Panic Attack (Ranboo x Reader)
genre: not speciallized, could be platonic/romatic-ish, but not really?
t/w: anxious ranboo, ranboo has a panic attack on a public place, reader helps ranboo, implied that reader has had panic attacks before
-you were walking down the streets of london, the music that came out of your earbuds making your stepping rymthical in a sort of way.
-you stopped by a nearby park and sat down at one of the wooden benches, taking off your earbuds for a moment to take off your hoodie, but panicked speaking caught your attention, and your eyes flickered to the nearby sound, you found two boys surrounding another one who sat by the floor, knees close to his shoulders as he rocked his body back and forth.
-the familar movements made you stand up, putting your earbuds on your purse as you walked to the trio.
-you tapped the shoulder of a screaming blode guy, who turned around instatly and watched you cautiously with his ocean eyes.
-you pointed behind him at the rocking boy.
"Is he ok? Heard you screaming from back there"
-The tall guy shook his head and looked back at the boy's forme for a second before speaking.
"He's having sort of a panic attack, and we don't know what to do" he said akwardly.
-You nodded your head ligthly.
"I can help, if you want"
-As a nod shook his honey blonde locks, you took careful step towards the shaking boy, kneeling in front of him.
"Hey-Hi, I'm (Y/n), you don't know me, but i'm here to help, okay?" Your voice was soft and sweet, trying to reassure him that you meant no harm. You took off your mask slowly, not to scare him.
-His lensed covered eyes flickered to your face as he nodded shakily, his rapid breaths making it hard for him to utter a single word.
"Ok, good, what's your name?"
"It's uh-Ranboo" the brunnette boy behind your back stated, and you smiled.
"Hey Ranboo, i need you to breath with me, is it ok if i hold your hands? So if i'm going too fast you can sort of tell me, yeah?"
-Ranboo, you learned, shook his head rapidly a couple of times, so you slowly put your hands above his, his fingers shakily opening to let you move your own around his, he squeezed unintentionaly your hand, hard, as you opened your mouth to speak.
"Hey, it's ok, i got you, now, breath with me".
-You explained the exercise slowly and patiently, telling him to inhale with his nose and exhale with his mouth, after he "confirmed" that he had understood with the rapid movement of his head, you began.
-after, about, two minutes, his hitched breath and rapid huffs began to calm down, and you squeezed his hands and smiled at his covered face.
"That's better, you're doing really well, Ranboo"
-He nodded yet again, this time more slowly, and before he knew it, his breathing became normal, he had relaxed his shoulders and his legs slided down the pavement with a soft thud.
"Great! That's better, innit?" You beamed at him, and stood up, offering a hand to him and he took it without hesitation, standing up as well.
-The voices of Ranboo's friends started to speak at once, asking "how??" "how did you-" "wow that was so cool".
-You turned to them and smiled, your hands shaking in the air to make them calm down, as you knew that the tall boy was sensitive at the time and could break down again.
"I'm actually used to this, i'm glad i could help" You said, glancing back at Ranboo who stood crutched down a bit and fiddling with his fingers.
"Welp, gotta go, see you guys, take care Ranboo!"
-As you began to walk away, a hand stopped you by the wrist.
"Hey-um- do you-If you don't mind- have, um, instagram or something? Not because of what you may think! I just- um-" The tall boy's cheeks were obviously flushed under his mask, but that was something you didn't notice.
"Yeah, i do, it's @yourinstausername!"
-Ranboo gripped the collar of his shirt and accomodated it akwardly with his tumbs.
"Cool, cool, i-i'll add you-um-follow you? If you want of course"
-The corner of your lips stretched a tad upwards, your eyes wrinkling a bit as you smiled at him.
"Sure, see you around"
-And with that, you waved and walked away.
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Bonus:
-Ranboo layed late at night on the sofa where his desk was placed, his figure covered by a red blanket as his fingers rapidly typed away on his phone, the dm page reflected his gray eyes.
-You were so nice to him in person, and even on chat? Wow, he sure was lucky to have met you.
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A/N: The method used in the fic to calm the panic attack may not work for everyone, it is the one that i'm familiarized with and works for me. I'm not implying that Ranboo has panic attacks, and even if he has, he may not be calmed down with this method. This is all fictional.
