13 SENTINELS: Aegis RIM: ANOTHER STORY - [PART I] (BOOK I)

9.6. Sakura High School: Old Building Passageway: "Our Dreams..." (♫)

Iori and Y/n make their way to their usual meeting spot, the old passageway.
It is also where they meet Juro and Amiguchi to discuss and compare note of their dreams.
To which they have way too in common to be a coincidence.
There within their sights, they catch someone familiar already at their spot.

Iori:  "Kurabe-kun!"

Juro:  "Oh, Fuyusaka-san, Y/n-san."
Juro:  "What brings you both here?"

Y/n:  "You weren't at your seat, so..."
Y/n:  "We thought to check outside."

Iori:  "And now, we find you here."
Iori:  "Are you waiting for Amiguchi-kun?"

Juro:  "Well, trying to."

Iori:  "More dream talk?"

Juro:  "I'm sure that's what he'd want to do."
Juro:  "But I just want to play games."
Juro:  "I thought I'd ask to hang out at his place."

Y/n:  "Wow, so you can't ask me?"
Y/n:  "Your gaming center 2.0?"

Juro:  "I have a saved file to finish at his place."
Juro: "I'm sorry about that."
Juro smiles at Y/n.

Y/n:  "Huhu, it's okay, no need to apologize~"
Y/n:  "But if you want to play games at my house, you're always welcome to come over."
Y/n:  "Let me know via in person or by text though, so I know."

Juro:  "Gotcha, I'll let you know."

Y/n:  "Mm."
Y/n nods.

Juro:  '...'
Juro looks down for a moment.

Juro:  'There are few reasons why I don't want to come over...'
Juro:  'These dreams about Y/n-san and the UFO won't leave me alone...'
Juro:  'And not only that...'
Juro:  'Yakushiji's home and would interrogate me wherever I go...'

Juro:  "You know, I've been thinking Y/n-san..."
Juro:  "I know we just met here at school, but..."
Juro:  "It doesn't feel like the first time."
Juro:  "Have we met somewhere before?"
Juro:  "A long time ago?"

Y/n:  "I- I don't think so..."
Y/n: 'If we did though...'

Y/n: "..."
Y/n blushes bright red, getting warmer by the second.

Y/n:  'W-w-wait, wait, wait...!'
Y/n:  'Why am I blushing all of a sudden?!'
Y/n:  'Don't tell me all the dreams I have about him and these weird machines... is making an impact on me...?!'

Y/n could tell her cheeks were burning without having to touch them.
She didn't know why this was happening.
It felt warm, but at the same time, weird.
While this was happening, another familiar person comes to join the group, interrupting her train of thought.

???:  "Oh!"
???:  "Fuyusaka and Y/n-san are here, too?"

Y/n:  "Amiguchi-san..."

Iori:  "Amiguchi-kun..."

Juro:  "Did you have another dream?"

Amiguchi:  "You guessed it."
Amiguchi:  "It was crazy, man."
Amiguchi:  "I was in this... tank thing, with legs."
Amiguchi:  "Walking around, beatin' up monsters."

Juro:  "Were you watching some sci-fi B-movie before bed?"

Iori:  "So you've been having dreams like that all the time?"

Amiguchi:  "Oh yeah, especially lately."
Amiguchi:  "You too, right, Kurabe-kun?"

Juro:  "Mine was about a UFO."
Juro:  "I went back in time using the UFO's transmitter."
Juro:  "I have dreams like that all the time."
Juro:  "But in my case..."
Juro:  "I think I'm too easily influenced by movies and stuff."

Amiguchi:  "By the way, why did you two come here, anyway?"
Amiguchi:  "Don't tell me..."
Amiguchi:  "You're interested in our dreams?"

Iori and Y/n look at each other, as if they understood each other with just that sense.

Y/n:  "About that, actually."
Y/n:  "The truth is..."
Y/n:  Both Iori and I been having weird dreams too."
Y/n:  "It seems like they might be related, so..."
Y/n:  "We both thought we should talk to you guys about it."

Amiguchi;  "Oh yeah?"
Amiguchi:  "What kind of dreams?"

Iori:  "Before class started, Y/n-chan and I shared information about this specific dream we had last night."
Iori: "The more we explained, the more weird it became."
Iori: "Yet, it perfectly lined up with how we both saw it within different perspectives."
Iori: "It was as if..."
Iori:  "The two of us shared the same dream."

Amiguchi: "That's crazy..."

Y/n:  "I didn't know if it was just coincidence, but I don't know..."
Y/n:  "It feels surreal to share the exact same dream with someone else."
Y/n: "Also..."

Iori:  "And in that dream last night..."
Iori:  "We think it was you, Amiguchi-kun..."