BOOM

I covered my ears. it was currently 11:30 pm and everyone was asleep. except me. "this is annoying" I thought as thunder struck again. I sat up and looked around. it was dark and everyone was sleeping soundly. as for me I was wide awake and kinda annoyed. I stood up while my blanket was around me and quietly walked out of the room. I was at the entrance and noticed something. the library light was on. "is he still awake?" I muttered.

BOOM

I flinched and walked up the stairs. "guess we'll see" I thought. I looked inside and saw him reading calmly, a blanket draped across his lap. "oh okay maybe I shouldn't bother him" I thought backing away. Immediately I slipped on the blanket and fell forward. I fell through the door facedown. "ow" I muttered. I sat up still not opening my eyes. "So...care to tell me why you're awake Naegi?" I heard Togami say. I opened my eyes slowly and saw Togami above me his arms crossed and looking slightly annoyed. "no reason" I muttered. "storm?" he asked. I nodded. he sighed and I stood up the blanket still around me. "can I stay here?" I asked. "fine" he said walking back to the chair. I sat in one and looked at Togami. he was reading a book pretty much ignoring my entire existence.

BOOM

I jumped and buried myself under the blanket. I heard Togami scoff and the flipping of pages. "you look stupid under that blanket" he said. "oh wow thanks" I said sarcastically. "mhm whatever" he said. I poked my head out and looked at him. he was just reading and not even looking up. "go read a book" he said waving his hand toward a pile of books on the table. I picked up one, "maybe not that one" he said. "why not?" I asked. "its a horror one with graphic descriptions" he said still not looking up from his book. I put it down and picked up another one, "that's a fantasy one with greek mythology" he said. "oh i like fantasy!" I said smiling and opening it. "you seem like it" he muttered. "do you like fantasy?" I asked. he shrugged, "if its well written then yes" He said. "what do you consider well written?" I questioned. "good characters and a good plot" he said simply. "well doesn't everyone like that?" I commented. "everyone has different ideas of good plot and good characters" he said.

"I guess so" I shrugged as I read the book. BOOM. I flinched and almost dropped the book. "why are you scared of thunder?" he asked looking up. "their loud" I muttered. "if that's your logic then I wonder how you survived" he said. I sighed and continued reading.

"this peasant keeps jumping at even the slightest sounds" I thought annoyed. I was raining pretty bad and according to the weather app it's going to keep raining for 2 more days. i informed naegi of it, "great..." he muttered. "yeah your not going to survive this storm" I scoffed. "wha- why not?" he said. "your practically jumping at the slightest sound" I said flipping a page of my book. "their loud" he muttered. "you said that earlier, is there another reason?" I asked. he hesitated, "no" he said finally. "that was a total lie" I thought. but I nodded and let it go.

"so why aren't you going to sleep?" Naegi asked. "I could ask the same to you" I said. "well- I asked first" he rebuttled. I sighed, "I was just reading before going to bed" I said pushing up my glasses. "now you answer"

"I couldn't sleep" He mumbled. "is it because of the storm or another reason?" I asked. "no..no other reason" Naegi said. I narrowed my eyes, "obviously there was some hesitation...but i cant prove anything right now" I thought. "fine" I said continuing to read. thunder rang again and he flinched once more. I rolled my eyes and looked outside. "looks like its raining pretty hard" I said. "Yeah I noticed" He said. "its going to stay like this for 2 days" I rolled my eyes. "wha- 2 days?!" he cried. "yes 2 days" I said. I looked at his panicky face and smirked. "w-whats with that face?" he stammered. "nothing" I said reading.

BOOM

I dont know what sound I heard but it was a high pitched squeal. like the sound a pig would make being stepped on. and that was naegi. "seriously?" I said stifling a snicker. "sorry" he muttered. "that was an...interesting scream" I said. "it wasnt a scream" He muttered. "okay then a squeal" I said rolling my eyes. "it was loud!" he said. "its just thunder' I sighed. "yeah but its kinda...nevermind" He said hesitating. I rolled my eyes, "fine whatever" I said. I got a ding from my phone and checked it

"why did you tell them? now their going to make fun of me" he said. "i know" I said. he sighed and he looked annoyed

"don't sue my friends!" he cried. I scoffed, "their being annoying" I said. "their your friends though!" he said. "they are not my friends" I glared. he shrank back into his seat and he put the book in his face. "whatever" he mumbled

BOOM

"god damn it" I muttered as i fumbled with the book. "you really are scared of thunderstorms" Togami scoffed. "maybe" I said reading. I was halfway and it was around 11:45 pm. "you should sleep" he said. "no i'm fine" I said. he rolled his eyes, "you look tired" he said. "how?" I asked. "well 1. you have some eyebags" he pointed out. "i should of put foundation on those eyebags or something" I thought. "2. your yawning a lot" he said. "i-i have?" I asked. he nodded looking annoyed that i hadn't noticed before. "3. theres some evidence you havent been sleeping well also" he said finally. "huh? what do you mean?" I asked. he scoffed, "you texted a few times at 3:00 am" he sighed. "how did you notice?" I asked curiously. "it shows in the groupchat" he said. I nodded, "therefore you should sleep" He said. "well why do you care?" I asked. "you usually don't care about anyone"

he rolled his eyes, "i only want you to stop bothering me" he said. "so me sleeping in the library will achieve that?" I asked. "at least you'll stop talking" Togami said. "I don't talk that much" I said. he looked at me up and down and rolled his eyes. "just sleep" he said. "no i'm not tired" I said. "clearly there's a reason why you wont sleep" Togami added. "there's no reason" I lied. he narrowed his eyes at me. "obviously he's suspicious" I thought to myself. "mhm and am I supposed to believe that?" he questioned. "...maybe" I mumbled. he scoffed, "then tell the truth" he insisted. "I just don't sleep well okay" I muttered.

"and why is that?"

"nightmares"