Riley ended up falling asleep again in Maya's arms.

Maya nuzzled her against her cheek then softly kissed her on the forehead.

Riley smiled in her sleep which, in turn, made Maya smile.

Maya was afraid to move, not wanting to wake Riley. So she stayed put, cuddled closely to her.

Riley instinctively tucked her head under Maya's chin and sighed softly.

Maya snuggled further into her and ended up also falling asleep. She dreamed of Riley's bully.

"your life isn't all fun in games princess, learn that or your never be anything." A dark figure sneered as it typed that out and sent it to innocence Riley.

Maya tried to yell out, 'You can't do this!' but as much as she tried, she couldn't speak. She wanted to scream and beat the crap out of the person but she couldn't, nor would Dorothy inside of her let that happen.

The figure turned to her, but she couldn't make out who it was. The figure then whispered, "You can't protect her forever."

Her eyes widen as she tried to say, 'I love her, so I'll always protect her from you' But once again, nothing came out.

The figure laughed. "You are weak, even weaker than poor little Riley."

The dream ended and Maya woke up yelling, "No!" She startled Riley awake with her cry.

"Maya," Riley yawned, "Are you alright?"

Maya looked at her as she felt tears started to form in her eyes.

Riley noticed them, so she kissed Maya's temple and whispered, "Hey, it's okay."

Maya's expression changed slightly, but the tears didn't go away.

Riley calmly stroked her cheek and aked, "What's wrong? Bad dream?"

Maya nodded slowly. "I tried to protect you, but I couldn't."

"I know you'll keep fighting for me as long as you can, don't worry about it," Riley whispered in her ear.

Maya shivered against her as a few tears ran down her face.

Riley carefully wiped them away and kissed Maya on the nose.

Maya touched her forehead to Riley's.

Riley hummed in contentment pulled her friend closer.

Maya hugged her back, still trying not to cry.

"It's okay, Maya, you're okay," Riley comforted.

A few more tears rolled down Maya's cheeks as she admitted, "I feel like I can't protect you..."

Riley wiped away those tears and continued to stroke her cheek. "Shh, I believe in you."

Maya tightened her grip on Riley's middle and nuzzled into her cheek. "I love you, Riles," she whispered while still nuzzling against her.

"I love you too, Maya." They didn't know how it came to Riley comforting Maya instead of the the other way around, but nonetheless Riley was still willing to help. Riley heard her phone ping again, but she didn't go check it. She cared too much about Maya to even bother.

After a short while, Maya finally calmed down. "Thanks Riley."

Riley smiled. "No problem. I owed you for all the things you've been doing for me."

Maya shook her head. "What I'm doing is free of charge, you don't need to pay me back."

"Well, either way, you're still my best friend, so I'm going to help you anyway."

Maya sighed and silently agreed.

Riley sighed too. "Well we were cuddling, but we ended up falling asleep. So, what do you want to do?"

Maya thought for a moment. "How about a game?"

Riley nodded and grinned. "Sure, it's been a while. What do you want to play?"

Maya grinned back. "Let's play battleship, I'm really good at it."

Riley rolled her eyes. "Of course you pick the only game I suck at."

Maya's smile widened as she replied, "Hey, we cuddled like you wanted to, now it's my turn."

Riley sighed. "Fine, but this time, I'm going to win."