Pretend this is real for a while

R E M I Remi wanted to look around to verify that Vai was right—that it was just the two of them—but fear paralyzed him. What if it wasn't. Or worse, what if this time it was only Remi who could see the lantern-light? What if he really was going mad? So instead, he closed his eyes and buried his face against Vai's shoulder inhaling the familiar scent of her. Her hand in his air was not an unusual sensation and while Vai's presence almost always had a soothing effect on him, this was different. Remi felt the anxiety and terror in his mind slowly begin to dissipate, as if Vai's touch was a beacon through the fog. Not realizing he'd clenched his muscles quite as much as he had, Remi felt himself relax into her embrace. Taking a deep breath—one of those that feels like it fills you all the way up—Remi released it feeling as though he was breathing out all that had plagued him so totally a moment ago. "Thank you." Remi whispered, thinking that it was nothing more than her simple presence that had calmed him. Leaning back with a tentative smile, his pale gaze flickered over her shoulder slightly, eyes growing wide. Turn around He mouthed, a smile playing on his lips. And if she did, there would be the deer that he'd spooked earlier.