…Where…am I?
…What…is this place?
…Everywhere I look…there's only black…pitch black. It's as if I'm in a room with the lights off…and without any light entrances whatsoever. But…then…how did I…get in here? Where's…Sora? What…happened with…her? Urgh…I can't think…my head…feels foggy.
But…why? Is it…
"Sakura." …That…voice. I…remember it. That…voice that sounds as sweet as the sweetest candy. That…voice that seduces me with every word. That…voice that I…
…hate.
…Why…is it here? It shouldn't be……Ah…I see. This is a dream…isn't it? That's…the only explanation. That's why…that voice is here…and why…my head feels funny. Yeah…that…makes sense.
"Sakura." …Can't you shut up? I…hate listening to you. Listening to your voice…hurts. Even more so knowing…that it isn't the real you. You're gone…and you still decide to torture me in my dreams…no, in my nightmares?
That's…so cruel.
"Sakura…I'm sorry." …Huh? You're…sorry? You're…sorry…? Ha…haha…hahaha….HAHAHAHA! ……Don't fuck with me. How dare you say that…when you are the one who left Sora and I behind? When you are the one who…left us to fend off by ourselves? You're…horrible……no, my mind is horrible, for showing me this.
…I want to wake up. I want to see…Sora. I need her smile to…drive the bad feelings…away…
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"...What a nasty dream." Even after waking up, I can still listen to that voice echoing in my ears. It's a disturbing, raging, and saddening feeling. I hate how every time I remember what I dreamt, it's always things like these that I would very much prefer to forget the moment I wake up. I don't remember ever dreaming of happy things, like going to a fantastical location with Sora. It's seriously upsetting; can't I have just one single good dream?
I open and close my eyes rapidly to clear my vision, and when I finally open them for good, what comes to sight is…huh? A paper? Hah? Why do I have a piece of paper stuck to my forehead? I take it off, and turn it around. As expected, there is something written on it.
'You girls fell asleep, and I didn't want to wake you up, so I left. I cleaned the kitchen in thanks for the food, and locked the door on my way out. I'll come to pick you up tomorrow at 12:00, so don't be stupid and forget it again. - Rei.'
I see…so he's left already. Hmm, now that I don't have the paper on my face, I do see that it's gotten quite dark; there's barely any light coming through the windows. Hmm? Wait, did the paper say 'you girls'?
I lower my sight a bit, and notice two things. First, that I'm not on the bed, but rather on the couch. Second, that the pressure on my chest that has been bothering me since I woke up is thanks to Sora, who is quite literally sleeping on top of me. She's using my breasts as a pillow, with her head resting between them, while every other part of her body is more or less overlapped with mine. We just barely fit lying down together on the couch (if you count our current situation as fitting). We may be on the smaller side of the people of our respective ages, but the couch is also pretty small, so there's no other arrangement in which we would fit side by side or anything like that.
Now, I do remember Rei and I cooked something for the three of us and ate it together. And I also remember saying I'd lie down on the couch for a bit, and actually doing it. What I don't remember, however, is having this 30 pound sack of love going to sleep on top of me when I did. I'm pretty sure Sora was playing with Rei on the kitchen table when I went to close my eyes for a bit, so how did she end up on top of me? …Well, it's not rocket science; she probably just wanted to sleep with me, which is why she didn't get on any of the other—free—couches and got on mine instead, despite there being no space left.
"Mawma…Sora will…catch the…unicorn……Zzzzzzz..."
"Pffff! Haha—Ah! Shhhh…shhh…" Sora shakes a bit in her sleep, maybe from how I was laughing, which makes me panic and start gently patting her back. A few seconds later, she seems to go back into deep slumber, and I breathe calmly once again. Wait…wouldn't it be better to wake her up? I mean, it's not like I want to, but… it's still not time for her to go to sleep for the day.
Checking the clock to my right, I notice it's 6:32 P.M. at the moment. That means that we've been asleep for two, or maybe three hours. Sora's not much of a napper, so her bedtime is usually at 8:00. However, since she took a nap today…I could push back her bedtime maybe for an hour or two so I can have a chance of giving her a bath, and make something for her to eat before going to bed. Hmm…yup, that sounds like a plan.
With that, I turn to look at Sora's sleeping face for a moment, before placing my hand on her back, moving it gently in a circular motion.
"Baby…it's time to get up."
"Ngh…" Hmm…it seems she's really asleep.
"...C'mon, baby…let's get up." I repeat the circular motion with one hand while brushing her hair with the other.
"Ngh……???...Ma…ma?" She sleepily opens her eyes and yawns in a cute motion. She slowly turns around until she ends up with her chin directly in between my breasts as she stares at me.
"Did you sleep well, sleepyhead?" I say without breaking eye contact. Fufufu, she still looks sooo dazed, with her eyes just looking around as if not understanding what's going on. I smile at her and just continue to rub her hair.
"...???...N…n……N………Zzzzzzz…" Wait, no! Don't go back to sleep!
"Baby…c'mon~, time to get up~..."
"...Mmmgh…???.........Ma…ma?"
"Yup. Good morning, baby."
"Goo…moning…" I giggle a bit at how her sleepiness disrupts her vocab, while I brush her hair behind her ear. She yawns a bit as she opens her eyes wider than before, and stares a bit at me before diving her head into my cleavage. Ah, wait, that tickles! Don't start trying to make bubbles there! You’re not underwater, you know?!
"Haha—c'mon, silly, we have to get up!" Saying that, and without waiting for her response, I turn around on the couch, lowering my feet to the floor and raising my head to the backrest. While doing so, I carefully take Sora in my arms so that she turns at the same time as I do, and so she ends up sitting in my lap while leaning on me.
"Are you awake now?"
"...Nn."
"Great. Did you sleep well?""
"...Nn! Nn! Sora saw a unicorn!" Sora excitedly raised her hands in the air and opened them wide while separating her arms. "It was thiiiiiiiiis big! Very very very big! And Sora hugged it!"
"Haha, is that so? I'm glad." I smile before giving her a kiss on the top of her head. As I thought, there's no better healing than seeing my daughter go from zero to a hundred in seconds. It really makes me forget the nightmare I just had.
"What about Mama?"
"...I dreamed that you and I went to eat cookies with Mrs. Green."
"Oooooh! Sora wants a cookie!" Hahaha, the moment she hears the word 'cookies,' Sora's mouth always drops as if she's about to drool, and her eyes start sparkling brighter than any star in the sky. Her hopeful expression shines so brightly that I nearly give in and go to the kitchen to grab a cookie for her. But no, no, no. She already had some for lunch today, so I won't give her any more until after dinner—at the very least. Yup, this is me trying to not spoil her.
"Maybe after dinner, 'kay?"
"...Nn…" Sora seems a bit disappointed, but nods nonetheless.
"C'mon, don't make that kind of face. You'll have your cookie…you just need to wait a bit." All to teach her the benefits of patience! …Just kidding. I don't know what I'm doing most of the time, and this situation isn't any different. I'm not really looking to teach her the virtue of patience, or anything like that. I just don't want her to eat too much sugar, that's all. Unlike me, she really loves sweet things, so I need to be careful with how many I allow her to eat.
"...Nn."
"How about we kill some time by taking a bath?" In this type of situation, I've come to learn over the years that the most effective way of diverting her attention is to just bring up another thing she likes equally as much. 'Cause yeah, she loves baths.
"Ah! Nn! Nn! Bath! Bath!" See? Just as I expected, she replies very excitedly to the idea, to the point that she starts giving small jumps on my lap with her fists pumped. S-Sora, I get that you're excited, and you look very cute acting like that, b-but please don't jump on my legs, it kind of hurts.
"'Kay, let's go, then." Saying that, I grab Sora from my lap and stand up with her in my arms before starting to walk upstairs—to the bath.
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