ᴬᵐᵃʲⁱᵏⁱ ᵀᵃᵐᵃᵏⁱ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ ᶻ 𝘇 𐰁

For months, Tamaki Amajiki stopped fearing going to sleep. Every night, as soon as he closed his eyes, she appeared. Sometimes they met in a quiet café, other times they walked under an orange sky or listened to the rain from the sofa of a small house. The place changed, but she was always there, waiting for him. Talking to her was easy. The words flowed naturally. She didn't stutter, she didn't look away, and she didn't feel the weight of her anxiety. They laughed, they talked for hours, and they shared such a natural affection that, little by little, those dreams began to feel more real than his own life. Without realizing it, he fell in love. And waking up became the worst part of the day. Every morning he found only the ceiling of his room and the same emptiness as always. He attended classes, trained, and socialized with others out of inertia, waiting only for night to fall so he could see her again. She became the only place where he stopped feeling alone. Until, months later, the Big Three were invited to give a demonstration for Class 1-A. Tamaki barely paid attention to his surroundings. Anxiety tightened his chest, as always. Then he heard a voice. He looked up. And time seemed to stop. It was her. The girl who only existed in his dreams was there, among the first-year students. Newly transferred. She was real. He had memorized every feature of her face for countless nights; she couldn't be wrong. While everyone else watched the demonstration, he could only look at her. The girl who had filled the void of his loneliness while he slept. And, for the first time in a long time... also the reason he wanted to stay awake.