Panic Attack

"Freaking pain in my ass." I muttered trying to find my way back to Rachel. I don't even know how many ants I've killed anymore. When you killed one freaking four more come over. I'm surprised I didn't fucking die by now, but I can't die and leave her in this world alone. It was the reason I refuse to die before her on earth.

However, the ants did give me quite a few goodies. Got a few weapons and armor pierces but I still need to go through them. There wasn't anything higher than grade Green. But yeah, this dungeon is pretty shit so I shouldn't be expecting much from it.

After a few minutes of walking, I found the cave where I left her. I made sure there were no monsters around. Since I'm hella tired, my chances of being able to fight more are really bloody slim at the moment. I kinda just gotta hope, I seem to be doing a lot of hoping recently.

I moved the vines out of the way and walked in putting them back. A little bit of light passed through but not that much, plus I could see pretty well. I froze when I saw Rachel leaning on the wall crying, her body was shaking, and she was hyperventilating.

Now, my first thought was that it was a panic attack. But the last time she had one was when I wasn't able to come home because I was working a job at the time, my phone was dead, had to stay back really late, blah blah blah. But I wasn't gone for that long.

I stopped thinking of stupid things and ran over to her, she didn't seem to of noticed me so this was most of been a really bad one. I sat down next to her putting her on my lap, nothing.

"Doll, Doll. It's okay already, you're okay. There're no bad things here. I'm right here, okay." That's a fucking lie. There are literally monsters outside but let's not dwell on the small things.

She seemed to of calmed down a bit but not by much. I'm not the best when it comes to this kind of stuff, usually putting her on my lap and hugging her works. She's very easy to calm down.

"Doll."

"Y-Yes, I'm sorry but i-it would've s-stop."

"Don't apologize. What's your favorite color and why?"

"Oh, blue b-because it's the color of your eyes w-when we were on Earth."

I already knew this but I still decided to ask her, mostly to give myself time to remember something I saw a long ass time ago. Plus it helped her relax a bit.

"Hey, tell me three things you hear right now." I said kissing her cheek. She looked confused but it didn't stay for long. I really need to do some research on this whole panic attack thing. I'm just going off of something I saw a while ago on the internet.

Better yet, I need to find a way to make the panic attacks stop entirely. If they only happen when she's not with me for too long, I still need to find a way. I know for a fact we will not be glued to the hips every second of the day. As much as I would love for that to be the case, I know it can't happen.

"I-I hear, uhm. Trees rustling."

"Describe it for me." I said trailing kisses down her cheek, neck, and onto her collarbone. Her arms wrapped around my neck. She closed her eyes and tried to cover her mouth. I moved it out of the way wanting to hear her.

"Tell me, Doll."

"Mh, it sounds really peaceful."

"Details." I stopped for a second and continued on the other side of her neck. My hand was still gripping hers keeping it in place. She didn't use her other hand since I would do the same thing, then she would be able to support herself properly.

"I hear the rustle of the leaves in the trees along with the gentle breeze. It–Ha!"

I stopped and let go of her hand. I held her cheeks bringing her face close to mine.

"And how do you feel?"

"R-Really good."

"Good girl." I hugged her putting her face in my neck. I didn't need to see her face to know she was smiling.

Sometime Later

Well that was something. I was honestly winging that entire thing, zero clue how it worked though. If it didn't work I knew Rachel would calm down in a few minutes, and if it did then she calms down sooner. Either way, I benefited from that a little too much.

It's a freaking miracle I didn't do anything else, I wanted to, but I didn't. Not the best place for that, someday though. Hopefully soon.

"Hey, Jinx."

"Yeeeess." I said snapped out of the many positions I wanted to put Rachel in. Am I a pervert? Yeah, I definitely am. It's okay though, nobody has to know.

"Why are you all bloody, and injured?"

"Oh, haha. I went out to fight some monsters. No need to worry though, I'm perfectly fine." That's another lie. I was barely able to walk here without leaning on trees for support. I was hoping Rachel would have still been asleep so I could also get some rest but you know, plans change.

I looked down at her and saw that she was quite worried, she was even examining my wounds. I smiled and patted her head. "You truly are too good for this world, Doll. You're too good for me."

She beamed up at me and kissed my cheek. "The world doesn't deserve me, you do, Shi."

"Shi?" I raised a brow at the nickname. I didn't hate it though.

"Yeah yeah! It means death, or something along those lines. You know my Japanese isn't the best."

"Better than mine."

"Dare ga sore ga hontōda to itta no ka? (Who said that's true?)"

"Anata wa tada okashiku natte sore o hanashimashita! (You just freaking spoke it!)" I realized my mistake and shut up. Rachel puffed her cheeks trying her hardest not to laugh.

I sighed letting her win this. After a bit of time, I said "Look at all the stuff I got, Doll."

"Yes please!"

I snickered and took all the amor and weapons out of our inventory. There were quite a few things as well, I'd say I did pretty well.

[Mistress, armor pierces don't work with you. This means any special effects you would others would get from wearing them will not affect you]

"Awwwww-"

"Awwww-"

[However, you can see if any weapons or accessories have any special traits]

"Yay!"

"Ya-hahah!" I burst out laughing and rolled on the cold stone ground with Rachel still in my arms. She followed suit right after I did.

[Ant Bone Dagger (White) - Dagger

-No unique traits]

[Bone Sword (White) - Short Sword

-No unique traits]

[Stone Creation Ring (Green) - Ring

Skill- Creates a stone wall at the cost of mana (5 Min Cooldown)

Skill- Creates a stone spike from any nearby stone to pierce any target at the cost of mana (2 Min Cooldown)]

"Huh." I said looking at the screen in front of me. I can figure out a way to abuse these but not now. I'm way too tired to think straight at the moment. Maybe later, maybe.

I looked down at Rachel and kissed her cheek. She blushed and hugged me tightly as if I would leave her. I knew I needed to ask her why she was freaking out later, but not now. I want to sleep.

"Hey Doll, wanna sleep for a bit then get out of here?"

"I would like that."