[BL Fanfiction] SOS from Line B (4)
So... about the matter of your dream and my song being uncannily similar.
Wait a second, Yasutomo.
Shinkai interrupted, wanting to calm himself down before getting to the core of the conversation.
Would you like another drink? And maybe we should get some pizza too?
Hm? ...Alright, let's do that. Ah, I'll let you treat me to one drink, but I'll pay for the rest myself.
That's not... I'm the one asking for your advice. It's only natural that I pay for everything.
No, let's keep the money matters clear. We both work in finance, after all.
Shinkai felt his fondness for Arakita grow even more, impressed by his stance on not leaving payments ambiguous; he was a man he could trust.
The additional cocktails and pizza were brought to the table.
Actually, Shinkai.
Arakita said, while taking a bite of a slice of pizza.
"I... see it too. That dream."
"Wha...! What did you say...?"
Shinkai was stunned.
"In my case, it's the opposite of yours. I'm the one who pushes them away and runs. In terms of that song, it's the second verse."
"..."
"Likewise, I forget about the other person when I wake up. But the regret of having run away by doing the exact opposite of what I felt remains intensely. ...I'm a mess of tears when I wake up, too."
"...Then, that song is..."
"It's singing about my own dream."
I never imagined... that there was someone else out there having the same experience as me.
Shinkai couldn't help but down his cocktail in one gulp.
Arakita continued.
"I've thought about it a lot, too. That line, 'This is all wrong.' It must mean there was some serious obstacle between the two of them."
"That's true. For example, a difference in social status?"
"It's a possibility. Even in the modern world, castes still exist, you know."
The two of them began to speculate about the dream.
Shinkai was getting excited.
"If you think about it normally, maybe there was another lover, or she was a best friend's girlfriend."
"That's very possible. But in reality, I didn't have a girlfriend back in high school, and I wouldn't do something as low as hitting on a friend's girl."
"Then, what about an affair?"
"An affair? Hey, hey. I'm a high schooler in my dream, you know."
"It's possible if the other person is a female teacher."
"Wait a minute. Are you saying I have a thing for older women?"
"Not necessarily an older woman. If she were 23 or 24, that's a 5 or 6-year age gap. It's a perfectly plausible story. And even now, five years later, she'd still be in her 20s. It's totally possible."
"Hmm. I guess that's a possibility."
The conversation heated up all at once.
Perhaps there are many other people in the world besides themselves who are troubled by dreams like this.
Just being able to think that made Shinkai's heart feel much lighter.
"In any case, what I can say is that I was too young back in high school and didn't have the means to overcome this obstacle. That's why I had no choice but to escape. But now that I'm an adult, I should be able to reach a happy ending, whether by overcoming it or accepting it."
"So that's how those lyrics came to be."
"So"
Arakita leaned forward abruptly, grinned, and said.
"So, this is the conclusion I've reached. Finding out today that there's someone else having the same dream as me, I'm convinced."
Shinkai waited for Arakita's words, swallowing hard.
"It's an 'SOS from Line B', that's what it is."