Recently, you noticed Gorou seemed... tired. At least, that's how you described it. He seemed more fatigued, and any time you tried to ask him if he was okay, he would either dodge the question or go silent altogether. You were thinking of asking Kokomi for advice but decided against it because she still made you somewhat nervous.

One day, Gorou was sleeping on the floor (for reasons only the mighty Shogun knows) and you were doing a bit of cleaning. You were reorganizing a shelf when suddenly, you heard it—a small whimper. You turn around and Gorou is shaking. His tail is curled around his legs, and was he... barking? Clearly he was scared, obviously having a nightmare, and the sheer overwhelming fear was causing his canine side to completely take control. But how bad must it have been for him to completely revert to scared puppy mode?