Shukan Soine
Akashi Seijuro
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Akashi felt the bed on the other side dipped a little as Haruka shifted. He opened his eyes and sat up on the bed, looking at the blonde who was next to him, staring at the ceiling with her eyes wide open. Haruka turned her head a little and looked at Akashi. "You're awake," Akashi said, looking at the clock on the nightstand. "What's wrong?"
"I can't sleep," Haruka said softly, turning onto her side and stared at the red head.
Akashi laid on the bed again and looked Haruka in the eyes. "I'll stay up with you then. At least until you fall asleep."
"But you must be really tired. You had a match today," Haruka frowned. The last thing she wanted was for Akashi to lose sleep because of her. No matter how good he was at basketball, the sport still zapped a lot of energy from him whenever he played.
"Just go to sleep," Akashi instructed. "I like seeing your sleeping face anyway. I don't get to see it much since I always go to bed before you. You must feel really lonely when you're up and I'm not. Be a little selfish tonight."
Haruka smiled softly and scooted up to him, wrapping her arms around Akashi's waist and placed her head gently on his chest. "I'm sorry for waking you," she whispered. "You need rest more than I do."
"There's no need to apologise," Akashi stated. "It feels good to have you in my arms. You're so small and so much smaller than I am. Wasn't I holding you when I went to bed? This isn't the first time it had happened. I always wake up without you in my arms."
"I don't want to annoy you."
Akashi looked at Haruka and smiled, suddenly pinching her cheek. "Annoy me? Haruka, you're the one person who can never annoy me. If anything, it's annoying not having you in my arms. So just keep close to me at all times, understand?" Akashi pinched Haruka's cheek again and she frowned at him, rubbing her cheeks gently.
Akashi took Haruka's hand in hers and gripped it tightly. "Why are you holding my hand suddenly?" she asked, stroking the back of his hand with her thumb gently. It was rare that Akashi was so affectionate with her and honestly, Haruka wasn't quite used to it.
"To make sure that you're always next to me," Akashi said. "Go to sleep, Haruka."
As if Akashi's words had some magic to it, Haruka let out a huge yawn. She closed her eyes, opening her mouth to say something but Akashi won't let her. The next few minutes was spent in silence and soon, Haruka was fast asleep. Akashi watched as Haruka breathed gently. He stroked her cheek gently and apart from her nose scrunching up, Akashi got no reaction from Haruka and confirmed that she was fast asleep.
"Now that you're asleep, I can talk freely," Akashi said, looking up at the ceiling. "There are so many things I want to say but definitely not in front of you. It'll make me sound weak and there is no way I am showing you the weak side of me.
"You make me feel so weird, Haruka. Ever since we've started dating, I've been planning our future together. So far, everything has been going the way I planned it. I have yet to come up with a way to propose to you but I promise that it'll be romantic. I want to share my future with you and hold your hand for the rest of our lives. And perhaps later on, our child's hand.
"You're the only one who makes me feel weak, do you know that? No one else dares defy me and then there's you. Stubborn and fearless. Well, not fearless. Perhaps rather stupid. But I can't bring myself to punish you whenever you defy me. Maybe it's because you're the only one who ever defied me and that's why I want you around. You're quite the challenge. I really wouldn't know what to do without you.
"Ah...That was so unlike me. You see what you're doing to me? You're making me weak. I'll make you pay for it. I'll make you my wife and you will have to be the mother of my children and deal with me for the rest of your life. That sounds like the perfect punishment for you.
"Hm...seems like even I can't win the battle against sleep. You better be next to me when I open my eyes in the morning, Haruka, or you will be suffering the consequences. Goodnight. Dream about me. I love you."
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"Why are you staring at me?"
Haruka blushed and looked away. She hated how Akashi always knew what she was doing, even if he had just woken up and had yet to open his eyes. "I'm going to make you breakfast. You have to go to practice, don't you?"
Akashi pulled Haruka back on the bed and wrapped his arms tightly around her. "I have the day off today. We can have breakfast later on. For now, I just want you in my arms for a while longer."
"You're oddly affectionate. It's making me feel weird, Sei. Are you feeling okay?"
"I've never been better. Now if I get a morning kiss, I will return to being the Seijuro you're so used to."
Haruka blushed bright red and hid her face in the pillow. "What is wrong with you, Sei?"
"I love you, Haruka."
"What have you done with my Sei?"
"Haruka."
"I love you too, Seijuro."