It was a blood curdling scream that snapped Yurie out of her work frenzy.
She drops her tools, the chisel and hammer thudding loudly on the floor as she drops them in her haste, the gray-haired girl is a blur as she speeds through the once-quiet corridors of Shou and Minazuki's house. She could pinpoint where the sound came from – the twin's room – and she feels dread in her stomach and a lump in her throat, as she eases the door open. What she sees breaks her heart.
On the bed, thrashing, is Shou, crying out in pain as his tortures were relieved in his nightmares, hands desperately reaching out to something, face streaked with tears. Sweat covers his skin, and he keeps saying no, a small, pitiful whimper that is so unlike that loud and self-assured Shou.
"Shou, Shou, baby," Yurie carefully traps Shou's hands as she approaches, sitting at the edge of the bed and calling out to the red-head, whose distressed whines are going higher, more terrified. "Baby, wake up, it's a nightmare. Please, wake up, I'm here, I got you baby, just wake up."
It takes a while, Shou has always been hard to get out of a fit, but he does wake. He does wake, and he immediately curls into Yurie's hold, sobbing and trembling. Yurie coos at him comfortingly, one hand on the back of his head, buried under blood red locks and keeping his face pressed to the side of her neck, while her other hand strokes up and down Shou's scarred back, both actions serving as grounding point for the shaken boy.
"I'm here," Yurie presses a kiss to Shou's temple, uncaring of the sweat or tears drenching her. "I'm here."
In response Shou merely wraps his arms tighter around her, hold vise-like, and Yurie carefully rearranges them so that she's seated on Shou's lap, making it easier to Shou to press close. Yurie tucks Shou's head under her chin, scratching at his scalp gently to relax him. She hums a soft song, hoping it would distract him.
Yurie didn't care if her sculpture is in the atelier, left abandoned in her haste to reach Shou, or if she sat on Shou's lap for minutes, maybe even hours. All she cares about is that Shou's finally calmed down, his shaking reduced to faint trembling every now and then, and fear no longer clouded his eyes or filled his mind.
"Yu," Shou croaks, voice hoarse, and Yurie drops a kiss on his lips, gently shushing him.
"I got you, I got you, okay?" Yurie presses a gently kiss to his brow, holding him closer to her. "How are you?"
Shou closes his eyes, grimacing as he buries his face in Yurie's chest. "I saw you. I saw you, and they were pulling you apart. They made me watch. They made me and Mina watch and we couldn't do anything and you keep screaming and crying-" A sob escapes his throat, and Yurie's heartbreaks at the weak whimper Shou makes. "We couldn't do anything."
Yurie swallows back her own tears, instead pressing kisses all over Shou's face, kissing him on the lips firmly as she cups his jaw, wordlessly reassuring him that she's fine, nothing happened and all will be fine. "Just a nightmare, baby, please don't be scared anymore," Yurie whispers, pressing another kiss to Shou's lips, swallowing his soft groan – distress or pleasure, Yurie can't tell, all she knows is to reassure him with her body and words and presence – in the process. "We're both safe, we're here. We're not there, yeah?"
Shou nods, eyes dazed, and suddenly blues turned into grays, and Minazuki looks at her, a sliver of madness in his eyes and terror.
Yurie lets out a soft yelp when Minazuki suddenly pushes her down on his bed, hands on either side of her head, and her legs wrapped around Minazuki's waist as he hovers above her, breathing labored, and before she could speak, Minazuki is the one kissing her this time, all teeth and tongue and desperation, and Yurie tries to keep up, heat spreading throughout her body despite the earlier situation. One of the red-haired boy's hands is in her hair, gripping it tight and firmly but gently tugging, and Yurie stutters out a moan, thighs tightening around Minazuki's waist. There's a hand on her left thigh, squeezing the flesh and Minazuki snarls, "They'll never touch you!" before diving back down, kissing Yurie's parted mouth and taking.
Yurie lets him, wrapping her arms around Minazuki's neck, until she grows exasperated at Minazuki's admittedly violent ministrations. Sure, she likes it rough from him, but not the time.
So she spins them, Minazuki looking like a deer caught in headlights when he realizes he's below Yurie, looking up at her unimpressed expression. "You need to calm down." Is all she says. It could've been more intimidating, if not for the fact that her hair disheveled and her lips are red and swollen.
Minazuki huffs, pouting petulantly, and he tries to sneak a hand under Yurie's shorts, and with a click of her tongue she slaps his hand away. Minazuki's pout intensifies. "You know we need affection right now," He tries, murmuring in that rough way that honestly makes Yurie a little bit wild, and giving her the twin's perfect half-lidded look. He even licks his lips for good measure, and Yurie has to rally all her discipline in order not to fall to temptation.
"I know, but the both of you need rest more than anything else," Yurie leans back, sitting on Minazuki's hard stomach and crossing her arms. "Did you put Shou under?"
Minazuki nods, face twisting into an unpleasant expression. "It's… worse than normal…" he admits.
Yurie sighs. "It's not normal in the first place," She mutters, before leaning down and kissing Minazuki, slower this time, taking her time. She pulls back with a sigh, and she strokes the side of Minazuki's face, the red-haired boy locking eyes with her as he softly bites on her thumb. "Rest. I'll be here."
Minazuki looks ready to protest, but in the end he acquiesces, Yurie getting off his stomach to let him move. She lies down, gather Minazuki close to her and stroking a hand through his hair, doing it until Minazuki goes lax, his breathing much more even but still not deep.
Yurie kisses him on the forehead. "Rest," She murmurs, as Minazuki hides his face in the crook of her neck. "I'll be here."
Not really part of the Rewindverse, but could be. If you don't know who the heckin is Kaminari Yurie, go read my Rewind fic! She's more or less explained there. haha.
Fic requested by ShiranaiAtsume! I can't concentrate on Rewind right now, so yeah, apparently I'm taking requests! If you wanna, hit me up too! Just explain what you want clearly, and um... make it short please? The story please like it can be done as a one shot. I really have no time for longfics right now considering me and my artmates are going for an event here in my hometown sooooooo yeah!
By the way, I might make a tumblr for Rewind and Persona in general. mostly art. It's actually there now, just... nothing in there yet haha!