“…Maybe I was sleepwalking?” Rubbing at his face one more time to remove sleep from his eyes, Rai would shift to sit them down to sit a little more comfortably, even if it was just on his bedroom floor. At least it was clean today.
“Really, I’m fine. I just feel really sleepy is all. Kinda achy, but its just in my shoulders, my head feels fine. I’m okay. I promise.”
“Sleepwalking…”
She didn’t sound like she believed it somewhat, but accepted the answer nonetheless, getting up to get the blanket from his bed and gently wrapping it around his shoulders.
“Alright, if you’re sure.”
She ran careful fingers through his hair for a moment, brushing away his bangs from his eyes before speaking again.
“…Hm? Was I? When did you get here? I feel like I just woke up…”
Rai was fine, at most he looked tired, as if he had used up a lot of energy. Rubbing at his eye a little more there would be a small yawn. “I’m okay. I was just in bed?”
“You didn’t even remember your nickname, Rai. You didn’t remember me, you had to ask if I knew about shadows and Personas, and then you just fell over unconscious…”
It was quite clear that she was incredibly worried that he had gotten a head injury somewhere. Her touch was very gentle as she inspected his head and face, peering over her glasses at his eyes to make sure his pupils weren’t messed up. They seemed to be okay…
“…You’re sure you’re okay, Rai?”
That sentence was soft, full of worry, and nearly inaudible if Rebecca hadn’t been close to him.
It takes a few moments before he starts to move again, with a small groan and, in fact, a sleepy sort of yawn.
“Becca, why are you yelling?”
“Cause you were talkin’ like you didn’t remember stuff or me and then you fell over!”
She had lowered her voice now, but it was no less worried as it was before. She carefully pulled away from Rai and gently cupped his face to look him over, trying to see if he had hit his head somewhere, still kneeling on the ground with him.
“Did you hurt your head before I found you? Do I need to get the ice pack?”
“I –” Could he tell her? Did she even know about that stuff? “…How much do you know about me?”
Immediately she pulled out her special glasses that she kept on her person at all times, sliding them onto her face.
“Lots. People keep asking if Ted’s my brother cause I’m always hanging out with you. You’re a little jumpy at shadows and psychology is fuckin’ weird.”
“A cute girl said I have nice eyes, why don’t I remember this!” Wait, he just said that out loud. “I m-mean–”
“You can tell? Right off the bat?”
Her voice was absolutely delighted before she gently put her bag of things down and promptly hugged him. Rai was definitely in there, that much she was certain of!
“I dunno why you can’t remember, Rai, but you do remember some stuff it looks like!”
He didn’t hear the call of his name at first, it took the toe tip prodding into his leg to actually get him to realize that he was no longer alone. Eyes flicking open, worrying for a moment it might have been someone other than his Guest that had appeared in the room with him, he wasn’t really in the mood for another scolding, instead he gave her a smile back, a small wave of his own, reaching into the pocket in his vest to shut off his music, tugging down headphones and giving a shake of white blond hair.
“You look tired, long day in the T.V World?” He wiggled about slightly, turning himself back upright in the beanbag chair, rustling fingers through his hair to fix the style before reaching down beside him for his Compendium. “We can do this later, if you want. I didn’t even actually mean to call you here today. I guess I gotta be more careful with my trains of thought.”
“I do have a request, but it can wait, if you want.”
“That’s one way to put it, haha. Saved someone today, her shadow was a little brutal coupled with a lovely surprise right after.”
She looked very proud of that, resting her head on the pillow she held. ‘Lovely’ was very audibly sarcastic though.
She perked up a bit, listening intently even if she was rather tired. She shook her head in response.
“No, it’s fine! I’m not so tired that I can’t listen and note it down!”
She pulled her phone out of her pocket and got her notepad ready to hear what his request was. Thankfully, since her mom knew she needed her phone for her personal use, her notepad was off limits to her under any circumstance.
Even so, she still looked rather tired, no matter what she said otherwise.
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