A/N: May or may not be a slight continuation of the Late at Night prompt. This time, the role's reversed.
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. That goes to the respective owner. I only own my OC(s).
Returning the Favor:
(Yusei's POV)
I sighed, rubbing my eyes from staring at the computer screen for several hours. I don't even know what time it was, but it was dark outside. Guess it won't be completely an all-nighter. I shut the computer down after saving the progress.
"Ren, I'm done," I called quietly. I didn't want to wake up Jack or Crow at this time of night. I got a bit confused when there was no answer. "Ren?" I looked behind me. I know I had heard him saying about pulling up a chair and reading a bit, but I wasn't expecting the sight I got.
He was fast asleep in the chair, his head tilted back and the book laying open in his lap. I was half-expecting him to be faking (considering the numerous times he's scared Jazz and AJ with his pranks no matter how much Jazz yells at him to stop it), but from his breathing he was definitely sound asleep.
Quietly, I walk up to him, picking the book up from his lap. I bookmarked the page and placed it on the table. I took a glance at a clock and winced when I read the time. Yeah, waking up is going to be rough later in the morning, I thought, carefully picking Ren up. His head lolled to rest up against my shoulder as I headed for the bedroom.
I was a bit surprised he didn't even stir while I was carrying him. He's usually easy to startle awake, considering the times I've woken him up when I got out of bed. His insomnia must have drained his energy the last couple of days. I frowned at that. He really should get that checked out. I don't want to worry about him collapsing while he's in the middle of a performance.
I shut the door with my foot, setting Ren down on the bed first. When I slid in beside him, he stirred a bit. "Whaa...?" he asked tiredly, eyes only halfway open. Dammit, I was hoping to not wake him up.
"It's okay, Ren. Just go back to sleep," I told him, running a hand through his dark-brown hair.
He didn't object as he laid his head back down onto the pillow, closing his eyes. Yeah, he's even more tired than I am at this point. I laid down beside him, pulling him a bit closer. I looked down at his sleeping face. My thoughts went back to when I had "caught" Ren putting my jacket over my shoulders after I had fallen asleep at the computer. Truth was that I had known he did that, but I didn't say anything to him yet as I only noticed him when I slowly woke up. By that point, he was already far up the stairs.
I pushed back his bangs, pressing my lips against his forehead. "Goodnight, Ren."
A/N: I feel like I'm getting a little better at writing romance. What do you guys think?
