AN: This is based off an OK Go song. (While You Were Asleep) I had to write it real quick before bedtime. :3

Pairing: JiraOro

Switching POVs, Yaoi, ages 18/19

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How I Want

***Orochimaru POV***

It isn't every day that I sleep beside him like this. If my room hadn't gotten wrecked by his oaf of a toad crushing my part of our shared apartment, I wouldn't have had to resort to this. But...even as I lay here, cursing his existence...I find myself glad for this moment to cuddle up against him. I'd never admit it, but he's awfully warm and comfortable.

I've been unable to sleep, and with him so deep in it..I've counted the hours to the sound of his breaths. He's so sweet and calm when he's asleep. And, of course, after not sleeping for several hours, I start to think. Why couldn't he feel for me the way I did for him? Sure, I'd never admit it, even during torture, but...I feel more for him than I have anyone in my entire life, and...I just want him to like me how I want him to. By the time the sun has risen high into the sky, I'm gone from his side, leaving my scent on his chest and nothing more.

***Jiraiya POV***

As I walk the streets of Konoha, I can't shake something odd in my head. All throughout the night, I slept real comfortably, nice and warm...and was startled when I awoke around five thirty in the morning feeling...strange. It was as if all the comfort was stolen out of my bed. I looked around to find Oro-chan missing. That...that could be why. But...the more I think about it, the more I think it's stupid.

He'd never like me how I want. We've been broken friends and it would never adjust itself to that end. Besides, how could I possibly tell him that half the time...he's the body on my mind. If he ever bothered to read the novels I put out, he'd realize that most of them are about a 'he'...and involve my dirty mind and what this 'he' would do with the reader...

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AN: Alright, just a quick little thing before I went to bed that's been nagging me all day. Another should show up tomorrow.