The brothers had just turned six when Yuya had his first "nightmare".
Yugo, having long since gotten used to living life as a kid after every rebirth, is shaken awake at 5 am by the tiny hands of his only little brother.
"Yuya?" He mumbled, his eyes half laden with sleep, "wa's wrong?"
"I-I had a bad dream, 'Ugo," little Yuya replied, his tiny hands wiping furiously at the tears running down his face.
Well, that won't do, Yugo thought. No bad dream would make his little brother cry and get away with it.
Yugo pulled back the covers on his bed and scooted over, leaving just enough room for Yuya to climb in. His crimson eyed brother didn't even hesitate before climbing up.
"Wanna talk about it?" Yugo asked, his tiny fingers combing through the Christmas that was his brother's hair, "Mama says talking helps with stuff."
With his head on the pillow and his thumb in his mouth, Yuya nodded.
"Me and Gongenzaka were flying. And he was going really fast, too! But then he fell. And I couldn't catch him."
Feeling better after recounting the dream (just like his big brother said he would!), Yuya drifted back to sleep.
He didn't notice how the hand combing soothingly through his hair froze. Or how the body he was snuggled against stiffened just a bit.
Watching his little brother drift into a peaceful sleep and trying to calm his frantically beating heart, Yugo had but one thought.
How is he going to take this?
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After Leaving the Bridge
General Fiction"Me and Gongenzaka were flying. But then he fell." Many lifetimes after the conclusion of The Bridge Between, Yuya is starting to remember his time in the Bridge Between during his life on Earth, just like his brothers did before him. What his broth...
