Dear…

Makoto, your darling and ever beautiful wife, kisses you awake softly as she looks in your eyes. Her bare and unclothed form is on top of you, and the way she’s looking at you right now would make most people think she’s being seductive. Only you notice her unease.

I had the dream again. The dream with Takafumi… Yasuno-sensei… all the…

She stops herself from saying more, burying her head in your chest as she trembles.

I don’t understand…. Why do I keep having these dreams where I’m married to Takafumi…. And Yasuno-sensei is-

She doesn’t finish the thought. She doesn’t want to speak even a speck of life into her nightmares. Only you are aware that she’s dreaming of another timeline, her original story. The one where she betrays her husband and becomes a plaything. Is the universe truly trying to push her back on the dark path? And if it is, as her lover, what will you do about it?

Will you hold me…?