Five

Once Misaki's shift ended, she threw her things on the floor and plopped on her bed. She put her hand on her forehead and sighed. It was a long day since she's been awake for 17 hours straight. It was only eight o clock and she fell asleep within seconds.

It was raining heavily. The younger Misaki could here thunder and feel lightning strikes almost every two minutes. Then she saw smoke from outside the cardshop. It captivated her and she followed it. 

Out there she saw her mother and father, their bodies on fire, and she was chasing after them. She was crying. However, her tears became flames and burnt her alive before reaching them.

Misaki woke up with tears and sweat. It was fifteen minutes to four and she didn't want to sleep after that nightmare.

*******

Misaki was at the park bench again, hugging her legs and letting her tears slip. She freezed up and felt her breath tighten when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She ignored it by burying her head in her knees.

" Tokura, why are you crying?" Misaki relaxed a little when she realised it was Kai.

" I'm n-not crying." She wiped her tears and looked up. 

" You're not fooling anyone, Tokura." 

" Well, I guess so." She tried to smile but failed.

" Why are you here again?" He asked

" Just a bad dream. You?"

" Slept too early, woke up in the middle of the night." He copied Misaki's reason from the last night.

" Of course, you went back early yesterday."

" So what's the bad dream?" He asked, then sat beside her.

" Just.... about my parents. It's nothing."

" I  thought you got over that?"

She shook her head. " Not really."

He looked down, unsure of what to say. The last time this happened to her was the first time Q4 went to the nationals. He offended her then, and now he's not sure of what to do.

" It's okay if you don't know what to say though, you must be thinking about last time. I'm sure you're not that cold hearted now." She said.

" I'm sorry." He suddenly said.

" What for?"

" I've been quite harsh to everyone last time."

" Well, at least you're fine now."

Hearing that Kai couldn't help but smile, but seeing her cry made his chest tighten. He wanted to do his best not to make her cry anymore but he doesn't know how.