Aaron never heard her so frightened other than the repeated nightmares in the beginning. He ran a few long steps and met her. "Cupcake!?"
He was about to hold her thinking she might be scared looking at something, or she might jerk to stop and spill out the reason. Anyway, she clutched the wrist of his extended hand and ran towards the steps where they will have to climb up.
"Run… Ronron…" She screamed as though he wasn't close enough to hear her.
Aaron didn't stop her. He glanced behind to see if somebody or something was chasing after her. He found nothing, "Cupcake… Cupcake… Cupcake, what's wrong?"
He didn't want her to run on the slippery steps that would exhaust her or twist her ankle. He tugged her hand and Aarvi fell back to his arms with a gasp.
He supported her to stand and watched her panting, fear-filled eyes staring at him and her slightly trembling hands almost squeezing the stems of the flowers. "Deep breath… Breathe in… Breathe out…"
