Ember glanced over at Jayson and noticed he seemed cold. She pulled off her clook and dropped it on top of him.
After what seemed like forever the sun began to rise, and Ember smiled slightly. Glad that the night was finally over. Glad that she'd have something to busy her mind with.
After the sun was up, Jayson woke up and felt the cloak, he looked up at Ember with tired and barely open eyes. "Oh shoot, thanks for the uhh cloak, I appreciate it. Felt like I was freezing my ass off" He rubs his eyes and gets up, carefully handing Ember her cloak back.
"No problem." Ember mumbled as she took the cloak back, and once again facend it around her neck. She looked down at him, seeming much more tired then before. "How'd you sleep? Well I assume? You seemed to be sleeping comfortably. Minus the fact that you seemed cold." She shrugged and pulled her hood up to hide her tired face.
Jayson nods. "Yea I slept pretty great I guess, you kinda helped me out there in the end" he chuckles then noticed how tired she was. "Well, what about you? Did you even get any sleep at all? You look tired as hell my dude"
Ember shot him a glare, "I don't think reapers are ment to sleep." She grumbled while rubbing her face. "But no. Not much. I'm a," she looked for the right words, "a jumpy sleeper. I guess." She shook her head.
Jayson raised his eyebrow. "You say you aren't meant to sleep yet you look like you could use some" He gave a slight smile though it wasn't as cheery as before. "Ah, I see well, if you're a jumpy sleeper then I could help you with that. I mean like sing you a song or just tell you a bedtime story…" he mumbled at the end
Ember cocked her head to the side slightly as a smile played on her lips. "You, sing?" She asked with a small laugh. "Bedtime story's huh? I'm not that young." She jumped to her feet and stretched. "Is there anything else humans need that I should know about?"
Jayson blushed a bit when she asked if he sung. "U-uh no don't get the wrong idea I don't sing- well I can sing but not very well…and yea sorry! I didn't mean for it come out that way, I know you're not a little kid but that sometimes helps me" He admitted as he shyly looked away, embarrassed to admit that he still needed stuff like that. "And no, nothing's coming to mind right now" He laughed a bit.
"Ah sorry, didn't mean it like that." Ember softened her face as she looked at him. "But I probably wouldn't completely murder you if you did sing." Ember laughed lightly, but it seemed almost forced. Her dream still weighing on her deeply. "But uh yeah. I think stories can help sometimes."
Jayson laughs along with her but noticed the forced effort. "Hey, you okay? You seem a bit…I don't know…troubled? Anything wrong?" He questioned though he took a gamble that she wouldn't tell him.
"No." Ember mumbled to herself before quickly trying to fix what she said, "I mean no, I'm fine. Everything's fine. Why? Do I seem tense? I am not tense." She narrowed her eyes and rubbed her hands up and down her arms. "I'm fine." She whispered, not even to herself. More to the wind, as if trying to forget.
Jayson raises an eyebrow. "mhm as if I'm gonna buy that. And yea. Yes. You seem very tense to say the least" He walks by her side. "You sure don't seem fine, mind telling me what's on your mind? I'm all ears and I promise I won't judge" He said giving her an encouraging smile.
Ember looked up at him, her eyes seeming sad and lost, "it- I." She shook her head, "its not important. We should continue getting you to the after life." She forced a laughed and began her walk down the pathway again. Her own screams echoing in her mind still, all the images of the dream still vibrant in her head.
Jayson listened attentively as Ember began to talk, then cursed in his head when she completely curved into the "not important' part. Ember seemed to quickly start walking ahead again, but he wasn't having any of that. He walked in front of her then sat down in protest. "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's the deal. You know, I hate seeing pretty ch-girls looking so down" He then cast her cheeky grin as he crossed his arms.
"Have fun becoming a crawler." Ember glared and pushed past him. Though she couldn't deny the small part of her that felt almost happy knowing he cared. She quickly put out whatever flame had ignited with in her and again began down the path. "I think hell is better then becoming a crawler though, so good luck."
Jayson's eyes widen. He was so sure that would goddy work. He hissed as he stood up and ran after her. "Wait a second!" He ran in front of her again. "Come'on dude, show a little compassion? I mean it's totally okay with me if you really can't share it and it's personal, but I'm kinda concerned you know?" He laughs nervously as he looks away, but doesn't press on the matter anymore after that.
Embers glare softened as she brought her hands up to her face and rubbed her temples. "If you really must know I had a nightmare. I dreamt of my death." Tears stung at the corners of her eyes as she staired him down. "Happy?" She gave him an angry look and again pushed past him. 'dont cry, don't cry' she pulled her hood closer to hide her face even more.
Big oof. Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit now what? Great job you goddamn idiot! Now, look at what you've done. Jayson just stood there as she walked passed him, then slowly turned around to follow her again. This time he was silent, not wanting to open his mouth again and say the wrong thing. I mean, how was he supposed to say 'What? Reapers can't die, can they?' without hurting her further? So instead he goes the complete opposite route, one he never really took when he broke a girl's heart. "Hey, it's alright, I mean, what does one goddy dream have to say about you? It's just a dream, just a really scary one. I may have gotten shot for being a complete fool, but with me here, you got nothin' to worry about~" He said pridefully. Well. He had almost done it, but couldn't help mix in a bit of the old 'I'll protect you sweetheart' talk.
"Its not just a dream Jayson." Ember spun around so she was face to face with him. "Its a memory. I told you how reapers are made, they have very very violent deaths. And it sucks! To see it all over again. Especially after living through it." She huffed out an angry breath and threw her hands up in frustration. "Its not just a dream." She mumbled.
Shoot. There he went again. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't know- no, I did know about the memory thing but I didn't know that you'd have flashbacks about it, no wait they're dreams, right, I didn't know I'm sorry I-" He cuts himself off, something he did whenever he got nervous or knew he had screwed up big time. For the rest of the time, he decided he was going to keep his mouth shut. For once.
"Its fine Jayson." Ember muttered and rubbed her arms again. "I didn't- I just- its hard to think about. Sorry." She squeezed her eyes shut and once again began down the path, but much slower this time. Seeming almost as if she'd rather not walk right now. 'yell at the person that cares, great job Ember.' she silently scolded herself.
Jayson quickly nods, still not saying anything, afraid to make the mistake again. He walked beside her slowly at her pace, trying to silently comfort her.
"Can you- Can you please talk? I just. I'm sorry." Ember rubbed the back of her neck and knocked her hood down. "I don't want to be alone in my own mind right now." She added sheepishly. Her mind was a wreck, the dream- memory still floating around.
Jayson's face lit up when she suggested he talk again. "Of course! Sorry, I just have a habit of saying things at the wrong time" He laughs awkwardly. "And hey, it's alright, I'll keep your mind busy then. So, do reapers go to school or something? I mean someone has to teach ya'll how to reap souls, no?"
Ember cocked her head to the side in thought, "well. Maybe? Its easy to forget after so many years. But its fairly simple, swing the sharp stick- I mean scythe, at the soul to disconnect it from the body. That's really about it." She shrugged with a slight frown.