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The night before his death, Aki Hayakawa had a dream.
A wonderful dream.
He was on a bed, staring at the ceiling. He had a feeling he had been doing that for a very long time, but only then became aware of it.
He looks to his left and there was a person in the bed with him, one with dirty yellow hair and spiky teeth, he knew this because that person is salivating with his open mouth, gross.
Why is Denji on his bed?
He reaches out but instead of shoving him out of Aki's bed, his hand travels to Denji's cheek, cupping it softly, and it feels right.
This Denji opens his eyes one by one, yawns and greets him lazily, leans forward and kisses him on the lips, sliding his thonge into Aki's mouth like if it was his and owning it, and it’s so fucking gross. Aki can taste the morning straight out of Denji's mouth, especially since the blonde never brushes his teeth, but he doesn't push him away.
He realizes then, he is dreaming. In the real world Denji would never kiss him, or touch his chest in the way he is doing it right now, or look at him with this pair of eyes that only transmit love. Aki chooses then to indulge himself, kissing Denji back and touching him, from head to toe, feeling the young body in his hands and melting on it.
"Yo, you taste like shit. Quit it." Denji protests, but makes no move to stop Aki.
"Stop me, then." He says. Aki's voice is rough, his throat is dry and the dream feels way too real now, as he bites Denji's lip and wonders his body with his hands in an intimate manner, that makes him feel as if they were lovers.
Maybe they are, in this dream that his mind has created.
"We don't have all morning, and you still have to make me breakfast, sucker." This Denji says, in that voice that is just way too similar to the real life Denji, the one that only thinks about boobs and Makima.
He ignores those thoughts, and replies. "Alright."
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Himeno calls him while he is making breakfast, she talks about her last mission and new junior partners. He tells her things he din't know, but just came out of his mouth by their own. He tells her about how Power and Denji are doing in High School, about the american recipe he learnt last week, about the last time he saw his sibling and about a happy life that shouldn't be his.
Denji comes out of taking a bath (by petition of Aki) at the same time that Power comes out of her room for breakfast, they crash in the hallway and fight over it like little siblings would until Aki reminds them how late it is for school.
Aki blinks and time passes way too fast, ten minutes went and left and when he looks around the situation is different. He is holding a fork in his hand and both Power and Denji are dressed in their school uniforms and eating like if life depended on it.
Denji looks handsome in his high school uniform, Aki's mind suggest and he agrees.
Power talks about her friend group, how she is the leader of it and all of them praise her "as they should." She adds. Denji intersects and says that they only hang out with her because she is good at sports thanks to her demonic powers. They bicker a bit more as Aki stays silent and finishes his own food, that tastes better than usual.
When they are done Power hurries up to the door, yelling for Denji to come with her. Denji has other plans thought, when he finishes eating he takes his and Power's schoolbags "that bloody demon forgot hers, again." He leans towards Aki and gives him another kiss.
This one is not lazy, but frenetic and hurried. Like if Denji wanted to research his whole mouth and memorize it in a minute, eating him out as Aki tastes the breakfast and faint sabor of toothpaste in his thonge.
They broke the kiss way too soon because of the very loud "EWWWW" Power yells when coming back to the kitchen in search of her friend. When they both say goodbye at the door Aki reaches out for a small peek with Denji, only to be stopped by Power once again, who remembers them how late it is.
Aki watches them as they leave running, a fond smile on his lips and a foreing yet familiar feeling in his chest.
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At night they order pizza and talk even more.
Apparently, Power is the most popular girl in her class, this being confirmed by Denji, who is also in the animal keepers club and who's only good grades are in math, thanks to Aki who had explained everything to him.
They clean the dishes together, Power and Aki giving Nyako her night meal, then all of them sitting in the couch together. Denji lays over Aki with a groan, burying his face in that spot on his neck that he liked so very much, then Power jumps over them without care. Denji curses her but ends up shutting up and seeing the movie they had in the tv.
When it's too late and the movie has ended Aki looks at the two demon teens above him, they are asleep and by muscular memory of the Aki of this dream he manages to get up without waking them.
He takes Power first, lifting her and taking her to sleep. He places a hand over her head and checks her breathing. Power's room is the same as the real one, all messy and dirty, the only thing missing are the usual clothes of Denji, that tend to be all over the floor. Later, when he takes Denji to their shared room he finds said clothes in the floor of his room.
"I know you are awake, tomorrow you'll have to order this or i'll throw it into the trash." Aki says out of nowhere. The reply comes not much after.
"I thought you liked them there." Denji replies, yawning like a kid, big and loud.
Aki raises an eyebrow. "I do?"
"You said once that it made the room look more, well, mine." Denji scratches the back of his neck. "I could order them back into the other room, thought."
For a second, Aki thought Denji was trying to make him feel bad, before disregarding that thought. The teen would never do that, he was straight forward with everything he did, maybe this was just how Denji acted when he was truly being vulnerable?
He recalls a few times, that Denji was really not, well, his usual self, but it was strange and unsettling everytime. He would like to see it more.
Aki denies with his head. "I want you to order them, but in this room, besides my own clothes."
In this little world his mind created, Denji beams at him and falls asleep with Aki's arms wrapped around his waist. The oldest of them murmurs small words into his hair, that Denji seems to enjoy.
The dream ends too soon, when Denji tries to reply to Aki's words and looks at him with golden sharp eyes.
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When Aki wakes up, he feels even more tired than when he fell asleep.
he scans the ceiling and sits on his bed. He brushes his teeth, makes his hair in a small ponytail and puts his suit on.
He tells Denji he has something to do and that he has to take care of Power. Power says she'd be fine by her own but they all know that's a lie.
When he says goodbye to both of them, he almost leans towards Denji for a kiss before remembering this is not a dream.
He had to go speak with Angel that day.