#dorice

They first meet in the first year of their respective college days, in a dream. They first think the other is a figment of their respective imaginations, going about their days studying something droll to make them better wife material for future husbands, yet they keep meeting in their dreams and talking about strange worlds. One day, a dream turns to that of Oz then Wonderland. They realize they can go into each other's dream worlds, walking through them with relative ease.

Then Alice steps into Dorothy's real world, utterly excited about it and eager to learn more about where her friend lives. After some exploration, they hop into Alice's real world.

Yet after Dorothy goes home, they spend the next few nights dreamless until they eventually meet up again in their dreams, realizing they had utterly worn themselves out by their little foray.

Eventually, realities of life bear down onto the both of them and end up hopping into a strange world neither had been in before, where they end up going on a grand adventure, getting into deep trouble at some points but always finding a way to save each other. They learn how to control their cosmic-hopping, dream-travelling abilities, ultimately growing their love for each other.

The library was a place he would often visit, however today he took note on the new librarian. A sunken face covered in lines that proved for years of laughter and enjoyment, along with sorrow and distress had now been replaced by one much fuller of life and brighter. Glancing down at the name tag that no longer said Dorice, but instead a name much similar to his own. 

Offering a small scoff to the similarity Mello then tried to cover his inappropriate social formality with a short cough, hoping the new girl wouldn’t pick up on it or over think his action as a way to converse. However, despite his overgrown hatred for people he was curious as to what had happened to the woman who’d been here ever since he came to choose out his first book, from when he was still at the orphanage and she would scold himself and Matt for causing a ruckus. Not often at all would Mello become attached to people, but in this case he feared the worse for Dorice had grown in age and would now use a stick and perhaps she had passed because he could not ever see her retiring, though he hoped that was what she had done- she deserved it.