He shifted uncomfortably under the sheets, the night way too hot to be covered by anything. His head throbbed, a sign that way too much alcohol had gotten into his system again.
'Sweaty…' the king noted from the sickening feeling of skin rubbing against each other. Was it that warm? It almost seemed like he had worked out before he just drifted off into his drunken stupor. The headache persisted, but his back hurt too. Now that was new.
'Stupid, stupid, stupid..!' For the heaven knows what time, he swore his hatred for hangovers.
They were never friendly or warm in the first place really, unlike the sweet, alluring taste that caused it all. Well, not that he could actually remind himself before he started on any liquor; that darn thing was his weak spot.
Finally he kicked the sheets off. As usual, his clothes were gone, probably strewn all over the floor. It was too dark to identify what was what anyway, so he didn't bother looking or wearing. That was Ja'far's routine, always there to pick stuff up the morning after, but guess what; for once Sinbad actually woke up before he could enter. Also, sleeping naked in the warmest of temperatures – best habit ever..!
He sat up, the sheets rustling in his wake. Thank god it was his room, though there were little bits, maybe a lot of them off from his memory, but he brushed it off as mistakes due to his killer hangover. Now he had to thank whoever who had the honours of lugging him halfway across the city, probably as a sleeping beauty already stripping as they went. Hmm, he wondered how many pieces of cloth he lost this time.
The window clattered, interrupting his thoughts. He turned – that was the sound of it being opened.
"A fun night wasn't it," came a low growling voice. How long had he been standing there? Wait…
Clothes – the man wasn't wearing much. Simple robes draped around his waist, his hair a spiky mess. Sinbad could barely see his features in the darkness, but it wasn't hard to tell his hair colour, especially the flaming, all too familiar…
Red.
A/N:
Hope ya liked it :D
I imagined this was when he had done 'indecent stuff' to Kougyoku, just this time I switched her out with someone else :P. Really I think you can guess who, but you can switch around with any red-haired person in the series.
This deleted line would have been a fun giveaway of who I was thinking of: 'Oh yeah… wasn't I suppose to be visiting the Kou empire this week...?'