The muffled sound of Morgana's soft snoring—which the cat continued to deny he did whenever Akira mentioned it—and the quiet clacks of Mishima's fingers on his laptop's keys roused Akira from his semi-conscious state. Opening his eyes slightly and squinting against the harsh glare of the screen in the otherwise dark attic, he readjusted his hold on the shorter boy.
Mishima paused in his typing to click on a new post; unfortunately, Akira's current lack of glasses or contacts meant he only caught a fuzzy letters and lines.
"Oh, I thought you fell asleep," Mishima commented, though his absentminded tone revealed that he didn't expect Akira to answer. After all, the Phantom Thief had been drifting in and out of sleep for well over an hour.
Akira moved one arm so as to rub at his aching back. Currently Mishima sat between his legs on the lumpy bed, which had earlier prompted Akira to rest his chin on the other's shoulder and embrace him from behind. While he enjoyed the position, his back did not.
"Mm. What time is it…?" He groggily questioned.
"12:04," Mishima casually responded, as if being awake this late on a school night was perfectly acceptable.
"Let's go to sleep."
"In a little bit. I'm trying to get rid of all this spam on the forums and check on the new posts—"
"You've been doing that for…two hours." Morgana would throw a fit if he realized Akira was awake. As if sensing his thoughts, the feline's ear flicked, but he thankfully didn't wake.
"Sleep," Akira mumbled again.
Mishima bit back the phrases but I have to keep working so the Phantom Thieves can help more people and the site needs to stay up to par or it'll reflect badly on you guys. While he no longer wished for fame—he still believed himself a jackass for using Akira and his friends like that—other worries still frequently popped into his mind. Instead of dwelling on them, he focused on the steady reassurance of the warm body against his own.
Finally, he exited out of the webpage and closed his laptop. Hearing Akira's hum of approval, Mishima set the device aside and prepared for much needed sleep.
