A Walk Back To Bed

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You stir after your dream. Eyes peeling open with lazy effort. Your thoughts cling to what you just experienced, that dream was almost lucid. You didn't just dream it, you watched -no, you experienced it again. It felt so real and lasted much longer than the others....oh right, Ameko.

Sitting up and looking around you find yourself still on her bed. As warm and comfortable as it is she is nowhere in sight making it feel empty. You can still taste and feel her absent nipple against your teeth and the tip of your tongue.

She woke first. Or did she even fall asleep in the first place? You pull the covers off of yourself. Your eyes scan below....naked still.

"Not a dream." You think to yourself and pinch a long strand of black raven hair from the bed. Not a dream indeed.

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"Ready?.....GO!!!" Keiko's voice shouts out as you walk through the metal sliding door.

Having put your clothes on you discovered that the basement entrance is hidden leaving you **** other than to exit the room. You walk down the dark hallway past the laundry room and see both the kitchen and the living room where Keiko, Sarah and your mother is. All of them just sitting around the television playing a work out game. It's currently Keiko's turn and she is really going at it running in place trying to get the highest score.

Your mother looks over immediately detecting you in the room. "Oh my~ Hello sleepy head." She says and clasps her hands together smiling at you. The other two look over as well.

"Oh uhh....hello. Seems like everyone is having fun." You reply back.

"Finally up huh? Wanna try me Jun!? I'm about to beat the record!" Keiko points to the screen.

"No, I'm good actually. I have something I need to check up on."

"Ahem- err...." Sarah clears her throat stumbling over her own voice. She stands up and walks to you. In hand is a pink bento box. "For you...I made this for you, here. So savor it aight? Heh~. You'll come begging for more with how good it is...." She speaks a little quiet at first but regains her composure quickly sounding like herself again.

"Really huh?" You say taking the bento and peeking inside. Sushi, they look decently well made if you ignore the inconsistent sizes. "Thanks I'll-"

Before you finish you see Keiko grab a different bento box under a couch pillow and full on chucks it at you. "Hey, CATCH!" She shouts with a smile.

You dodge out of the way and it flies into the kitchen behind you. Sounds of pots and pans clatters to the ground. Everyone winces at the loud sounds. Your mother puts a hand to her mouth to gasp audibly.

You just turn and look at Keiko with a surprised and confused 'What the fuck' expression.

"Ooou....." She clenches her teeth together and quickly goes to retrieve her bento box. The TV screen flashes a red color displaying the words 'Nice Try!'. A look of embarrassment flushes Keiko's face red.

"U-u-ummm t-this is um- err I mean....u-uhh for y-you...." She strings together frantically put together phrases and hands her box to you.

With a massive sigh you take her box and hit her on the head. She doesn't dodge taking it with a shamed expression. "Don't break my mom's stuff. I'll put you into a chokehold."

"I'm sorry!" Keiko immediately bows to you. You flick her head with a finger and points to your mother.

"Apologize to her, not me." You smile at the end of your words finding the situation a little comedic all things considered.

Keiko stops and looks up at you. Her eyes gleam and her expression calms seeing your smile. "O-oh yeah. Uh....ahem-....I-....I'm sorry Ms. Ayako. Please forgive me." And then she bows.

"Oh my~ it's alright Keiko. Nothing broke so no harm done." Your mother says back to her.

"I'll catch you guys later." You yawn into your hand and look towards the stairs.

"Hey- thanks for....y'know...." Sarah perks up grabbing your shirt as you turn to leave. Her other hand curls a pink strand of hair around her finger and looks away batting her eyes.

"....oh....I'm just glad you're alright. Make sure to be careful next time." You say to her finding her girly gestures a little cute. Could she always be this way? Her bitchy arrogant side seemed much more like the mask than this side of her. Either way you continue on your way upstairs with two bentos in hand.

As you do you glance at the clock, 8:00 PM. You were out like a light....

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Going up the stairs and opening your bedroom door you see a warm yellowish light coming from Amelia's side of the bed. Stepping inside you find the source of the light, a lamp placed on your sister's desk. It's a cute little mushroom lamp, she didn't have that before did she? No, no she didn't.

You look to her bed and see two figures, one's Amelia herself sleeping in her PJs and the other is Casey who's also in her PJs. They're still, laying next to each other like siblings, subconsciously aware of each other's presence, heads nearly touching. They look so peaceful you don't want to make a single noise in the chance of waking them.

"Lamp must've been from Casey...." You mutter to yourself and closes the door behind you. Arriving at your desk you sit down and lean back in the chair.

Today's been eventful, the bridge lock down, the men that tried to kidnap you all and then Ameko's little briefing, her glasses, doing it with Sarah and remaking your guys' deal, her drowning....and then finally confronting Ameko before you filled her stomach. Hopefully things calm down a little. All the bad stuff that is, you don't mind all the attention your little buddy has been getting.

"....what a day." You whisper to yourself again and log onto your PC. Clicking onto the documents you acquired recently you find them to be....deleted, of course. That makes sense. Looks like Ameko did some covering up while you were out. She wiped any evidence of you having those documents on your computer.

You yawn into your fist and stand up....it's late. There's nothing to do at this time. You could maybe go for a late night run. Doesn't sound too bad....however being followed by another black car with tinted windows in the dark of night is not a scenario you want to be in.

You set the bento boxes onto your desk, you'll have them tomorrow when you wake. You then flop onto your bed and stay still until your mind eventually wandered back into sleep again.

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