Memoirs of a Broken Guitar String (A Mafuyu x Uenoyama Fanfic)

Mafuyu's POV

All I feel is coldness...it's so cold that my skin starts to prickle and chills run up and down my body. I try to open my eyes but my eyelids feel so heavy, like there's an invisible force that's trying to keep them closed. I try again, forcing myself to open my eyes slowly, only to be met with a stinging, burning sensation that I don't understand.

As my eyes slowly adjust to the discomfort, I don't see anything except darkness all around me. I turn my head in all directions looking for a sign of...anything, but all I can see is darkness. A sense of dread starts to creep up my spine as my instincts tell me that something is definitely wrong.

It feels like I am moving in slow motion. All of a sudden, my head is pounding and it feels like it will burst from the pressure. When I open my mouth to try to speak, it feels like I've inhaled fire. My chest and lungs instantly burn and I realize in this moment that I'm somehow underwater, sinking beneath the water, deeper and deeper...I try to force my body to move, to try to swim towards the surface but my limbs aren't obeying me.

Just when I think: This is it, I'm going to drown, a rope suddenly appears in front of my face, so I reach out to grab it and grip it as tightly as I can. As soon as I grab the rope, I feel something trying to pull me up to the surface and close my eyes. I'm too weak to keep them open anymore. I don't know how much time passes until I feel strong hands gripping mine as they pull me up and out of the water.

As soon as I'm out of the water, I feel like something is being draped over me, as I immediately start to wheeze and cough profusely to try to dispel as much water to breathe better. Feeling depleted with my wet clothes sticking and weighing me down, I close my eyes again as I lay there trying to calm my breathing. Eyes still closed, the slight scent of salt hits my nose, making me think that I'm somehow by the ocean.

As my breathing calms, I slowly flick my eyes open and see a glimpse of someone's face hovering over me in the dim moonlight. As my hazy vision slowly comes back into focus, I recognize that it's Yuki standing above me, his beautiful eyes staring back at me. His eyes bore into me with a look of relief, adoration, longing, and...something else, that I can't identify.

I still don't understand what's going on, like how or why I ended up underwater in the first place but with Yuki here, I know everything will be okay and I'm not afraid. Yuki...I reach up weakly to try to touch his face. He gently grabs my hand, pressing his hand firmly over mine to his warm cheek, and holds it there while his eyes are glued to mine, and smiles.

As if being pulled by an invisible magnet, he moves his face closer to mine, inch by inch with my hand still pressed against his face, until our lips are barely touching. I switch my focus from his eyes to his lips as I can't see them anymore with him so close to me.

He squeezes my hand and whispers against my lips, "Mafuyu...we will always be together," with his face so close that I can feel the vibrations of his words linger on my lips. I briefly feel the softness of his lips as they gently brush against mine in a flash. As I'm about to reply and ask him what's wrong, he suddenly vanishes into thin air. My hand that was on his cheek is still suspended but now touches nothing. I stare blankly at my hand for a few moments in disbelief with a tight feeling in my chest...

*BEEP BEEP BEEP* My alarm clock blares, shocking me awake from my dream. Laying in bed, eyes open wide, I touch my fingers to my lips. Yuki...