The Adventures of Me and Bambi

Chapter Twenty-Six: Bambi's Anxiety

(It was a rainy thunderstorm weather happening outside as me, Faline and Bambi are all sleeping. There was a loud thunder clap happening, which Faline didn't even wake up as she had her earplugs in her ears as she's still asleep.)

Bambi: "AHHH!! (shaking in fear) It's okay, Bambi. I believe it's only just a normal rainy weather happening outside. You have to rest for the entire night"

(Thunder cracks again outside, but it wasn't a loud clap. Bambi screams again as he now hides under the covers, begins feeling scared and having anxiety. He can no longer handle his fear and he's now crying and whimpering.)

Bambi: "No... *whimpers* I can't resist my fear of thunderstorms when I was born with my own mother... I can't"

(As I was still asleep, there was another thunder clap... but it's now nearly got louder. The thunder clap rocked my room. I yelp a bit, but it wasn't loud as I'm  not scared of the thunder. Bambi screams, but he was so scared and his scream was loud, like a toddler. He cries in fear so badly.)

Bambi: (crying) "I can't! I really can't take it...!" *whimpering*

(I wake up to hear Bambi's cry of terror from two rooms away, I open Bambi's bedroom door to see that he's scared over the loud thunder claps and his fear of storms. I turn on the light to get Bambi's attention.)

Me: "Oh Bambi"
Bambi: "Luke"
Me: "Awww, what's wrong, darling? Are you scared of the thunderstorm?"
Bambi: "Yes I am. I'm scared, Luke...! I feel that I am going to have a panic attack!"
Me: "Awww... (I hop onto Bambi's bed) It's alright, darling. Try to calm down"
Bambi: "I can't do it, Luke... It's so scary and too much for me...!"
Me: "Bambi. Bambi. I need you to pay attention to me"
Bambi: "Luke, I'm scared!"
Me: "Bambi, Bambi. Just look at my eyes"

(Bambi does so as he looks into my kind eyes as I wipe the tears off of his eyes.)

Me: "I want you to look at me and breathe slowly. Do it with me. Breathe in... and slowly out"
Bambi: (slowly breathing in and out)
Me: "There you go. Keep going and going. I want you to tell me what you see in your room"
Bambi: I see... my mother's poster, Disney posters, the stuff I made... and... and I even see a photo of me and Faline.
Me: "There you go, darling. Are you alright now?"
Bambi: "Yes I am.. kind of. But thank you for helping me"
Me:: "Do you think missing your mother is making you stressed out as I adopted you as a son to me?"
Bambi: "I miss her a lot. But not just that.. probably the thunder and lightning that I am still fear of it"
Me: "I can see... the storm is acting crazy enough during the night since I just heard your screams. But it will eventually clear up when the slow-moving clouds will passed by in the next hour"
Bambi: "I'm... I'm sorry I got stressed out and freaking out too-"
Rarity: "don't be sorry. t's okay, everyone always has anxiety, darling"
Bambi: "Everyone does?"
Me: "Yes. Besides that... I have a fear of crazy people around school or in public. I have a fear of losing my little sister after my parents have mostly not payed attention to us in the past years when I grew up in my teenage years as Piper was six years old by the time. I'm glad to have a brother along me having a sister to me since my parents raised me and my sister years ago when we were young. I do really care for  you and your friends since Faline told me everything about you when you showed up after Sunset we became friends shortly afterwards"
Bambi: "I... I really care of your kindness and lovely brotherly releationship towards me and your little sister. I just wish of having another sibling along with my mother"
Me: "same do I."
Bambi: "I was scared at first when my mother was killed by Man"
Me: "Bambi, if you need to let it out... you can just go for it if you're missing your mother deeply"
Bambi: "Okay" *releases his sad emotion* *whimpering*
Me:*hugs Bambi* "There you go, little one. I guess I should let you come sleep with me in my room to make you feel better and get calmed overnight"
Bambi: "Th-Thank you, Luke"

(I pick up Bambi, like a baby animal, and take him into my room. I then turn Bambi's bedroom light off while i walked out of his room. I hop back into bed and put Bambi on my right side. Bambi nuzzles my neck.)

Me: *giggles* "Goodnight, Bambi"
Bambi: "Goodnight, Luke. Thank you for helping me out"
Me: "No worries. Goodnight then"
Bambi falls asleep snuggling up with me and I gently wrap my arm around him snuggling him as I sleep.
(As we sleep we hear another super loud thunder clap, and Bambi wakes up and starts crying again)
Me: "what's wrong my son?"
Bambi: (crying) "thunder woke me up again"
Me: (hugs Bambi I talk to him in a comforting voice) "shh shh. It's okay"
Bambi: "no it's not"
Me: "yes it is, thunderstorms don't last forever, it's okay to have anxiety"
Bambi: (crying) "ok I believe you"
Me: "and are you missing your mom?"
Bambi: "yea I am missing my mama"
Me: "I'm sorry Man took her away from you by lethal force"
Bambi: "it's okay Luke, it's not your fault"
Me: "I know it's not my fault but I feel like it is"
Bambi: (crying) "why do you feel like you're to blame?"
Me: "I don't know why"
Bambi: "that's understandable"
Me: "I'm glad you understand" (I hug Bambi gently)
Bambi: "thanks for being here for me"
Me: "it's no problem my son"
Bambi: "it makes me happy when you call me that"
Me: "aww, you're so sweet my son"