Title: Insomnia (unless I think of a better one later)
Characters: Eiri/ Shuichi
Summary: Eiri gets the bed all to himself, but finds he's having a hard time sleeping.
Genre: fluff
Word Count: 500
Rating/Warnings: T, for a couple of choice words, but fairly tame. Unbeta'd
Disclaimer: Gravitation only belongs to me in my dreams.
Finally! Eiri was finished.
It had been a long time since he slipped so far behind a deadline that he had to pull an all-nighter to make up for it. He stretched before saving his document and shutting down his computer. He could save the file on a flash drive for Mizuki tomorrow- no, later today, Eiri amended- before she arrived.
As Eiri hoisted himself out of his chair, he realized just how tired he was. Yawning, Eiri removed his glasses and rubbed his tired eyes. His body wasn't handling these late nights as well as it used to.
He practically stumbled to the door in his exhaustion. It was left open, but only a crack. Enough to let Shuichi know that he was welcome but that Eiri was busy and didn't want to be disturbed too much. Eiri pulled the door open wide and caught the glow of the television coming from the living room.
Was Shuichi still up?
Eiri made his way to the room so he could invite Shuichi to bed. He couldn't see Shuichi's head over the back of the couch and wondered if Shuichi had already turned in without him and left the TV on.
Sighing in resignation, Eiri dragged his feet over to the couch and peeked over the back of it to find the remote. To his surprise, he found Shuichi instead. The boy had fallen asleep and was snoring so loudly Eiri wondered how he hadn't heard it before.
Shuichi must have dozed off while waiting up for him.
Eiri thought of startling him awake, it would be fun to make him jump, but quickly thought better of it. He looked so peaceful that Eiri didn't have the heart to wake him and fetched a blanket for him instead.
Besides, Eiri relished the idea of getting the bed to himself.
No elbows poking him in the middle of the night.
No stolen covers.
And no getting woken up at an ugly hour of morning by a gun-toting foreigner kidnapping his boyfriend.
Eiri sprawled out in the middle of the bed. For such a small guy, Shuichi took up a lot room, and Eiri was elated to have the whole mattress to himself.
But something wasn't right.
Eiri turned to his left.
Eiri rolled to his right.
He pulled the blankets over himself.
He threw the blankets off.
He fluffed his pillow.
And eventually he quit stirring and stared up at the ceiling in complete darkness.
Damn! Despite his fatigue, Eiri was wide awake.
Why the hell couldn't he sleep?
Eventually, Eiri realized what was missing.
Without hesitation, Eiri pushed himself out bed and headed to the living room. Trying carefully not to wake Shuichi, Eiri scooped him off the couch and carried him into the bedroom. He gently placed Shuichi on the bed and took his usual place beside him. Eiri wrapped his arm around his lover and pulled him close, inhaling his sweet sent.
Finally! Now Eiri could get some sleep.
Good night, everybody; thank you for reading and reviews are always welcome ^_^
