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[dream_departed]

She doesn't think about it. She wakes up from the nightmare still afraid, and activates the PINpoint to take her somewhere she feels safe

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[his_bright_star]

"Anael and Syn make me feel safe," Lucifer says, tilting his head a little. His blue eyes are slightly shadowed as he goes on. "It scares me to think that maybe He really does want me to Fall."

[dream_departed]

"I don't know Anael, but I can see why Syn makes you feel safe. She is great."

Aya gestures to the seat next to her in silent invitation. She already wants to cuddle him.

"Fall in what sense?"

[his_bright_star]

"She's letting me stay at Devil May Cry," Lucifer says, settling on the couch by Aya.

He ducks his head a little, hiding his eyes. "My name is Lucifer."

[dream_departed]

Oh. She gets it now.

She smiles warmly at him and makes her voice gentle.

"That's a very pretty name, Lucifer. I'm Aya-chan."

[broken_dreaming]

It takes Kakyou a few minutes to catch up. After all, he has to realize Aya-chan's nightmares woke her up, wake up himself, get dressed, check the apartment across the hall to find out she is gone, and get to the Nexus himself.

He sits down on the couch next to her and pulls her into his arms. He frowns lightly, but his embrace is gentle. "One thing that scares me is the idea that you will keep trying to deal with this on your own instead of letting me help you."

[dream_departed]

She clings to him and tries to hide her face against the side of his neck. "'M sorry." They are not the kind of dream she wants to talk about with Kakyou.

[broken_dreaming]

Kakyou strokes her hair gently, letting her cling. "If I'd known your dreams were bothering you this much, I would have already offered to do something about them."

[dream_departed]

She sighs. "I know. Most of them are not this bad."

[just_a_murder]

Knowing that those I care about are safe makes me feel safe. Failure scares me.

Do you need help?

[dream_departed]

Her face becomes redder. She seems to be trying to make herself smaller.

"I guess it is a good thing that you so rarely fail then."

She shakes her head and looks, if possible, more embarrassed. "No, big brother, I just had a bad dream. That's all."

She holds her arms out. "Hugs?"

[just_a_murder]

::He's worried about the blush and cringing and hopes he's not the cause of them.::

I fail more often than I like.

::hugs:: I'm sorry you had a bad dream. If I could stop that, I would.

[dream_departed]

"Only because you are too hard on yourself." She smiles. "I know, big brother. Your being her makes me feel better."

[cockroach_boy]

"The dark makes me feel safe. I like the dark." Shoebag smiles, then turns serious. "Spiders scare me."

[dream_departed]

"That's pretty cool. The dark used to scare me. I like the idea what scares someone can be comforting to someone else."

Her expression becomes sympathetic. "They scare a lot of people."

[x_ginta_x]

He's not used to Aya making entrances quite like that. He peers at her with an expression that's partly concern, partly curiousity.

"What makes me feel safe? My packmates, most notably Kouga. A spear that I'm familiar with. Kaa. ...You." He smiles at her before taking a seat on the couch.

"The list of things I'm scared of is too long to mention... and actually includes most of the things that make me feel safe."

He tilts his head, studying her. "So... what's up?"

[dream_departed]

She covers her face with her hand. "I don't know what I did to make the universe hate me quite this much," She mutters to herself. She pauses and tilts her head contemplatively. "Oh, yeah."

An embarrassed blush covers her cheeks. "Hello, love. Nothing is up. Just had a bad dream and tried to PINpoint in my sleep. Successfully PINpointed, I guess, apart from the falling."

She reaches out, making grabby hands. She smiles. "I make you feel safe?" Her voice goes up a little. "Really?"

[x_ginta_x]

"Hate you?" He quirks an eyebrow. "What's it doing that makes it seem like it hates you, now?"

He winces slightly. "Yikes, what a shock. I don't know if I'm frightened that you're PINing in your sleep or glad that you'd be prepared if something happened and you needed to point out at a moment's notice."

He accommodates the grabby hands by wrapping his arms around her. "Well, yeah. I know you'd stick by me as much as you could. I mean, just look what happened on our anniversary. I woulda been out of luck if not for you. And beside that kind of thing, being with you is always a warm, secure kind of thing." Nuzzle. "So yes, you do."

[dream_departed]

"I know that you are used to seeing me in my less than shiny moments, but that doesn't mean I have to like it."

Once she is settled is his arms, she rests her head on his shoulder. "Well, I wasn't all the way asleep. I just woke up."

He is the only person who can make her smile like this. "You always say the most perfectly perfect things."