So Unlike Everything I Knew Him To Be
by Rem-sama
I crept into the living room, a jolt of ice ready to greet me as soon as my bare feet stepped onto the wood flooring. Goosebumps crawled up and down my arms. I pulled my nightgown closer to my body but it wasn't enough to keep me warm. I didn't know what time it was...maybe eleven or so. Maybe three in the morning. It was dim and only starlight came through the yellow shades.
He was lying there on the couch. His arms were sprawled over his head, his legs bent together to the side as if he'd been struggling to get comfortable. There was a blanket half-covering him, but he'd long kicked it away in his sleep. And his face...the corners of his mouth just curled enough to expose a tiny smile that was almost invisible. He looked so innocent, so unlike everything I knew him to be.
I stared into this man's face like it was going to tell me what I wanted to know. I inspected his eyelids as if they would part upwards and expose to me those chocolate-eyed truths. But no, he just kept on sleeping. For a moment it seemed like none of it was real. I was walking in a dream around the house I so recently had bought with the man I loved. This man, sleeping on the couch over some fight I couldn't remember.
I kissed him lightly on the cheek. He stirred, turning a little bit. I took this chance to climb onto the couch and get next to him. Even in his sleep he opened his arms to let me in and then closed them around in a hug as I nestled up against him. I held his hands with my own and kissed them several times. He pulled me closer, squishing himself against the back so I had enough room. He would never let me fall off. And if I did, I know he'd wake up and set me right back again.
"I love you, Jounouchi," I said.
And I closed my eyes, knowing tomorrow would come too soon.
But that's okay.
We'll sleep in.
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