In the Cracks between Dream and Reality

"In the Cracks between Dream and Reality" (夢と現実の狭間で) is a short story from 's store privilege for the fourth volume of You-Zitsu light novel series, together with another short story.

Summary
Seeing Dorayaki and Stromboli in front of her, Honami, who was starving, wanted to eat them both. She pounced towards them but wasn't able to catch them. She thought their speed was impressive and pounces towards them even more swiftly but still, they slipped from her hands. Then giving up on Stromboli, Honami extended her arms only towards the Dorayaki able to catch it. She then tried to catch the Stromboli once again but she couldn't catch it and even the Dorayaki she had captured ended up slipping through her hands. Seeing that, she realized what the food represented and the foods then disappeared along with the world that began to dissipate. She then Woke up feeling the ground touching her and the sound of the alarm she had sat near her head.

She, waking up, begins to assimilate the information on how she ended up sleeping in the discussion room on the last day of the exam while thinking about the outcome. Getting up, she saw Ayanokouji, a student of Class D, inside the room. She then greets him and apologizes for her alarm clock surprising him and told him there was still 20 minutes left before the discussion. Ayanokouji, in response, questions him for how long did she stayed there. Honami replying him said that she came there an hour ago as she wanted some peace as her friends were going in and out of her room. She also added that there were some things she wanted to sort out.

In regards to her dream, she thought that if she tried to do two things at once she would fail and decides to firmly establish the policy to confront the Rabbit group. Thinking it was a good chance to investigate him, Honami fixing her hair sat beside Ayanokouji and asked if they could have a chat before the discussion begins. Ayanokouji agrees and said if she wants to then he won't refuse. Honami then asks him if he has a strong desire to get promoted to Class A. She thinks that she first needs to confirm his true goals to better assess him.

Questioning her assignment to Rabbit group, She feels that she should have been assigned to the Dragon group where the leaders of other class were present. She feels discouraged about it for a second but quickly begins to ponder if there was another meaning for her assignment to Rabbit group and that it implies something else. She then thought that Ayanokouji in front of her could also be one of the reason-