Title: A restless night
Author: Ree
Theme: Cats (insomnia)
Genre: General
Version: PGSM/Manga/Anime
Rating: G

The cats and all their friends are all from the imaginations of Takeuchi Naoko. I'm not that creative.

A restless night

Luna tried to curl into as small a ball as possible on the bottom of Usagi's bed. Just as soon as she was settled, she felt a foot brush over her back and then it started to push her off the bed. She uncurled and slipped up to the upper corner. She hoped she would be safe there. So far, anywhere she had tried to settle on the bed Usagi had rolled into that spot, or had kicked her feet there. She hoped the corner would be safe, since Usagi was hugging her pillow.

Just as she felt herself starting to drift, she was shoved off the bed. Luckily she was awake enough to land on her feet. Standing stiff legged on the floor, Luna glared at the sleeping girl.

'Maybe I should find a cushion to sleep on.'

Stalking across the room, she found a small cushion next to the table. Using her front claws, she kneaded it, trying to make it more comfortable. After a minute, she curled up and settled with her front paws falling off the side. Two minutes later, she shifted positions in an attempt to get comfortable. It didn't work. Her tail and back haunches were now falling off. She tried once more, but this time it was her head that was sliding down the side of the cushion.

'I give up! I sleep on the floor.' She spotted the clock as she crossed the room. It was four o'clock in the morning. 'I've been trying to get to sleep for four hours!' Usagi had stayed up late, supposedly doing homework. At ten o'clock, Luna had tried to settle down, but couldn't sleep with the light. Then, at midnight, Usagi fell asleep over her papers, and had left the light on. Luna woke her up, made her get into bed, and turned out the light.

Stretching out on the floor, Luna felt the cold seep into her bones. Then she twitched from head to tail. It was like a rolling muscle spasm. Closing her bleary eyes, she hoped the sleep she desperately wanted would come soon, but it was not to be. Every time she was about a sleep, Usagi would roll, or she would have to move. At five o'clock she was ready to give up. Then she heard it. The sound of the pillow hitting the floor. Peering next to the bed, she could make out the shape of Usagi's pillow lounging in a fairly safe spot. Usagi didn't step there when she got out of bed.

Standing up slowly, her muscles shaking with the need for sleep, she crossed the room to the pillow. Carefully, she pulled herself on to it, and let herself sink into its warmth and softness. Laying her head down, she closed her eyes once again, and sleep finally came. She only vaguely heard Usagi's alarm, and then the inevitable rush out the door. Then the blessed silence fell as sleep sucked her back under.