They were sitting on the pier, breathing in the cool night air. As their hands slipped together, a loud crack suddenly split the tension between them. A firework. They were alone, and in love.

They leaned into a kiss.

Not a lustful one, but soft and passionate, straight on the lips. They pulled apart after a few seconds, both smiling and laughing a little bit. The fireworks exploded behind them, and he leaned against his shoulder, closing his eyes.

He opened them and it was all gone.

He was plunged into cold darkness, and it swallowed him. He struggled desperately, trying to get out, but it clasped him in its jaws, allowing no escape. He couldn't breathe.

He fell to the bottom-

His eyes snapped open in a cold sweat.

Guess I had another bad dream again.

Nishinoya was on the bus next to Tanaka. They were riding to the "child friendly bar" as Ennoshita had put it, but it didn't really sound that inviting. Who wants to go to a bar that's child friendly? Isn't the whole point of going to bars to not interact with children? Noya sighed and leaned against the window. Maybe I don't get it cause I'm a kid.

A few minutes later, Tanaka tapped him on the shoulder as the bus rolled to a stop. They had arrived. It was a charming place, and quite large.

"Woah, Nishinoya-san, are you okay? You look a little pale."

He looked up. It was Yamaguchi, who seemed to have noticed that his dream had shaken him a little bit.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Go ahead."

Yuu had been having those nightmares ever since Asahi had left, so it wasn't a new experience to wake up terrified and shaking, but he hadn't told anyone about them. They shouldn't have to carry him, he should be able to stand on his own.

When they got into the place, it was empty. "We reserved it, sort of," Takeda said, "What happened was...well, Ukai and I bribed them into opening it on a closed day so we could have it to ourselves."

The entire team stared at him.

"What? I- I just wanted this to be a fun team bonding experience, y'know?"

Nishinoya pushed open the door and walked inside silently. The rest of the team, slightly surprised at the lack of noise coming from him, followed suit. Yamaguchi pulled Tanaka aside.

"Is he okay?"

"I don't know."

It was brightly lit inside, almost brighter than the sun and the outdoors. "Who wants to go first?" A bored looking teenager manned the queue.

"Ooh!" Ayumu piped, "Do you guys have broadway on there?"

"Some." The teenager responded.

"Can we do, uh....Defying Gravity?"

"Uh...yeah, we got that."

"Great. Who wants to duet with me?!"

"I will!"

Hikaru stepped forward. "Awesome," Ayumu began, "You be Elphaba and I'll be Glinda."

"You like that role?"

"Yep."

"Let's go."

The opening music played and Haruki began to sing, as did Hikaru. Hikaru was really very good, but Ayumu was impressively terrible.

Oh well. At least they're enjoying themselves.

Nishinoya was not.

"I'm going to the bathroom," he mumbled, and slid off the "bar" stool. He was beginning to get a headache. Noya pulled open the bathroom door and locked himself in a stall. He could still very clearly hear the music ending and Hikaru holding out the high note at the end. He pressed his head in his hands.

Without even realizing it tears started to run down his face and he was suddenly sobbing quietly in the stall.

God, I hope no one comes in.

Of course, the moment he thought that, footsteps approached the door.

Fucking Murphy.

A muffled voice could be heard through the door as Nishinoya failed to wipe his tears away.

"Come on, he has no idea! He'll be so happy to see you."

The door opened and the music blared in his ears for a second, then it again became quiet. Or, as quiet as a karaoke bar could be. Footsteps approached his stall door.

"Nishinoya! You'll never guess who popped up!"

"If it's not Asahi I don't care who it is."

"Eh? But it is Asahi!"

"It what?"

He scrambled to unlock the door and almost fell over in his haste, something he regretted slightly as it worsened his headache. But he fell into a pair of strong, gentle arms, and yes, it was Asahi. This wasn't a dream. This one wouldn't turn into a nightmare.

Boy, was he wrong.