Ren and Fuyumi spent the entire lunch time by writing down on what they remembered on their dream, while emphasizing specific events that happened. The first few minutes of them after the talk, Fuyumi puts down her phone, and grabbed her headsets, she tuned in to some
With the breathtaking view of the city, and Fuyumi's shining silver hair, she silently whispers about an offer she would make, one that Ren would not expect.
"Would you like to listen to music?"
Fuyumi whispers while she gives the other headset of the pair to Ren. While them wearing headsets together, Ren's heart then skipped a beat by the unexpected offer.
Ren was afraid of women, just like me. He got his phobia by trauma, since last year, when he was a first-year.
Which is, he got bullied by slightly chubby, acne-filled girls. He couldn't fight back, of course. Since he made a promise with his mom to not hit girls, which made him tired of life. His eyes filled with an endless void, stabbed a hole in his heart, and possibly letting all human emotions in Ren disappear.
But, a woman, the very thing that feared him, patched the hole in his heart, and felt a genuine emotion that even he, doesn't know, and hasn't felt yet.
The romantic event that Ren and Fuyumi had, was being watched by a certain someone, by Kousuke.
10 minutes ago...
Kousuke, walking in the hallway at the second floor, was bored. Just walking there, without his friends. Since they betrayed him and ran to the convenience store without him.
Damn those traitors...
But wait.. Didn't Ren have some important business he had to do in the rooftop?
What business could that even be? Oh... I'm going to find out by going there.. I'll do it just this one time.
Kousuke running up the stairs reaching the rooftop, but he immediately stops his footsteps and took a peek after he hears the moderately loud and commanding voice of Fuyumi.
Ooh la la... What do we have here?
Kousuke thinks while grinning at them both.
The scenery, the lighting, the vibe, it's like I'm seeing a Leonardo Da Vinci painting.
Those two go along each other extremely well. I'll let them be. I'm going to tease him later~
Dismissal Time - 4:00pm
Perfect!!, they both think simultaneously.
They both finished the chapter by throwing paper balls with the story written on it, as soon as the teacher didn't notice. Luckily, they weren't caught, and just in time, finished on dismissal time.
Both Ren, and Fuyumi thought, after finishing a chapter of their novel. While they were both reading each other's novels, they noticed that the quality of the story increased significantly after sharing each other's experiences.
Since Ren was excited of the outcome, he carelessly offers to exchange contact information. While blushing, realizing that this was basically a confession.
Ren's idea was to exchange contact info just to completely write his story by sharing dreams.
Well, they both don't know yet if it was simply just a coincidence, or it was fate.
But in the end, they exchanged contact info. Ren's first woman friend, and Fuyumi's first man friend.
Ren and Fuyumi walk together to their home, since their home was near. At the intersection, they both wave themselves goodbye.
Ren goes home, does the usual.
Eat dinner, write his chapter on his laptop and post it, leap on his bed tiredly and sleep.
But yet again, his dream, was even more peculiar than the last.
It was still the same, his body was covered in glowing white, he could fly around like a ghost, an all-seeing eye covering the world, but this time, using his all-seeing eye, he sees another being like him.
It was none other than Fuyumi.
For some reason, they couldn't contact themselves, the only thing that was present for Ren was his mind and his mind only.
Fuyumi also takes notice of Ren, but the same problem. They couldn't talk, well, can't even communicate at all.
Ren decides to switch his focus on the story, which yet again, happens to be [ A Certain Zombie rises again ].
This time, Tsubasa Hanzou, walking around mindlessly as a zombie that is meant to fill the audience seat to the so-called "Main Character", regains his rationality.
This was considered as a miracle.
According to what happened, the virus could not take over Tsubasa's brain, since Tsubasa's willpower was too strong for it, and it only took away his physical prowess.
He thinks he needs to get stronger, which he could easily do, by using his previous knowledge in boxing. Suddenly, a blue window appeared right before his eyes, making Tsubasa flinch. A status window that resembles a status window from video games.
[ Status Window ]
[ Tsubasa Hanzou ] [ Level 1 ]
[ Race: Zombie ]
[ STR: 10 ] [ DEF: 10 ]
[ AGI: 10 ] [ STA: 10 ]
[ DEX: 10 ] [ LUCK: 20 ]
He thought about it as a game, and start to kill zombies, one by one, increasing his levels, strength, etc.
"Wow.. This is insane. This is what it feels like becoming stronger?"
I'm here for it!
Tsubasa works his way up to defeating zombies, while leveling up appropriately, without having game-breaking cheats, he continued to grind normally. By slowly defeating stronger monsters than him, it was a piece of cake, and no irregularity was happening.
While the story kept going as usual, he feels uneasy, and using his all-seeing eye, he looks at his left.
He sees Fuyumi, flying around in a high school. A stereotypical high school, with cherry blossoms filling the entrance, students murmuring about a new trend about something, and a loner that doesn't stand out at all, Shin Hanzawa.
Fuyumi then sees the homeroom teacher of the class both Shin and Naomi was in, the homeroom teacher announced a field trip.
What unexpected events would happen in this field trip? Would the two become even closer? Or be slowly separated?
As both were taking notes and trying to remember what happened in their dreams, they both wake up at the same time.
They both thought, it ended in a flash. A speed of a blink.
It was a Saturday morning, so, It was both good news for them.
They had both the same thought in mind, "I'll sleep all day."
But, when they both tried to sleep on purpose, trying to get that dream back, it didn't work. They had an adrenaline rush after feeling excitement.
As soon as they woke up, they had a lot of energy. The amount of energy you would get if you drank coffee in an early morning.
They were so pumped up and excited about what their story would turn. But, a reality struck them when they planned to sleep again.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
"WHY CAN'T I GO BACK TO SLEEP?!"
As both scream, the people around them flinch, wondering what happened.