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Still not convinced he was awake Neko didn't say anything to Blade. At any moment he was sure that the people in the room were going to transform into horrible beasts and try to rip him to pieces. Or he would see them there and a moment later only see the blood on the walls that remained of his friends. He had seen so many things in his hours of sleeping that this no doubt was a cruel trick of the mind to catch him off guard.

When Poke moved over to the bed to join Blade he looked at her in a solum way but still said nothing expecting the worst at any moment. Not much phased him at this point after all that had gone on in his mind so when Riyo let out a yell he merely looked over in her direction expecting this to be the beginning of the nightmare.

Mitsu's dreams had not been unlike a nightmare though they were only memories, memories that clung to her and refused to let her forget. A familiar man in his white lab coat, round glasses reflecting the light, and that smile. That evil twisted smile. Just as he was about to step closer to Mitsu Riyo had let out a yell and violently woke her from her dream making her jump out of bed and fall to the floor.

Her eyes were wide and dilated as they looked around startled from being suddenly awakened. When there was no apparent threat Mitsu finally collected herself up off the floor, thankfully it looked as though she was feeling better physically, the test of her mental health would come later after she had calmed down. "W..what is going on?" Mitsu stammered as she made her way to the door that connected the two rooms.

As the voices of everyone slowly sunk in, she looked around, then looked down at herself. She held up her hands in front of her face and moved her fingers. She touched her face, her torso, her legs, and was finally satisfied after that.

"I'm... Not a ball of fluff." She stated, almost unbelieving.

As Yuki questioned, her eyes shot up at him. "T-there was this fat little girl! With fat little hands! And... She had the voice of a horse..." She shivered and reached for her tail, clinging to it for dear life. "That... Was the worst dream I've ever had."

That was when she realized everyone had gathered around the bed. Not for her, but for the one actually sleeping on it. She very quietly turned around and peeked her head above the matress. Her ears gave a small twitch when she noticed Neko was awake.

"Told you he wasn't dying." Riyo's eyes narrowed a little as she glanced at Blade, then back at Neko.

But something worried her. Why didn't he speak? Why did he look like a child that had been greeted by monsters? "So, why aren't you happy to see us?" She gave his arm a soft poke to try and get a reaction from him.

Blade raised an eyebrow lightly as he heard Riyo describe her dream softly. It didn't sound like your average nightmare, but he supposed it had to have been pretty horrible for her to be acting like that because of it.

"He may not have been dying but it doesn't look like he's completely recovered yet..."

Even with him and Riyo poking at Neko, it still didn't seem to get much of a reaction out of him. It appeared that the guy had some sense of what was going on around him, since he was looking at everyone, but he was being rather passive. Maybe the guy was still hallucinating or something as he had been the night before.

"Any ideas on how to get him to snap out of it?"

There was an idea to dump some cold water on the guy, but he really wasn't so sure if that would be all too good of an idea.

Riyo watched Mitsu enter the room and gave a soft nod. Though... When he simply closed his eyes, she figured her guesses had been right. At Blade's question, Riyo quirked an eyebrow and stood. "Yeah. One."

She gave no further explanation, but simply walked into the bathroom for a few moments. The sound of running water could be heard.. and then silence again.

As Riyo walked back out, she held a cup of water in her hand. And she made sure it was cold.

"So, like I said last night. I'm still no doctor, but I've been right about this stuff so far." Toot toot went Riyo's ego.

"Alright, so you're just gonna ignore us while we've been worrying about you all night?" She asked as she made it to Neko's bedside once again. She looked down at the cup and contemplated just.. Pouring it all on him in one fell swoop... But that would be too cruel.

Instead, she stuck her finger's in the water and flicked it at his face. "Rise and shine, fuzzy wuzzy! It's time to greet the ever-cynical world!"

And, if this didn't work, then she really would dump it all on his face.

Everyone's words gained as much response from Neko as they had before. At the moment he was too focused on trying to tune it out, maybe if he concentrated he could make these nightmares end, though that hadn't worked so far. Then something cold hit his face, like rain drops and it forced him to wince a little at the sudden contact.

Neko's eyes fluttered open again and the room was as it was before, there were no monsters, no nightmares, just the people he knew staring down at him worriedly. All except Riyo who seemed prepared to dump the glass of water she held all over him. "I'm....awake." Neko's voice was a little hoarse as he looked to each person in turn. Nothing had happened yet, maybe he really was awake this time.

Relieved that he had finally spoken Mitsu took up his hand, "You're a...alright now."

In response to Mitsu's question Neko tried to sit up and as soon as he was upright he quickly hunched over grabbing at his head. The pain and fatigue he felt wasn't so unlike a hangover but it had a certain effect to it that let Neko know he was lucky to be alive. "Yeah...I'm alright." He looked up again this time his gaze falling on Yuki and his worry stricken face. Yuki didn't worry about to many things beyond Hitsu so Neko could only guess how bad off he looked if Yuki was giving him that same concerned look. "No need to worry about me, Princess." Neko tried to joke as he laid back in bed again. "Really I appreciate the concern but you all being crowded around me makes me feel like your waiting for me to die. A little stuffy."

Well, riyo's method certainly gave off some results, and finally neko actually did something. With a sigh of relief, poke sat on the floor since there was no other beds in the room. "At this moment I really don't care" she told neko outright. "I prefer you being stuffy then in pain"

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Riyo smiled triumphantly as her method worked. Hah! Genius in the making!

... Though she really had wanted to just pour the whole cup on him. She looked down at the cup of water for just a moment... Then took a drink of it. No sense in wasting water.

When Neko asked everyone to stop crowding, she sat the glass of water on the floor and once again sat down where she'd been sleeping the previous night. Was she about to be proven right again? Well, perhaps.

"What did you talk about, may I ask?" She glanced up at him from the floor as she spoke. What... Had this man wanted?