A sillier than silly parody of Sleeping Beauty and other fairytales, mostly nonsensical SenRuSen fluff by a 'tripping' Arachay
Disclaimers: You know the drill... I don't own them or Sleeping Beauty, but I just adore SenRuSen and classic fairytales...
Warnings: Possible Sakuragi-bashing in future chappys... All in good fun my dearies... all in good fun... :)
Credits: Sankyuu to everyone who's been loyally reading this fic and reminding me to continue it. You guys truly inspire my muse into cooperating! And special thanks to my unofficial beta-reader, the very talented Ginnie! Sankyuu ne for going through the trouble of bringing those errs to my attention! Your efforts are appreciated enormously! Hope you won't mind doing it again? -wink-wink- :)
0: Asanyebo Tomodachi=Sleepyhead Friend
"Akira... I can't sleep."
From the scattered homework on the floor, Sendoh Akira lifts his gaze to the source of the troubled voice, and met perfect blue eyes of his best friend, Rukawa Kaede. Once again, he found himself drowning in them, breathless. He often slept over, especially since they were now studying in the same university. They had become really fond of each other, letting time pass just wallowing in each other's company. And falling in love.
The raven-haired boy shifted from his position, closed his eyes and sighed deeply.
"Gomen. I must be keeping you up." before Sendoh could bend down to gather his things Rukawa faced him again, and stared. Hard. Like everything about Rukawa's nature, it was subtle and yet intense. Sendoh hadn't even noticed that Rukawa had grabbed onto his sleeve.
"Where are you going?"
Sendoh grinned at the urgency of Rukawa's tone. "I'm going to lie down beside you of course, as soon as I hide this clutter."
Rukawa snorted and watched quietly as his spiky-haired friend hastily stuffed his books and pencils into a bag and shoved everything else into a drawer. He smiled at Rukawa who was lying down on his bed, before taking swift strides to the washroom to clean-up.
Knowing very well of his friend's narcoleptic tendencies, Sendoh was sure Rukawa would be fast asleep by the time he finished washing his face & brushing his teeth. But every few seconds, the sound of bed sheets being rumpled, persisted. A slight pang of worry crept up to his senses, it was very uncharacteristic of Rukawa to be restless. Sendoh quickly changed into a white cotton shirt & boxers. The wind was a bit chilly that night, so he closed the window, before dimming the bedside lamp & settling beside the raven-haired boy. Rukawa just stared up at the ceiling.
"Still awake huh?"
Rukawa grunted in response.
"I know!" Sendoh propped himself on one elbow, a big smile on his face. "Try counting sheep!"
"Sheep?" Rukawa echoed softly.
"Yeah, you know... sheep jumping over a fence!"
An awkward moment of silence... Rukawa had the faintest expression of ridicule, as if torn between saying something and remaining silent.
Sou ka... Sendoh laughed nervously. Rukawa has never had any trouble falling asleep before, so he's never done it and obviously didn't find any sense in counting sheep jumping over a fence.
"What do sheep have to do with falling asleep?" The sullen boy finally spoke.
"Uh, err... well it's supposed to relax your mind and help you fall asleep."
"You count sheep jumping over a fence to fall asleep...?" Rukawa had to ask.
Sendoh thought for a moment, "Well, no not exactly... If I did, I'd probably imagine sheep doing something a bit more interesting..."
Rukawa stared at Sendoh speechless. A more interesting thing to do than jumping over a fence?
Another moment of awkward silence. Rukawa had an accusing look on his face that was synonymous to 'hentai'.
Sendoh suddenly blushed. "Kae-chan, why are you staring at me like that? It's not what you're thinking... What I meant was, if I were to count sheep, I prefer to think of them doing something easier for me to imagine... like dunking a basketball..."
Sheep dunking a basketball...
An image of a brown-colored sheep in a jersey jumped up. His face turned-gorilla-like the last instant before squarely dunking a basketball. "Maaa uhoughoho!" he roared.
One sheep.
The second sheep was rather small, and had very curly hair... he was really speedy for his size. He sped in and did a neat lay-up. "Maaa Ayaaa-chaaan!"
Two sheep.
Now the third sheep jogged in. It had short cropped hair & a scar on his chin. He took the goal from the three-point line "Maaa-yosh!"
Three sheep.
And the last sheep (didn't look quite like a sheep) for he had bright orange fur, like it just swam through a bucket of orange paint. He jumped up to dunk the ball "NYAHAHAHA!" but ended up smashing its nose into the backboard instead.
CRUNCH!!!
Four sheep.
They both winced and shook their heads to dispel the images.
"Okay, so that wasn't a very good idea..." Sendoh sweat-dropped and turned to Rukawa hopefully, "You feeling sleepy yet?"
Rukawa rubbed his eyes. "Iya, mada."
Sendoh looked thoughtful. "Okashii na..."
Rukawa too began to think... Both of them think in chibi mode.
"Ah! Sou ka!" Sendoh pounded his palm. He excitedly tucks a very hesitant Rukawa under the blanket before sitting up and clearing his throat... "I'll tell you a bedtime story!"
"A bedtime story...?" Rukawa echoed, eyes widening a bit.
"Yup! I'll tell you my favorite. It's entitled..." Sendoh pauses a moment for a little drama, "'The Sleepy Princess!" A particularly charming smile washes over his handsome face as he says this.
"Sleepy Princess?" Rukawa echoed blankly, catching himself sounding redundant for the umpteenth time that night. "Don't you mean 'Sleeping Beauty'?"
"Iya." Sendoh shrugged. And flashing another mysterious smile, Sendoh gently nudged the tip of Rukawa's nose with his index finger. "I do mean "Sleepy Princess... my hime..."
Then the screen begins to fade into a different scene like the pages of a storybook...
In the background we hear Rukawa snort. "This had better be good..."
[Tsuzuku...]
Next:
Chapter 1: Okurimono=Gift
A/N: -SIGH- Will this ever be tsuzuku? Gomen to all my good Akikaenian friends who support this silly ficcy. nn Will finish this just don't know when... Plan to revise the most part of it... Aah, revisions, and more revisions... I just love SenRu Sen too much... Sankyuu minnasan!
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