“Yukine-kun!”
Gentle hands grasp the younger’s shoulders and he bent down a little so he was at eye line with Yukine. He kept his voice low and calm.
“Hey, hey. You gotta breathe, Yukine-kun. Look at me. I’ll be down there with you. I’ll be there for you. You won’t be alone, okay? I’m…”
He took a tentative breath before lifting one of his hands and gently brushing the other’s bangs from his face.
“I’m scared too, a lot. You’re not alone. It’s okay to be scared, I’m gonna be with you. I’ll protect you down there. I promise, Yukine-kun.”
He’s breathing rather roughly and quickly still-- the darkness always immobilized him, and manipulated him while he was paranoid. He shook even more, looking straight at the other with scared, bright red eyes.
“How can you promise that?!” He suddenly yelled out, “S-Someone could kill you, t-too! All of u-us! It doesn’t e-even have to be something a-alive-- I w-would know! I mean, I-I’m...”
He paused, suddenly frowning more, fear seeming to take over all of his actions--
“I’m d-dead, too! P-Phantoms are probably d-down there! They k-kill us all with no m-mercy at all!”
