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Chapter one: Always the same ocean
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Astrof hated waking up, not in the dramatic way, not even in a poetic way. it just... really fucking sucked.
Waking up meant going back to his room, to his phone, to the same quiet that felt so loud and piercing in his own ears. It also meant remembering everything he didn't want to deal with just yet. Sleeping was the only time it ever stopped hurting. It felt like an escape from reality.
Sleeping even meant seeing Vixyn. The ocean always came first though, it was always that same scenery. One second, there was nothing, and the next Astrof was sitting on a wooden dock with a lit cigarette as he felt tranquil into his own world, the boards were cold underneath him. The air was cooler.
It was more nice than the real world. That is at least what Astrof likes to think. Astrof sat up slowly and he knew where he was. In his dream world. Faint music was playing behind him and he heard two words from a familiar voice...
"You're late."
Vixyn.
Vixyn was already there at the end of the dock like he always was. Vix's hoodie was always too big on him, his dark curly hair falling into his beautiful grayish eyes, it was the same thing every night.
Astrof stood up, rubbing his face. "I didn't know I had a schedule in a dream"
Vixyn shrugged "You still showed up late."
"That's not even how dreams work, Vix."
"Too bad, anyway it's here"
Astrof walked closer, the dock made slight creaks as he walked down to Vixyn. Everything in this dream is always the same except the interactions and conversations. Dreams are weird and it took Astrof so long to even figure that out himself but he didn't care... Vixyn was his kryptonite.
"You keep staring..." Vixyn said with a smug look on his face.
"I'm not!" Astrof said in a huff, embarrassed slightly.
"You totallyyyyyy are~" Vixyn purred
Astrof rolled his eyes as he chuckled.
"I think I like it here too much..." Astrof said
Vixyn glanced at him and sighed "That's... not a good thing burrito."
Burrito. Astrof's nickname. That's always been Vixyn's nickname for Astrof. Astrof truthfully doesn't even know why, he hates it with a strong passion.
Astrof shrugged. "I like it here better than anything else."
Vixyn sighed before walking off in the forbidden woods Astrof isn't even allowed to go into
"Wait- Where are you going? Vix! Come back!"
Nothing. Just nothing says anything back. Vixyn is gone. For a split second, Astrof sighed. He loved Vixyn with the whole living part of whatever fucked up heart he had. He was head over heels for Vix.
And that was the problem.
Then... Astrof wakes up.