Your arm doesn't hurt right now, does it?"asked the man.

Makki shook his head again.

"Good"said the man.

Makki was confused by the man's behaviour because he acted completely differently from how he did on their first meeting.

Makki didn't understand why the man was acting like this though.

"I'll bring you to a doctor".

"What? No! That's impossible!! Please don't call a doctor".

"What are you talking about? There's no such thing as impossible anymore. Doctors are everywhere nowadays. They will know what's wrong with you".

"You can't take me to a hospital!! I'll die there!! And I won't die because of you!"shouted Makki.

"Come here"said the man and took Makki out of his room.

"Where are we going?!!"screamed Makki.

"To a doctor"answered the man.

"No! No doctors! I don't want any doctor to see me!" yelled Makki while trying to run away from the man, but his legs were too weak to walk fast and the man caught him.Stop screaming!!! You're making me mad!!"the man shouted.

"Make yourself mad!!!"shouted Makki.

The man let go of Makki and grabbed his left arm.

"Let go of my arm!!"screamed Makki.

The man ignored Makki and grabbed his broken arm and dragged him somewhere.

Makki kicked and struggled, but the man wouldn't budge.

He grabbed Makki's hand tightly and put it inside his pocket.

Makki tried kicking him again and screaming loudly.

He was panicking and terrified.

And his panic intensified as the man brought him somewhere and opened a door.

Makki gasped when he finally saw where he was.

It was the basement.

In the room, there was a man who was sitting on a chair and had a needle in his arm.

There was blood pouring out of his arm and the man was holding his arm, looking like he was in extreme pain.

"Let go of me!!! Let go of me!!"screamed Makki in pure terror and tears streamed down his eyes.

"Stop screaming!!! Just shut up!!"snapped the man.

The man then picked up a syringe and inserted the syringe into his own neckand injected himself with the liquid.

Makki watched wide eyed and cried harder than ever.

The man kept injecting himself with the liquid until he stopped.

The man looked back at Makki and smiled.

"There you have it!! I made sure it won't kill you since you're small and fragile, but you should still be careful next time!"said the man.

"Why did you...?"whispered Makki between tears.

"I had to keep you safe!! So I injected myself with my own poison to protect you!! Don't worry your pretty little head about it!! Now leave the house and go home!!"said the man smiling, but Makki could hear the anger and annoyance in his voice.

Makki slowly got up and ran out of the basement while sobbing softly.

He was scared, but also relieved that the man was safe.

After Makki got out of the basement and closed the door, he ran through the streets as fast as he could.

Makki ran and ran, trying to get away from his nightmare.

Chapter 8

Makki walked through the streets of the town and ran, trying to escape the horrible nightmare he just experienced.

Makki was exhausted from running for so long, but he didn't care.He ran until he found himself outside his house, panting heavily.

Makki went inside his house and collapsed onto his bed and cried and cried.

His breathing was heavy and ragged as he cried.

As he cried he thought over what happened.

How could he forget?! It was just one of those nights when he dreamed that the man attacked him with his elbow and he woke up crying and crying from fear.

That was the last night Makki was able to sleep.

Every time he fell asleep, he had another nightmare.

At some point, Makki realized that these dreams weren't only nightmares. These dreams were real.

He knew it. He knew that what was happening to him was real.

This morning Makki felt terrible. He felt like shit, his heart ached and his skin burned and his eyes hurt.

Makki was afraid to go to school because he knew exactly what would happen to him.

They would beat him up again for being late, and his mom would probably get mad at him again for breaking his arm again.

And Makki wasn't sure if his parents were ok with it, but he just couldn't risk it.

So, after he ate breakfast and his mom gave him extra money for ice creamMakki headed to school.

But before that, Makki remembered something important.

When he got to school, he called the school counselor.

He told her the story of his last encounter with the guy, and the girl.

She listened carefully to Makki.

After she finished listening, she said to him "We don't know what it means yet, but I'm sure that it's nothing bad. Just remember this, and don't worry too much about it".

"Ok"said Makki sadly. "Thanks, counselor".

"No problem. Now go to class. Remember what I told you".

Makki thanked the counselor again and left the office.

Makki was walking in the hallway when he heard someone talking.

It was his sister.

"Hey! Wait!!"shouted his sister, which caught Makki's attention.

Makki turned around and saw that his sister was coming to him.

Makki greeted his sister, whom he hasn't seen in years.

"Hey..."he said quietly and hugged her.

"Hi..."said his sister while hugging back.

Makki and his sister hugged each other for a few seconds before letting go and smiling at each other.Their smiles disappeared and they both became worried faces.

"How are you doing?!!"asked his sister.

"I'm okay.... What about you? Do you have work today?!!"asked Makki.

"Yeah... I've already gone to the clinic and talked with Doctor Kiyama".

"Oh".

"Are you alright?!!"asked his sister.

"I'm fine..... Why are you asking?!!"

"Because you seemed very upset yesterday... Is everything ok?!!"asked his sister worriedly.

Makki sighed.

"I'll tell you later, Ok?"said Makki.

His sister nodded and smiled at him. "Alright... I'll talk with you later then".

Both siblings waved goodbye and went separate ways.

Makki walked to the bathroom, washed his face and brushed his teeth.

He then walked out of the bathroom and headed to school.

Makki entered the classroom, but the teacher didn't seem happy.

The teacher looked at Makki.

"Makki!"the teacher snapped.

"Huh?!! Yeah, I'm sorry I-"started Makki.You missed the first two periods because you slept in!"announced the teacher angrily.

"Wha--what?!?! But I woke up really early this morning!"said Makki confusedly.

"Then why didn't you come to school?!"said the teacher angrily.

"But it was only 2 am!!"said Makki.

"Exactly! If you hadn't overslept, then you wouldn't have been late!"explained the teacher.

"I'm really sorry!"said Makki, but even though he was really sorry, he still couldn't help but feel guilty about skipping class.

"Just don't do it again!"said the teacher sternly.

"Yes sir"answered Makki.

"Now get your seat. The teacher's gonna talk about today's lesson".

Makki nodded and quickly sat on his seat.

After the lesson started, Makki was having trouble focusing.

He was tired. Tired of this dream. Tired of this world. Tired of everyone and everything.

Makki sighed and closed his eyes.

He wanted to wake up now. He wanted to wake up now so he could escape this cruel dream.Makki woke up suddenly and looked at the clock above his desk.

It was 4 pm.

Makki frowned. Where was his alarm clock??

Where was his phone??

Makki then remembered that he had put it in his backpack yesterday.

Makki had fallen asleep with his backpack in front of his chest in his bed and slept until his alarm clock woke him up.

Makki was confused by the time difference.

It was 5 pm in Japan.

How?

Makki stared at his phone. He hoped it was working properly.

He opened his phone and was surprised to see a bunch of messages from Yuta.

Makki chuckled at how worried his boyfriend was.

Makki read them and smiled slightly.

Yuta: How'd it go??? 

Makki: Good. I'm sorry i'm late 

Yuta: It's ok. I understand. Just come home soon okay? 

Makki: Ok. Love you <3 

Yuta: I love you too :D 

Makki grinned and put his phone aside.

He then took a moment to breathe, calm himself down, and think about what had happened before falling asleep.

Makki decided to start thinking about it when he got home from school.

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