"Do you mind?" Kurogane asked, clearly annoyed. "I'm trying to fall asleep."

"But, Kuro-rin, I thought you'd get lonely sleeping against this wall with no one to keep you company."

"I don't need company. And even if I did, what makes you think I'd want someone right next to me?" he asked, his face twitching with frustration.

"You can complain all you want, but I'm not moving," Fay said, wearing a grin of conviction.

"... Fine. But don't try anything."

"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it~"

"Guys, I'm turning off the light now," Syaoran said sleepily, rubbing his eyes as he lay down.

"Good night, Kuro-sama," Fay said, laying his head on Kurogane's shoulder.

"Hey, what're you-"

However, Fay had quickly fallen asleep- or, rather, quickly began to feign sleep- so Kurogane's objection fell on deaf ears. And, at this point, Kurogane didn't feel like shoving the magician off his shoulder.


"... Good morning, Princess..." Syaoran murmured, still feeling slightly groggy from just waking up.

"Morning, Syaoran!" Sakura whispered happily.

"Um, why are you whispering?"

Sakura tilted her head slightly, inclining towards the still-sleeping pair. Fay's head still lay on Kurogane's shoulder and, sometime during the night, Kurogane had wrapped his hand around Fay's.

"You know, their positions kind of remind of something, but I'm not quite sure what, exactly..." Syaoran trailed off, a pensive expression on his face.

Fay blinked his eyes and, slowly removing his head from Kurogane's shoulder, took a look around the room. Feeling something on his hand, he looked down and, upon seeing the position his hand was in, smiled a little.

Unfortunately enough, this was when Kurogane chose the moment to wake up.

"Kuro-tan, I didn't know you were so bold."

"What on earth are you going on about...?" Kurogane asked. Suddenly, it dawned on him, and he looked down, only to see his hand encircling Fay's.

"I told you not to try anything!" he said, jerking his hand away.

"Oh, it wasn't I who did it, it was you, Kuro-buro!"

"Well, I... I was... sleeping. Yes. Sleeping. I had no control over my actions," Kurogane stammered.

"Well, that's disappointing. At least your subconscious loves me," Fay said, pouting.

"Hey, whoever said anything about lo-"

"I've got it!" Syaoran exclaimed out of nowhere.

"Got what?" Sakura asked, a bit confused.

"What Fay-san and Kurogane-san's sleeping positions reminded me of! When I was traveling with my father, we saw a sculpture of two people sitting side by side. It was famous in that town, because it was the last sculpture made by the town's famous artist before his death."

"What was it called?" Sakura asked, interested.

"Hm... 'The Dreamers', I think."

Fay smiled.

"I like the sound of that."


A/N: I had a note written out, but FF ate it, and I'm too lazy to write a new one. Short version- there may be more updates in the (near?) future.