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Acting Up Again?
Val sat down once they reached the camp and wondered if he had no chance of making it so that he'd never have to worry about Havi doing something like that ever again. He let out a large sigh and rubbed his face in frustration as he pondered what to do.
As he was thinking the issue over, he remembered what Havi had done earlier. He watched Havi silently as Havi sat down and pulled out one of his 'precious items' that they'd gotten recently. It was a book that would show anything you wanted to read about that the person who'd cast the magic had managed to get his hands on. It was because this book had no information on Ruruka that they had to go to the library in the first place.
Val cleared his throat and waited until Havi looked up from the book and Ruruka was also paying attention to him. 'I have to make this convincing or we'll be lucky to leave this place alive if we stick around too long. The villagers will eventually figure out it was Havi if we stay here too long.' Val thought as he started his mission to persuade Havi and Ruruka to move on.
"Havi, we've got the information we were looking for, and that's all we stopped for. Can we please continue to quest for the next item? I just don't think that staying here would beneficial." Val said hoping that he'd be able to convince Havi to move on. Ruruka, was very open to the thought of moving on. Something that Val would look on later and be thankful for later.
"Val has a point, we don't need anything here, and it's so boring when we aren't doing something or looking for something." Ruruka said as he moved from his little self-made bed of moss and large leaves to sit next to Val. Havi thought about it for a moment and then nodded.
"You are right. There is nothing more of interest here. We'll continue forward to look for the item we were looking for previously. We'll go look for the 'sleeping treasure' like we had been before this started." Havi agreed and then set his book down. He had made up his mind, and was now going to get ready for the evening. Havi had thoughts of enjoying the night the way he had been enjoying most nights since Val had come to terms with his feelings and their relationship.
Val, however, wasn't going to let Havi do anything with him that night but sleep. After all, you don't just call up someone's demon, whether or not they have an actual demon, or just emotional demons. Val put together the makeshift bed that Kiba, Havi's unique horse, carried in his saddlebags. He laid down and got under the blankets and started to go to sleep. Ruruka lay down by Val's stomach, partially to stay close to Val, and partially to keep warm throughout the night.
Havi laid down behind Val who was on his side, and wrapped his arms around the one person he loved with all his heart. It took Havi a moment to realize that Val was asleep, and Havi's earlier intentions were down the drain. Now that Val had control of his demon, if Havi ever tried to wake the demon in Val when Val was asleep, things don't go as well as Havi plans.
Havi gave up for the moment, he didn't want to wake Val or his demon and get in any more trouble than he probably was already in. It didn't take long for the three traveling companions to fall asleep and each had their own dreams.
~The next Morning~
Havi slowly started to wake up, the only reason he was waking up was because someone continued to poke him in the forehead.
"Mm. What are you up too?" Havi asked as he slowly started to wake up. When his eyes were clear of sleep he saw the face of an irritated, frustrated, and yet slightly amused Val. Havi was confused as to why Val had such a face.
"Havi, your arms?" Val prompted with a small chuckle at the sight of the very confused Havi. When Havi realized what position they were in, he hugged Val closer. They were laying on their sides facing each other, Havi's right arm was Val's pillow, while Havi's left arm was holding Val close.
"We need to get up and get started towards Vincher, the city with the 'Sleeping Treasure'." Val said as he sat up and forced Havi to let him go. As Val sat up, his movement stirred Ruruka's sleep and woke him up.
"Val! I'm hungry!" Ruruka whined in his normal manner as he woke up and was hungry and wanted breakfast the same as always. Val got up and made breakfast as usual and they all ate and when they were finished eating, they packed up.
They got ready to go to the city and within two hours they were mounted up and on the way to Vincher. They'd been on the road for a couple hours and were only an hour or two from Vincher when Ruruka started to act weird. The way he was looking towards the horizon with the same eyes that he had been looking at Val with the morning before.
Havi and Val exchanged a look as if to say, 'What the hell is going on?' Ruruka starts purring and cuddles up to Val around his neck where he was laying. He wasn't doing anything odd towards Val, rather he was acting like he was going to see someone he had a crush on after a long time of not seeing them.
AN: Sorry it took so long to write this. I have to say thanks to a friend from school who is reading this for getting my butt in gear and getting it written and posted. Thank you Jenny!
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