Featuring Softshipping (Ryo Bakura x Shizuka Kawai)
Ryo awoke in a cold sweat, words stuck in his throat.
He mumbled incoherently for a moment. Then a soft, cool, hand touched his forehead and began to stroke his hair softly.
He was leaning against someone. They were smaller than him, and warm...
"Shizuka?" he murmured.
"You fell asleep," Shizuka whispered back. "I wasn't sure whether to wake you up...but you didn't seem very happy..."
He sat up. Despite the heat from his thick sweater and the fire crackled in the fireplace, he felt cold, and he shuddered. Shizuka squeezed his hand.
"Just a moment," she said.
She kissed him softly on the forehead before she walked out of the living room. He smiled slightly. Then the frown returned, because he could not remember what he had been dreaming. It had had something to do with the darkness again...he shuddered. Why was he so cold?
"Here," Shizuka said softly.
She was back, and she was holding out a mug of something steaming.
"This should warm you up," she said, smiling and holding another mug to her chest.
Ryo smiled gratefully and accepted the mug. He blew on it for a moment before sipping. The warmth exploded down through him, and he savored the taste of chocolate.
Shizuka smiled at the grin that spread across his face, sitting down beside him and snuggling close. She cupped her own mug close to her chest.
"Feel better?" she whispered.
"Mm. Thank you," Ryo said.
Then he sighed, and leaned back into her. She let out her own sign of contentment.
The night was quiet and warm. The dreams of darkness felt far away.
He closed his eyes, just enjoying the feeling of her small frame beside him, the sound of her heart beating in the silence.
It was going to be okay.