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Lunar typically preferred solitude and rather not speak much, that's why they didn't have much friends in the first place. Sometimes after school they'd head to the tree on the hill in Kemono woods to read, that specific tree just had something about it that they liked. It was so quiet there, nobody to bother you, just the wind and leaves. Little did Lunar know, there was a dog who also loved to go to that same exact tree they did! That dog was named Olive, Olive was rather the first ever dog Lunar had met and saw in person. But, what Lunar didn't know was that Olive had been watching Lunar since the day Lunar went to that tree, it had Olive thinking. Olive was thinking about the day they'd introduce themself to Lunar, starting a new chapter of their life as Lunars friend, but how would that happen? Does Lunar even like dogs? Olive was always open to trying new things, and this was definitely worth a shot.

As Lunar walked up to the same spot at the tree, Olives eyes followed through with Lunars every move. Once Lunar sat down and started reading their book, Olive saw this as the purrfect chance to introduce themself to this kitty. But Olive had to think for a minute on how they'd introduce themself, they started overthinking it. What if they freak out? Then I'd lose all my chances to ever be their friend completely! As Olive was silently panicking trying to find out how to introduce themself, Lunar was still carefully reading their book, enjoying the silence. Olive finally thought of it and walked straight towards the tree on the hill, Olive finally spoke.

"H-Hey.."

Lunar looked up from their book at Olive, Olive thought Lunar would've jumped back or even run away! But Lunar apologized rather than doing any of the things Olive was thinking of.

"Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't notice you there. I'll leave if that's what you wanted, I was almost finishing up with one of my chapters I was reading."

"N-No, you're fine! I was just wanting to ask i-if we could be.. friends? I've also g-got quite the interest for reading aswell."

Lunar stared at Olive a minute before smiling, moving over and patting their paw on the grass as signaling to Olive that they wanted Olive to sit next to them, Olive didn't waste any time and plopped right down next to Lunar. Lunar put their book to the side, before looking at Olive and looking at the grass.

"I would love to be friends with you but, what's your name?"

Lunar asked.

"O-Olive, my names Olive."

"Well.. hello Olive, my names Lunar."

Lunar looked at Olive with a smile before grabbing their book and opening it up to the page that they were on before, they shared their book with Olive and for some reason. Just some.. odd strange reasoning, Olive felt like their heart was racing when Lunar put their paw over their paw but, Lunar pulled away as they didn't mean to do that.

That adrenaline rush they got from Lunar was surely gonna keep them up tonight. that rush from Lunar is exactly what they needed, they started zoning out and all their thoughts were about their first kiss with Lunar, taking photos with Lunar, admiring and picking flowers together but that wouldn't ever happen. Not with dogs and cats not being able to get along but, Lunar was different, they didn't mind how Olive was a dog. And Olive didn't mind that Lunar was a cat, they wouldn't care if Lunar was anything else, they loved Lunar for Lunar. Why would it matter if Lunar was a cat and why would it matter if Olive was a dog?

Lunar tugging at Olives Sleeve snapped them out of their thoughts, Lunar looked at Olive and oh my dog. That same rush came back, just something about Lunar interested Olive so much. But was it really that? Was it just that Olive was  inlove  with Lunar already? They couldn't think about this too much, Lunar was talking to them.

".. Hey Olive, it's getting .. pretty late. I should .. head home, we both have school but .. promise to meet me .. at this same tree tomorrow?"

"O-Of course!"

".. Thank you Olive."

Lunar closed and picked up their book, getting up off the ground and dusting off their uniform of any grass. Smiling at Olive before walking back home so they could get ready for another day of school tomorrow.

The way Lunar spoke made Olive adore them, the way they spoke slowly to think about what they were going say before they spoke it. Everything about Lunar made Olive happy, even seeing how Lunar smiled at them. Olive walked back to their house, eating, before getting ready for bed. As Olive was in their bed, all their thoughts were about Lunar, it was keeping them up, and they didn't mind. Olive loved Lunar, it was like they had known Lunar for forever, they wished that was true but it wasn't. On Lunars end, their dream had Olive in it and they were in a relationship with Olive, but it was an odd dream. After Lunar had broke up with Olive for some reason, Olive killed them. Lunar woke up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily, and looking around their room just to realize, it was just a nightmare. Lunar couldn't even believe that, Olive would never do such a thing like that. But that nightmare felt too real to be ignored.

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After that nightmare Lunar had last night, it had them thinking all throughout the whole day, even during school hours, they even zoned out a few times in class and Angel had to snap them out of it, that nightmare must've meant something. But what did it mean? Was it foreshadowing an event soon to come? But Lunar knew Olive wouldn't do something like that, they brushed it off  as just a terrible nightmare but it still kept lingering in their mind somewhere.

After school was over with, Lunar headed straight to the tree where they found Olive approaching the tree at the same time as them. That's a funny way to meet each other again, it made Lunar happy in a way, did Olive feel the same happiness Lunar felt when they met at the same time? You never know until you ask! Lunar sat at the tree with Olive.

"It's .. funny how we.. got here at .. the same time, don't.. you think so?"

Lunar asked Olive, Olive was up all night waiting to hear Lunars voice again after school. It made them so happy to hear that sweet voice!

"It is! Oh and Lunar.."

Olive showed Lunar the book they had brought with them, then Lunar had realized they had forgotten their book this time! They were so caught up with that nightmare last night, they didn't even bring their book with them today. Holy cats this was embarrassing, Olive was smiling at Lunar and shared their book with Lunar as they were reading on and start even rambling about the book. Lunar watched as Olive rambled on and on about the book, talking about every single little detail they liked about it, how it was so interesting, how they could read this book for days on end without being bored.

Lunar was listening to Olive the whole time as they were speaking about it, Lunar started to smile at Olive as they were distracted with the rambling, Olive finally stopped realizing how much they were rambling. Olive felt embarrassed how they were rambling so much.

"O-Oh, I'm sorry Lunar! I got a bit distracted and started rambling.. I hope i wasn't rambling for too long."

"Oh .. no worries, you know .. I don't mind.. when you ramble, I like .. knowing how much you .. enjoy things.."

It took Olive a minute to process what Lunar had said, and after the processed  what Lunar said their face was a bright red. Is it possible for their face to be redder than it already was in the first place? If so, then that's what it felt like to them.

Lunar had also realized what they said to Olive causing them just to be a tad bit flustered, they didn't realize saying that would cause Olive to start blushing like that. Usually, they watch their wording quite well, how did something like this happen? Is something off with them today? Are they being the odd one here?

"Sorry .. I wasn't .. watching what I .. said there, I hope it .. wasn't too much for you."

Lunar looked at Olive again and Olive felt as if their face wasn't hot anymore. They both stared at each other for a moment, then Olive broke the tension by speaking. It's hard not to just stared for a moment, the stars in Lunars hair were so pretty.. Lunars eyes were so pretty in general! But most of all, Lunar being themself was super adorable! How they speak is even adorable!

"No worries Lunar!"

Lunar and Olive looked at each other before Lunar moved an inch closer to Olive, pulling them into a warm hug. Olive literally melted into this hug, they've been really wanting to ask Lunar for a hug since the first day they saw Lunar but it would've been so weird. They wanted to ask Lunar for a hug yesterday, but Olive thought it would've been creepy. Olive just really wanted this hug from Lunar for awhile, Olive was practically melting into this hug, their face felt hot and their tail  was wagging.

Olive truly adored Lunar a lot and hoped Lunar felt the same way as they did, once Lunar stopped hugging Olive, they felt pretty upset afterwards. Lunar realized it was about time they should start heading home, Lunar got up off the grass, dusting themself off and helping Olive up. Olive loved how caring Lunar was, Lunar gave Olive another last hug but it was rather long than the first one which Olive loved.

"I'll see you after school tomorrow, Olive!"

Lunar smiled before running off back home as in order to make the day go faster,  by sleeping of course! Olive felt like their heart was literally melting, Lunar was so adorable! And Olive rushed back home aswell, that night.. Olive was dreaming of another hug from Lunar once more.

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Today, Lunar had decided they wouldn't go into school today, but if they did go to school the day would've went faster or, well at least it seemed to go faster for them.

If the day could be over faster, that means more time to see Olive, more time to read with Olive aswell. Lunar decided that they wanted to get Olive a little something as celebration for being friends for about two to three days.

Would Olive find that weird? Lunar thought about it.

Is it a bit clingy?

Lunar took a moment to think about it, they didn't wanna come off as too clingy or annoying to Olive, but they did want to show their appreciation of their friendship in some sort of form. Instead of giving Olive a gift, they'll give Olive a hug and try to find a book that they really like!

They do seem to talk about their interest in books, their choices are interesting to say the least, but who was Lunar to judge a book by its cover?

Lunar waited until the time was right and they grabbed the book they got for Olive, or at least thought it was just right for Olive considering their interests. Lunar started to head towards the tree and Olive was already there, waiting for Lunar, with a Daisy in their paws.

Lunar walked up to the tree carefully, before making Olive aware of their presence.

"Hey.. Olive."

"Lunar! Oh my dog, you're finally here!! H-Here! I got y-you this flower!"

Olive looked away quickly as to not show how happy they were about giving the flower to Lunar, but their tail said otherwise because you could literally hear it wagging!

Lunar just smiled at Olive for their kind gesture before taking the flower, Lunar really liked the flower. It was pretty, just something about the colors made them calm.

Lunar pulled Olive into a hug that wasn't so surprising, they didn't wanna scare Olive or anything like that. Does Olive like surprise hugs? I should probably ask.

Olive melted into the hug once more, but hugged Lunar back, tightly but not too tight to the point they were literally squeezing them. Lunar pulled away from the hug before sitting down on the grass underneath the tree. Olive sat besides them.

Lunar started up a conversation, sliding the book they got for Olive under Olives paw.

" Hey .. Olive? Could you ... promise me .. that .. some day ... we'll stargaze together? "

" I p-promise! Stargazing would b-be amazing with you! "

Just then, Olive felt a cold, hard cover under their paw, Olive was about to jump in fear but Olive looked at Lunar, then looked at their paw.

Underneath their paw, was a book. How could Olive had not realized Lunar had slipped it under their paw? Was that conversation a distraction? If so that's so clever of them! But, was the promise about stargazing genuine?

Olive picked up the book quickly, moving close to Lunar to share the book with them.

" W-Wow!! You know e-exactly what I like Lunar, you really pay attention to w-when i ramble? "

" Who wouldn't? .. "

Lunar smiled softly at Olive before they both started reading together, flipping the pages, accidentally touching paws when flipping pages and apologizing, scanning pages, as Olive and Lunar read on and on, it started to get dark.

They were both so lost in the reading, they didn't even notice how dark it had gotten, they finally stopped at the page they agreed to stop on before looking at the sky, seeing the dark night.

" I should be .. heading .. home now Olive.. "

" M-Me too.. "

" Same page tomorrow? "

" Same page tomorrow ? "

Lunar and Olive both looked at each other before smiling at each other, they both were thinking the same thing! Lunar even laughed about a tiny bit with Olive before getting up and dusting themself off. They helped Olive up before embracing Olive once more.

Olive was melting into this hug, Olive loved affection of all sort so it's not really much of a surprise at how much they enjoy hugs from Lunar, but they swore this was different. Their heart would be racing fast, like it was doing circles, backflips, all kinds of stuff! This couldn't have just been from Olive loving Lunars affection too much, could it?

Lunar finally pulled away from the hug. That dreaded feeling of guilt, and need came back to Olive again, they just wanted to hug Lunar, just a little longer.

Lunar picked up their flower Olive had given them, Olive picked up the book Lunar had given to them. They both said their goodbyes to each other, agreeing to continue on reading the book together after school, hugging once more before going back home.

As Olive was home, sitting on their bed already ready for bed, they looked at that piece of hair they had cut from lunars hair when Lunar was distracted. Olive had some tape and kept Lunars hair in a plastic bag as to be sure nothing would happen.

Olive had that stuff stored and tucked away in their bag, who would find it? It's in their bag anyways, Olive curled up into their bed with their blanket on, dozing off shortly after.

As Lunar slept, they had a weird nightmare again about Olive, they were standing at the tree, waiting for Olive, when they suddenly had felt a cold object piercing their back, they woke up in a cold sweat from that nightmare.

They wondered why they kept having such odd nightmares, and why these nightmares described Olive like this. Lunar knew or thought that Olive was a good dog.

But Lunar remembered that these are just nightmares, after all Lunar knew in their heart Olive was a good dog and would never do anything to even hurt them. They were friends, what friend hurts another friend?

Lunar finally slept again after having a glass of milk just to calm themselves down so they could get some rest in for school.

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" I've been .. having ... reoccurring nightmares .. lately, I'm .. inside my .. house, and i'm sleeping. I know .. that sounds .. stupid, sleeping .. within a dream but .. my .. point is as i'm .. sleeping, somebody .. stabs me, over and over and over. I hate those .. nightmares .. it's always .. my sweet friend, Olive .. wouldn't hurt me, I .. know that .. for sure. "

" I .. I don't know why ... I keep .. having these nightmares ... but .. everytime I do, it feels like .. that it's gonna .. actually happen  ... to me, like my fate .. is  sealed .. regardless of what I do. Why would .. Olive wanna.. kill me? Olive .. loves me, and I love .. them too. We're friends."

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" Aren't we?  We .. share books, we .. give .. each other hugs, they even .. promised they'd .. stargaze with me .. someday. I'm .. not misreading .. anything .. I know I'm .. not. I just .. can't understand why .. I have .. these nightmares, why? That's .. the only .. question I need to be .. answered, I need .. the answer to it. Even with .. the research I do ... I wouldn't .. be able to ... understand, I never will. "

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" At least .. I think .. Olive ... wouldn't hurt me, what .. reason would .. get ... them to do that? I shouldn't .. doubt Olive, but these .. nightmares .. make me think .. otherwise. I thought .. that writing this ... would help .. me clear .. my mind, and it did. I just .. wanna sleep, but .. I don't wanna .. have another .. nightmare, how do I .. prevent .. these damn things. I wanna .. get to the .. bottom of this, but how? "

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" Has anyone .. experienced the .. same thing as .. me? Well of .. course everyone .. has nightmares but, .. what about .. reoccurring nightmares ...  I should .. ask, but .. that's weird .. isn't it? I .. should just ... search the web, and then .. get back to bed, but .. I can't .. just brush this off, all these .. feelings .. all this unknown guilt, this.. burning hatred .. this .. sadness, but where was this .. even coming from? I have .. no reason for ... any of these .. feelings, I have .. been stressing a bit .. lately, but these feelings .. were more ... than stress."

2 am, Thursday. 

"  I can't .. sleep, not because of the .. nightmares this time, I'm looking .. forward to .. seeing Olive tomorrow .. after school, I made them .. a little gift, a friendship bracelet .. I know .. they really enjoy ... when I give them .. hugs. They went on .. a whole .. rant about it ... before by accident, it .. was adorable, they .. apologized for .. rambling so many times. But I personally .. enjoy hearing them .. ramble, I wish .. I could listen .. to them forever. "

" They're so  .. adorable .. I love hearing .. them ramble, I've even .. told them to .. their face how .. much I don't .. mind when they .. ramble, its .. adorable, I don't .. get why .. my nightmares always describe them .. in a violent manner. They're a .. pretty sweet dog, or maybe .. my dreams were a .. warning? Well .. I mean .. sometimes nightmares .. can be warnings.. but who takes those .. seriously? Along with this .. drawing I'm giving .. to Olive .. I should .. give them another .. book, I know they .. really like .. those .. type of books, they're .. uhm interesting. Not really something .. I would .. personally enjoy, but If it means spending .. time with them, it's a risk .. im willing to take. "

" Is that bad? "

Lunar sat back in their chair, looking at their journal at how much they had just wrote about Olive in the past hour, it was already 3am by the time they were done writing in their journal, but in their head. It was like they were telling a little story to themself in their head, they felt as if they weren't even the one writing it, it was like somebody was narrating what they were doing exactly, they wish it was like that. They checked their phone, no new messages, obviously. Who would even be up at this hour? Well them, but that wasn't really their point here, they wondered if they should get back to writing but they wanted to freshen up first, you know? Splash some water on their face to wake them up.

Lunar got up out of their chair, closing the journal on their desk but leaving the pencil at the page where they stopped writing at, just so they could come back to it once they were done freshening up. Lunar walked to their door quietly, opening it and walking to the bathroom quickly, splashing water on their face before looking at themself in the mirror and wondering, who truly were they?

I mean, they were just put into this world, given a name, and grew to have a personality but who were they? Whenever Lunar looked in the mirror, they never truly knew who they were, it was like they were a completely different person, it was hard for them to accept this is who they really were. 

Those wounds changed who Lunar were, but who is Lunar? Who am I? What is anything in this universe? Am I even real? Lunar looked at their paws, and touched their paw with their other paw, but it felt numb, Lunar felt numb, inside and out. It was like they were always in a constant state of dissociation, and panic. Lunar just shook it off, they needed to get some rest, this whole staying up thing was getting to their head.

They quietly crept back to their room, closing their door, locking it after they had entered, they let out a sigh before getting into their bed and finally trying to fall asleep. It took some tossing and turning, but they fell asleep.