Intimacy Arc Chapter Twelve: Kyoko’s Nightmares and Makoto’s Comforting Embrace
- Original Release: May 10, 2020 (Fanfiction.net), May 11, 2020 (AO3)
Summary
Still traumatized from her near-death experience, Kyoko wakes up in a cold sweat from a nightmare. How will she cope with this new development?Tropes
- Catapult Nightmare: Just as Kyoko's about to be crushed in her nightmare, she quickly jumps up when she wakes up.
- Cooldown Hug: Noticing that Kyoko's stress over her nightmare from her near-death experience, Makoto gives her a hug. Though knowing that she's not typically a hugger, he does let her know that he'll stop if she wants him to.
- Literally Prized Possession: Present!Kyoko reveals that she still has the plushie that Makoto won for her that she sometimes sleeps with when she's feeling nostalgic.
- Nightmare Sequence: The start of the chapter has Kyoko in a nightmare where she's trapped on the conveyer belt and about to be crushed as she's begging for Makoto to save her.
- Repression Never Ends Well: While recalling a time when he had night terrors as a child, Makoto notes how his parents told him how bottling up your fears and trying to tough it out (something that Kyoko's currently doing) isn't healthy and that it's okay to ask for help.
- Security Blanket: The Detective Conan plushie that Makoto won for Kyoko acts as this for her when she starts having nightmares about her near-death experience.
- Shout-Out: Makoto is seen beating the remake of Resident Evil.
