65 - Both positivity and negativity are necessary (Patreon)

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In real life, we are having the best atmosphere ever, but in the dream, the atmosphere is the same as usual.

“Muu!”
“Kyun!”

Hiuri is playing with Muu by throwing a ball. Muu comes back with the ball in its mouth like a dog, so Hiuri seems to be having fun too.

“Muu saved you again.”
“That's right. It notices my troubles and gives me advice.”

Rather than advice, it’s just a normal cry.
But since Muu's cries echo directly into my brain, I am able to stay calm. I think it's good that when I’m in a panic, just by listening to Muu's cries, I am able to settle my mind.

“What else is left of our problem?”
“I guess Hiuri's family problem.”
“That's about right... what should we do?”

That’s what Hiuri said, but if I have to say it, all I have to do is tell Hiuri that I know about her family problem and it will all be over.
Of course, that won't solve her family problem, so it won't be the end of the story, but I’m sure I’d be able to help.

“But in the end, there’s nothing we can do about her family problem, right?”
“Well, I guess so...”

It is difficult to help Hiuri right now.
At the very least, I don't have any power right now, so it's impossible.

“Can you at least wait until I'm in college?”
“...Geez, it can’t be helped.”

Once we become a college student, we will have a little more leeway.
I will be able to do many things on my own then, and I should be able to support Hiuri in areas other than her mind.

“Until then, please support me properly, okay?”
“Of course. I swear.”

I take a slightly prince-like posture and take Hiuri's hand.
It's not a look that suits me, but Hiuri seems to like it. She does have a desire to be a princess.

“If you tell me in real life, it'll all be over, right?”
“I don't know if Hiuri in real life will become my lover though.”
“I will. It’ll be okay, I'm also pursuing Kazuki-kun after all.”

Hiuri said that with conviction.
Perhaps because Hiuri rejected his confession once, he might be trying to run away a little. It is also possible that he no longer trusts Hiuri's words because she said that much to him.

“Kyuun!”
“Muu thinks so too. That it’ll be okay.”

Hiuri is having a conversation with Muu. Muu is becoming more attached to Hiuri than me.

“Then tell me quickly.”
“There's another problem with that, too: it might distort Hiuri in real life’s perception of the dream...”

From the perspective of Hiuri in real life, dreams are scientific and can be proven.
Uka-san said as much, but I know that this dream world is not imaginary and is unscientific, but that may end up distorting Hiuri's perception.

“But you told Rinrin, right? Then isn’t that okay?”
“Hayashi-san is a third party, so that's fine... but in Hiuri's case, you’re actually coming here, aren’t you? That’s why I wonder if it's okay if your perception of dreams changes.”
“Don't worry, it's okay. If something happens, I can work on it from my side.”

Apparently, Hiuri wants to quickly become a lover in real life so much that she’s saying it's okay when I raise my concerns.
Am I worrying too much? Uka-san has said that this space is unstable, and if something irregular happens, there is a possibility that this place will disappear, but...

Uka-san left Muu in my care for the stability of this space. Therefore, if something were to happen that caused this space to disappear, I’d feel guilty for Uka-san, or something...

“It's almost morning... tell me today.”
“Eh, today!?”
“Isn’t that obvious? If we don't improve our relationship level to lovers in real life by Christmas, we won't be able to have a Christmas date.”
“Even if you tell me something that sounds like an indicator from a romance game...”

......

When I got to school, Hiuri was near my desk.
The boys are calm, and I don't see them gathering in the hallway, which is a complete change from yesterday.

“Good morning, Sakura-san.”
“Properly call me by my name.”
“...Good morning, Hiuri.”
“Yes, good morning.”

Even when we became lovers in the dream, we shouldn't have had this exchange.

Our atmosphere is as if we are lovers, but the boys around us are calm. They were making a lot of fuss yesterday, so I wonder what happened.

“Yo, Kazuki.”
“Good morning Tadashi. Somehow the boys are...”
“Don't mind them. Just leave this to me.”

Even Tadashi, who was making such a fuss yesterday, is back to normal operation.
Am I still dreaming? Or have I wandered into a parallel world?

Tadashi walked into the circle of boys without paying any attention to Hiuri. When he goes that far, it’s kind of scary.

“Hiuri, do you know anything?”
“Eh? I don't know. At least it's nice that there are fewer boys who look at me strangely, it’s easier.”

Hiuri is used to being exposed to gazes on a daily basis, so whether there are gazes on her or not probably doesn't make much of a difference. She’s operating normally.

“Hiuri, there's something I'd like to talk about after school, so could you please stay?”
“Talk... it’s not a confession, right?”

Hiuri asked that in a small voice.
I'm planning on confessing again after explaining the circumstances, so I can't say for certain that it's not a confession...

“Look forward to it.”
“You’re putting on airs...”

Hiuri let out a giggle.

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