Dreams?

Yoshiki stared far off at the setting orange sun from his balcony, his short blond hair dancing in the soft evening breeze. His knees were pulled up to his chests so that his chin could rest on it. He sighed softly but nobody cared. Nobody cared anymore.

The dressing room was rowdy with the members and staffs rushing around to make sure everything was ready. Toshi sat in front of a mirror, fixing his amazing volume of hair. Yoshiki snickered even though his own was brushed up spikes…well, half of it, anyway.

" Hey, Yo-chan!" hide slapped him on the back, almost making him fall.

" hide! Gah, what did you do to your face?! It’s…it’s…!"

" Lovely, ain’t it?" the guitarist grinned into his face.

Just then, Pata and Taiji peeked into the room and signalled for them to go out.

" Yeah! Let’s make our dreams come true!!!"

Our dreams…Were this our dreams?

…Maybe. It had taken us so many years but we reached the top anyway.

Yoshiki touched the creases on his forehead. Not very obvious but it was there. The sun had cast the whole sky yellow, orange, red…He felt his eyes burn at the brightness so he closed them, letting the wind blow against his face, enjoying its coolness.

"I’m sorry, Yoshiki. But I can’t stay."

" Toshi? Why?" The words seemed far away.

The vocalist and his old time friend looked at him sadly, mournfully, before raising his sunglasses and walking off.

Our dreams…have it finished? All but a dream?

" hide?" Yoshiki looked at the serene sleeping face, unaware of the droplets of moisture forming in his eyes. Pata, Heath, Taiji and even Toshi put their arms around him to comfort him despite their own sorrow at the departure of their bandmate.

But Yoshiki saw nothing but the tears and the face that belonged to the person he loved so much. He couldn’t understand but some things were not meant to be understood…

Yoshiki held himself in his own arms, getting cold as the sun disappeared behind the horizon. Silent forgotten tears crept into his eyes. He blinked them away. He looked back at his life, the good memories and the bad…

Were these our dreams or have they vanished, washed away with our bitter tears? Our dreams which we lost some where along the way…

~end~

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