CH 13

Shall We Sleep Together?

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“… So, this book will really help me to have the dreams I want?”

As if she had calmed down after her outburst (against me), Amane asked me about the “Dream Book” in her hand.

By the way, as for the dreams I’ve had up until now, I promised that if “I ever did that again, I’d take the appropriate amount of responsibility!” based on that promise, I was able to gain temporary forgiveness.

What a generous consideration… Even though it was just a dream, I was surprised that she would forgive me for my considerable DelusionSexual Harassment…

My childhood friend might be an angel.

And perhaps because of the intense event… the rift that should have existed between us, the years of estrangement, has somehow disappeared.

Is this what you call a lucky break?

“But how do you do that? There’s nothing in this book to begin with, so how did you know you could do that?”

“Eh?”

Amane said this as she flipped through the “Dream Book”.

There’s nothing in it? What are you talking about??

“There is no way…”

I wanted to say there is no way such a thing happens, but the book I saw from the side of Amane was indeed blank.

Indeed, the second half didn’t say anything, but the first half should have had a clear list of letters… The first page she opened and showed me didn’t have any writing on it either.

“Eh!? What is this mean…”

But when I took the book from her, I was surprised to immediately see that there were a lot of words appeared.

It was as if a computer had started up.

“Eh !? Eeh !? W-What’s this ??”

Amane shouted in surprise beside me, but I felt the same way.

When I handed the book to Amane again, the words disappeared and it became a blank page. But when I held it in my hand, the words appeared, and I experienced a mysterious phenomenon that I couldn’t understand.

Creepy… that’s the feeling I got.

That’s something I didn’t think at all when I found out that I could dream whatever I wanted in this book.

The fact that I was the only one who could read the book was starting to creep me out now, as if it was some kind of curse.

………… This was not the time to be indulging in dreams that could materialize the fantasies, was it?

It sends chills down my spine to think about it calmly.

But contrary to me, Amane’s eyes were shining with curiosity.

“In other words… doesn’t this mean that only Yumeji-kun was chosen for this book? It’s like a grimoire that can only be obtained by those who are qualified!”

Amane says such positive things in high tension.

No, I think you’re being overly optimistic…

“Ah, but if you open it, I can read it, too…… Let’s see?”

However, my thoughts were interrupted by Amane, who nonchalantly peered at the book in my hand from the side.

I’m sitting on the floor, and I can feel Amane’s good smell and body heat so close to me, peeking out from the bed… Moreover, now I just noticed, she’s clearly in her pajamas.　It’s cute, it’s erotic… This is not good! I’m having flashbacks of the illicit dream I was having earlier!!

Speaking of which, if I was asked to recreate the details of that dream including body warmth and smell, I think it hadn’t been reproduced to that extent.

Realistic information adds a lot of reality to “Dream Amane”………….

“… Ne~e, are you listening?”

“!? Yes?”

Just before the 4D correction was applied to my fantasy, Amane’s disgruntled voice brought me back to the real world.

Not good… She is beside me, but it’s bad to remember now in various ways.

“Sorry, I wasn’t listening.”

“Mou… I asked about this Lucid Dream? and Shared Dream, I also can have the dreams I want to have, right?”

“……Eh?”

It was, in a sense, a predictable request.

If someone says, “You can have the dream you want”, then everyone will think, “I want it too”.

In fact, there is a lot of manga and movies based on such fantasies.

But…

“No… You can say that, but… Maybe there’s something dangerous in this book…”

From last week until now, I’ve been enjoying my dreams with this book without question, but the eerie fear that suddenly came to mind made me wonder if I can use it in the same way in the future? There was a calm bewilderment forming.

Moreover, When I think, “What if something happens to Amane because of my carelessness?” …

However, Amane gave me a dissatisfied look as I worried about her.

“What… You’ve had all the fun, haven’t you? You don’t want me with you?”

“Eh…? There is no…”

There is no way. Rather, if I think of it as being able to ‘play in the dreams’ with Amane, who I’ve been estranged from for several years, there’s nothing more exciting… But…

“A-And after… “what you did to me” in that dream, you’re not going to say you don’t want to be with me now, are you?”

“Ugh!!”

Amane crosses her arms and glares at me, but her face is bright red.

It’s a super-class killing complaint for me… If it’s issued, I’ll have no choice but to accept all of Amane’s demands…

All the things I’ve done to Amane under the guise of a dream………….

“I-I understand. I’ll be with you ………… Ouch!?”

Amane tapped my forehead lightly, as if to interrupt my digestive recall of the dreams I had been having.

“I tell you, it’s not that dream! Good grief… Why are you so pervert? You used to be a cute boy.”

“… I’m sorry. I am in the middle of adolescence too.”

Amane was a little bit angry, but she didn’t seem to be really angry… Each of these reactions made me strangely happy.

“So… What do you want to dream about?”

*

It was a rock quarry, probably somewhere in Japan.

However, there was not a single person at the site where heavy machinery and old men in tights would normally be working with helmets on, just huge rocks scattered around.

……Except for us.

In the midst of such a scene, there suddenly appears a monster with the motif of some kind of insect, and the small fish that surround it, who says, “I’m a villain!”.

“Kukukuku… How dare you ruin our plans! If this happens, all I have to do is beat you guys directly. Prepare yourselves, GOAAAAAAA!”

The monster spits out flames at us without so much as a warning.

“Whoa!?”

“Kya!?”

We jumped into the air, scattering to the left and right, and dodged the flames with a forward roll.

Then glaring at us with a tense expression… But.

“How dare you attack me out of the blue, monster! We’re going to defeat you!”

In a tense scene, Amane pulls out a “Transformation Tool” from her pocket, and her expression does not show any sense of crisis, she is just happy and smiling.

“GOAAAAAAAAAA!!”

…… This caused a complete one-tempo delay, allowing the monster’s next burst of fire.

“Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot!!?”

Amane, who almost became a fire doll, rolled around on the ground and managed to avoid it, but it’s very uncool.

“Hey! It’s a common rule from ancient times that monsters wait in scenes like this, isn’t it!!”

“… What are you talking about?”

Amane is angry as she stands up, but considering the show, the monster’s attack is probably the right thing to do, even in a “Tokusatsu“.

In addition, isn’t it also against the rules for “the main character” to mention it “in the play “?

“You’re too excited, you’re too lingering! Hurry up and transform, because if we go by the order, the sub can’t transform until the main one does!”

“… Isn’t it also against the rules to say that?”

We dodge the monster’s attacks and talk to each other lightly… Humu, should we have had a meeting beforehand?

With that in mind, we each took our own “Transformation Tools”, Amane set them on her belt with a big smile on her face, and I set them on my bracelet.

We both posed and shouted with a screaming “Clash” sound.

“”Henshin!!”” (TL: Transform)

At that moment, the red light generated from the belt covered Amane’s entire body.

And in a matter of seconds, she transforms into a rigid masked figure, transforming herself into a familiar Sunday morning hero.

“It’s not cosplay, it’s not CG… I really become a transforming hero!!”

Ever since she was a child, Amane had been active and had always preferred transforming heroes instead of magical girls, but apparently that preference hadn’t changed yet.

When I said that the dream she wanted to see required a “story”, a medium such as a book or a DVD, Amane didn’t hesitate to bring me this DVD of a transforming hero.

Of course, through the roof from the second floor window…

I thought she had graduated from that kind of hobby when she was talking with girls at school.

“It’s amazing……… This is, this is a XXX suit …”

Incidentally, the role of the transforming hero Amane wanted to be is male, but that character is customized to a female character.

Somehow, she wore a wild leather jacket as if “the actors were a woman”.

Does this mean that “Dream Book” has corrected it?

If Amane were to play a male role, she’d be the protagonist with the female voice.

That would be creepy, and it would make her a mere freak.

“Your ambitions, as long as I am here, will not be forgiven! Be prepared, TWAAAAH!

She is in high spirit.

Amane jumped up from the top of the cliff without any regard for the danger and kicked straight into the enemy side.

“○○○ -KI～～～～～～～CK!!”

DOOOOOOOOOOON!!

“” “” “” GYAAAAAAAAAAAAA !! “” “” “”

And the monsters who play the role of enemies blow away with the sound of the explosion…

But Amane didn’t stop there, as soon as she landed, she manipulated her belt to create the hero’s special weapon “Sword” in her hand.

“Ahahahaha this is the best, the best! I’m the hero of justice right now!!”

As expected from her… She knows the hero’s weapons and how to operate them.

As it was, she laughed and swung her sword, and the small fish that surrounded her were all blown away.

In that situation, I don’t know which one is the villain…

But when I was dumbfounded, Amane shouted from the bottom of the cliff.

“What are you doing, Yume-chan! Let’s go wild together!!”

Yume-chan… That’s the nickname for me that Amane used before we became estranged.

At that time, I didn’t like it because it sounded too girly, but now that I hadn’t heard it in a while, I was suddenly excited.

“O-Oh, leave it to me !!”

I pull out my sub-hero’s main weapon, the “Ray Gun,” and jump into the middle of the battle.

“Celebration of reunion! Let’s go all~~~ out, partner!

“Ahahaha I won’t lose~~~!”

*

In the morning, I woke up in a strange mood.

It happened last night, or rather, a few hours ago… Maybe it’s because so much has happened that it doesn’t feel real.

Last night, Amane came to my room after she found out about my bad behavior.

We talked a lot about dreams.

And for the first time in years, we played together as much as we wanted, even if it was “in a dream”.

Those events seem like dreams.

“No, it’s actually an event in a dream. As a matter of course.”

I retorted to myself.

But a dream… Thinking about it made me more anxious.

The events of last night, the moment I spent with my estranged childhood friend Amane, were all just a convenient dream that the “Dream Book” showed me, weren’t they?

Isn’t the real, actual Amane still ignoring me like I’m an irrelevant person, and laughing today as usual in a relationship that I don’t know about?

Such negative thoughts naturally come to me.

However, those dark thoughts dissipated the moment I opened the door.

Amane, in her school uniform, was standing right in front of me with a smile on her face, just like last night.

“Good morning Yumeji-kun”

“Ah, g-good morning …………”

“Yea~, that was fun yesterday. I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited in my life.”

It’s different than before… No, it was like she was back in the old days, the very same Amane I used to play with… The depressing feeling of years of estrangement was dispelled at that moment.

Really… I think my childhood friend might be an angel.

“What are you talking about… Didn’t you say when you were a kid that it’s wicked to launch an attack out of nowhere without a warning? It’s as important as special moves and poses, or something…”

“Mu… Indeed, that’s true. Yesterday was my first time, and I was so excited that I forgot the procedure. Hmm~, I was so careless~. I’ll have to be careful next time~…”

“Next, you said… Are you going to be a hero again?”

Amane says as a matter of course… Which means we’ll be spending the night together again…

But Amane didn’t seem to mind and smiled cheerfully.

“It’s natural, isn’t it! It’s so good, I’ll be with you tonight, okay? We’ll discuss tonight’s plans on the way to school. Come along.”

I was so happy to hear her say that in a casual manner that I jumped up and down inside.

We can go to school together… That’s the kind of thing that makes me want to rejoice…

“………… Yes Yes, I’ll accompany you.”

Every moment we spend together is special… Strangely enough, it was the morning when I had a strong realization of what I had always thought in “that” dream.