It was dark, I couldn't see anything.
Where was I? Didn't I just go home and sleep?
What's going on?
Right now I couldn't feel anything around me, I could only stand still, trying to move but unfortunately it was impossible for me to do.
"Honey..." a mature but also somewhat childish female voice sounded. I tried to turn my head towards her but it was impossible.
Who is it?
I tried to look around, but who was calling me?
Is this a dream? But why can't I feel anything? I couldn't even move my fingers, even breathing was impossible.
"In a moment, please just wait... I will definitely not let them separate us again.."
While I was feeling confused, the caress of a woman's soft hands touching my face, this feels strange. Even I felt a deep longing inside me, is this some kind of secret stupid plot again?
Along with that gentle touch, a strange sensation began to slowly emerge, as if something at the bottom of my soul was writhing restlessly as if trying to get out.
For some reason, a warm sensation appeared in my heart, is this longing?
Come on, don't make me curious about all these strange things, I'm pretty sure that this must be related to the strange dreams that have been haunting me since the last two weeks.
Damn, I somehow seem to know this girl's voice, but at the same time I also don't know her, I tried to remember her, but the dark and blurry face that only flashed inside my head.
"Soon, we will be able to get back together like before" Her voice came back, slightly trembling as if it was shrouded in sadness.
"Nothing will ever separate us again," she murmured softly.
Slowly, the dark shadows around me began to glow, like a broken window pane, it cracked slowly before beginning to reveal the figure of a woman, though I couldn't see her figure clearly and there was only a dark silhouette surrounding her.
'I miss her' this thought flashed through my head.
I could feel it, that woman's eyes seemed full of hope and sadness as she looked at me.
That beautiful blue hair, was the only thing that flashed inside my head.
"Don't worry," she said again, her voice seemingly loving.
"We will be together again... nothing can stand in my way again this time, for I will kill all who would stand in my way"
The light grew brighter, blinding my vision. I could only be stunned, the feeling now turning into a strong desire to reach out to her. But before the shadow completely faded away, I felt something moving my body, this was the first time I was able to move inside this place.
Then, everything became bright. I woke up, panting, in my dark and silent room.
Something felt wrong, I felt my face, as if looking for traces of the touch, but I couldn't even find anything there, as if it had never happened before.
This was the first time in the past two weeks that I had had a dream other than the one about the man's life, it was clear that the woman wasn't in the man's memory.
"What was that?" I held my head, as sweat poured down my face.
That mysterious girl with blue hair, I wondered if it was me or the man I always saw in my dreams who had a relationship with that woman, but there was a strange feeling inside me earlier, feelings of anger, happiness, sadness, even betrayal mixed together.
I got up from the bed, walked towards the bathroom as I washed my face, looking at myself from behind the mirror, I sighed as I stared at my reflection, something whispered inside my head, a voice that was familiar, yet also not entirely mine.
"I miss you..."
I closed my eyes, feeling the lingering cold in my room. At first glance, the image of the woman with blue hair flashed again. Was it really a dream?
But how could I remember someone I never met?
"Who exactly are you?" I muttered softly, almost sounding like a whisper.
I tried to calm myself down, trying to think clearly. Maybe this is just the effect of lack of sleep or stress. After all this isn't the first time I've experienced this kind of feeling, when I first had the strange dream from two weeks ago I also felt this way.
But, one thing that was very different was the shadow of the woman, when she touched me it felt real, damn, I think I'm going crazy.
I let out a long sigh and decided to get into the warm water that had been prepared. Once my body was submerged, I tried to dispel all thoughts of the dream and focus on the comfortable sensation of the warm water washing over my skin.
However, even when I tried to calm down, the image of the girl came back again.
"Ha~ Shit!" I cursed in annoyance.
It took a while before I got out of the bathroom, walking downstairs to the kitchen after I changed into my school uniform, I walked out of the house with only a piece of bread in my hand.
Time passed, a few minutes after I got out of the house, I walked to school listlessly.
To be honest, the distance between the school and my house wasn't too far, it could even be said to be very close, especially when I could make the round trip without much trouble.
As I looked up at the morning sky, I thought that today would be better, after all I had an appointment to practice together with the other club members.
....
"Everyone back to your respective positions!" as Nibutani gave the signal, everyone looked at her in annoyance.
I think I'll take back the words I said this morning, today is just as or even worse than the previous days.
It's been almost an hour since we started training, honestly it's not a hard training especially when it only starts from simple physical exercises such as running around the field to doing push ups, but one thing that really pisses me off everyone is this girl, Nibutani.
Seriously, this girl doesn't even give us a break, and while I don't have a problem with that, I'm quite worried especially when I see Rikka who looks like a salted fish right now.
It's been a few hours since I had that weird dream and right now I have to undergo training for sports week.
But this girl, Nibutani made a strange training schedule that makes no sense, with no rest time at all for everyone.
Although it's not a problem for me as a spirit, but for ordinary humans like Rikka and the others, it's really torturous for them.
"Get ready to run five laps around the field again!" Nibutani said excitedly, as if she didn't care about the condition of all of us, I suspected that this girl was trying to kill everyone subtly.
"Are you serious? I think I'll pass out if I do more than this" Yuuta protested, but Nibutani just glared at him.
It was as if she wanted to swallow Yuuta whole.
"Hmpf! What do you know! I'm doing this to prove to the osis that we're not a bunch of weird kids!" as Nibutani said that, I could see the hatred in her eyes.
But Rissa, who had been fighting with Nibutani since yesterday, started to say irritably. "You crazy girl! You didn't even give us all a break!" Rissa swore at Nibutani in annoyance.
"Hmpft!"
While Nibutani just snorted in annoyance while staring at Rissa as if not wanting to lose to her.
I don't know what the osis said to her before we started training, after all the osis suddenly called Nibutani as our Club's representative to meet them and when she came back she had a glum look on her face.
I just hope this girl is a little compassionate.
As I looked back at Rikka, I could see how her initial enthusiasm had disappeared, there was only a hateful look in her eyes now. She even stopped playing with the umbrella she used to carry.
Poor Rikka.
Cautiously, I approached Rikka. "Rikka, are you alright?" I asked her.
"Ugh... the world is dark... why even the sky is in cahoots with that crazy witch..." Rikka muttered weakly, as if she was cursing the entire universe because of Nibutani.
"Haha...Dekomori can see grandma in heaven, she's calling me"
Dekomori! Don't respond to your grandmother's call! For some reason I'm starting to feel worried about this girl.
"Great witch, I think!" When I wanted to speak, Nibutani threw her friendly gaze at me, but somehow I felt there was something strange about that smile, as if something cruel was tucked inside.
At the moment, I could only gulp. Shit! Where was the cute and cuddly Nibutani yesterday? Bring back the girl of my dreams from before!!!
Believe it or not I was beginning to see Nibutani as a cruel dictator rather than a gentle girl who believed in the existence of the great Spirit of the earth like me.
"Do you want the student council to disband our club? Are you going to just accept it if they call us a bunch of weird kids?
"I guess we should just surrender to the fate of being a weird club, it's not like we can't get together again after the club is disbanded" Rissa complained as she looked up at the sky with a desperate expression. Even her umbrella was now just dragging on the ground, no longer spinning as usual.
Meanwhile, Dekomori began to rant, "We'll be destroyed... In a parallel world, my other body must be having fun without having to face this cruel training!"
I thought I had to find a way to get out of here.
When I thought for a moment, I saw Rikka.
"Rikka, I think I need your help" I whispered softly to her as she looked at me curiously.
"Yes? Just tell Lux-sama, I will definitely help you" said Rikka.
"Okay, listen to my plan carefully" I began whispering my plan to Rikka, making sure Nibutani didn't find out about the small rebellion I was planning against the Authoritarian Regime she was currently leading.
Rikka nodded eagerly, her tired eyes instantly radiating a ray of hope. As if like a traveller who found an oasis in a barren desert.
"Whatever it is, Lux-sama! I'll follow you even if I have to fight that crazy witch!" Rikka said that with excitement.
"As I said before, on the next round I want you to pretend to faint, that way I can make an excuse to take you to the school infirmary, make sure no one realises this rebellion plan" I looked at Rikka seriously, as if what I said was a life and death plan.
The rebellion plan I laid out began to materialise as we started running, even the always rebellious Rissa was unable to fully resist Nibutani in dictator mode.
As planned, Rikka began to slow down her pace as we started the first lap, her face made as if she was very tired.
"Lux-sama..." Rikka whispered weakly to me who was currently running beside her.
"Is it time?" she asked me briefly.
I nodded and gave a sign.
"Now!"
Following my command, Rikka then began to shake her body, pretending to faint right in the middle of the track, but why did this girl fall into my arms?
Nibutani who had only been looking at us with authority now looked surprised, she came towards us in a panic.
It seemed that not only Nibutani was fooled, even Rikka's younger sister Rissa and the others seemed surprised by Rikka's fall into my arms.
"Rikka-Chan?!"
"Rikka!"
"Sister!"
As everyone came here with panicked faces, I somehow managed to hide my small smile from all of them.
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