Akutagawa would sometimes have nightmares, waking him up in the middle of the night, but he always refused to seek out comfort, being the stubborn independent man he is

One night, you realized you forgot to drop off his coat which you had sewed up for him after he ripped it in a fight with Atsushi, or as he calls him, “weretiger.”

You came in quietly, just planning on dropping off the coat and leaving, but when you were about to set it down, he suddenly sat up in his bed, rapidly awaking from his slumber in a cold sweat, panting. another nightmare

He noticed you, and the look of sympathy you had, and he looked forwards

“Don’t look at me with that look. I don’t need your sympathy.”