Chapter 3 - Can I Sleep With You?
Kagura's eyes flew wide open. She whimpered a little and pulled the blanket farther up to her chin. She just woke up from a rather disturbing nightmare where she found Kyou in bed with Haru. She was now solidly freaked out and unable to even blink her eyes, let alone get anymore sleep.
"Tohru-kun, I had a bad dream," she whispered, and poked the girl sleeping next to her. "Tohru-kun?" She said a little louder. No response. Who would have guessed that Tohru sleeps like a rock?
Kagura sighed and sat up in the bed. "What a weird dream. Like that would ever happen." She tried to reassure herself but it wasn't working very well. You never know with Haru..
"Tohru-kun, are you sure you're asleep?" Kagura said, hoping one last time to wake her up.
Unfortunately, all that Tohru's reply consisted of was an annoyed, "Hmhmm.."
"I thought so," Kagura said, partially to herself and partially to the sleeping girl. "But I need someone to talk to," she whined.
"I know!" Kagura's face lit up as the idea struck her. "I'll just think of what Tohru-kun would say if she were awake!" She nodded approvingly to herself.
"If I were Tohru, I'd say, 'Kagura, what a stupid dream!'
"Hm.. Tohru wouldn't be mean. Let's try again.. 'Kagura-san, go to sleep.'
"Iie, Tohru wouldn't ignore me. She'd say, 'Kagura-kun, if it's really bothering you so much, why don't you just talk to Kyou-kun about it?'"
"Hai!" Kagura exclaimed, satisfied with what her Tohru side advised her to do.
"Kagura-san, what's the matter?" The real Tohru asked as she rolled over in the bed. All the talking Kagura was doing apparently woke her up.
"Arigato, Tohru-kun! I'll go make sure right now!" She said, and happily hopped out of the room.
"Huh?" A question mark popped up above Tohru's head before she collapsed back onto the bed, quickly falling into deep sleep.
~meanwhile~
Haru paced the guest bedroom, looking for an excuse (any excuse) to go into Yuki's room. He tried getting to sleep, but the events of the past day were all circling around in his head and causing havoc. It was already 2AM and he hadn't gotten a wink of sleep the entire night. He was sure that if he had his Yuki with him, he'd have absolutely no trouble falling asleep at all. Well.. maybe a little trouble, but he figured he'll cross that bridge when he gets there.
"Any stupid excuse at all," he said to himself as he paced the room. "He probably won't let me stay anyway so it doesn't matter what it is."
He stopped pacing and looked at himself in the mirror. "Yuki," he said, "I heard noises and I couldn't sleep." He frowned. "He'll never buy that."
"Yuki, I had a nightmare." Haru tried to keep the serious look on his face, but eventually just broke down and started laughing.
He realized that this was definitely proving to be a useless method. He sighed and decided to just go in there and act upon impulse. Maybe Yuki wouldn't even wake up, and he could sneak into his bed without him even knowing it. Sure, a little underhanded but you gotta do what you gotta do.
"Hai!" Said a voice from one of the other bedrooms.
"Hm, looks like Kagura and Tohru couldn't sleep either. I wonder what's keeping them up," he said to himself, but decided not to waste any more time. He swung open the door of the guest bedroom and was met face to face with Kagura.
"Kagura-kun! What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" He asked, hoping that she wouldn't question about his motives.
"I was about to ask you that same question!" Well, there goes that idea.
"Uh.. I'm going to the kitchen.. to get water. I was kind of thirsty, you see and.." Haru tried his hand at lying, but Kagura had him figured out.
"Haru-kun is lying! I know that you aren't going to the kitchen. Just admit it!" She started chewing on her bottom lip as tears welled up in her eyes.
"Alright," he sighed. "I admit it, but you have to promise not to tell anyone, ok?"
At that point, Kagura totally broke down and started crying hysterically. "How could you do this to me?" She wailed, and Haru desperately tried to calm her down.
"Do what? I don't understand, why are you so upset?" He asked, kneeling down next to her disheveled form.
"Just when Kyou-kun and I were starting to find true happiness, you had to do this! And now you're sneaking into his bedroom in the middle of the night and you thought I'd never find out?!?!"
Haru's jaw dropped. "Why the hell would I want to go into Kyou's room?!"
Kagura paused her crying and looked up at him. "You.. you mean.. you aren't?"
"..Iie.." Haru shook his head and narrowed his eyes.
"So," she sniffled, "where are you going?"
"Yuki's.."
"Ah," Kagura said. "Seems like I overreacted." Haru nodded. "Gomen," she added and hung her head.
"It's alright. But just why did you think that I'd go to Kyou's room anyway?"
"I had this dream, and you and Kyou were.." Kagura began, but Haru interrupted her.
"I, all of a sudden, don't want to hear this dream," he said and stood up. "By the way, where are you going?"
"Kyou's."
"Ah, so this'll be just our little secret, ne?" Haru said, and headed towards the direction of Yuki's room.
"Hai!" Kagura smiled.
"Good luck."
"Good luck, Haru-kun!" She winked at him and hurryingly disappeared through the door of Kyou's bedroom.
Kagura crept quietly up to Kyou's bed and did a quick check for any other inhabitants. Nothing. Just the adorable Kyou, curled slightly on his side with the most peaceful look on his sleeping face. "Ah," she sighed.
Technically, she could very well go back to Tohru's room now. The emergency has been averted, and Kagura was already sufficiently assured that Haru would be nowhere near Kyou's bed. Although, it was so tempting to stay a while with the sleeping kitty.
Kagura snickered and quickly looked around the room. Surely, Kyou wouldn't mind if she ever so quietly sneaked into the big empty space in his bed. A very determined look suddenly crossed her face as she told herself, "now or never."
She tiptoed to the very edge of the bed, and made sure that Kyou was still asleep. Kagura knew what a light sleeper the cat was. Seeing that everything seemed to be in place, she slyly crawled up next to Kyou.
"I'll show you acorns!" Kyou mumbled, and Kagura froze in her spot. She then realized he was just innocently talking in his sleep.
"Good night, Kyou-kun," she whispered and pulled the blanket up to her shoulders.
"Kuso hamster.." Kyou replied. Kagura smiled and closed her eyes.
~
Haru crept into Yuki's bedroom very inconspicuously. He quietly closed the door behind himself and knelt down by Yuki's bed. 'This is a much more appropriate place to think of a plan,' he thought to himself and smiled.
"What do you want?" Came a rather unexpected question from the supposedly sleeping Yuki.
"Eh?" Haru blinked, surprised to hear anything from him, especially since he was usually half-asleep even when he was awake. "Did I wake you?"
"Iie, Kagura has been crying for about an hour now." Yuki rolled over onto his back. "Do you know what all that was about?"
"Hai," Haru replied and left it at that.
"What, then?" Yuki seemed insistent.
"Believe me, you don't want to know."
"I'll take your word for it," Yuki said and closed his eyes, hoping to get back to sleep. He then realized that Haru hasn't actually left yet. "... Are you going to stay there all night?"
"Of course. Although.. the ground is very cold and uncomfortable."
"Go to your room, Haru."
"But I can't sleep."
"Try," Yuki groaned.
"I did."
"Try, try again."
After a moment of silence, Haru decided that since he was getting kicked out again, he might as well make it worth the trouble. "Can I sleep with you tonight?"
"No."
"Please."
"No," Yuki mumbled and pulled his pillow onto his head.
"Why not?"
"Haru, what if someone comes in. They might get the wrong idea."
"Well technically, it would be the right idea, wouldn't it?"
"No."
"Pleeeaaase," Haru said as the pillow collided with his face. "Fine then. I'll sleep on the ground." He got up from his kneeling position and leaned over Yuki, kissing him on the cheek. "Good night, Yuki-kun."
"'Night," Yuki replied and Haru ever so innocently curled up on the ground with Yuki's pillow.
A few moments of silence passed.
"Can I have my pillow back?"
"You'll have to come down here and get it."
"Never mind."
Kagura's eyes flew wide open. She whimpered a little and pulled the blanket farther up to her chin. She just woke up from a rather disturbing nightmare where she found Kyou in bed with Haru. She was now solidly freaked out and unable to even blink her eyes, let alone get anymore sleep.
"Tohru-kun, I had a bad dream," she whispered, and poked the girl sleeping next to her. "Tohru-kun?" She said a little louder. No response. Who would have guessed that Tohru sleeps like a rock?
Kagura sighed and sat up in the bed. "What a weird dream. Like that would ever happen." She tried to reassure herself but it wasn't working very well. You never know with Haru..
"Tohru-kun, are you sure you're asleep?" Kagura said, hoping one last time to wake her up.
Unfortunately, all that Tohru's reply consisted of was an annoyed, "Hmhmm.."
"I thought so," Kagura said, partially to herself and partially to the sleeping girl. "But I need someone to talk to," she whined.
"I know!" Kagura's face lit up as the idea struck her. "I'll just think of what Tohru-kun would say if she were awake!" She nodded approvingly to herself.
"If I were Tohru, I'd say, 'Kagura, what a stupid dream!'
"Hm.. Tohru wouldn't be mean. Let's try again.. 'Kagura-san, go to sleep.'
"Iie, Tohru wouldn't ignore me. She'd say, 'Kagura-kun, if it's really bothering you so much, why don't you just talk to Kyou-kun about it?'"
"Hai!" Kagura exclaimed, satisfied with what her Tohru side advised her to do.
"Kagura-san, what's the matter?" The real Tohru asked as she rolled over in the bed. All the talking Kagura was doing apparently woke her up.
"Arigato, Tohru-kun! I'll go make sure right now!" She said, and happily hopped out of the room.
"Huh?" A question mark popped up above Tohru's head before she collapsed back onto the bed, quickly falling into deep sleep.
~meanwhile~
Haru paced the guest bedroom, looking for an excuse (any excuse) to go into Yuki's room. He tried getting to sleep, but the events of the past day were all circling around in his head and causing havoc. It was already 2AM and he hadn't gotten a wink of sleep the entire night. He was sure that if he had his Yuki with him, he'd have absolutely no trouble falling asleep at all. Well.. maybe a little trouble, but he figured he'll cross that bridge when he gets there.
"Any stupid excuse at all," he said to himself as he paced the room. "He probably won't let me stay anyway so it doesn't matter what it is."
He stopped pacing and looked at himself in the mirror. "Yuki," he said, "I heard noises and I couldn't sleep." He frowned. "He'll never buy that."
"Yuki, I had a nightmare." Haru tried to keep the serious look on his face, but eventually just broke down and started laughing.
He realized that this was definitely proving to be a useless method. He sighed and decided to just go in there and act upon impulse. Maybe Yuki wouldn't even wake up, and he could sneak into his bed without him even knowing it. Sure, a little underhanded but you gotta do what you gotta do.
"Hai!" Said a voice from one of the other bedrooms.
"Hm, looks like Kagura and Tohru couldn't sleep either. I wonder what's keeping them up," he said to himself, but decided not to waste any more time. He swung open the door of the guest bedroom and was met face to face with Kagura.
"Kagura-kun! What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" He asked, hoping that she wouldn't question about his motives.
"I was about to ask you that same question!" Well, there goes that idea.
"Uh.. I'm going to the kitchen.. to get water. I was kind of thirsty, you see and.." Haru tried his hand at lying, but Kagura had him figured out.
"Haru-kun is lying! I know that you aren't going to the kitchen. Just admit it!" She started chewing on her bottom lip as tears welled up in her eyes.
"Alright," he sighed. "I admit it, but you have to promise not to tell anyone, ok?"
At that point, Kagura totally broke down and started crying hysterically. "How could you do this to me?" She wailed, and Haru desperately tried to calm her down.
"Do what? I don't understand, why are you so upset?" He asked, kneeling down next to her disheveled form.
"Just when Kyou-kun and I were starting to find true happiness, you had to do this! And now you're sneaking into his bedroom in the middle of the night and you thought I'd never find out?!?!"
Haru's jaw dropped. "Why the hell would I want to go into Kyou's room?!"
Kagura paused her crying and looked up at him. "You.. you mean.. you aren't?"
"..Iie.." Haru shook his head and narrowed his eyes.
"So," she sniffled, "where are you going?"
"Yuki's.."
"Ah," Kagura said. "Seems like I overreacted." Haru nodded. "Gomen," she added and hung her head.
"It's alright. But just why did you think that I'd go to Kyou's room anyway?"
"I had this dream, and you and Kyou were.." Kagura began, but Haru interrupted her.
"I, all of a sudden, don't want to hear this dream," he said and stood up. "By the way, where are you going?"
"Kyou's."
"Ah, so this'll be just our little secret, ne?" Haru said, and headed towards the direction of Yuki's room.
"Hai!" Kagura smiled.
"Good luck."
"Good luck, Haru-kun!" She winked at him and hurryingly disappeared through the door of Kyou's bedroom.
Kagura crept quietly up to Kyou's bed and did a quick check for any other inhabitants. Nothing. Just the adorable Kyou, curled slightly on his side with the most peaceful look on his sleeping face. "Ah," she sighed.
Technically, she could very well go back to Tohru's room now. The emergency has been averted, and Kagura was already sufficiently assured that Haru would be nowhere near Kyou's bed. Although, it was so tempting to stay a while with the sleeping kitty.
Kagura snickered and quickly looked around the room. Surely, Kyou wouldn't mind if she ever so quietly sneaked into the big empty space in his bed. A very determined look suddenly crossed her face as she told herself, "now or never."
She tiptoed to the very edge of the bed, and made sure that Kyou was still asleep. Kagura knew what a light sleeper the cat was. Seeing that everything seemed to be in place, she slyly crawled up next to Kyou.
"I'll show you acorns!" Kyou mumbled, and Kagura froze in her spot. She then realized he was just innocently talking in his sleep.
"Good night, Kyou-kun," she whispered and pulled the blanket up to her shoulders.
"Kuso hamster.." Kyou replied. Kagura smiled and closed her eyes.
~
Haru crept into Yuki's bedroom very inconspicuously. He quietly closed the door behind himself and knelt down by Yuki's bed. 'This is a much more appropriate place to think of a plan,' he thought to himself and smiled.
"What do you want?" Came a rather unexpected question from the supposedly sleeping Yuki.
"Eh?" Haru blinked, surprised to hear anything from him, especially since he was usually half-asleep even when he was awake. "Did I wake you?"
"Iie, Kagura has been crying for about an hour now." Yuki rolled over onto his back. "Do you know what all that was about?"
"Hai," Haru replied and left it at that.
"What, then?" Yuki seemed insistent.
"Believe me, you don't want to know."
"I'll take your word for it," Yuki said and closed his eyes, hoping to get back to sleep. He then realized that Haru hasn't actually left yet. "... Are you going to stay there all night?"
"Of course. Although.. the ground is very cold and uncomfortable."
"Go to your room, Haru."
"But I can't sleep."
"Try," Yuki groaned.
"I did."
"Try, try again."
After a moment of silence, Haru decided that since he was getting kicked out again, he might as well make it worth the trouble. "Can I sleep with you tonight?"
"No."
"Please."
"No," Yuki mumbled and pulled his pillow onto his head.
"Why not?"
"Haru, what if someone comes in. They might get the wrong idea."
"Well technically, it would be the right idea, wouldn't it?"
"No."
"Pleeeaaase," Haru said as the pillow collided with his face. "Fine then. I'll sleep on the ground." He got up from his kneeling position and leaned over Yuki, kissing him on the cheek. "Good night, Yuki-kun."
"'Night," Yuki replied and Haru ever so innocently curled up on the ground with Yuki's pillow.
A few moments of silence passed.
"Can I have my pillow back?"
"You'll have to come down here and get it."
"Never mind."