3rd Person P.O.V*

The trip home was a concerning one for Pico and he couldn't deny it. Despite it being a fairly short ride Benjamin kept tensing up next to me every time lightning flashed and despite Ben's noise canceling headphones being on Benjamin's shaking seemed to be getting worse with the frequency of said lightning. When the two got home Pico had thanked the driver before leading himself and Benjamin down the step of the bus carefully as the cement pathway was covered in rain making it a little slippery.

Pico's P.O.V*

As I made my way to our apartment I had looked around our surroundings as Benjamin kept his eyes closed to not see the lightning. I was making sure nothing was out of place or seemed different as that could be a sign of danger nearby though everything seemed normal enough and there was no sign of unfamiliar cars so I deemed it safe to enter mine and Ben's apartment. After we both crossed the threshold I had locked the main door and put the two reinforced chain locks into place and then pulled the blackout blinds on our windows the rest of the way before walking back to the entrance and tapped Benjamin's arm to signal he could open his eyes now which he did and looked around to get his bearing and saw thart the curtains had been drawn closed by me. As soon as he saw we were home he had taken his headphones off and hugged me tightly before apologizing for absolutely no reason which hurt my heart.

I didn't mind that Benjamin was afraid of storms I just wanted to be there to help him through them as best I could yet Benjamin seemed to think his fear was likely a stupid one which wasn't true in the slightest. I know a few others that are afraid of thunder one of which being Grace. Speaking of her I hope she was ok as well and Sven was helping her out through this and not being inconsiderate.

Things may be better between us now but, I was admittedly still a little bit bitter at Sven's accusations of Benjamin when the two had battled. He didn't know the whole truth nor did he really know Benjamin that well as it had been his and Ben's first interaction and yet he had brought a literal knife to the rap battle which made me fear for benjamin especially sense I wasn't able to intervene except at the end of the battles. After those battles Ben couldn't talk much due to his sore throat for two days though me and him were able to communicate through writing and small talk.

I got out of my thoughts when a loud crack of thunder broke through my mind quickly followed by a startled Benjamin slamming into me and hiding his face into my shirt. I had to admit I hated seeing Benjamin like this as I couldn't do much to chase away his fear if I could I would send the storm away but, as a human there was nothing I could do except be there for Benjamin/softie to help him through this as I have for the time we've known each other and have been dating.

While hugging Softie as close to myself as possible and hid his face the best I could as I rubbed circles between his shoulders. When Softie's shaking lessened a little I had carefully picking him up and headed to our bedroom where I had set up dampeners during times like this so the thunder wasn't nearly as loud as it could be before I laid down with Softie in my arms and hummed a melody that always worked to help him sleep better before following behind to take a nap with Softie safely in my arms away from danger.

With Sven and Grace*

Grace and Sven had been out on a date together when the storm had hit. Sven being as observant as always had realized the change in his girlfriend and though he silently applauded Grace's attempts at not showing her fear while in a public place he also didn't like that she was trying too hard when he knew just how terrified she could get with thunderstorms which was one thing both her and Benjamin shared due to how uncaring both their parents had been about it and didn't bother helping them.

Grace's parents had simply scolded her for being afraid of a measly storm while in Benjamin's case Sven had a churning feeling in his stomach that Benjamin likely got abused worse on stormy days and unfortunately it had been confirmed when Benjamin had the confidence to give out a bit more information one day and had also shown me and Grace just a few of the many burns he had on his neck that have long sense scarred though it was enough for both me and Grace to understand that Benjamin had the worst circumstances and also gained a understanding on why he had chosen pico over Grace as he had revealed he was gay however his parents hadn't liked that nor did they like that he didn't want to become a singer and wanted to be a artist instead. That very same day Sven had found out both Grace and Benjamin had horrible anxiety as a storm very similar to the current one had sent them both over the edge and had caused them both to pass out in the field they were all in which caused pico and sven to take them to the hospital as both Benjamin and Grace's heartbeats were faster than they should be. Ever sense that day Pico and Sven had learned the signs of an incoming attack and had created methods to calm their partners.

Back in the present Sven could tell the signs with grace had started and knew he had to get her calmed down in the next few minutes or he'd have a repeat of that scary situation again. Sven had asked for the bill and had paid for it as soon as he could and gave a nice tip to the waiter before he took out grace's own headphones from her bag and put them on her ears before guiding her along as gently as possible as to not stress her more and held her hand tightly squeezing it every few seconds to help Grace time her breathing and even while driving his car home he had kept one hand in grace's until they arrived and had led her inside and into their own room unknowing that he and pico had put themselves in the same position to comfort their partners.