nuclearkittens
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// Before what I'd witnessed that summer, blood outside of a body was simply a subject of someone else's concern, in enough amounts, worthy of a call to 119 for doctors to worry about. Now, each drop felt as if it was spilled by my own hands, seeping through the cracks in my fingers like water from a leaky faucet. It was the guilt that haunted me the most. My newfound phobia wasn't acute, rather, it was chronic. One might even say it was post-traumatic, though I myself wouldn't stretch that far. It wasn't as if I'd been to war. The only one I'd known was the one that stood impending should I fail in my duty. What truly wounded me most was the impermanence of this temporary comfort I'd been greedily clinging to. In some 24 hours, which I had counted dutifully, Mayuri would die unless I sacrificed another precious life for hers. The ticking of the clock had become a noise that thudded in the back of my mind at all times, a constant, dull soundtrack to daily life. //
Mayuri decides to help cheer Okabe up after he discovers that Kurisu will die in the final time leap by attempting to help arrange a lab sleepover, to varying degrees of success. Panic attacks ensue, and Kurisu and Okabe share a sleeping bag.