Epiphany. [Guren Ichinose x Reader] ➥ Book 2. [Semi-hiatus]

Epiphany ~ Chapter 10.

-Y/N's POV-
My original shameful plans had immediately gone to shit; the moment I touched the bed I found myself jumping back up as I heard screaming coming from the guest room. I ran over there worried something had happened to him, however when I entered I found him clutching to the duvet covers, tears streaming down his face.

I slowly approached him, sitting on the bed before pulling him for a hug. Luckily he accepted it, clutching onto the sleeves of my cardigan.

"It's ok I'm here." I cooed as I stroked his wild, brown curls while he quietly sobbed.

When he finally calmed down he sniffled, looking up to observe me with his large grey eyes,

"Was it a bad dream?" I finally took the opportunity to try and get a conversation out of him, he nodded yes.

"Why were you at that place?" I asked softly,

"M-my dad..." he finally said something,

"Does he take you there?"

He nodded again, "He tells me to wait and he'll be back."

"Do you know where he went today?"

He didn't answer immediately and I saw his face stiffen, "He started hurting people. He tried to hurt me too?" My jaw slackened at his words,

"Hurting people?"

He nodded, "I think they died."

His dad was possessed, no wonder he was having nightmares,

"What's your name?" I cleared my throat,

"Nico."

"My name's Y/N. I'll help you with anything you need, okay?" He nodded,

"Y/N?"

"Yes?"

"Can you help me find my mum?"

"Hm, that's hard." I mumbled, and his expression dropped, "Shall we try it? I'll need your help."

He gave gave me a large smile, his cheeks dusted red, "Yup!"

"Let's start tomorrow!" I grinned back at him, tickling his stomach making him giggle, "Hey, one more question Nico, how old are you?"

He held his fingers out to show me the number 5, my heart dropped knowing he had to witness such a thing at such a young age, especially with his father, I still kept a smile on my face so he was at ease.

"Ok, cutie! You've had a long day today, let's get some rest."

He shook his head, pouting as he moaned in protest, "No, I don't want to see my dad again."

"Aren't you tired though?"

"Nope, look- I'm wide awake." He brought his face closer to mine with his eyes wide, causing me to giggle at how cute and bubbly he really is,

"Oh, ok you're going to have to meet my friends then, is that ok?" I picked him up making my way down the stairs and heading for the kitchen,

He nodded, "Some of them are scary though..." he whispered,

"Really, who?" I cocked my head to the side, we had reached the kitchen and everyone had gone silent and was staring apart from Guren, Naomi and Kai who had already had their fun with the situation (excluding Guren),

He peeked at everyone and it was apparent that he'd now became shy as he saw some new faces staring back at him, nevertheless he still pointed at Guren before pointing to Naomi and mumbling "them."