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Dreams are among the many things people take for granted. And no I'm not talking about goals and life-long aspiration, I'm talking about when you close your eyes and your minds drifts somewhere else for the night; when you can travel the vast regions of the world, live out an entire lifetime and then some in the course of sleep and wake up to find only a few hours have gone by.
I'll discribe my problem in three words: Insomnia sucks balls.... Scratch that, Insomnia sucks
big hairy balls. I've gotten used to this shit by now, but still; it'd be nice to have a legitimate dream for once instead of the equivalent of blacking out for the night. But my insomnia doesn't work the way others do, instead of not being able to sleep until really late at night, I always wake up early in the morning.
When my eyes snap open, I get ready to get up when I freeze and last nights events replay in my mind. Suddenly my chest registers the warm weights upon it and I look down to find Mitsuna's head resting on me while Momona allows me to use her as a hug pillow.
'Very slowly' I caution myself just before begin a rather I difficult process. First I gently pull myself free of Momona's embrace, and then take Mitsuna and carefully replace myself with her. And just like that, Momona's arms wrap around the young girl and snuggles her against her bust. I can't help but smirk.
When out of bed and dressed in my summer workout cloths I carefully sneak down the hall and out of the apartment, my daily routine taking me to the roof of this apartment complex. The brisk morning breeze and fuchsia sun greets when I arrive on the roof where a training dummy awaits me. I stare at it for a moment. I can see what that old antiques salesmen meant when he said this thing has trained the skills of many fighters; years of being beaten, deconstructed & rebuilt, polished & repolished mark its features. This thing has gone through a lot of abuse, but it has no need nor desire for mercy.
And I won't give it any
Lang-kun...
Lang-kun.
"Ne, Lang-kun!"
I don't know how long I've been at it by the voice reaches me, but I stop and turn to see Gentoku, Momona and Hitomi waiting by the door. With a nod, we assemble into a line and begin our
Qi-gong exercise. Eventually we finish and the girls release a sigh, not of relief, but as a means of cleansing their bodies.
"Phew this stuff works up an appetite" Gentoku comments and pats her stomach. The other girls giggle as we head back to our apartment, greeted by an exotic scent from the kitchen.
We found Nao just putting the last of today's breakfast on the table as everyone takes their seats with greetings. But as soon as I sit down, I feel a pinch on my arm. I turn and find myself being stared down by an annoyed looking Mitsuna.
"Sorry..." I offer to her, and she accepts, planting a kiss on my cheek, cuing the others to go "Awwwww", making the two of us blush. With that, everyone begins to chat amongst themselves over Nao's cooking while Mitsuna excludes herself to her book and I do what I've become (in)famous for.
"Lang-kun, did you even taste the food?" Momona queries with astonished eyes.
"My my, Lang, the food's not going to run away" Nao says with a giggle.
"10.06 seconds." Mitsuna chimes in and makes the girls gasp.
I only shrug. And in case you're wondering I did taste the food and it was delicious, hence why I'm helping myself to seconds.