Disastrous Date

Chapter 15 - Chains

Ming's POV

It was alright until I saw the chains. The movie was supposed to be a comedy with small elements of the supernatural which both Kit and I thought would be find since there wouldn't be much violence or anything that would remind me of the past. The movie was really interesting for the first hour but just as the ghost's image was revealed more clearly I could see them. Chains!
P'Kit probably didn't notice them since they weren't directly related to the storyline and weren't particularly big but as soon as I caught eye of one of them my chest immediately started to tighten. Images were flashing through my mind reminding me of the horrors those abhorrent chains helped to cause.
I could feel myself start to tremble as my breath got more heavy and uneven but I couldn't do anything to stop it. I wasn't sitting in my living room with Kit anymore, I was back on the bed in that room with chains surrounding my body and the men approaching. I could feel myself panic and tremble even harder as I tried to resist the chains and move away from the approaching figure but my body wouldn't move. It was like my body had completely shut down and refused to co-operate with my thoughts anymore.
I was completely helpless as the men stopped in front of the bed until I could hear my name being shouted away in the distance.
"Ming!"
As I listened deeper to the voice, the scene in front of me began to disappear and was replaced with Kit's horribly worried face. He looked so scared and I could see the small tears forming in his eyes. I wanted to go comfort him but my body still wouldn't move.
"Ming!" He called and I tried to form and answer but I still couldn't breathe so nothing would come out except haggard breaths.
"Ming, listen to me" He started
"I need you to concentrate on your breathing and try to follow my breathing pattern!" Kit continued calmly
"Can you do that?" He asked and I could hear the worry in his voice and what I assume to be a twinge of hope.
"Y..eah" I breathe out and he looks slightly relieved.
"Ready?" He asks and I slowly nod my head. It's really hard to talk when you can barely breathe.
"Ming, close your eyes" Kit orders and I immediately do what he says
"Take a deep breath in,  hold it for 4 seconds then exhale ok?"
"Then repeat?" I understand what he wants me to do so I start to focus only on my breathing. I take a deep breath, hold it for 4 seconds exhale then repeat. I can feel myself slowly calm down as I continue to follow Kit's breathing pattern. The rise and fall of his chest is clear as he pulls me into his embrace and starts saying calming words making me feel safe and able to completely overcome the panic that had just over taken me.
"I'm right here for you"
"No-one going to hurt you again"
"I'm right here!"
"Your going to be fine"
"Look at me!"
"You trust me right?" He continues to repeat these words until I calm down.
By the time I'm completely calm, I'm absolutely exhausted but don't really want to sleep in case the nightmares come back and I disturb Kit.
"I'm sorry I'm such a burden" I say what I've been thinking since he found about my nightmares earlier.
He shakes his head harshly "You are nothing of the sort"
"Remember I'll always love you no-matter what!" Kit says I can feel tears fill my eyes.
"He doesn't hate me" I think to myself as I let out a sigh of relief
"I love you too Kitty" I reply as I yawn
"Now let's get you to bed" He states as he helps me up onto my feet. My legs are a bit wobbly from my episode so Kit helps me walk into my room and get into the bed.
He tucks me in the bed then gets up to leave. My immediate thoughts are that he was leaving me so I quickly sat up and grabbed the edge of his shirt
"Kitty please stay with me!" I beg with my puppy eyes and I'm instantly met with Kit's body joining me under the cover of my bed. His arms wrapping around my waist pulling me closer to him. I instantly felt a sense of comfort fall over me as I snuggled closer to Kit's body feeling safe in his embrace and let the exhaustion take over forcing me into a peaceful sleep.

A/N I was asked to write an update to this story by one of my favourite authors so I decided to update it since I had an idea any way.
Hope you enjoyed it
It's Ming's perspective of the previous chapter
When I write chapters in a certain character's perspective, I prefer to show it from both sides so in this case both Kit and Ming's side
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