Only you

•Thunderstorms•

•Couple
• Ben x Kenji
•Fluff (or at least I tried 🤧)
•Summary: Ben is scared of thunderstorms but Kenji is there to comfort him and help him get through the night.
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Ben's P.O.V (point of view)

I woke up agitated, in a wave of panic, eyes wide open and mouth left agape. Sweat slipped down my face like raindrops ironically the reason that woke me up from my slumber in the first place.

I looked out the window to find the sky covered in dark grey clouds, the once glimmering night sat monotone as rain poured down, heavy and cold.

It was often that I'd wake up from another one of my terrors that haunted my mind at nights but it was quite rare to see them come true like the storm that clouded the city getting worse by each passing second resembling one in my nightmare.

I could feel fear creep inside, goosebumps wrecked through my body with every sound of thunder and droplets of rain that welled up unwanted tears at the corners of my eyes along with haunted memories I wished to leave behind in my hometown.

I suddenly felt two warm arms reach out and encircle around my torso in a comforting touch yet I couldn't help but be startled.

With a look of horror drawn on my features I turned my head to the side towards the arms that reached out for me in hopes of identifying the intruder, I was met with the sleepy but worried face of my boyfriend;Kenji.

I wasn't sure what woke Kenji up but I wasn't in glee about it. I hated being the scared 14 year old boy I had once been; weakness and timid was all I felt I was afraid of the creatures that lurked in the dark and daylight. I hated it and to see my boyfriend witness that side of me made it more terrifying yet kenji didn't mind the fact that I was scared of something yet again, that I somehow had rudely woken him up in the middle of the night. He just sat and held me in his arms with comforting words whispered in my ears.

His hot breath on my back and the way I could feel the warmth of his body radiate on mine was enough to send me in a haze. it felt like being sedated the way he showed my running emotions how to walk but as soon as the relief washed over me it evaporated the feeling leaving me dry.

The two dreaded words came out in a whisper " what's wrong baby boy ?" Kenji question. It was bound to come but I wish I could hold onto the moment we both communicated through touch till it's last thread; I wished for it to be perpetual.

I felt myself dive down the end of my thoughts; choke myself on them my face paled as various opportunities of incidents washed over me. Would he laugh if he found out the truth? Shout at me for waking him up in the middle of the night for something so simple.

"Hey, hey baby none of that overthinking I'm not gonna judge you I promise" he held out his pinky for the last part as a sort of affection part of a bigger mutual agreement we both came to be in love with while in need of assurance.

I let my small finger wrap around his larger one "thunderstorms s-scared" I let the words settle in like poison each passing second making it harder to breathe or focus but before I could come to a conclusion of the silence lingering in the air I felt two arms pull my flushed body even closer together to my lovers warmer one. I didn't think it was possible to be this close to someone physically and emotionally yet here I was.

Unlike me kenji was breathing normally, his heartbeat was calm and collected but I could still hear it ring in my ears along with his soft breathing.

I heard kenji sitting beside me hum the tune of a video game I wasn't allowed to play growing up but I  didn't mind it was much better than the loud boom of thunder that echoed around the room or the pitter patter of the rain that reminded me of every lonely night I wasted crying in my room or the broken record of words that used to play in the back of my mind cause I  wasn't quite ready to face them.

It was all good now, better than ever the thunderstorm still made me shake and whimper memories still haunted my barren mind but the arms that circled around my waist along with the lullaby of some mundane music and the warm breath I felt ghost my neck made the rain much more bearable than I could admit to in words.

Growing up I  had a home of four walls with an abandoned heart, red rimmed eyes and hateful days but now i had home right there in my arms and even as the rain glistened through the cold dreary nights of December all I felt within was warmth.
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Its a common one but still adorable. I mean who doesn't like some hugs and comfort in the rain?
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