Bittersweet

Papa

Chapter 8

Back to Natsuki and Yuri in case some of y'all were wondering. Sorry not sorry.

Natsuki sat up in bed, clutching her chest and panting heavily.

Yuri was no where to be seen and she just had a horrible nightmare.

She began sobbing uncontrollably, bringing her knees to her chest and shaking violently.

Just then the bathroom door opened, revealing Yuri with water dripping from her arms.

She snapped to attention immediately and ran to Natsuki's side.

"Hey, hey! It's okay! I'm here. I'm here." Yuri cooed, pulling Natsuki into her arms on the bed.

Natsuki hiccuped, clutching Yuri's shirt tightly as she buried her head into the taller girls shoulder.

Yuri held her tightly as Natsuki continued to sob wildly.

Her cries soon died down as Yuri began rocking her back and forth in her lap.

"What happened?" Yuri asked, noticing Natsuki was calm now.

"B-Bad- d-dream." Natsuki hiccuped out.

Yuri hummed, nodding in understanding.

"Wanna talk about it?" Yuri whispered, running a hand through her girlfriend's hair.

Natsuki gulped, nodding slowly.

"P-Papa... H-He... locked me in a closet... I-It was s-so dark... I-I couldn't call for h-help..." Natsuki began shaking again, screwing her eyes shut tightly as she ground her jaw.

Yuri felt tears prick her own eyes, feeling terrible for her wonderful little girlfriend.

No one had any right to hurt Natsuki.

No one.

"I'm so sorry. He can't hurt you now... I got you..." Yuri said, snuggling closer to her.

"Promise..?" Natsuki's voice held so much vulnerability it caught Yuri by surprise.

"Of course! And hey, I got you." Yuri reassured her, squeezing Natsuki tighter to her.

Natsuki smiled, allowing Yuri to hold her against her chest as she felt Yuri's heartbeat.

It was slow and calm, unlike her wildly racing heart.

"Thank you." Natsuki said, pulling away to smile at Yuri.

The older girl smiled back, running a hand through Natsuki's hair.

Natsuki yawned, stretching her arms over her head.

"Ready to go back to bed?" Yuri asked, lying down on her side.

Natsuki blushed, looking down at the bed as she bit her lip.

"H-Hold me..?" Natsuki asked, feeling the heat rise to her cheek.

Yuri's heart skipped a beat at how adorable Natsuki was in that moment, but she quickly shook the thought off to answer her.

"If you want." Yuri said, holding her arms out to her.

"Yes." Natsuki said quietly, crawling between Yuri's arms.

She buried her face into the crook of Yuri's neck, wrapping her own arms around the other girls waist.

Yuri wrapped her arms around Natsuki's shoulders, placing her chin atop Natsuki's head as the smaller girl relaxed into the embrace.