As I stated last chapter, these chapters will be very very short. But, they will be updated much more frequently simply because I already have most of them done. Sorry if the length bothers you but this is a different style I'm doing for this story.
Also, thanks to DrKerbin for his help as well, both in this chapter and the last one
Enjoy
I woke up again, always in the night, always to... the sounds. Those Sounds. I didn't have to be fully awake to realize he was in trouble. I simply knew. My body would wake me up preemptively, preparing me, knowing they were coming. This only started two days ago, but I knew things like this could be going on for a while.
"No..." came across the hall, not loud or agonizing, but I heard it. I should get over there before he wakes our... my… parents.
Almost dead, I staggered out my room and into his, dropping my blanket in a trail behind me on the floor. Getting close, I saw him in the state of discomfort, his face unpleasant. He wasn't yet in sweaty, screaming, panic mode, but I knew he would turn that way before too long. Slowly I climbed into the bed and went face to face with him, his pain pulsing out with each wave of groans. "Onii-chan," I slowly started, my own voice dragging from my exhaustion. I pulled my hand up to his cheek and stroked it down to his neck and his shoulder, shaking the latter slowly. "C'mon Onii-chan. Wake up..."
"No...I...Sach..."
I shook harder, repeating my words. His eyes fluttered slowly, darkness meeting me up close. "Su..."
"It's okay Onii-chan. I'm here for you." I pulled my palm back to his face and cupped his cheek again, trying to reassure him as beads of sweat began to cling to my hand. "I'm here..."
"Su...gu" he let out tiredly, already calmed down. Good. He's calming down faster than usual.
"Shhh...Go to sleep" I cooed, resting my forehead against his, becoming more accustomed to this sleeping arrangement, it more natural than being alone in my own bed, though I had been doing that all my life.
His breathing slowed after a few minutes and I felt his body's stiffness break, shoulders loosening, chest relaxing, his tense legs bending and curling with mine. Gradually, he turned soft to the touch, free from stress of the nightmares. Arching my neck a bit, I pressed my lips to his forehead, then back down to our original pose. "I love you... Onii-chan..."
I drifted off.
"You… too..." came to my unconscious ears.
