Once under the covers, Alphard gently pulled the girl, who was as cold as a piece of ice, into a soft embrace. Canaan's body seemed to welcome the gesture, seeing how she slowly uncurled and pressed herself further into the source of warmth that was her girlfriend, yet without waking up. Carefully, Alphard removed the little pillow the synesthete was holding and as soon as she did, Canaan literally snuggled into her, pressing their torsos together and her face into the area right above the other woman's chest while one of her hands rested on Alphard's stomach as the other sneaked up to her upper back, gripping the firm muscles there.

在毛毯的覆盖之下，阿尔珐尔德轻柔地将对方冰凉的身躯拉入怀中。而迦南的身体似乎也对这个动作很受用，只见依然昏睡的她渐渐从蜷缩状态舒展开来，向着温度的源头——她女朋友，凑近过去。阿尔珐尔德仔细而果断地抽走了对方臂弯里的抱枕，于是迦南自然就紧紧依进了身边人的怀中，脸凑到她的胸前，同时一手按上她的腹部，另一只手则绕到背后，手指陷进紧实的肌理之间。

Her concerned expression returning to her face, the gray-eyed woman started to wonder what the other one might dream about. Seeing how she seemed to literally cling to Alphard as if she was trying to hide from something, it couldn't be a nice dream. Whatever it was, Alphard decided that if Canaan needed the closeness for comfort, she wouldn't push her away. And so, Alphard gently hooked one of her arms around Canaan's waist, the other one behind her neck before she began to softly comb through the strands of white hair. A few moments later, she pressed a soft kiss to the synesthete's forehead before she put her chin on Canaan's head and closed her eyes again.

担忧的神色不禁回到了脸上，灰色眼眸的女人开始疑惑另一位正在经历怎样的梦境。从她现在紧紧依靠着自己的动作看，似乎是想要逃离什么，显然这不是个好梦。不论怎样，阿尔珐尔德暗自决定，如果迦南需要亲密的接触才能放下心，那么她就不离开。于是她继续温柔地伸手挽过迦南的腰际，另一只扶在她颈后的手开始轻轻梳理那一缕缕白发。稍微过了不久，她在共感应能力者额前印上一个轻吻，让下颚抵在对方头顶，才再度合上了眼。

Once again, she found herself engulfed in darkness. But this time she had decided she wouldn't run. She wouldn't run again just to suddenly fall again into whatever was beneath this blackness, no. She would just stay there. Stay right there, curled up into a tiny ball lying on the ground, and wait until everything was over. After all, there was nothing there in this darkness, right? So nothing could just suddenly pop up and attack her or something. But this was exactly what happened. Something suddenly popped up, causing Canaan to jump up in surprise. But it wasn't dangerous. The thing, that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, was a tiny, really very tiny, snow white flame, probably only half the size of Canaan's pinky finger. She couldn't explain where this flame suddenly came from, but all of a sudden, she could feel a comfortable, soothing warmth oozing from this tiny flame and flowing through her whole body. A type of warmth, which she knew very well by now. Canaan smiled softly when she realized what this was. Not afraid anymore, she lay down next to the flame and watched if for a few moments, the smile never fading, before she allowed herself to close her eyes and rest, feeling completely protected and safe.

又一次，她发觉自己陷入了那片黑暗。可这次她决定不再奔跑。她不想在途中又突然跌入无尽的坠落，绝不。她就停在原地，躺在地面身体蜷成一团，等待着一切的结束。反正这一片昏黑里什么都没有不是么？也就是说不会有什么不明物突然跳出来袭击她了。可不巧，这正是眼下在发生的：有什么东西突然出现了。迦南几乎惊得跳起来，不过对方似乎并不危险。一个微小的存在突然自虚无之中显露了出来，非常微小，也许只有迦南指尖红晕的一半大——那是一朵像雪花一样纯白的火苗。她想不透它究竟从何而来，不过仅在一瞬之后，她就感到一股真实而舒适的暖流透过这小小的光点传遍了自己全身——是她不能更熟悉的那种温暖触感。当明白那是什么时迦南终于轻松地笑出来，再不需要畏惧什么，她紧靠着火苗躺下，稍微注视了它一会儿，直到终于能够放松地合上眼，那恬静的笑容始终没有消失。

Nightmare - The End

以上是全文，在经历了Wifi故障、浏览器罢工之后总算完成了~{:4_389:}

之前考虑过也许本文涉及或暗示了一点轻度的PTSD（Post-traumatic stress disorder, 创伤后心理压力综合症，有几个版本不一的译名），不过证据不足这里还是不猜了~

感谢观看~{:4_385:}