116 Dreams

"That spider is dead."

"NO!"

Kazehaya Gin quickly scooped the copper tarantula from his head and hid it behind him. "Not my Rosey. She's actually very gentle."

"I don't care!"

The Koutaishidenka snapped as he carefully laid Ara on the futon.

"It's alright. Ara was just scared; she will come around in a while. This happens all the time when we were young," Aki commented and took this time to signal to Kazeyaha to go.

Kazehaya scurried to hand over Rosey to a waiting servant to bring it back to his room before returning to his position next to Koutaishidenka.

"She's that extremely scared of spiders?"Ryuu asked seriously, and Aki scratched his head.

"Well..."Aki hesitated but confessed what Ara made him promise not to tell anyone. "She used to have panic attacks even with pictures of spiders so yeah – she's totally scared of them."