Lovely fic for te_chan01

Title: Nightmares
Pairing: Nishikido Ryo/Tadayoshi Okura
Rating: PG-13, Mystery & Angst
Warnings: Character death…
Summary: When you're unaware of your feelings… nothing can control them... (I’m bad at the summary. Gomenna)
Notes: This fic-exchange is for je_united, thanks for inviting me. Exchange for te_chan01. Also, thanks to my lovely beta-yan, Kathrin.

Everything looks a little bit hazy… There is a villa…surrounded by a beautiful garden. There is someone inside the villa…looks like…a guy…he extends his hand…it’s getting near…close…closer… Okura panics…

“Huh…” Okura wakes up, gasping heavily. The same dream again… What could it mean…?
He looks around. No one… it's just him…
“I’m thirsty…” Is someone here? He walks around. He walks around, heading for the kitchen… He goes downstairs. Still, there is no one inside the house… Weird…
“Hello, is someone here?” Okura calls out.  There is no one here? This can’t be happening… His heart begins pounding.
Okura hears something at the main door.

Ring! Ring!
What should I do?
Ring! Ring!                    

Okura goes to open the door. Who could that be? He wonders, but his feet walks to the main door. He bravely opens the door.

“Yes?” Okura eyes a man standing in front of him. He looks the same age as Okura and has a firm figure.
 
At that moment, Okura's mind goes crazy. The man looks like the God of Death...scary. Okura shivers when he sees how serious the man looks. His face is so handsome yet serious and he looks gloomy.

The man stares at Okura for a couple of minutes and he cautiously looks around.

“There is no one in here… never mind," the man says. Okura silently watches the man.

“The one I want to see is you, Tadayoshi Okura,” the man says while he enters the house.

How does he know my name? Okura is shocked to hear it… he grabs the man's hand.

“I have nothing to do…” the man mumbles to himself ignoring Okura.

Okura pulls the man's hand harder. “Wait!” Okura shouts. The man stares at Okura. His eyes, looking at him, seem so sharp.

“Who are you?” Okura asks bravely.

“Nishikido Ryo.” That's the only answer he gets from that man. What should I do? Is it okay to let him enter? Okura doubts that it was a good idea to let the stranger in.

“Ermm…there’s no one here…” Okura says nervously.  
                                                        
“This villa is so big… this is strange…” Ryo says when entering the house casually. 

What? Why?  Indeed I’m here, but it is scary to hear him say that! “I’m the only one down here…” Okura says firmly.

“Yeah?” Ryo looks at Okura. “I have a feeling that not many people get in and out of this house. It's like an abandoned villa... It's like ...they never return..." Ryo says nonchalantly.

Okura is speechless when he hears Ryo say that. His heart beats faster. Dup…dup…dup…

“Maybe…” Ryo gets near Okura and whispers in his ear, “Everybody down here’s been "gone" a long time ago?”

“W-what are you talking about?” Okura feels uncomfortable.

“You better look for yourself, really,” Ryo says.

Okura is shocked and takes a few steps away from Ryo. He runs to the kitchen. “Is someone there?” Okura shots. He sees that the kitchen is a mess. There are broken plates everywhere and there is blood on the wall.

“No!” he screams scared. He steps back from the kitchen. Why? How can this be happening? He turns around and there is… Ryo standing in front of him watching. Okura is shocked. He runs away from Ryo to the hallway. He rushes into the reading room. He quickly closes the door and is awfully frightened.

That was scary! Who is this Ryo really?!!

Suddenly, Okura sees something on the chair. There is someone… “Dad?!” Okura walks closer to the chair.

“There is something wrong… Dad?” When he sees the figure on the chair clearly, he is almost scared to death! “NO!” There is a skeleton on the chair. It is his dad who has long been dead.

All this is only a dream, right?! This can't be… Dad?!!! Okura thinks in disbelief. He falls to the ground.

“All of this because…” says a voice at the door. Okura looks around. He sees Ryo standing in the doorway. His face is cold. Ryo!

“There are other things you have to see.” Ryo orders.

“What are you talking about?” Okura says with a trembling voice.

Ryo points in the direction. “Go to the piano room.”

Piano room?! Mom! Okura runs into the room. Ryo follows him slowly.

Okura enters the room and he can see his mother's skeleton on the piano seat like she is playing. He is heartbroken to see his parents like that.

This is all just a dream… This is just a bad dream… All of this is just an illusion… He couldn't believe what he had just seen. He’s…the one who showed him all this… Okura looks at Ryo's figure in panic.

Ting! Ting!

Huh?! Okura feels weak. I suddenly don’t have any energy left… Before he can fall to the ground, Ryo quickly hugs him and stares at him calmly.

When Okura is aware that Ryo holds him, he pushes him back and runs away.

“Okura!” Ryo shouts. He is surprised about Okura's sudden reaction. “Okura!” He calls again. 

Why? Why he calling me? Why…do I feel as if I'm trapped…when does he call my name? Okura stops and nervously looks at Ryo not far from him.

Suddenly Okura feels that his heart stops beating. “Are you trying to kill me?” Ryo? Okura nearly falls down again. But there’s an arm preventing him from falling.

“No. I’m here to save you,” Ryo says while holding Okura.

Save me? “Who are you, exactly?” Okura asks confused.

“I’m gonna get you out of this nightmare,” Ryo explains.

“Really, all this is going to end?” Okura asks lifeless.

“I am going to make sure that it is all over,” Ryo tries to convince him.

I don’t care who you are… or what you are…

“Do you really know what happened down here?” Ryo ask.

“No. I don’t,” Okura looks at Ryo waiting for him to explain.

“It occurred at a mansion, more or less like this villa.” Ryo sits down beside Okura on the sofa. Okura listens to Ryo's story. Ryo continues, “It happened at the birthday party of the owner's child..."

There is an image of a hand trying to get close to Okura while Ryo is telling the story. What?

“…bandits who have been long prosecuted by the authorities…” Okura feels dizzy when Ryo continues the story.

No! “Everyone in the house was killed because they saw the real faces of the robbers…” 

Okura can see the scene very clearly in his head. “Enough!” I can’t bear to remember the rest of the story…
“Your life ended that day…” Ryo says.                                                         
  
“NO!” Okura shouts.

Ryo continues the story like nothing happened. “My grandfather told me the story many times…” Ryo looks at Okura who seems to know who he really is. Ryo continues, “The landlord’s son is very good looking… poor him... my grandfather warned me before, You should never enter the villa… there is a big chance that you might see… an attractive young man and the pain that surrounds the villa… it will catch your soul.” Ryo grabs Okura's shoulder.

“So, here I am. You look so gorgeous like in the old days…” Ryo looks into Okura's eyes. “You can sleep now. There will no longer be a nightmare chasing you …” Ryo hugs Okura.

Okura suddenly feels insecure. He's afraid to go. “No! Don’t let me go!” Okura grips Ryo's hand. “I… I want to live!” Okura pleads.

“There is no place for you in this world,” Ryo says straightforwardly.

“No! There is still a place for me!” Okura looks down. “If you think of me… if I am on your mind, I’ll be there!” Okura is teary.

Ryo is stunned to see that Okura's spirit wants to live. “If you stay here, you will continue to suffer. There will be no pain if you go, it will feel like sleeping. There is nothing you need to be afraid of.” Ryo holds Okura's face. Okura closes his eyes when Ryo does that.

In the following days… Ryo stays near Okura at the villa to keep him company…

I am… very lonely… I am tormented… I’m afraid…
When grief stops time travel…there where I was…that all, I can do for you…

Ryo hangs around in the villa.

I’m lonely. This spirit plagued me. This is not the first time I’m doing this.
I want to save him from a nightmare. So I do what is appropriate. But… why do I feel like this?

Ryo's heart feels uneasy.


“Ryo…” he hears someone calling his name. Ryo looks around.

There is someone who needs him… it’s Okura, the one he's attracted to…

Okura hugs Ryo lovingly. “Ryo…” Okura whispers. He gets a tender kiss from Ryo. Then, it becomes a passionate kiss…

That place… I knew it…this is my place…
I look forward to seeing you coming…

There are two figures hugging each other. One is alive and the other is dead.

In forest memory…when the mind can’t tolerate the logic…when love covers the truth…


Epilogue:
It's the rumor…

“Ryo, don’t go into the woods. There is something beautiful and frightening sleeping in there…” his grandfather warned him.

Twelve-year-old Nishikido Ryo. Somewhere in the woods…
Frightening beauty?
I want to see it with my own eyes…

When he walked deep into the forest, Ryo noticed something.

“I feel like… I have been running in circles.” Ryo looked around.

“Who is doing this?!” Ryo shouted at no one.

Suddenly a strong wind began to blow.

Zasss! A blond woman appeared out of nowhere… she stood in front of Ryo.

“Are you the one who is the sleeping beauty of the forest?” Ryo said sarcastically.

“No. That thing is in middle of the forest,” the woman said.

“You are the one who made me lose my way, right? Why?” Ryo asked.

“Your time has not arrived yet,” the woman told him again.

“I have the right to decide for myself when I want something,” Ryo said harshly.

He started to walk when there was a strong wind blowing again. This time, he saw something. The image of a villa surrounded by a beautiful garden. Then he could see a gorgeous boy… he seemed to celebrate something with his friends and his father. This image flashed inside his mind… in this calm situation… the boy looks happy…he smiled and he turned to look at Ryo…

Zasss! The wind woke Ryo up from the dream… the image was gone…

Ryo looked at the woman he just meets in the forest. Ryo looked at her for permission…

“If you do this now, this will all just be a dream for you. Come back again after eight years. Then, you will find what you are looking for.” The women looked at Ryo with determination. “But, maybe it’s gone by that time… however, it will not… if someone remembers it ... it will remain there,” the women said, turned around and was gone.

The scene that had just happened in front of his eyes overawed Ryo. I’ll go there again in eight years, Ryo made up his mind… into the deep forest where time has stopped … To end your nightmares…



The End.       



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