001st Secret ☽ Born to be free

[secret_of_the_moon]

[The road is wide and long, losing itself in the horizon where land merges with the sky. The landscape keeps changing at a sickening speed, while the motor roars like a hungry lion. With the empty road ahead and behind, the car trunk filled with suitcases, a flaring sun above and the wind blowing strongly as the speed increases. It's a road trip, there's no doubt of it, though the goal of the trip may be something foggy in the mind, probably as that doesn't matter, the fun here is the trip itself after all.

Tsukuyomi smiles widely as he sits in the driver's seat. It's a dream, he knows it, only in a dream he would be able to drive and feel so well with himself, but he doesn't care. For once it's a dream where there's not even one trace of those nightmares he usually has, so he welcomes it happily. The car is a white colored two seats, enough space for just him and a companion, with the roof open to allow the wind and the sun to hit them directly, speeding through the road at a bit more than 120mph.

It's a cry for freedom. One of those moments of "feeling alive" for him. If only dreams could be real.]

Comments

[secret_of_the_moon]

Then why don't you remember what I'm talking about?! And don't say "because I've never met you before" again, you have!!

[waterfell]

[Her look is cold, as if she sees right through him instead of seeing him at all.]

You're deluded.

[Yes. That's much easier. He's some deluded person who's seen the shitennou, or the up and coming brilliant mind Mizuno Ami, on television or something before now, and he's become obsessed, thinking they know each other and have some sort of relationship.]

The hospital will offer you the proper care. You should go there.

[secret_of_the_moon]

[That hurts. It hurts more than it should, because it's not the first time he has heard that kind of things being told to him. But never before have they been told to him just because he knew someone.]

No, you're in denial. Because that's all you're doing, saying "no, no, no" even though you know there's no possible way for me to know those things without it being true what I say.

[waterfell]

[There's nothing else to say. Ami sits rigidly in the passenger's seat, in a frigid silence for a long moment before she makes her choice.

She calmly reaches over and opens the door. She gets out of the car.

There's no way to stay here. She knows perfectly well she doesn't know him, and she's gone past that driving curiosity and into discomfort and even anger. If they stay much longer like this, she will probably hurt him.

Is she trying to avoid that?]

[secret_of_the_moon]

Wha- What are you doing?! Hey, where do you plan to go? We're stuck here, aren't we?

[He doesn't move from the car, thought, despite all the arguing this is just so strange... Maybe she's not really Ami after all and is an enemy trying to unsettle him in this strange and confusing way.]

[waterfell]

It's better if we find our own way. I don't have any intention of helping you, or needing your help.

[He's right about one part, though she doesn't know it herself yet: She's an enemy.]

[secret_of_the_moon]

But if this is really a trap and we both are trapped, separating wouldn't help, would it?

[waterfell]

If it's a trap, I'll kill the person who set it.

[This is said bluntly, without apology, as if it's the only possible response. She eyes the boy very clearly.]

Remember that.

[If she finds out it's him... well, she's just stated the consequences.]

[secret_of_the_moon]

I'm not who set this up. I'm just a normal person I don't have any special powers or anything anyway! And if I wanted to set up a trap why would I erase your memories regarding myself?

[Tsukuyomi crosses his arms and pouts, still unsure of what to do. He doesn't want to leave Ami but... He's definitively getting tired himself of being insulted, specially by her. If it was someone he cared about a little less it wouldn't matter.]

[waterfell]

[Her eyes narrow. Since when were they talking about special powers...? He's just said something revealing after all. Ami stands still, not too far from the car yet.]

Your reasons don't matter. It's the results that do.

[secret_of_the_moon]

[Since the moment they talked about this being a dream or an illusion? Tsukuyomi just rolls his eyes.]

Fine, be that way. I know I'm the one who's right and you'll realize it yourself once we're out of here or awake or whatever.

[waterfell]

[A dream...

And if it's a dream, once she's awake, she'll forget him. (She won't. He'll fade into one of those dreams her mind just doesn't let go, and she'll be left to wonder why a dream that doesn't seem like a nightmare still leaves her in a cold sweat.)]

Goodbye.

[And she walks on towards where the beach should be, until she disappears.]