Even If It's a Dream, I Won't Let You Be Hurt

"Don't treat me! Don't stop! How could you choose to stop at a time like this?!"

Kanami suddenly jolted awake from his dream.

He sat bolt upright, drenched in sweat.

"What was that voice...?"

He did not know where the strange voice had come from, but it was familiar. It was Hinata Hyuga's voice, mixed with his own.

The two had merged into an androgynous voice.

"Kanami, did you have another nightmare?"

Hinata reached over from beside him, touched him, and wiped the sweat from his face.

"Mm..." Kanami nodded faintly.

"It's okay. I'll always be by your side, so don't be afraid. Nightmares are the opposite of reality. And Orochimaru said that the experiment to restore vitality to this body overlaps somewhat with his immortality experiment. There's still time. It will definitely succeed."

Hinata comforted him.

Kanami fell silent for a long time.

"Hinata."

"Mm?"

"Are you really... Hinata Hyuga?"

Kanami stared at Hinata seriously as he asked.

Hinata's smile visibly froze. Then she frowned slightly. "What do you mean by that?"

"I've been having nightmares for a long time. I never told you what they were about, but now I want to."

"In the dream, there was always a voice calling for me, telling me to keep moving forward, telling me not to accept treatment, telling me to wake up. And that voice was yours."

Kanami seriously described the voice he had heard in his dreams.

Hinata did not know what to say.

Her lips parted slightly, yet she could not speak for a long while.

After a long time.

She touched Kanami's head. "Then... do you think that world is real...? Or do you think... Xiao Anchu and I are both... fake?"

As she spoke, her eyes reddened and her voice trembled softly.

It sounded like the