They had watched horror movies the entire day to check out one of Illya's bucket list.
Although they started slow with the lowest ranked film they could find, it did not change the fact that the following ones were terrifying as hell. While the Einzbern and Kairi enjoyed them a lot, Shirou and Arturia tensed at every jump scare. Taiga had excused herself halfway, the two Tohsaka-Matou sisters cowered in terror, and Mordred…Mordred screamed almost every time.
Now the blonde was shaking under her pillow, recalling how the supposedly dead girl came back in a grand entrance: white dress, bloody face, and flying feet. There were so many sacrifices at the third story, a demonic cult chanting spells and she wondered if her mother Morgan le Fay practiced such incantations back in the days.
Her mind shifted to the scene where a cellphone rang from an anonymous number, and soon after the call was answered, it ended. Then, the sightings. Oh, the black shadowy things. Until the end, the lurking figure's appearance when the main characters played ouija remained unsolved.
Right.
Next, there was this crying statue.
Stop.
The screaming dead kid.
Stop it.
The creaking doors.
Stop it, you fucking brain!
The moving swing.
That's it. I had enough.
Mordred jumped out of her bed, exited the bedroom, and sprinted through the corridors. Roughly, she opened the sliding door to where her father slept, revealing Shirou's and Arturia's connecting rooms were unseparated that night.
At the noise, the sleeping king groggily blinked her eyes open. "Mordred, what-"
"I can't sleep. Let me stay here," she begged. "Please."
Arturia was quick to understand. She moved aside, patting the space beside her. Face lit up in joy, Mordred made her way and nuzzled into the futon while comforting herself. After offering her gratitude, she promised silently not to kick her father when the morning came.
In the end, they slept hugging each other until the sun rose from the east.