Comfort

No matter how much pressure the game placed on her, his closeness always brought Nao a sense of comfort.

A/N

This is a collection of drabbles, one for each round of the Liar Game thus far!

I don't own Liar Game, I wouldn't be able to so patiently think up all those twisted games!

Can't wait until the hiatus is over.

I hope you enjoy it!


ROUND 1
Calm

"Love all, trust few, do wrong to none."
-William Shakespeare

1 month. 30 days. 720 hours. 43,200 minutes.

For this grueling period of time Kanazaki Nao was never once calm. She stressed, ignored her schoolwork, forgot to eat, and lost a significant amount sleep. The prospect of being 100 million yen in debt terrified her. How would she take care of her father? What would the LGT do with her? Would she disappear? Would she die? These deterring thoughts swirled in her head, taunting her all the way up to the last minute of game.

Despite this, she never felt herself let go of that small thread of hope.

All because of Akiyama Shin'ichi.

The cool, controlling and collected ex-convict was a godsend to Nao in this game. Although he was secretive and Nao didn't understand much about him, his calmness brought comfort to Nao. With him around, she was able to fall asleep on the couch for a few minutes when she had been given a break from watching Fujisawa. The way he stared out the window and steadily puffed on a cigarette did wonders to relax Nao's nerves.

For 30 days she kept it together, all until the very end. When the clock struck 5 she was in denial. But Akiyama had been so relaxed! There was no way she could have lost! And as she crumpled into a ball outside of Fujisawa's window, the disbelief never left her mind. However, she still desperately clung to that one thread of hope Akiyama had brought her, refusing to let it go.

In the end, her faith was rewarded.

The calm, controlling and collected Akiyama had won her back her money with relative ease. And even after all the excitement, he was still inhumanly composed. But Nao liked that, because that calmness had the ability to soothe her when she needed it too. And it would continue to do so long into the future.