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[Emet hasn't lifted his head. Using Five as a shield physically and mentally, but he holds on just as tightly.

It is Emet's soul that breaks first, color leaking like blood out of the cracks, his mouth, his ears. Widening until he, too, shatters and fractures in a burst leaving him nothing to hold onto.

It's obviously dramatized and over the top, this entire scene. Dreams altering the true reality of it as they are wont to do. How much is real? How much is not?

But he's left with the sound of crackling if he moves at all, his own color leaking from him and fourteen crystal shards around him. Shards faded and washed to dullness by overwhelming Light.]

[ Of all the things he could have seen in this dream, that's undoubtedly the worst. The leaking from the cracks, the way he ends up shattering like that, and for a moment he doesn't even realize that the same is happening to himself, worried as he is about Emet.

It's impossible to remember this is a dream in this context. He desperately reaches over for him as if just doing that will bring him back, but then all that's left are fourteen crystal shards. What is he even supposed to do now? ]

Hades!

[Don't worry, he won't be far behind.

His skin will crack and break as well as his soul is tugged in multiple directions. Is it painful? Hard to say, but his memory will be begin to slip. One by one, each experience will be erased. His loneliness in the apocalypse. Arriving here. Hades. His siblings. All that he has worked his entire life to accomplish.

All burned away by infernal light that drowns out everything.

And then he'll wake up.]

[ That is by far the worst nightmare he's ever had and when he does wake up, he sits up straight immediately, looking around as if trying to make sure this is till him and he still remembers. He doesn't know if Hades is awake already, but if not he figures he should make sure he won't be stuck in that dream for any longer so he brings his hand to his shoulder, shaking him just to get him to rouse.

And maybe to confirm he's still there with him ]

[He was not awake, but he will be after the shaking. It takes him a moment to clear the disorientation, but after he immediately wraps his arms around him and holds him close pressing his face into his hair.]

[ He's still processing the whole thing, and out of it all the hardest part is knowing this is what Emet saw and experienced when he witnessed the Sundering.

He'll wrap his arms around him and keep him close, definitely not wanting to let go now ]

Are you okay? Well. As okay as you can be.

[His tears are wetting Five's hair but he's trying not to bring attention to that.]

While I abhor that you had to see it at all... I was relieved. To not be alone.

[ and he's relieved to hear that. That was the whole point of it all after all, and he shifts so he can kiss emet's cheek, bringing his hand to his face to wipe the tears away with his thumb ]

And I will keep being with you each dream. I don't want you to relive this any more than necessary but I do feel like suppressing it will make it more intense.

And as terrifying as it is, I understand it better. The kind of pain you went through.

[He opens his mouth and shuts it nearly immediately. No one else should see this. This utter despair that should live and die within the Unsundered. But he knows suppressing it is only going to make it worse and living through it alone would be now unbearable.

The weight of realization of just how dependent he is on Five is, while not new, very overwhelming.]

Five Hargreeves, if you ever leave me, I'm going to hunt you down and kill you myself.

[A healthy coping mechanism.]

I'm going to go ahead and take that as a thank you.

[ he'll kiss his cheek again, and then just pull him close once more to properly cuddle him ]

And I have no intention of ever leaving you. I did promise I'd stand by your side for the rest of eternity, didn't I.

[He's too mentally exhausted and raw to do anything else but cry against him. He doesn't even have enough energy for a proper comeback or to turn the comfort back on Five knowing full well he also had a quite the time.

So he is just going to huddle against him and do just that for the next few hours being quite the lump.]

[ The good thing about all that is that it allows him to focus on Emet rather than himself. He's definitely not even close to sleepy right now, and even if he were he wouldn't want to even attempt it. But for him, at least, it really was just a bad dream.

He'll keep holding him and stroking his back gently, whispering a few gentle words of encouragement in ancient from time to time, just to make sure Emet will be able to listen to his voice ]

[It will be greatly appreciated as he leans into him further each time he does speak.

But he will eventually prop himself up and rub his face with his hands.]

I need a shower as do you. Did you think your washroom could accommodate the two of us?

I do need to get an upgrade for it, but yes. It will be enough for the two of us for now.

[ he's getting another kiss to his cheek, and then he pull back but offers his hand to emet immediately ]

[He takes it and pulls himself off the bed.]

Thank you. For everything.

[A little late. He leans down to kiss his cheek in return.]

Well. I am your lover and companion. Not to mention a dear friend. It's the least I can do.

And we can let Lahabrea take care of our dreams until you're ready to try again. I said you shouldn't suppress it but you shouldn't burn yourself out either.

I do not imagine I will want to rest anytime soon. No.

[He takes a chance to catch his chin and kiss him very lightly on the lips.]

But I know you do not have to go to such lengths and that is why it is so very special.

[ his face goes red at that, and of course he's as charmed as always ]

Maybe I don't have to, but I want to. You deserve it. No matter how many times you tell yourself you don't.

I will admit I might have gotten a bit embarrassing. Though trust that I do not have much issue with my self worth.

[And he gets them both into the shower and tries to scrub his face raw before offering to wash Five's hair.]

[ he'll let him, humming for a moment ]

I get my doubts from time to time as well, so. I felt like I should tell you as many times as possible.

We still find our own two feet, time and time again.

[The hair washing is mindless and he greatly enjoys the distraction. He will be careful to not get anything in his eyes as he rinses it out.]

I imagine I will be beside myself if I sit still for a while so we might as well not let that breakfast go to waste.

Well, that was part of why I asked you to come over, so we might as well. But I'll help you with it.

[Dressing simply and taking his hand as they go to prepare the ingredients. Pancakes, eggs, bacon! Well, and fresh fruit. He figures he might have missed such things from the apocalypse.

Oh, and good coffee. He did bring a coffee grinder from his coffee room in BARiTONES.]

Being used for my cooking skills. I will need to get better at them. If you would handle the knife work, I will work on the coffee. The most crucial part.

[ he definitely did but unfortunately it's the coffee that is going to get the most appreciation. He hums at the commentary but he does as instructed, taking a knife before getting to work ]

Or maybe I just enjoy doing this with you.

[He pauses after taking a rather deep breathe to come over and kiss his temple.]

If you make me cry again, I am liable not to stop and then you are on your own for making breakfast.

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