Beware of Half-Price Items #WeeklyShortShortNote

Sigh.
Just lounging around all day without working.
Even if I do absolutely nothing, the cleaning and housework get done on their own.

Every now and then, when I hold up a basket to the sky and say, "Please,"
bills flutter down from above...
I'd love to try living a life like that, the ultimate in self-indulgence.

The first part sounded like one of Zun Iio's gags... I thought with a wry smile, and while daydreaming, I was shopping when I noticed some sale items placed in the corner of the store.

Huh?
It's winter clothing, but it's already half-price.

When I picked it up—
"Hallucination Pajamas"

What's this? 🧐
"Ingredients that induce hallucinations are woven into the fibers, so when you fall asleep, you are 100% guaranteed to have a dream"... it says.

That sounds kind of interesting.
I'll buy a pair for myself.
Thinking that, I put them in my basket.

—I didn't even think to read the small print.

That night, I immediately put on the hallucination pajamas and went to sleep.

After a while...
Hmm? Where am I?

Looking around, it was a classroom.

(Oh, I'm aware that this is a dream.)
Does that mean it's a dream from my student days?

Suddenly, I see my face reflected in the window.
...Huh?
Is it just my current face?

A high school boy sitting in the seat in front of me turned around and grinned.

"Isn't it about time you graduated? Senior~ How many years have you been in high school?"

What? What? What kind of situation is this?

While I was frozen, not understanding what was going on, the teacher's voice suddenly rang out.

"Alright, test start!"

😱 Whaaaat!?
How many years do you think have passed since then!?
There's no way I'd know this!!

At that moment, I woke up.

...What a dream. 😨😨
It was a nightmare. A sudden test with absolutely no studying... Aaaah, scary. 😵

Suddenly, a bad idea came to mind. 🤔
(I had a fight with my kid recently for not studying...)
If I show them that terror, maybe they'll study?
😏😏

The next morning.
I gave the pajamas to my child the night before and decided to see what would happen.

—And then,

They were still in their pajamas, playing games and lounging around from the morning!!

What's going on!?

"When I dream in these pajamas, everything goes exactly how I want it to.
I want to keep sleeping, so I'll sleep again after I eat.
Don't wake me up."

Huh? Wait a minute?
What about school...? What about schooooool...
My own voice was howling...

And then, I woke up with a start.

Huh?
Where did the dream end and reality begin?

This is bad. 😨
Thinking that, I hurriedly got rid of the pajamas.

I noticed the warning label hidden at the bottom of the bag.
Underneath that warning, it said in small print:

"Dreams are just like life. They don't always go as you wish, so please be aware."

#WeeklyShortShortNote
#HallucinationPajamas

Thank you as always for the project.
This time, I went way over the character count.
I'm sorry. 😞