They did it for the hell of it. They knew they wouldn't last. Their friends knew; their families knew; even their dog knew, though it wasn't invited to the wedding.
It was fun, especially when they
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As night fell, when I fell deeply asleep, I dreamed of that blackness again. I dreamt that it penetrated my body and that my home was filled with blackness. I shouted for everyone not to open the door, however, when someone deliberately opened the door and let the blackness out to spread over every inch of my dream, and I hid in a corner, holding my head, not daring to look at the sky again, not daring to walk to the sea or the streets.
I woke up again, as if the dream had come true, or as if I had never dreamed it. I watched the sun shine through the window, but I never dared to open it again.