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Chapter 38: The Hands of My Dreams (Part 2)

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Chapter 38: The Hands of My Dreams (Part 2)

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There was nothing but darkness in the scenery, but the sound of a hand hitting a metal box echoed in the darkness.

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BAK- BAK-

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"Please-" Hanabi grunted in the darkness, frustrated.

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"Hn-! Just.." said Hanabi.

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BAK-BZT.

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"Work-" grunted Hanabi.

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BAK- BZZT...

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BZZXZZT...

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BAK-

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BZZZZTZZZEEEW....

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The power returned with the lights, revealing Hanabi in her white nightgown, standing on her balcony with both hands on her waist before the power grid box etched into the wall.

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"Huff.." Hanabi exhaled in relief, then turned to her right to walk towards her doorfront, just five steps away, in her crocs.

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PLOD.. PLOD..

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PLOD.

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CREAK...

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Hanabi opened the door to step into the house, while the TV, already on, displayed a football match.

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CREAK.... SLAM.

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Hanabi closed the door, then locked it with the key left in the keyhole. After that, she pulled her feet from her crocs by the doorway, then made her way between the couch and the kitchen towards the dining table on the other side, beside the right side of the stairs.

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TMP TMP..

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Before Hanabi pulled back her chair to sit down, she noticed P had been patiently waiting and hadn't touched his food while she'd left him in the dark for the power grid, which seemed kind of unusual to her.

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She'd thought P would eat in the dark, given his unusual behavior.

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P resumed eating as she sat down.

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"Th-ich fu- udd tas-hes so guush..." P said with food in his mouth.

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Hanabi looked at him for a while..

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"..Yeah, it does," said Hanabi, before she continued eating.

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"What's it called?" asked P, clearing his throat.

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"Chicken and egg udon," Hanabi replied.

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"No won-er ich tastes so gooh....." P marveled as he swallowed.

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"Hmf- it's n- ice," said P, savoring another spoonful of udon.

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They ate in silence for a moment, when something jogged Hanabi's memory.

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"Hm-?" Hanabi noted.

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"So, who told you that the world's best masseur was in Japan?" asked Hanabi.

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"I don't believe he actually said 'the world's best,' but he did compliment how good she was with her hands, so I had to come meet this..... masseur," said P.

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"But this guy literally just gave me a motivated, deep-hearted speech that made me instantly come to Japan without telling me anything about where the masseur was, or any coordinates," said P at Hanabi, frustrated, while stabbing his spoon on the table.

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"And you just came to Japan like that- with no plans..?" said Hanabi, with a slight chuckle.

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"Yep- Now I'm......" P paused in thought for a second. "I don't even know..!" said P, shaking his head as he continued to eat.

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"Pfft-..." Hanabi burst into laughter, then covered her mouth with her left hand as she laughed quietly.

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P stopped eating and raised his head from the food to Hanabi, who quickly removed her hand from her cheek to play it cool as she continued eating, but there was no fooling P- he could see she was trying hard to fade her smile.

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P paused for a while, eyeing her up and down with a facial expression that said what's wrong with this one.

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"....Why are you laughing... Is something funny?" P asked, genuinely calm, in a low-key serious tone.

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"No... It's just something I remembered," Hanabi said, shaking her head in a chuckle of revealing laughter. "I'm so sorry....."

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For a moment it seemed like the background behind P was shrinking, his mind elsewhere, and he came to a stop mid-bite.

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"...Heh_hahaha..... You can be unknowingly funny sometimes," said a distinct, echoing female voice, chuckling with laughter, as he gazed at Hanabi- but he instantly snapped out of the delusion at the sound of Hanabi's voice.

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"Hmm.. where was I..... So, P," Hanabi said.

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"Hm?" said P, regaining his senses.

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"I'm actually a masseur," said Hanabi.

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"You are a masseur?" asked P.

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"You heard me!.... I might not be the girl your friend talked about, but I'm pretty good with my hands," said Hanabi.

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P looked at her in silence, followed by a blink...

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"Ask people around, they'll tell you how wonderful I am. I'm pretty famous around here..." said Hanabi.

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Her gaze darkened a bit to the side.

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"Some, mostly for odd reasons..." Hanabi's tone lowered a bit.

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"Ehn-" said P, who hadn't heard clearly what she just said in that low tone.

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Hanabi turned her head to P in sudden, shocked realization.

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"Oh, it's just nothing...." said Hanabi, dismissing it.

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"I don't know if you're truly capable.." said P, uncertain.

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"What? Don't worry, I can massage you. It'll be a piece of cake," said Hanabi.

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"Are you sure... I don't want you to endanger yourself," said P, considerately.

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Hanabi frowned at him, unimpressed, for a while..

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"This man is underestimating me.." Hanabi thought, her eyes locked on him.

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"Once you're done eating, go lie on the couch. I'll be there after you," said Hanabi.

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"Why is she talking to me like I'm a husband.." P thought.

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Moments Later...

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"YAAAAWN...." P stretched as he headed towards the couch, but noticed his shirt and tie weren't on it.

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He turned to Hanabi, who was in the kitchen behind the couch washing the plates from their meal.

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"Huh... Hanabi, did you happen to see my shirt and tie? They were on the couch," said P.

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"Yes, I did, but I put them in the laundry," said Hanabi.

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He looked at Hanabi in silence for a while, then took off his black slinglet, which he hung on the couch, then jumped onto the couch to lie down, exposing his back, while the TV played in the background.

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WHIISSH.... SHFK-

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Hanabi turned off the tap of the sink, then dried both hands with a towel, which she tossed onto the kitchen counter.

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She walked towards the table where the massage equipment was kept, on the left side corridor of the stairs.

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She took an ointment, then made her way over to P on the couch, who was patiently waiting for her.

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TMP. TMP. TMP.

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"I'm here..." said Hanabi, as she set the ointment on the couch, then rubbed some onto both hands.

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But she came to a stop, unable to help admiring the structure of P's back- it was so fine it seemed forged out of metal, or drawn perfectly.

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"His back..." Hanabi thought.

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She began to trace the lines of his back with her fingertips, leaving trails of ointment behind. She swallowed a little.

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"Hanabi..." P called out, but Hanabi was caught up in her own trance.

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"Hanabi, are you okay..?" asked P.

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Hanabi immediately snapped back to the present. "!- I'm... okay..." said Hanabi, composing herself.

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"Don't tell me you're already scared to start," said P.

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"No, I'm not.." said Hanabi, confidently.

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"You said it was just his back, right?" asked Hanabi.

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"Yes," said P.

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"Then leave it to me..." said Hanabi, rubbing both hands together.

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She started by rubbing the ointment all over P's back, to his shoulders and waist.

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Hanabi slowly pressed both palms against P's shoulders.

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PRESS.

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P's eyes immediately widened.

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For a moment, he said nothing.

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Her fingers moved outward, following the tense muscles beneath his skin, before returning toward the base of his neck.

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RUB...

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PRESS...

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P's shoulders slowly sank into the couch.

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...Oh.

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Hanabi noticed.

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"Too much pressure?"

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P stared blankly at the ceiling. "...Damn..."

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She moved her thumbs along the muscles beside his spine.

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PRESS.

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P's eyelids dropped.

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"Oh my... Oh- God...?"

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Her hands moved with a steady rhythm, never rushing. Every time she found a tense spot, she lingered just long enough for the stiffness to disappear.

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PRESS...

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SLIDE...

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PRESS...

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"Haaah..." P exhaled.

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Hanabi smiled faintly. "Feeling better?" she asked.

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P didn't answer immediately.

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His mind had gone strangely quiet, like he'd forgotten the world.

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He could feel nothing. Just the warmth of the room... and Hanabi's hands.

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"This...." said P.

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Her fingers moved across his upper back again.

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"OH- UUUUU... this is heaven." P had almost left the world.

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P's face remained completely expressionless.

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But internally-

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I WANT TO FEEL LIKE THIS FOREVER?!

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Hanabi worked down toward his lower back, carefully following the muscles.

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P's fingers twitched against the couch.

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"...Hanabi," said P.

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"Yes?" said Hanabi.

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"Don't stop," said P, softly.

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Hanabi blinked. "I'm not planning to."

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She continued.

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PRESS...

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RUB...

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SLIDE...

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Every movement seemed to erase another layer of exhaustion.

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P felt his entire body growing heavier against the couch.

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His breathing slowed.

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His golden eyes finally closed.

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"I could sleep like this," P thought.

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Hanabi noticed how unusually still he had become.

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"You're falling asleep?" Hanabi asked.

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"No..." said P.

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"You definitely are," said Hanabi.

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"I am simply... ascending into a higher order."

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Hanabi laughed quietly.

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"That's called falling asleep."

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P didn't respond. His breathing had already become slow and peaceful.

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Hanabi continued massaging his shoulders.

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P's thoughts became increasingly distant.

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"This woman's hands are like... I'm being touched by the essence of everything," P thought.

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"It's so peaceful.. I can even see the heavens," P thought.

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Hanabi made another gentle press, then a slow movement down his back.

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Another press.

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"If she keeps doing this... I might never leave this couch," P thought.

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His consciousness began drifting.

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"Huuu- No, I don't want to," P thought.

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Hanabi smiled when she realized how genuinely relaxed he was.

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"P?"

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No response.

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"P?"

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Still nothing.

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She paused to look over P- he had quietly fallen fast asleep, breathing softly.

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Hanabi smiled at P. "Then I should go take a nap as well," Hanabi thought.

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Hanabi stretched, then picked up the sealed ointment and headed straight to the corridor on the left of the stairs, where she dropped it into her equipment bag on the table.

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She headed to the stairs and slowly went back up to her room..

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CREAK....

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SLAM.

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After shutting her bedroom door, Hanabi walked a few steps forward, then leaped into her bed.

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"Hn- HMPF." Hanabi sighed in relief.

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She then cuddled between her two huge teddy bears- one white, the other black.

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"YAAAAAWN..." She yawned tiredly, covering herself with the bedsheet, then pulling her teddy bears closer.

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She looked up at the ceiling for a moment, in thought, then smiled.

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As she closed her eyes, her vision began to darken and blur.

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Almost immediately, she quietly and quickly fell asleep- there was nothing but the abyss of darkness.

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.............

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LATER THAT NIGHT....

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CREAK-

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BAM-

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Hanabi's eyes shot open to the ceiling at the sound she'd heard in the middle of the night.

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SHFFF.. PL-TP

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Hanabi slowly got up from her bed, then tiptoed to the window on the left side of the room.

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-MURMUR MURMUR-

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She could hear distant voices past the curtains. She pulled the curtain back a bit, to peek through.

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To her surprise, she saw two men in the shadows in the midst of the compound, shaking hands, then talking and discussing something.

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There was a large, rectangular, long-shaped box in the shadows, but Hanabi couldn't tell what it was.

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Suddenly, both men in the shadows turned towards Hanabi, spotting her eye.

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Hanabi immediately turned away, pulling the curtain back in horror.

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"Jesus.." Hanabi gasped.

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She tried to peek again, frightened, but mustered the courage to look once more.

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WHOOSH....

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Both figures, and the rectangular box, were gone from the shadows.

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She immediately ran and jumped into her bed, grabbing her phone from under her pillow.

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When she opened her phone, she went straight to the CCTV camera app to check on P in the living room.

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To her surprise, P was still fast asleep on the couch, though he had rolled over onto his back.

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"What was that...?" Hanabi thought, confused.

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