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"Do you think we've met in a past life?"
"Pft, no? What a sappy conversation starter."
Kol couldn't hold back a laugh at the sudden question, giving it a single hum in thought - meeting in a past life? Sounds like the type of things people would ask then pull their lover into an occult shop for a Tarot reading. He would hope Shino's not the type to do so, the thought of finding out about the multiple lives before this was a creepy thought. Kol wasn't really one to look forward to knowing that he was a doomed soul from the first life alone.
"Mm, just a random thought." Shino spoke with a yawn leaving his lips, leaning back against the red cushions of the couch. It was just them in the hideout, the other members were doing their own things - chaos, if the Duo could guess. But right now, they were both enjoying their alone time playing video games as their fingers danced along the screen, with one pair getting a lot slower.
"Ey, finish the round first before you nap." Kol reaches over to poke at his cheek, a huff leaving him as Shino looks up at him with a roll of his eyes, giving in anyways to playing this finale. As competitive as Shino was during games, he was certainly tired at this hour and so far the round had been tame. Must have been the reason he wanted to fall asleep then and there.
..
Kol beams as the screen declares them with a win, uttering victories as Shino just leans back against the pillows and proceeds to shut his eyes on him "Wow. It was that boring for you, huh?" Kol sighs, looking over at the Hardlight user just a second away from falling down the rabbit hole of slumber "Yes. Yes it was." In response, Kol groans - and here he was having pulled up impressive skills only to be told the entire round was boring.
"Come on now, Angel." Kol spoke with a raise of an eyebrow, poking at Shino's head. It only took a moment before he perked up, sunset eyes looking at him with a sense of confusion before tilting his head. "What?" "..Hm. Eh, i won't ask." "Huh?" Kol stared blankly at him as Shino simply shrugs, burying his head back into the pillow. Sleep, yes - that's his top priority.
"Know what? I'm gonna sleep too." Kol grabs the nearest pillow near him before placing it on Shino and laying his head on top of him with just the pillow dividing them - the movement receives a grunt from the Hardlight user only to bury himself into the pillows and just.. Sleep. It didn't take long for Kol to be swayed by sleep as well.
ยซโโโโโโ ยซ โ สโกษโ ยป โโโโโโยป
The sight to greet him was normal. Kol would say it was the result of his imaginative mind, a vast world full of ideas and fantasies from the games and shows he watches. A world of villages, forests and supernaturals lying around - Kol had been here before, multiple times when he falls asleep, getting less and less hazy with each time his mind visits this dream world.
Surprisingly, it wasn't the Wolf with the Panda hat that greeted him. Nor the pink haired girl with sharp ears - this time, he sat alone amidst a forest. Walking around, perhaps hunting for anything to eat..? Kol wasn't so sure. The last that he saw himself, he was a Phoenix - burning bright and yet he was referred as a Werewolf too. It really was one weird combination but it was something he was used to. And yet, he never found out his name..
"Look, its the Phoenix!!" "Calix, don't just say it like that..." One voice was a distant memory, but one was familiar as the sun on his skin. "Shino." The name slipped from his lips before he could stop it, as the ones coming near was an angel in green and.. A vampire? with a wing? Yet the one Kol notices most was the Angel.
Blonde hair framing his face, eyes of green - like the fields after the sweet summer rain. Small pair of wings displayed at the sides of his head, while a larger pair was attached on his back - like a waterfall of white feathers. If Shino was older, would he have the face of this Angel in front of him? The hair and eyes seemed fitting despite it being different from Shino's own.
"Rian." The Angel spoke, turning to him. His voice to Shino's own - but for once, Kol has finally received an answer to his eternal question. What was his name? Rian, apparently. A name that sounds lost through time yet familiar, familiar like acid stuck in his throat as if it was a name he wanted to spit out - yet familiar like a home lit in flames in desperation to feel warmth.
Rian.
. . .
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐น" "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ง" "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ" "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ." "๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ."
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ - ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐บ - ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
. . .
"Are you.. Okay?" The Angel calls out once more, Kol would like to refer to him as Shino but...
"He seems pretty dazed!" The other one spoke, a childish tone in their voice as they jump around the two of them with a small being of pure black, and a cape around it following them and throwing cake upon the grass floor - an act that made the Angel shake his head, clearly exasperated.
"Im.. Okay. I was just uh- hunting, yeah. I was hunting for some food." Kol responds, attempting to hide the amount of confusion and a clear loss of what was happening wavering in his mind. When did his own confusion affect his actions in this dream world? Usually, his own body would act on its own accord as if it was his own person. Why was he suddenly shoved the steering wheel?
"Oh!! We have food! A lot of cake!! Want some?" The one named Calix, from what Kol could recall from earlier jumped between them just to hand him the cake - and as that was the Vampire like being back to running around in circles. The Angel tilts his head, a sigh leaving his lips before he looks back at Kol. "I could cook you some lamb.." And at those words did wolf ears perk up, as if already smelling the meat that was yet to be made. Kol can't lie, lamb sounds like a delicacy right now.
"That would be-"
"KOL!!" "AHH!"
"ow..."
Kol was so rudely woken up by a loud being yelling out his name at the same time of shaking him violently - Flex, all while Shino who had been peacefully asleep right beneath lets out a muffled sound, having also just woken up and is now covering his ears with half dazed eyes - still processing his surroundings.
"You..." Kol groans, sitting up instantly and ignoring the dizziness that coursed through him from the sudden action. Only Flex and Ana seems to be here today - with Ana hiding right behind one of the stools, staring and observing them from a far. The Bloodmoon user lets out a huff as he looks up at Flex.
"You really just interrupted my dream."
"You dream of eating Lamb?"
"And some angel apparently..!"
...Oh god, he spoke out loud about everything in his dream?