Tales of Vesperia one-shots

Of small boxes and claustrophobia

Hello again! I figured I'd post this today while I'm here, so another ToV one-shot for you guys! This is one of my least favourites, but I did put it on ff, so I figured I should post it here as well. I know that it's probably not very dramatic and doesn't really add up, but I hope you enjoy nonetheless

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Of small boxes and claustrophobia (Rated K+ for pretty much just fluff)

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Yuri Lowell was proud to say that he was the bravest eight year old ever. He wasn't afraid of spiders, bugs, monsters under the bed, nightmares, breaking rules and laws, or real monsters. 

Flynn Scifo was proud to say that his best friend was the bravest person ever. He was very certain Yuri could do anything. After all, Yuri wasn't afraid of anything.

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Yuri suggested one day that they play hide and seek. They were bored, so it seemed like a good idea.

"Okay Flynn! You count first!" Yuri declared before scampering off. Flynn dutifully turned round, covering his eyes and starting to count to one hundred.

"One...two...three...four...five...six...seven...eight...nine...ten......twelve..... eleven...."

Yuri rolled his eyes at Flynn's bad counting and looked around for a good place to hide. Spotting a small side room filled with boxes, he grinned and darted in, pushing the door closed behind him. Snuggling himself within two boxes, he sat back to wait. From here he could still clearly hear Flynn struggling with his counting, and knew exactly when Flynn cut off at thirty eight to start looking for his best friend.

"Yuri! Yuri! Where are you?" Flynn called as he padded past. Yuri gave a little giggle, snuggling further into the boxes. Flynn'd never find him here.

It seemed like forever before Yuri finally grew bored and a little worried. It was dark and he was fed up of sitting waiting for Flynn. Getting up, he padded over to the door and reached for the handle, then froze. Reaching around wildly, he finally came to the conclusion that there wasn't a handle on this side.

'What a silly door, only having one handle,' he thought to himself, but it more to distract him from the fact that he was stuck in a tiny little room in the dark.

Yuri crept over to the boxes, snuggling into them to try and find some comfort. He was the bravest eight year old ever....but this was a little bit scary.

After a while he tried banging on the door, hoping to get Flynn's attention that way, but he must have moved to a different area as he didn't open the door. He tried yelling, but that got the same result. Eventually he went back to the boxes, curling up with his back against the wall and starting to cry.

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Flynn was very worried about his best friend Yuri. He had disappeared. Finally he had gotten worried and asked Mr Hanks to help look for him. The two searched the entire Lower Quarter, asking a lot of people if they had seen him, but nobody had. So now Flynn was very worried.

He went back to where they had first started playing, wondering if Yuri had gone back and was waiting for him. They passed a couple of ladies standing chatting outside a door.

"Are you sure you heard shouting, Mavis?" one of them asked the other doubtfully.

"Of course I'm sure! It's a ghost, it must be, there was nothing in there earlier!" the woman Mavis replied, a little hysterically.