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Hoshino found herself in bed, and she was not alone.
In fact, she was about as close to the blond boy on top of her as two people could possibly be.
Every time the blond boy thrust into her, she felt a rush of pleasure. Her chin rested above his bare shoulder as he hugged her close. Her bare body pressed against his bare body. He smelled sweaty and she liked it.
She looked over at the side of Blond Boy's head. I don't remember Kazuki having such short hair, she thought. And he's not blond... Wait.
Rio chuckled. "We're just like a real couple, aren't we?" He turned his head and kissed her on the neck. "Mwah!"
Hoshino's eyes slowly opened wide.
"You like this?" said Rio. He continued kissing her neck. "A lot of girls like it when you kiss their neck."
Hoshino brought her hands up, and rubbed them against Rio's back, running one of them up to the back of Rio's head. She sighed. "Yeah," she said, as surprised as anyone by her answer.
Rio thrust into her harder than before, and Hoshino smiled widely and grunted with each movement.
When Hoshino woke up, she felt heavenly. She grinned, basking in the afterglow of her dream.
A dream she could barely remember.
That dream... though Hoshino. What *was* it that made me feel so good?
She thought for a second...
...then another second...
...then one more second...
...
... and then she remembered.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH! AH! AAAH! AAAAAAAAH! AH!" She stared up at her ceiling. "What in the freaking fuck was that?!"
Hoshino went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. She was glad to see Kazuki standing there at the stove making an omelet, to be a distraction if nothing else.
"Good morning," said Kazuki.
"Mornin'."
"Are you okay? I thought I heard screaming coming from your room."
Hoshino frowned and rubbed her forehead. "It was nothing. Just a bad dream."
Kazuki chuckled. "Huh. You see in movies how people wake up screaming after a nightmare, but I never thought it happens in real life."
Hoshino gave him a weary grin. "So you heard a scream and didn't check up on me?"
"Well, it sounded like kind of a sarcastic scream."
"Yeah, that checks out."
"What was the dream about, if you don't mind me asking?"
Hoshino sat at the kitchen table. "A cockroach." She sighed. "A really annoying cockroach."
"Ooh. That doesn't sound like fun."
She recalled the dream's haze of pleasure... and Rio's stupid grinning face. She grimaced. "No."
Hoshino was walking to school, trying to forget about her dream, when an unwelcome presence ran up beside her.
"Morning!" said Rio. His face was a bowl of sunshine, UV and all.
Hoshino felt like slinking into the shadows. "Is there a reason why you're here?"
"Nope! Just trying to increase your chances at love! Everyone wants what they can't have. If a guy sees you with me, they'll want you even more than if they thought you were single!" He twirled in place before skipping back to Hoshino to catch up with her.
Hoshino growled under her breath before responding. "I have even less patience than normal, so—"
"Ooh, look! There's a guy over there!" Rio put his arm over Hoshino's shoulders.
Hoshino rolled her eyes, then elbowed Rio in the ribs. "Literally half the planet is guys! There are always going to be guys around!"
Rio rubbed his side. "Ow. Your elbow is pointy!"
"I have two of them!"
A long and tedious day later, Hoshino changed into her pajamas, flopped into her unmade bed, curled up in her blanket, and went to sleep.
Once again, Hoshino was laying in bed.
Naked, for some reason.
She sat up... and saw Rio, also naked, sitting on her bed. He reached over and rubbed her thigh.
Hoshino was nervous... and a little excited.
Rio spoke. "Hey, I learned recently about something that girls really like!"
She gave him a skeptical look. "How could you possibly know what girls like?" Still, she was curious...
"Lay back." Rio moved up, brought a finger to Hoshino's forehead, and poked her.
Hoshino furrowed her brow, but took the hint and laid back.
A moment later, she looked down, peaking at Rio as he moved his head between her legs.
She took a breath and looked straight up.
She waited.
She gasped.
She breathed in... and out... and in... and out...
"Uh! Oh my God! Oh, Rio! Rio!"
Hoshino was still breathing heavily when she woke up.
Did I just have an...? Did *Rio* just make me have an...?
Hoshino took a couple more breaths before she greeted the morning.
"Goddamnit..."
Hoshino entered the kitchen, where Kazuki was at the stove.
"You're up early," he said. "Two days in a row, in fact. Would you like me to make you an omelet?"
"Yes, please." She sat down and slumped over the kitchen table.
"I hope you didn't have another bad dream," said Kazuki.
Hoshino groaned. "Nnnnnnnnnnngg... Yeah. Same one as before. Cockroach." Oh, if only literally anyone other than Rio had done what he did in that dream...
"Heh. I wish I could help you with that."
"I'll manage."
Hoshino was walking to school...
"♩Gooooooooooooood morning!♩"
...when an unwelcome presence once again made its appearance.
Hoshino glared at Rio. The bane of my existence. And now, somehow even banier! Two nights in a row? That can't be a coincidence. Something must be up.
Rio reached over. "So, shall we hold hands?"
Hoshino pulled her hand away.
"Or maybe I could stand over here—" He positioned himself diagonally behind her. "—and, to those guys over there, it'll look like we might be holding hands! Haha!"
Hoshino turned and grabbed his vest with both hands, throttling him back and forth. "Did you enter my dream, you weirdo?!"
Rio's grinned as he raised his hands, defensively. "What? No! No. I can't!" He stopped smiling. "Did something happen?"
Hoshino narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean, you can't? You can't enter my dreams?"
Rio shook his head. "Wizards can't enter people's dreams! They just can't!"
Hoshino paused for a second, wondering if she should demand a second opinion. "You're telling me, if I have a weird dream, it's nobody's fault but my brain's?" Even as she asked this, she had a dreaded sense that this was exactly the case. It wouldn't be the first time her brain screwed her over.
Rio grimaced as he scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, pretty much."
Hoshino let out an angry sigh as she turned away. He seems like he might be telling the truth. Goddamnit.
Rio chuckled. "You didn't dream about me, did you?"
At these words, Hoshino lunged at Rio and lifted him by the vest, then threw him into some nearby bushes.
Rio climbed out. "Ah! Ow! Okay!" He brushed himself off. "I'll just assume that something very private and personal happened in your dream!"
Hoshino glared at him.
The rest of the day brought her little relief. Every so often, she'd have a flashback to one of the best dreams she'd ever had, then realize that it was because of Rio. It weighed heavily on her mind as she put on her cat pajamas at the end of the day. Why does my brain insist on trolling me...
Hoshino sighed and tried to do her best to forget about it as she crawled into bed and went to sleep.
To Hoshino's left was her cat Momohiki, only about twice as large in every direction, almost like a tiger.
And right in front of her was a bed-sized cockroach on top of her bed, twiddling its antennae and befouling her bedroom with its presence.
Momohiki crouched, facing the cockroach and ready to strike. Hoshino was glad Momohiki was on her side.
But when the cockroach made a sudden movement, Hoshino bolted, making a 180 and running through the doorway into the hallway...
...where she ran into Rio, knocking him over. She fell on top of him in a classic meet-cute.
"Wow!" said Rio, pinned by Hoshino. "What are the chances I'd bump into you, here? ha ha ha! Ooh, gosh. We're so close to each other, aren't we..."
Hoshino stared at his face.
It was right there...
She lowered her head to his and connected their lips. She brought her hand to his face, caressing the side of it, playing with his ear, running her fingers through his hair, and generally putting her hands on Rio in all the ways she always dreamt of doing but didn't have the chance to do in real life.
When Hoshino awoke that morning, she was disappointed in herself, but not surprised.
"Ugggggggggggh..." She frowned. "'Always dreamt of doing but didn't have the chance to do in real life?' What the hell was that?! Why would I think I'd want to caress Rio's stupid punchable face?! What time is it... Oh, crap on a stick, I'm late."
Hoshino ran into the kitchen. "Hey, Kazuki. I'm running late, so I'm gonna skip breakfast. Do we have any juice?" She went to the fridge and opened it.
Kazuki answered while tending the stove. "Did you forget it's a holiday?"
Hoshino stood in place, slapping her hand on top of the refrigerator door. "Then... I guess I'm going back to sleep!" She closed the fridge and walked away.
Hoshino found herself sitting next to Rio on her living room couch, both of them completely naked.
Rio grinned. "You ready to have fun?"
She was. "Okay."
Rio leaned in and kissed Hoshino.
Hoshino had never kissed a boy before, and certainly not with tongue, and she was nervous as Rio made his moves. As his head filled the area in front of her face, she felt his hand on her breast. Rio squeezed gently, caressed the underside, and ran his fingers over her nipple.
Rio brought his lips to her ear. "I'm just like a real boyfriend, aren't I?"
She nodded as he took another grope of her breasts.
"You know what else boyfriends do to their girlfriends?"
She shook her head.
He brought his hand up to the side of her face, caressed it, and kissed her cheek.
Then he moved his hand down... past her breasts... over her stomach... and in between her legs.
Hoshino began to pant as Rio's hand worked its magic. "Wow! Rio!"
"Do you like this?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh yes!"
Hoshino opened her eyes.
No, no, no. Oh, no...
Hoshino muddled through, spending her day off dreading her inevitable return to slumber.
That evening, Hoshino found Kazuki sitting on the living room couch, watching some horror movie. "Wanna join me?" he asked. "It's about halfway through."
Hoshino stared at her couch, befouled by visions of Rio's bare ass and his annoying voice. Why was he naked in the living room?! That's *completely* inappropriate. Doesn't he know that?
She shook the bad thoughts out of her head and responded to Kazuki. "Sure. Sounds fun." She sat down next to him and watched the movie.
There was a closeup of an actor's face, punctuated by dramatic music. "We need to stop that thing from entering our dreams!"
"Oh..." moaned Hoshino with a chuckle.
Kazuki spoke. "I hope you're not still having dreams about that cockroach?"
She nodded. "Yeah. And it's really wearing me down..."
Kazuki nodded and turned back to the movie. "Well, that's not good."
"I wish I had this big stuffed animal to keep me company." She turned to Kazuki.
For a brief second, the image of Rio's naked body on the couch flashed in front of her eyes.
But Kazuki... was actually there. The reality of his presence was a comforting thought.
Hoshino had an idea.
"Could I lean on you? I'm feeling a little sleepy."
Kazuki glanced over. "Mmm. Sure. Go ahead."
Hoshino scooted over and leaned against Kazuki's body.
She felt like it was working...
...
...
...but forty minutes later, the movie ended, and she hadn't fallen asleep, yet.
Kazuki chuckled. "So, I might as well hit the hay right about now—"
"Could I..." Hoshino realized what she was about to say was audacious, but she really believed that it might work. "Could I ask you to spend the night with me?"
Kazuki's eyes shot open.
Hoshino chuckled. "No, I didn't mean it like that! I just mean, it would be really nice to have someone next to me so I'm not thinking of that—" She sighed. "—that cockroach when I go to sleep..."
It took a few seconds for Kazuki to answer.
"I— I guess. Yeah." He nodded, his voice shaking a little. "Whatever you need."
Hoshino nodded. "Thank you so much."
When it was time to go to bed, Hoshino entered her bedroom.
Kazuki stepped into her room, but was interrupted by Hayami, who stood in the hallway.
"What's going on?" asked Hayami. "Why are you going into Anzu's room?"
"I'm going to sleep with her," said Kazuki.
Hayami's eyes widened. "What?"
"It's not what it sounds like."
Hayami shook his head. "How is it not what it sounds like?!"
"Good night, Hayami." Kazuki closed the door, then turned to Anzu, who was still fully clothed as she lay in bed. "So, what do I do?"
"Just lay next to me."
"Okay." Kazuki climbed onto the bed and lay next to her.
Hoshino turned her head back to him. "Could you spoon me?"
"Pardon?"
"Could you hold me from behind?"
"I guess." Kazuki moved up close to her, and wrapped his arms around her body, making sure to keep his arms below her breasts.
Hoshino felt strange, being this intimate with someone... but it was just strange enough that it just might boot Rio out of her dreams.
Hoshino found herself in her room. She stared at the TV, sitting backwards in a chair while playing a game.
The door opened. It was Kazuki. "I'm going to get groceries. Do you need anything?"
"Nope! I'm fine! Have fun!" She waved to him.
Kazuki left.
Gradually, Hoshino became aware of the Earth moving below her.
Is there an earthquake?
No... wait...
She realized that she was naked, in fact, had been naked this whole time...
...and that she was sitting on Rio's lap, with Rio facing away from the TV. The swaying she felt was from the way Rio's hips and thighs flexed as he thrusted up into her.
"Isn't this fun?" asked Rio.
Hoshino blushed. "Yeah." She squeezed her controller. "This is a fun game. Really fun."
"This is so much fun..." Rio thrust harder.
Hoshino pressed closer against Rio's body to keep her balance. She grinned giddily as she stared over Rio's shoulder at the TV screen.
Hoshino blinked.
It was still dark out. Kazuki was laying on his back behind her, his arm trapped under her body.
Hoshino stretched out.
Kazuki took the opportunity to pull his arm out. "You awake?"
Hoshino nodded. "Yeah. You?"
"Yeah. Did you have a dream? I could hear you moaning about something."
Hoshino blushed... and she got angry. "Yeah. I had that dream again."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Kazuki let out a chuckle. "Looks like cuddling didn't work."
But... it did work, thought Hoshino. Kazuki was in my dream. He just wasn't the main player.
Hoshino rubbed her forehead. She felt like what she wanted to say was crazy, but it was 3 A.M. or something and it seemed like the time to say crazy things. "Kazuki, the dream I keep having isn't about a cockroach. It's a sex dream about Rio."
Kazuki turned away from her and burst out in giggles. "Rio? Your cousin?"
Hoshino let out a tired chuckle. "Yeah. But..."
What she was about to say was really crazy.
"...but I think the cuddling helped. You... were actually in my dream. The one I just had."
"Oh..." said Kazuki.
"We didn't do anything, though. You entered the room, asked if I wanted groceries, I said no, and then you left, and then it turned out I had been having sex with Rio the whole time while playing a video game."
Kazuki chuckled. "That is... beyond weird. I hope I said hi."
Hoshino turned over, so she was facing Kazuki. "I... I have an idea."
"Okay."
"I think if we got even more intimate, I might stop dreaming about Rio entirely."
It took Kazuki a second to respond. "More intimate?"
"Just a little."
"What, exactly, are you suggesting?"
"Why don't we strip down to our underwear?"
Kazuki almost choked on his spit. "O— Okay..."
Despite agreeing, Kazuki didn't move until Hoshino sat up, at which point he did so as well.
"Where should I put my clothes?" asked Kazuki.
"Anywhere is fine."
"Anywhere?" His voice dripped with disapproval.
"Just drop them on the floor."
Kazuki shrugged. "Alright..."
Within a minute, both Hoshino and Kazuki were back in bed, Hoshino in her bra and cat-themed panties, and Kazuki in his boxers.
"So what do you want me to do?" asked Kazuki.
"Face me."
"Um, okay."
The two of them moved closer. Hoshino tried to hug Kazuki while laying side-by-side.
"Ooh!" exclaimed Hoshino when she felt Kazuki's barely-restrained bulge in his boxers against her hip.
"Sorry about that. It just happens, sometimes."
"It's okay, don't worry about it," said Hoshino, moving closer.
They were now pressed up against each other, but Hoshino was finding it awkward to hug someone while laying on her side. "Maybe you could move on top of me?"
"On top?"
"Yeah, it's okay."
"Alright..."
Hoshino laid back, and Kazuki moved over and climbed on top of her. Hoshino's heart beat like crazy, feeling Kazuki's weight on her, with his skin against her skin. Her mind went a mile a minute, and those unfortunate dreams she had were the furthest thing from her mind. But...
"There is no way we're going to fall asleep like this," said Kazuki.
Hoshino was feeling crazy. "I think we should keep going."
"K— keep going? What do you mean?"
"I want to forget that Rio ever existed. I want my entire being to be filled with something else. I want to make it so my brain has no choice but to make me dream about someone else."
"Uh, I still don't understand what you're asking."
Hoshino took a breath. "Let's just do it. Let's go all the way."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. If you want to, of course."
Kazuki cleared his throat. "Um, yeah. So... I guess I'll take off my boxers, now."
Kazuki got up off of Hoshino to remove his last bit of clothing, and Hoshino sat up to unclasp her bra.
"Should I turn on the light?" asked Kazuki.
"No, leave it off." Hoshino pulled off her panties and threw them aside. She lay back in bed.
"You ready?" asked Kazuki.
"Yeah."
Kazuki climbed on top of Hoshino.
Hoshino squirmed gleefully at the thought that there was literally nothing but air separating herself from Kazuki.
And then she felt Kazuki's lips on her own.
She gasped.
Kazuki stopped. "Was that too much?"
She shook her head. "No, keep going."
Kazuki brought his lips back to hers.
At the taste of his tongue, Hoshino grinned and breathed deeply. That taste became a full-fledged exploration campaign as she made out with someone for the first time, bringing her tongue into Kazuki's mouth as he did the same to hers. It was much more intense than she anticipated. Kissing Kazuki to forget about her dreams with Rio was like using a nuclear bomb to fumigate a house.
She felt something on her stomach. She reached down and felt a slick, sticky fluid. "Hmm..."
Kazuki broke the kiss. "Um, that's pre-cum." He wiped her stomach and his dick with his fingers, then resumed the kiss.
Hoshino reached down to Kazuki's dick. She made exploratory grasps as she moved from the base of his dick to the head. She squeezed, then pulled gently a few times.
Kazuki broke the kiss. "Um, are you on birth control?"
Hoshino shook her head. "No."
"Do you have condoms?"
Hoshino realized she was really unprepared for this. "No."
Kazuki let out a chuckle. "I tried getting some recently, but it seems they're all sold out."
Hoshino had an image of Riri threatening workers in a condom factory with a bat. "That's weird."
"But I guess I could pull out?"
Hoshino could barely remember her original motivation for all of this. She just knew she wanted to keep going. "Okay."
That morning, Hoshino walked into the kitchen, sleep-deprived, but happy.
Kazuki glanced at her, then grinned as he brought his attention back to his omelet like it was the best omelet ever. "Good morning."
Hoshino sat down at the table and rested her head. "I am exhausted."
Kazuki nodded. "Yeah. It sucks that it's a school day. But days could certainly be a whole lot worse than this." He smiled widely as he scooped up the omelet with a spatula. "You want an omelet?"
Hoshino muttered something incoherent.
Hoshino was walking to school when Rio jogged up to her. Oh, that's right, thought Hoshino. I had those dreams about him. Wait. Riri's whole thing has been trying to get me together with a guy. Why are they still here? Are they here to gloat?
Rio spoke. "So I couldn't help but overhear your conversation with Kazuki last night!"
"Okay?"
He shook his head. "First, I want to say that I'm very sorry that you keep having those dreams about me."
Hoshino waved at him to keep his voice way, way down.
"Would it help you if I acted less sexy?" continued Rio with a grin.
Hoshino looked over at Rio, who was making a mock kissy-face. "Just keep acting exactly like that and I'll never dream of you again."
Rio raised a finger. "Now, you're probably wondering how what you did last night with Kazuki is going to affect our arrangement."
Hoshino let out an exhausted sigh.
Rio grinned. "Don't worry! Nothing's changed!"
Hoshino glared at him. "What?" Somehow, this was even worse than Riri gloating and declaring victory.
"Sleeping with someone once does not necessarily imply a long-term commitment!"
Hoshino grumbled. "I mean, Kazuki and I did agree to be friends-with-benefits..."
"Once it is clear that you have a long-term commitment that will likely result in children—"
"You can be so weird, sometimes, you know that?"
"—then my work will be completed to its satisfaction!"
Hoshino rubbed her forehead. "Please don't say 'satisfaction'..."
Somehow, Hoshino made it through most of the school day before it was time for study hall.
Sleep, I've missed you so much!
Hoshino put her head down on her desk.
Hoshino found herself in bed, laying on top of Kazuki as he thrusted into her.
She lifted her head to make sure this was really Kazuki, and grinned when she saw his face.
But another face appeared over her shoulder. "Hoshino!" exclaimed Rio. He hugged her from behind. "You never told me you were into something so adult as a threesome!"
Hoshino realized that she was being sandwiched between two men at the same time. She sighed with pleasure.
Kazuki, for his part, seemed unbothered by Rio's presence.
"Are you having fun?" asked Rio, who began to thrust into her.
Hoshino looked back at him. "How are you doing that?"
"We're taking turns!"
Hoshino looked down at the space between her body and Kazuki's, and noticed that Kazuki had pulled out. She glanced back at Rio, who now thrusted into her doggy-style, then back to Kazuki, who grinned. She kissed Kazuki, enjoying his now-familiar taste.
Hoshino lifted her head from her desk, grinning from her dream.
Then she remembered. Rio.
But also Kazuki.
That's, like, 50/50, isn't it?
...
...
I'll count that as a success.