Chapter 95 - Im Loud But Not Harmful (1/2)

In the middle of the night, Yera was awakened by the roaring sound of thunder. Her body was shaking as she sat and hugged her knees with her arms.

She was alone in her room, and she could clearly hear the racket of the malevolent thunder.

*Boooooommm*

”Oh, God, please stop it.” She prayed as she closed her eyes. Last time she experienced something like this, she had a nervous breakdown.

She was too frightened to even lift her head as fear pulsed through her body.

*Boooooommm*

Yera was crying hard as she looked for her mobile phone frantically with her hands, but she could not find it. ”Where's that damn phone?” She mumbled, sobbing before she got startled by another loud rumbling.

*Boooooommm*

Yera kept sobbing as she covered her ears with her palms, but the thunder was just too loud. And it didn't stop. She wanted it to end!

In the middle of her sobbing, she remembered that Xander's room was just across hers. She gathered her courage to jump out of bed and dashed out of her room toward Xander's room. She continuously rang his doorbell. ”Please, please, please... Open...” She mumbled as she kept on pressing it.

”What happe…” before Xander could finish his words, Yera had already pounced on him. She clung onto him tightly as her body kept shaking. ”Yera, what happened?” Xander asked with a frown as he immediately lifted her up and carried her to his bed.

Yera was still sobbing as she clutched onto his chest. Xander laid her down gently on the bed and was about to leave to turn on the lights, but Yera didn't let him. She pulled him even closer and pleaded in between her sobbing, ”Don't leave me, please. I'm scared…”

Xander could feel her tensed body as he hugged her.

*Boooooommm*

Yera's body would flinch every time a loud rumbling of thunder roared.

She buried her face on his chest and moved even closer to him, as if she was trying to hide her whole body completely inside of him.

”I hate thunders…” She whimpered. She had an astraphobia, a phobia for thunder and lightning, ever since she was a kid. Panic would paralyze her whenever there was a thunderstorm.

”When I got lost in the woods, it was raining heavily. And there were thunders and lightnings, and I was so afraid… I thought the thunders would eat me alive. Ever since then, I'm afraid of them, and I can't be alone during thunderstorms…” Yera tried to explain. She could feel Xander continuously rubbing her back, gently patting it, to calm her down.

”Shhh, just relax. Control your breathing, Darling. I'm here with you. Besides, thunder can't harm you. They are only loud but not harmful. Just like me, you see… I'm also loud but not harmful. Moreover, I'm lovable too…” Xander jested to lighten Yera's mood, and it was quite effective because he heard Yera chuckle and felt her hit his chest.

Xander ached for his wife, who had suffered a trauma from a very young age. It must have been terrifying for a five-year-old child to roam around the dark woods on her own during a heavy thunderstorm.

Xander exhaled loudly as he tightened his embrace on her and kissed her head softly.

”You're safe now, Darling… Just relax your body. Inhale deeply and release it. Close your eyes and try to sleep. Do you want me to sing you a lullaby?” Xander asked.

”Okay...” he heard Yera whisper.

Xander cleared his throat and began to sing.

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We were as one

For a moment in time.

And it seemed everlasting

That you would always be mine