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whoops wanted some hurt-comfort

Just say which of mine you want in the subject header o/ If you don't want to make shit up here's the list of prompts form a random h/c meme. Dice-thingy is here.

1. INJURY. You've been injured. Broken bones or bleeding out or maybe just a tiny little papercut. The choice is yours.
2. SICKNESS. You're sick and laid up in bed, at home or in a hospital. The severity is up to you.
3. FEAR/ANXIETY. Something is happening and you're scared beyond belief.
4. LOSS OF SENSES. Sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, etc. You've lost some important sense or ability and now you're left to deal with it.
5. DESPAIR. Nothing is good or right anymore and you can't shake the depression. Maybe that friend of yours can help though...
6. BREAKUP. You've been dumped. You need someone to comfort you, possibly by the one who dumped you.
7. MAKE UP. Fight or break up, it's time to makeup.
8. RESCUED. You've just been held captive and/or tortured for however long and finally, someone has come to the rescue.
9. BAD ROMANCE. Fight, cheated on, abused, whatever the case is, someone else can clearly see you need comfort from someone who isn't your terrible lover tonight.
10. LOSS. You've experience a loss of some kind and need help getting through it.
11. INSANITY. You're seeing things that aren't really there, hearing voices, or you're just convinced you're at your wit's end finally and you're going to crack. Maybe someone can give you a helping hand.
12. TIRED. You've had a heard life recently and you're just worn too thin to really care anymore. There's no fight left in you anymore. Can someone help change your mind?
13. ADDICTION. Drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, or any other type of addiction has got you in its grasp. First time or relapse. Will someone be able to save you?
14. INSOMNIA. You can't sleep anymore, no matter how hard you try. Maybe someone can give you company.
15. NIGHTMARES. Or, on the other end of the spectrum, you can't sleep without gruesome, horrible nightmares. Either someone is stuck in your dream with you, witnessing it or they're just waking you up, soothing you out of it.
16. BLACKMAIL. You've been caught doing something you shouldn't and you were blackmailed because of it
17. SEPARATION. You're going to be separated for awhile or were separated for a long time. Either make up for lost time or try to spend every last moment together.
18. VIOLATED. You've been violated in some way. Can include sexual overtones or not. Can someone help you through it?
19. STRANDED. You've been stranded somewhere remote, with no help of anyone finding you for awhile. Can you survive this together?
20. SINS. You're feeling the weight of your sins and guilt clearer than ever. Can someone give you absolution or lessen the ache any?
21. SECRET. It's difficult having to keep that secret of yours, be it a relationship or something you just don't want to share with anybody else. Maybe it's okay to talk about it now though...
22. ADDITION. Babies should be joyous things unless you're in a situation where you know you won't be able to care for them. Either you've adopted or found out you're pregnant.

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[He was falling.

For a moment, Bon thought he had stumbled off of the Skyway, or maybe some chunk of ground had opened up under his feet and let him plummet. But as he fell he realized the perpetual sunlight of the Skyway was nowhere to be found, and he was trapped in some kind of twilight hour, with the moon high in the sky but the stars strangely absent.

It was dark enough that he didn't see the end of his descent, he just went tumbling face-first into what was probably water, splashing down deep into it and lingering below as the surface became still once more.

Bon managed to look up (he assumed it was up, he could see the light from the moon), but he couldn't pull himself to the surface. Any attempts to swim up were about as effective as an ant trying to move a brick house.

Just as it felt like his lungs would burst, the water level suddenly dropped, and he broke through to the surface. He gasped for air as he tread water, trying not to slip below the surface again, and eventually he was able to push himself over to the edge of the water and climb out onto land.

But as he pulled himself out, a faint blue glow was cast over the area, sending shadows dancing this way and that. Bon looked up, and he saw Rin there (Boy Rin? Girl Rin? Every time he blinked it seemed to change), surrounded in the blue flames that usually meant a fight was going to happen. So Bon stood up, paying no mind to how damp he was from his little swim, and started over to where Rin was.]

Okumura.

[Rin glanced down at him (how was she suddenly taller than he was?), but something was wrong. Bon could see it in Rin's eyes. Those weren't Rin's eyes, those eyes struck an old fear deep within Bon. In a flash, he was forcibly reminded of where he had seen them before. The priests, Renzou's brother (he shouldn't be able to remember that, he wasn't even six months old when that happened), and now Rin...

Bon backed up a step, and the thing possessing Rin just grinned.

Then it raised a hand to point at Bon. He raised his arms reflexively, to protect himself, but no attack came. Instead he felt a burning, a painful, terrible heat.

Bon opened his eyes, and he saw that his arms were covered in blue flames. he quickly moved to pat out the flames, but nothing made it stop. The fire spread up his arms, down his body, and covered his entire being.

Then it builds deep within him, a sharp pain that felt like it would tear him apart. He could feel the tears running down his face as he crumpled, screaming in pain as he felt himself burn to a crisp from inside-out.

Outside of the hallucination, Bon suddenly curled up on himself, clutching at his head with his hands. He was still obviously trapped in his hallucination, his eyes were still closed, but he began to shake.

Then the screaming started.]

[The screaming made her jump so bad she fell backwards, which only served to intensify the nausea and dizziness that were lingering. Her heart nearly went to her throat, and it was all she could to to keep herself from covering her ears and cowering at the awful sounds coming from Bon.

She was a demon, the poison would work its way through her system a lot faster than it would through Bon's. There was no way to tell how much time had passed already, the constant sun mixed with the dank haze of the bog only made the illusion of time that much more difficult to determine. Meaning it was equally impossible for Rin to know just how long it would take Bon to snap out of it like she had.

Or if he ever would.

Just as concerning was the fact that his screams were starting to attract attention. It was just rustles of leaves right now, but in Rin's state of mild delusion it was enough to make her paranoid that they were going to be attacked any second.

Like hell she was going to leave him there, though. Swallowing back the bile rising in her throat, she crawled forward on trembling limbs and grabbed Bon's shirt again, roughly attempting to haul him to his feet.

She would put him on her back if she needed to, but one way or another she was going to get them both out of there.]

C'mon... we ain't stayin' here...

[The second time he felt Rin's hands on him, the burning pain suddenly stopped. His screaming quickly died out as the burning did, leaving behind an aching pain and sheer confusion.

Slowly, he uncurls from himself and looks up at Rin. His vision is hazy and still altered by the fog, so he can still see blue flames leaping up from Rin's body. But Rin's eyes, they've changed. They're back to normal.]

...Ah.

[He heard what Rin said, but he's still having trouble with actually moving. Any attempt to lift his head results in him falling back against the ground limply. He's too dizzy and weak to move on his own.

If Rin touches his skin, it will feel like he's running a high fever.]

[Oh, God. He was awake. She wanted to be relieved that he was coming out of it, but it was difficult to find joy in that when they were still in danger. The fever she could feel on his skin wasn't helping her panic any.

He couldn't get up on his own, so she knew walking him back to the Bastion stone was going to be out of the question.]

A-alright just... hang on, okay?

[Shifting around, she pulled an arm over her shoulder and slid herself underneath him, dropping his full dead weight on to her back. She was strong, strong enough to carry him, but he was a lot taller and bulkier than she was which made it difficult.

But she managed it, snagging his gun off the ground and slinging it over her other shoulder over her sword case. It was going to be slow going even with her strength, yet that didn't deter her any.

If she could make it back before anything attacked them, then maybe they'd survive...

If...]

[If Rin can support most of Bon's weight, then Bon can manage to push himself along with her. His mind is anywhere but there, though. Everything is dizzy and it takes most of his effort just to keep from throwing up.

The monsters are staying at bay for the time being. It looks like they're afraid of the same fog that had gotten Rin and Bon, so they are giving them a wide berth. There's no telling how long that will last, though.]

We're not gonna make it.

[A simple statement, but it's true. They can barely walk, and as soon as they're out of the swamp the monsters are going to attack them. Getting back to the Bastion is nigh on impossible right now.]

Oi...remember the Impure King?

I ain't givin' up like that...

[Even with his negative words, she kept trudging along, one foot in front of the other, right, left, right, left.

She was so focused on her steps that she nearly missed his question entirely.

Funny he should bring that up.]

'course I do? What's that... gotta do with anythin' right now?

Your fire. Burn them.

[The Rin that Bon knows can control who he burns and who he doesn't burn. Bon is trusting this Rin to be able to do the same.

At the very least, singing some of the monsters should scare them all off and give the two of them time to escape.]

Burn them...

[She was exhausted, her head was spinning and she still felt like she was going to throw up any second. Using her power just sounded like it would drain her to a point of being unable to move.]

... can you walk?

[Because if he could, then at least he could make it out...]

No.

[But he says it firmly, not as an answer to Rin's question, but to tell her that he knows what she's thinking and that he won't let her do it.]

We're in this together, I'm not leaving you here.

[But he will pull away from her to try to stand on his own. He's still dizzy but not as absolutely worn down as he was before. The weird gas is making its way out of his system now.]

[Rin scowled at him, but it lasted only a second before she realizes it's useless to argue with him. She lets out a laugh, which sputtered in to a gurgling cough. It was working out of her system, too, but she still felt physically horrible.]

Never let me have any fun...

[She moved an arm around under him, keeping him supported even as he stood.]

Better hope this works...

[She can't see where those creeping monsters are, so she's going to close her eyes and try to get her flames to cooperate while being more or less blind to her target.]

[Come on Rin you burned an entire mountain once you can handle a chunk of Skyway.

Bon braces himself for the fire, but also to catch Rin if she starts to fall. He has a feeling he will be supporting her soon enough.]

[She was also in better health at the time, too, even with the Impure King making a lot of people sick around her.

But she's going to do her best. A few deep breaths in and out, slowly, while she tries to listen past her own breathing and Bon's as well as any other noises to the ones that are around them, hidden by the swamp. Her stomach was lurching painfully, but she ignored it as much as she was physically capable of.

Her eyes opened and with it the rush of flames lashing out from her, billowing out in a circle around the two of them. They didn't burn Bon at all, focused completely on the creatures around them.

Not everything hit, but it seemed to get the point across, and there was a cacophony of shrieks and cries as things went scrambling away.

For a second, she smiled, relieved that she had succeeded but also relieved that Bon wasn unharmed. But her knees buckled a second after that smile, and she retched noisily.]

[On the one hand, it's good that the monsters are gone, and Bon finds himself grinning despite how serious the situation is.

On the other, a pukey Rin is never good.

Bon is at least enough of a gentleman to hold her hair for her while she throws up again. Then he'll slip an arm around her waist to hold her up. If they lean on each other, maybe they'll be able to make it back.]

C'mon, let's go before they come back.

[When they get back, he's just going to sleep for a long time. He is so done with today.]

[There wasn't much else for her to throw up at least, so it didn't last long, and she mumbled a 'thanks' for holding her hair back as well as pulling her back up again.

She nodded quietly, once more forcing one foot in front of the other so they could get back.

Bon's plan worked, though, and while a few creatures still milled about, they were wary of those flames and let them pass.

Returning to the Bastion had them both collapsing from sheer exhaustion and, given being poisoned, dehydration. While Rin didn't remember much, she did remember being tended to by a few of their fellow residents, and put in bed to rest, same with Bon.

Sleeping was an on and off thing, but any waking was followed closely by dozing off again, until about five hours later. She was groggy, but that was better than being nauseous and dehydrated. She slipped out of bed, tugged her blanket around her shoulders and shuffled out of her apartment down the hall.

This time there was no knocking on the door, no asking if he was awake or if it was even ok to come in. She just entered, and found a spot on the bed next to him to curl up on.]

[And, like before, Bon moves over to give her room and then throws his blanket over the two of them. He's kind of half-awake, though he's conscious enough to say something, at least.]

We keep getting into messes, don't we?

[Rin instinctively curls up closer to him when the blanket goes over, snuggling in to his side.]

Don't think we'd be us if we didn't get in to trouble all the time...

[She mumbles it sleepily, and it almost seems like she's going to fall asleep again, but she asks something instead.]

What did you see... ?

[Bon is quiet for a moment. He's not sure what to say to her, because he doesn't want to tell her everything he saw.]

It was dark, so dark I could barely see.

...

Satan was there.

[She doesn't really want to talk about hers either, but she'd been hoping to get more out of him so she wouldn't have to.]

... figures. Can't get away from him, even here, huh?

[Bad joke, but she was trying to find some humor in it.]

... you were screamin'... when I tried to wake you up.

I was screaming in my dream too.

[He thinks it was a dream, it really felt like one. A drug-induced dream.]

He...he was burning me from the inside out.

[Rin wishes she could see hers the same way. If she had been any more awake when she had gone in to his room, there might have been a moment when she actually feared him, if only because her hallucination gave her a reason to.

But she was groggy enough that the nightmare of it was still too hazy to really recall, even if she swore at the time she had felt the pressure on her throat...

Hearing what Bon said, she found herself clinging to him a little tighter.]

I'm sorry... even if he was still here some how, I'd never let him do that to you, though..

[...oh Rin.

Bon flinches at that, because he knows that it should help make him feel better, but it really doesn't.

He doesn't have the heart to tell her that Satan has possessed her, though. He's going to deal with this nightmare on his own.]

I don't think he's gonna show up here, we'll be alright.

[And he slips an arm around Rin's shoulder to pull her into a kinda-sorta hug.]

[If she knew, though, she would have told him that she would fight it, like Shiro did. She had to be strong enough for that, right? To protect him...

She fidgets a little, getting comfortable in his arms, mumbling sleepily as tiredness finally started to take her again.]

I'd still protect you... 'cause... that's why I wanted to be an exorcist. So I could be strong enough... no one else would have to die...

...mmn.

[He doesn't really know what else to say to that right now. He always knew Rin had a thing with protecting people, but it took him until now to realize that he really did count in that 'protect everyone' thing.

But he doesn't want to be protected by Rin, he wants to protect her.]

Don't try to do everything yourself.

[If he protects her and she protects him, then they'll both be safe right?]

I know... it's dumb, innit? Tryin' to do it all myself. But it's all I know how to do... even with Yuki and Dad around, I was alone. You... an' everyone else at the school... you were my first friends.

[Tired as she was, rambling away under a half-asleep state, she felt a pang in her chest at admitting that.]

An' I was scared every day I was gonna lose you...

[She meant 'you' in the sense of all of them, of course, but speaking to him directly made the implication of the statement far more personal to Bon than she meant it to.]

Shhhh.

[Bon will just shoosh Rin while petting the back of her head. She's just making herself upset with this talk, and getting upset right now won't help. She's still weak from the gas attack and needs rest (and he does too, technically).]

You're not gonna lose me, I'm not going anywhere. You're not alone anymore.

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