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[ and there's nothing that naegi can do but watch as this execution plays out before him. although he wants to tear his eyes away, to look elsewhere, it's like a car crash. he can't take his eyes off the screens and at the very end of it all, when it finally finishes, he says nothing. he finds himself slumping to the floor and staring at the monitor. he keeps staring until he's sure that the sound of daisuke's screams and the images of black feathers covering the screen will be burned in his mind forever... ]

[ ... and eventually, he snaps awake. ]

[ he jolts awake in his bed with a cold sweat and a silent scream. his hands grip onto his sheets tightly until his knuckles are white and he finds a hard time trying to catch his breath. he erratically looks around his dark room, dazed for a second as he tries to figure out where he is. he's... back in his bedroom? back home? so does that mean everything was nothing but-- a dream? ]

[ he immediately throws the covers off him and slams open his door. he goes straight to daisuke's door and pounds on it ]

--Daisuke! Daisuke, are you awake?!

[ Despite how much of a nightmare that was, Daisuke hasn't woken up. Even with the end of the dream, he should have woken up, but he hasn't. That's why the other side of the door is painfully quiet when Naegi pounds on the door. The door should be unlocked though, should Naegi choose to barge in.

Daisuke is just sleeping peacefully as if he doesn't have a care in the world.

As if he's dead. ]

[ naegi waits a total of three whole second before he tries to jiggle daisuke's doorknob open. when he finds it unlocked, he chooses to enter. ]

[ his better judgment tells him that what he saw and heard was nothing but a dream but he just can't shake off this terrible feeling so as he enters, he bends slightly down beside daisuke's bed and gently shakes his shoulder. please wake up, please wake up ]

[ Daisuke feels the motion of being shaken and senses that there's an underlying urgency behind the action. He blinks blearily as if still half asleep and looks quite unfocused when he opens his eyes halfway. ]

What is it...?

[ He mumbles. It's as if the dream never happened for Daisuke! Or rather, maybe he's gotten used to nightmares that his natural response is to just pretend it never happened. ]

[ naegi sighs in relief when daisuke wakes up. he lets go of his shoulder and put it against his knee as he still remains slightly bent over ]

Are-- Are you all right?

I'm fine... I think I slept wrong though.

[ His shoulder hurts, but thankfully it isn't his face. He sees the worry in Naegi's face, and can figure out what this is about. ]

... Are you okay?

[ that's it? daisuke just slept in the wrong position? naegi feels his shoulders relax though when daisuke flips the question on him, he tenses back up again ]

Y... Yeah, I'm all right. Just...

[ he pauses ]

Just a bad dream.

[ He's quiet for a moment and drops the act of not knowing, reaching out to Naegi's hand to hold it firmly. ]

... It's not going to happen. You know that.

[ as daisuke grabs his hand and speaks, naegi looks up with surprise ]

You--

[ he takes a second to fully speak ]

You remember the dream?

[ ... ]

Yeah, I do.

[ He smiles a little wryly. He doesn't want to worry Naegi any further by saying that he's used to having such nightmares, so he'll just leave that unsaid. ]

It's not... going to happen.

... I know. It'll never happen.

[ he then looks downwards and the hand that daisuke holds tightens up into a fist ]

I-- I just wish it never happened.

[ guess who got a memory of an execution after he woke up from this dream hahaha ]

[ Daisuke studies Naegi's expression, and wonders what he should say in return. He feels the hold tighten into a fist, but he won't say anything about that either. ]

I just hope that you won't dream about it again. I'll help you take your mind off it later. That's a promise.

[ He smiles and puts his other hand over the balled up ones gently. ]

I'll always be here for you.

[ after daisuke puts his other hand on his fist, naegi glances up a bit to see the smile. even though the dream and the execution of leon is still very fresh on his mind, seeing that daisuke is here for him and hearing his reassurances does put him slightly on ease. his shoulders lose their tension and he can muster a small smile in return. ]

Thanks, Daisuke. I really appreciate it.

[ he really can't put it into words just how much he appreciates daisuke's friendship. he thinks that he wouldn't have been as strong as he sometimes is if it weren't for daisuke always steadying him. ]

I'm sorry for waking you up. I'll let you go back to sleep now.

It's okay... You don't need to be sorry. I'm gonna be there for you no matter what, remember?

[ He intends to keep his promise to the best of his ability!! ]

Besides, I don't think I can go back to sleep now. I should have gotten up anyway... Gotta loosen my shoulder too.

[ And after a moment of thoughtfulness-- ]

Let's go do something fun today.

[ well, that's true. naegi also doesn't think he could go back to sleep after that. ]

Sure! Do you have something in mind?

[ it's been a while since they really hung out together! this will be fun ]

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