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[He tries to ignore it, really. The way Raikou acts in his sleep, long after he doses off. Certainly, Tsuyukusa is a heavy sleeper, so it isn't so hard to pretend that he's out cold when Raikou wakes, still halfway caught in his own night terrors.

But after a while, it's too much to ignore, too much to pretend not to notice. So this time, when Raikou jolts awake, the tree spirit rolls over, wraps his arms around him and tucks him in close against himself. He has his single eye trained on Raikou's face, carefully checking for his reaction, but he isn't likely to let go any time soon.]

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You won't.

[And he's rolling them, putting himself beneath Raikou, in a place of vulnerability. But he has a tight grip on the human's upper arms, and he isn't going to escape easily.]

If you haven't yet, you won't now. Or do you think you even can?

I...

[Being moved that much is enough to help him wake up more, so he stops, staring down at Tsuyukusa wide-eyed and white-faced.

After a few moments of hard breathing, he goes mostly limp, and laughs weakly under his breath.]

I thought you were someone else.

[Tsuyukusa takes advantage of the loss of tension to flip them again, looming over Raikou with a more serious expression than he can normally keep without looking angry, but he seems anything but pissed.]

Who did you think it was?

[The lingering bits of dream make Raikou look more uncomfortable with this position than he usually is -- but that's normal for these incidents too.

He hasn't answered those kinds of questions yet, and he isn't answering them this time. These burdens are too delicate to hand over to someone else so easily. He doesn't make eye contact, either.]

What makes you think I'll tell you that now? It's just someone from my dream.