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A cold sweat covered Hana's brow, the nightmares that played out in her subconscious mind seemed to be more frequent now. Despite the stability of her life recently and the good company she kept it was a reoccurring issue. Still, she didn't let it get to her, at least nightmares didn't tend to stick around and usually faded quickly with only wisps of the terrible scenes she saw to cloud her waking mind.

Hana was sitting up in bed now, not willing to risk falling back asleep only to be brutalized by her own subconscious, it was still dark outside and as such it was impossible to tell what time it was. The morning bugs and birds hadn't started their song yet, so at the very least it didn't appear to close to sunrise.

In the near pitch blackness of her room Hana could feel Aunn's presence before she could hear her breathing, the Komainu she grew up with had been staying at her place more often than not recently and had become something of a roommate. It was a welcome respite from the darkness of her home to have her, just having a trustworthy friend was enough to keep the edge of loneliness away and the worst of the flashbacks at bay when she walked the halls of her home.

No one in the village gave Aunn any problems either, she was friendly and more importantly a face everyone knew from her work in guarding shrines and temples for the past two decades. Even now Hana was sure her other half was watching over somewhere or another. She placed a hand on the head of her truest friend, enjoying the feeling of her soft curled hair and letting it settle her.

She laid back down in the darkness, trying to dismiss the fresh nightmare from her mind before she slept again. The warmth of her friend and the futon was comforting at least, yet at times like this when a healthy girl of her age had too much time on her hands and no one looking there was a solution to pass the time. Unfortunately for her, Aunn was right there as well, she just wouldn't be able to get into it properly like this...

Sighing inwardly she rolled to her side, embracing the cozy sheets a bit forcefully as Aunn was something of a coverhog in her tossing and turning over the course of the night. She could barely make out the grey on black of Aunn's head as her eyes started feeling heavy again on their own.

Hana blinked once, twice, thrice... Finally sleep was taking her, a weight settled in her limbs and her eyes flickered as the strings were being cut. However, that final string didn't allow itself to be cut, her eyes were open and her mind was trying to rectify things but failing. She tried moving to roll onto her back but it was to no avail, her limbs weren't responding no matter what.

That was when she felt an odd presence enter into the room.

Attempting to squirm a panic overcame her, who's invaded her home like this?! She felt a mix of fear and rage as she quickly realized that she couldn't even open her mouth to scream at her friend to help her. Even if she couldn't see the entity that invaded her room she could feel it, it was an intense thing with an aura that was impossible to ignore. Hana couldn't figure out what it was, her mind was too confused to make heads or tails of the nature of the thing.

Shivering in a deep primordial fear as if a predator descended on her she felt it press itself against her back, whatever it was roped an arm around Hana that she couldn't even move her head to see.

A whisper entered Hana's ear, it was a low and husky yet distinctly female voice, "My cute little miko, there's no need to be so frightened~"

>>42591325
Yukari is basically Reimu's mom anyway. Because she gives her enough to live off of in donations, she never gets any motivation to improve - Yukari's spoiled her and she expects you to keep her in the comfort in which she's accustomed to.