Dream ♠ o15
“You’re trying to impress someone, aren’t you? Road asks, and he’s ten, but it’s not so much
impress
as it is that he wants-needs-to be
useful or else
he might get thrown away.
Dewey wouldn’t want a useless person, after all.
And without Dewey, Dominic is nothing.
He’s alone. It repeats itself over and over in his head
alone alone alone
but now he has Anemone and the world
so it’s okay.
Fingers flying across the keyboard, his eyes glued to the screen, he’s twenty and he reads word after word:
noise Anemone the colonel
and he’s realized that
the
colonel
can’t
be
trusted
anymore.
And there, that woman’s told him-the truth about everything.
But did he really want to know?
He falls to his knees because
because
sometimes there are people
you shouldn’t believe in.
Because you don’t hack into the records of people you trust.
“And that's why I'll be hoping that you will no longer trust anyone. It's for the best, I assure you,” Vincent tells him, and for a moment
Dominic believes him.
-Then he promptly realizes why that’s the most idiotic thing he’s heard yet.
“And so, idiot or not, I’m backing you!” he shouts at Renton, while the other boy simply stares at him.
But he hasn’t gone crazy-he’s just
opened
his eyes.
For real this time.
So don’t let this become a mistake.
He’s in Somarium now, and he’s
alone.
He won’t ever see his world again.
Anemone won’t be a part of his life.
alone alone alone
Is it still okay?
“You're my friend and I'd like to do something nice for you and see you smile...” Estelle says.
“So if there is anything that you would like to talk about, I'll listen anytime.”
Minato.
“You want me to kick anyone else's ass instead?”
“Wha-?”
Ken laughs awkwardly. “Well. Omi's not the only person here I wanna see stay safe, you know.”
By the way, is there anything you wanted for your birthday? - Atsuro.
And then Estelle’s running towards him, before she wraps her arms around his neck
and nobody touches him like that
but he smiles and hugs her back.
Minato holds out a can of soda to him
even though Dominic wonders what others even
see
in him.
he let Anemone die
Still, he takes it.
And Ken’s less than stellar grammar aside-
Youre not alone.
not alone anymore
Dominic smiles.
Thank you.
-To everyone.
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[Well, that's probably the best dream Dominic, who's reverted back to his normal age by now, has had in a long while. However, he doesn't dwell on it long before picking up his Dreamberry and placing a filter on it. As much as he'd like to shove this dream in Vincent's face, he'd rather the man not know about every one of his friends-even if the filter won't take care of all of his acquaintances.
Still, once he's done, Dominic smiles softly, stroking Gulliver softly.]