"I’m really amazed at how you construct your dreams, Karma-kun," the bluenet said, still dazed at his surroundings that  still seemed surreal to him.

The old, rundown campus that never failed to be present in every scenario of his sleep, the same set of students that were considered to be outcasts of their school heirarchy, training together with their military gym instructor and a seductress assassin and learning with their supposed target—their homeroom teacher and a peculiar octopoid—, the rich biodiversity that surrounded the remote place, and of course, the crescent moon which signified that this was a part of his fantasies. Sometimes a wake-up call, mostly an addition to the almost perfect scene.

"It’s so detailed and solid. Like a reality that was never made. If only all people dream like you, then I’d wish to never wake up again," Nagisa added, making his last words inaudible to hear.

"What was that again?"

"Ie. Nandemonai." the azure haired shook his head.

Karma chuckled lightly, then stared back to the moon at the middle of the endless night sky. "I don’t really know how I came up with this either. Maybe those fantasy books my grandfather read to me back then were finally getting over my head. At first, I was freaked out. I really didn’t believe something like sleepless dreaming. I like it here, though."

Sleepless Dreaming, or more popularly known as Lucid Dreaming, is a phenomena where a person can distinguish dreams from reality and thus, can control them from their subconscious. It is said that most lucid dreamers experience a severe wanting to do something that they can’t do in their realities.

Yes people, Karma is a certified Lucid Dreamer. He cannot remember when or how, but ever since the end of second year, he started to gain control of his dreams and somehow gave life to the characters in it. For example,

"Yo, Karma-kun. Who’s this blue chic, friend of yours?" Maehara Hiroto, an infamous womanizer and also one of his rivals in terms of looks. In this dream, he, together with the whole class of 28, were Karma’s classmates in an outcast section called End Class.

"Seriously Hiroto," Maehara’s brunette best friend, Isogai Yuuma, a.k.a The Ikemen, said with a passive look but is also intrigued by the bluenet’s presence. "You really hit on every girl you lay your eyes on, don’t you?"

Karma mentally cursed himself for not convincing Nagisa to 'spectre mode' earlier. Oddly enough, the redhead didn’t want anyone else to surround the bluenet but him.

"Why, ikemen-kun? You jealous?~" a blonde came into the picture, asking with a teasing tone. She is Nakamura Rio, Karma’s female counterpart.

"Oh my goodness! This is what I’ve always dreamt of!" Yada Toka screamed, her eyes filled with delight. "A love so forbidden and discriminated, but so romantic! Ah, the wonders of bl! I shall dub thee, the MaeIso ship!"

"Yada, you’re straying further from the subject!" the greenette, Kayano Kaede, sighed and glanced at Karma and Nagisa again. "So, Karma?"

"What is it again, flat-chan?"

Kayano grinned sarcastically. "I’ll let you off for now, period head. Anyhow, I’m asking you who the new girl is. Your girlfriend?"

"Actually, I’m a boy."

And just at that moment, as if Nagisa just dropped a bomb, the class panicked at the mistake. Karma, being the opportunist he is, dragged Nagisa away from the crowd and went to the other side of the mountain.

"Karma-kun, let’s go dream hopping!" Nagisa declared after a short while of sitting.

"Say what now?"

Nagisa pouted at the lack of attention and just took out a set of keys as he explained. "Dream Hopping or as we Dream Travellers call, Warping. Using these set of keys, we warp through different doors of these dimensions to ensure that no dreamer will experience sleep imbalance together with Pixies, Nixies, and Miss Luxiell, the Lady of Dreams.

Pixies use their dusts to create sweet dreams. Nixies, on the other hand, give nightmares. Too much of these two will either cause the person to never wake up, or to never sleep again. Luckily, there was only one incident and somehow, the person isn't actually dead."

The mentioned case piqued the redhead’s interest, but he saved it for another time. Of course, why wouldn’t he? Nagisa Shiota, a real-life Dream Traveller, is giving him a tour around the Sleep Dimension! And it’s for free!

"So, how do you exactly ‘Dream Hop’?" Karma asked, making air quotes as it still sounded weird to him.

Nagisa stopped walking and pulled out an invisible doorknob, leading to a room full of darkness. As they entered, the door to Karma’s dream closed, a silver key appeared on his hand along with several multicolored doors.

"That key is your own copy in case you want to go back to your turf. And now, this is how the keys work around here," Nagisa started. "Pick a color."

Karma thought and absentmindedly replied, "Orange?"

Nagisa inserted the orange colored key on the door with the matching color and dragged Karma inside.

ORANGE DOOR

"Kyaa~! Asano-sama!"

"PLEASE MARRY ME!"

"I'LL GIVE YOU THIRTY BABIES AND MORE!"

Nagisa and Karma both watched from a distance as a strawberry blond boy stood proudly, waving at his fangirls who swooned at his every action.

"Really, Nagisa? Of all people, Asano?" Karma asked with disgust.

"Hey, don’t blame me. You were the one who picked the door."

The redhead just sighed and pulled Nagisa away from the hideous sight.

GREEN DOOR

A scenery of a flowery meadow and an old rest house greeted them together with a brown haired little girl and two adults. One was a man with black hair and a tall stature wearing a plain black shirt and pants while the other was a woman with a seemingly weird fashion taste. She wore an octopus print t-shirt and brown slacks.

"Akari, don’t run off too far!"

"I won’t, Ayato ji-chan!"

Nagisa was so touched by the scene that she muttered, "So precious!"

PURPLE DOOR

"Hahahaha! Soon, he will be mine! As soon as he drinks this potion, I will be the most beautiful woman in his eyes!"

A scary glint clouded Karma’s eyes as he grinned dangerously.

"Hoho~ I think we’ll get along very well. I’m Kar——"

"——He is leaving. Sorry for the intrusion!"

PINK DOOR

"Uh, who’s opening this?"

"Why don’t you go first, Karma-kun?"

"Oh no, I insist. Ladies first."

"I’m a man, you twat."

Nagisa sighed exasperatedly. Somehow this door doesn’t feel so good. Still, he unlocked it and slowly opened it. At first, it was still fine. Until this happened.

"Oh~ faster honey!"

"Fudge this, it’s so tight!"

"I didn’t think you were this good, honey!"

"Come on, louder!"

Karma cursed loudly, hurriedly grabbing the flustered Nagisa away from the dream as he closed the door. But before it was completely closed, he heard the following words which almost broke their sanity.

"Yes, I win! It’s your turn to play the blindfold game, HONEY!"

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Signed,
SweetPawn

I hope my mum doesn’t read this *crosses fingers*

Happy 5k reads everyone!!