He's staring at me again. Damn it all, I don't need his annoying habits when I'm having a crisis.

I'd never been so scared in my entire life as when that Yuushi character had me in his grip. I thought I was dead for sure, and then by some unfathomable stroke of luck, I was saved. Now I'm sitting here on pins and needles, afraid he could come back at any moment to finish the job. Did he plan to eat my soul, or worse?

I was shaking from head to foot, desperate for human comfort. Anything to make me feel safe again. So when the girl I'd spent the evening with came back to check on me, I grabbed her and knelt there on the floor, just holding her tightly until my nerves calmed and my breath slowed.
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