"Breathe. Breathe deeply. It's gonna be fine. It's going to be okay."

Envy's vision swims in and out, the noise overwhelming him.

"Everyone shut up!" Mischievous snapped, kneeling in front of Envy, head turned to glare behind him. The woods immediately went silent. "Focus on my voice." he said, turning back.

Envy's eyelids slid closed, then it fluttered open and close rapidly.

"Stay with me. Take a deep breath," Mischievous said calmly as Envy started hyperventilating again. Cowardice, Despair, Necromancy, and Curse could only watch as the two blocked out their surroundings.

"It's going to be fine," Mischievous said firmly when Envy started crying. "Take a deep breath. This will be over soon."

He moved his hands from Envy's shoulders and started warming up the sin's cold hands. "Breathe. You're tense."

Envy tried to comply, and his hands, previously balled up tight, relaxed for a bit.

"There you go," Mischievous said. "You're doing great. There's nothing to harm you here. Breathe."

When the attack was over and Envy passed out from exhaustion, the others swarmed around Mischievous.

"What the fuck happened?" was Curse's question.

"An anxiety attack," was the answer.

"Will he be okay?" Cowardice asked meekly.

"He'll be fine."

"What was the trigger?" Despair asked.

"Yeah, in that I have no idea."

The questioning went on and on until finally Envy woke up.

"Don't act weird or too casual around him," Mischievous warned.

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im back on my bullshit

idk. my friend recently had an anxiety attack and i was thinking, what if envy had an attack before the plan to sneak into the spirit realm lol