Hell hath no lungs like Hatty

Cyzarine shivered, drawing close to Demyx in her sleep. There was so much pain...
Pain as she was beaten by the thugs in the streets
Pain as she limped up the steps, him supporting her
"Do, come in..."
Pain as she realised what a fool she'd been
Pain as he caught her skin whilst trying to remove her clothes
Pain as she watched her powers hurting people
Pain as his last words, his promise echoed inside her endlessly
"I promise you, Cyzarine...H-Hahahahaha...!"
Pain as she finally got out of the taxi and slumped in the alleyway, unaware of the fairy asleep in the dustbin beside her
Pain as she and Hatty ran from the different alleyway, this time back in Chicago
Pain as she fell after bumping into Mikey, unaware that he would take her in as soon as he saw she was avian
Pain as she saw Garland's face again...
...And pain as she realised what he intended to do to Demyx.
Cyzarine screamed, jolting awake.

Demyx awoke with a jerk as he heard Cyzarine scream.
"Cyzie?" He whispered worridly. "Cyzie are you alright?" A stupid question really, but what he felt he had to ask.

Cyzarine didn't answer straight away, but instead quickly flicked on the bedside lamp, ooking round before relaxing as she saw nothing scary nearby.
"Demyx!" she gasped as she hugged him tightly.
Hatty rubbed her eyes as she flew up fom the draw, flying from side to side as she tried to fly before having woken up properly. "Ngh...Wha' happen?" she asked, blinking at the pair blurrily.

Demyx rubbed Cyzarine's back gently. "It's ok Cyzie, no ones going to hurt you." He turned to look at Hatty. "I think she had a nightmare."

The fairy nodded, still trying to wake up. "I got that impression too." she agreed. She flew down to land on the bedside table. "Cyzie, what happened?" she asked calmly. "Which nightmare was it this time?"

Demyx kissed Cyzarine's forehead gently, attempting to calm her and still whispering re-assuring things in her ear.

Cyzarine snuggled into Demyx a little more, still shaken, before glancing to the fairy and swallowing. "Pain...memories..." she trailed off, shuddering and letting Demyx calm her down.
Hatty nodded and glanced to Demyx. "Lots of memories - both good and bad - linked with pain. There's bad like when she met Garland but good like when she met me and when she found out Mikey would let her stay." she explained.

Demyx nodded a little, then twitched. "I'll be right back..." He muttered, about to get up before he glanced at Hatty. "You may want to avert you're eyes."

The fiary spun round so she was facing away from him. "Averting!" she called, grinning anyway. Cyzarine let him go, taking Hatty in the palm of her hand and letting her comfort her instead.

Demyx got up, the scars on his back raw red and horrifically visable. He grabbed his cream and walked into the bathroom, shutting the door behind him and beginning to apply the cream. He'd been sweating in his sleep, more from the nightmare he'd had than anything else really.

Hatty briefly wondered what Demyx was doing, but continued to remind Cyzarine of pain-free times, before going on to simply talk with her.

"Avert your eyes Hatty!" Demyx called from the bathroom, before walking back in and lying down next to Cyzarine. "Could you please cover the ones on my back please? I dont think they're covered." Demyx passed her the cream gently.

Cyzarine nodded and did so as gently as she could. Hatty's eyebrows rose, but she said nothing. When Cyzarine set down the cream again, she spoke.
"I'm not even gonna ask about them." she decided, giving Demyx a look that stated she'd be asking later anyway. She sighed. "Let's all just get some sleep. You okay with that, Cyzie?" she asked.
Cyzarine nodded and lay down next to Demyx again.

Demyx however, seemed less eager to sleep. "I've slept enough." He muttered quickly. "But you go ahead and sleep Cyzie." He attempted to smile....And failed.

Cyzarine nodded worriedly, but let him go. Hatty raised her eyebrows, shrugged anf flew back to land in the draw.
Cyzarine sighed and closed her eyes as she sensed the fairy drift back to sleep again. A final shudder rippled through her body, before she managed to relax a little and get back to sleep herself. She hoped Demyx was okay, though.

Demyx stayed awake, slowly attempting to calm his thoughts. He knew he had to stay awake to make sure Cyzarine was safe, but there was something else in it as well...
He was scared...

Hatty frowned, calming her thoughts until she heard Cyzarine fall asleep. She poked her head over the top of the open draw and frowned at Demyx.
"Alright." she whispered, flying over as quietly as she could. "Start explaining."

Demyx slowly sat up, being careful not to wake Cyzarine. "Explain what?" He whispered nervously.

Hatty shot a small glare at him. "The lack of sleep even though you and Cyzie both went to bed late." she replied somewhat snappily, keeping her voice low still. "Oh, and why you're suddenly covered in scars."

Demyx looked down. "My past hasnt been easy." Was all he whispered in reply.

Hatty's gaze softened sadly. "You heard about Cyzie's past." she stated quietly. "But you think I had it easy? I get it, you had it rouch but really - why the late sleeping? I'll let you off with the scars." she added kindly.

Demyx looked down a little. "I figured it would be better if I was awake to protect Cyzarine. Plus I'm used to not getting a lot of sleep"

Hatty raised an eyebrow but let it go, though it was clear she didn't entirely believe it. "Don't blame yourself if you fall asleep. Cyzie's unafraid to show fear of her past - why should you feel you can't do the same?" she asked calmly. She sighed. "Look, just look after yourself, okay? Cyzie won't be happy if you hurt yourself through lack of sleep or something. Okay?"
Not waiting for an answer immediately, she flew back over to the draw and poked her head back up to listen for his reply.

"I've gone for weeks without sleep..." He whispered in reply. "Besides, I'm afriad to show fear of my past because..." Demyx shook his head. "It doesn't matter."

Hatty sighed again. "You hurt yourself because of it and I'll bloody-well make it matter." she told him sternly. "Just don't stretch yourself, alright? Cyzie'll kill us both for it." she added, grinning despite the situation.
She lay down in the draw and smiled to herself.