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eyes burning, drowsiness settling in.
and yet, sunny was still wide awake.
he could feel it in his bones; how tired they were, each pain and ache that throbbed all over his body. screaming to rest, to sleep.
and yet, sunny's eyes remained open, staring blankly at the ceilings. he would blink, in a onetwothreefour dance, sleepiness hitting in full. but none of the sleep.
and yet, sunny was still wide awake and he didn't know what to do.
he just wanted to sleep.
but he couldn't. his brain wouldn't let him sleep.
he couldn't.
oh, had it always been this dark before?
he watched, body very still from his bed, watching as the shadow creeped in, flicking and fluttering like flame, slowly closing in.
had the sky always been crimson?
once upon a time, he was afraid of the dark.
once upon a time, he would crawl into mari's bed to hide.
once upon a time, mari would hug him, protecting him from the scary shadows while comforting him.
everything's going to be okay. big sister is here to protect you.
once upon a time, sunny believed her.
b̵̺̼͓̞͈̹̪͉̤̹̭̪̑͌̆́͗͜û̵̧̱̠͍̞̠̗̙t̴̨̠͈͕̞̭̬̦̤̟̻͓̜̪͂̆͛̄̾̾̔͊̓̿̊̔̕ ̶̡̣̗̙̜̝̝͖̣̹̭̉̇͂̒͐̑s̴͚͉̞̬͉̫̪̫̈́́̅̍̄͗̕h̴̩̦̗̥̱̯͖̼̻̹̩̳͍͖̰̒̆͗͑̍e̸̛̺̽̀ ̵̛̳̮̦́̿̈́̆̀̿̋̂̐̉̔͘i̶̡̙̮̘̱̰̲̦̥̝̓̀͂̉͗̊̄ś̶͖͍̥̋̒̋̓͝͝ ̷͍̄͆͋̀͘͝n̶̪̘̪̫͚̥̈́͌̃ò̶̳͉̤̩̻̹͚̫̘̯͔̺̞̃͆͆͆̓͠ͅṭ̷͍̱̾͊͛̔͗͒́̈́͐̈́̊̎́̔ͅ ̴̼̃̈̂͊̇̃̊͆̈́͜͝h̷͇̰͗́̊͂͆̾̃̈́̚͠͝e̶̬̱͉̬̻̜̺̯͉̻̍͐͛̑̒́͑͝͝͠r̶̡̢͔̝̠̬̣̒͐̈́ë̷̠̞͖͚̦̣̟̪͖̫͂͘͜͠ͅ ̷̗̣͖̻̀a̴͈̱̓̈́̓͜n̶̤͈̣͈̬͇͖̥̝̑̆̾͒̃͑̅̕͘͘͝͠ͅy̵̨̧̼̹̝͈͇̲̞͔̮̾̉̈́̎̔̀͑̂̈́͘͜͜͜m̸̢̮̘̺͖̺͉̰̒̒̎ơ̷̢̗̣͓̭͍̲̥̻̖̙͇̖̇̔̍̈̀̅͂̂̆̽̀̄́͠ṛ̸̻̝̖̲͇̱͖̗͎̰̤͉̐̐̈́͒̆̔̈͛́̍̿̅̚ẽ̶͚͚̹͇̤̰̿–̴̡̡̛̳͍͎̰͊̂̊̄̿̅̇͗̀͜͝͠
now sunny was used to being alone.
he was still afraid of the dark, but he could endure it.
so he closed his eyes. trying to ignore the shadows, the restless energy, the burning and aching–everything, really. forcing himself to just shut and rest.
and he–
WELCOME TO WHITESPACE
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–Omori woke up.