place? Why wasn't she even trying to struggle? Was Chizuru the only one or are there more girls he's doing it with?
All these thoughts stirred up in my head, I felt nauseated again. I looked to the left and saw Kumi with a worried expression.
"Hey, are you okay? Did something happen?"
"N-N-No, I-I'm fine. I'm just a little….a little car sick, that's all."
Kumi didn't believe me one bit, she could tell that something was off since she knew ever since we were kids after all.
"Come on, you can tell me. After all I'm your…"
"Shhhhh!"
I looked around and everyone was staring at us. I signaled Kumi to tell her that everyone is watching us right now and she soon calmed down.
"A-After all I'm y-your childhood friend, isn't that right?"
"I-I'll tell you everything later, I promise."
"You promiseeee??"
"Of course"
After we got off the bus, Kumi offered to walk home together to which I hesitantly agreed. When we got to Kumi's house, she said she'll be patient and wait for me to sort things out. Then after I got home I unpacked my things and layed on my bed, wondering what I should do? How can I tell Kumi? Can I even tell Kumi?
I decided to go to sleep and sort things out tomorrow.
I opened my eyes and found myself in a white void as I floated in its emptiness. However its emptiness didn't last long, as while I was floating around I saw a kid in full white running towards a door. There were four others and he ran to the second most right, while I followed behind him unconsciously. His eyes were also white devoid of emotion and thoughts and before I knew it we entered the door only to see a bedroom. It felt somewhat nostalgic. I looked around and saw a picture displayed on the drawer next to the bed. It was Manabe, but he wasn't alone. He was smiling and looked happy with a much better complexion than what I saw him last time. The person next to him looked oddly familiar. It was a girl who looked like she was Manabe's wife, given the way they were embracing each other. When I looked back at the kid he ran into another door and opened it. This time it was a cafe. Before I could think of what was going on, the kid suddenly appeared sitting on one of the chairs. I blinked and all of a sudden, I found myself sitting next to him. I asked him what was happening and all other sorts of questions but instead of giving a response, he just sat there. I got a little irritated but then found myself again with the kid opening another door. This time however, I decided not to go but when I looked back the cafe room had turned into the white void earlier. Left with no other choice I went with the kid to the other door and saw the same lab I was in like the last dream I had. I explored around and saw all sorts of equipment. While I looked around I noticed that the kid was waiting for me, so I asked him why he's doing this and he didn't answer again. I wanted to punch him this time but I held back. We went to another door again and I wondered what sort of place would appear, only to find myself stranded in the middle of the forest ,surrounded by trees. I couldn't see the next door, so I tried asking the kid again.
"Hey, is this it?"
"..."
"Come on, at least say something!"
"..."
"Seriously! Is this it! Is this the final room!?"
"..."
I couldn't hold it in anymore and punched the kid but my eyes lit wide open as I saw my fist go straight through his head while he remained expressionless. The forest around us began to shake and rumble to the point of even cracking, and I noticed a black void coming out of those cracks and surrounding us similar to my last dream. As I pulled my hand out of the kids head I was shocked to see it left a hole where I punched him. As the black void slowly dawned on us, I looked at the kid as he opened his mouth.
"Take your revenge"
…
I woke up.