MidoriArainai

"This has got to be a dream, this can't be real," I kept muttering to myself as I was cowering in a corner in my bedroom. Something had been chasing me, something dark and frightening. I knew that if it caught me, I would be nothing. It would swallow me, mind, body, and soul and there would be no proof that I had ever existed at all. I didn't hear anything for an indeterminate amount of time. Whatever it was had great, stomping footsteps, so I could tell that it wasn't anywhere near my room. Slowly, so slowly I could feel my bones creaking, I got up from my corner. I slunk over to the door, pressing my ear against it and listening hard. Ther

“One… no it doesn’t fit… hmm…” you thought aloud in a quiet mumble, your eyes scanning the paper with an intense concentration. You spotted something and gave a little triumphant grin, filling a nine into one of the small boxes before victoriously rewarding your success with bacon. John chuckled from across the table, reading his own section of paper as you worked on the Sudoku puzzle in yours. It was a habit you’d both gotten into since you’d moved into their spare bedroom, you and John both got up at reasonable hours, switched off making breakfast, and then sat and split the paper. He alw