It's 3 a.m. and I have a mighty need for writing pontless Banlaine fluff. It includes leg room, cuddles, and Ban being as soft and tame as a labrador.

A 'Traveling Somewhere' AU.

It was the fifth hour of the ride, and a lull had fallen over the bunch inside the bus. The sun has dipped past the horizon a long while ago, and with nothing particular to do, everyone was more than a little drowsy - with a handful having already tucked themselves in for the night. The vehicle was rocking gently as it sped along the highway, with bright orange street lights flickering as they passed them by… And as Elaine stared blankly at the twitching shadows on her book, she couldn't help but slowly close the tome and sigh. There, with the soft hum of the engine and the whistling of air as the only noise, she too was ready to take a small nap.

That's it, until she felt the delicate shift of the person next to her, and peeked one eye open to see Ban readjusting himself awkwardly on his seat.

Blinking in confusion as her boyfriend pushed his backpack as far under his seat as he could, and then start shifting around with an increasingly annoyed expression on his face, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion - and when his knee somehow ended up digging into her hip, pushing her to the corner of her seat, she reached out to splay her palm out on his lap and get his attention.

He jolted, looking at her like a kid with his hand in the cookie jar, and she had to suppress a smile as she mouthed out a 'what's wrong?' to him, the embarrassed blush that immediately bloomed on his face only serving to make her more curious.

However, before she could prod him a bit about it, he reluctantly mouthed out a 'leg room' and averted his eyes, giving a small kick to her own backpack as he tried to straighten out his leg.

At first, it made Elaine giggle. She had many problems regarding her height, but lack of space was definitely not one of them. It was only when he made that particular expression - the sulky one that showed how exactly betrayed he felt at her lack of understanding, that she took pity of him and moved off her seat, motioning for him to do what she said.

'Give me our bags,' She whispered, taking the baggage to the other side of the aisle and putting them on the - thankfully vacant - seat by the window, 'and, now, stretch out.'

'But where do you go?' Ban whispered right back, eyebrows furrowing as she smiled and motioned for him to stretch out. 'Come on, I'm not letting you sit somewhere at the back~ We've got like thirteen more hours of the ride.'

'Just sprawl out on the seats, idiot.' She huffed, and after a long pause, he finally grumbled out some profanity and let his amazingly long legs follow the bags, setting his feet across the aisle. Moving his pillow and blanket about to make himself comfy, he raised an eyebrow as she suddenly gestured at him to wait. 'Now what?~' he mumbled, looking at her as she grinned, 'seriously, what.'

'Now, I'm gonna take up some room as well.' Elaine explained quietly, and he paused, eyes widening as she moved closer and started crawling right on top of him. When she reached his chest, she settled down with a sigh, giggling as he wriggled underneath her and then looking up at his surprised expression. 'I thought you'd be expecting that. Why didn't you?'

'Dunno, maybe because I was more concerned with leg room?~' He whispered, shifting her so he could cover them both with the blanket - and then wrap his arms around her bottom and nuzzle his cheek into her hair. 'It's not like I'm complaining, though~'

'Good, because you're actually pretty comfy,' she hummed contently, 'and really, really warm.'

Laying on top of him also offered her an amazing amount of leg room, but she didn't tell him that - by the time he finished tucking her in, Elaine was already asleep.

C-D