I'm finally updating again! This one-shot turned out okay, although it probably could have been better.
Kiyomaro sat on the grass in front of the remains of what had once been the brick fence surrounding his house, a pile of bricks which looked as if they'd been hurriedly dumped on the spot next to him.
"Jeez, Gash," the red bookkeeper groaned, although the demon in question was nowhere to be seen at the moment.
It was Gash's fault that Kiyomaro had to spend his Sunday mending the fence. Gash was the one who had rammed into the brick wall. If he was a human, this incident would have caused more damage to him than the wall, but he wasn't, and instead resulted in a gaping hole in the bricks.
As Kiyomaro was recalling this event, a shadow fell over him, and Megumi's voice spoke up.
"Need some help, Kiyomaro-kun?"
Kiyomaro allowed himself to be distracted from his work long enough to smile and say, "I appreciate it, but I'll be done soon, so you don't need to help."
Although he said this, he secretly hoped that Megumi would insist on staying, at least to keep him company, which was exactly what she did.
"Are you sure that I couldn't help with something?" Megumi urged once Kiyomaro had agreed to let her keep him company. She'd learned by this point that Kiyomaro would eventually give in if she pleaded enough, and she wanted something to keep her occupied.
"I guess…but are you sure? It's a pretty dull job."
The chore passed much more quickly than it otherwise would have with the two working together, and they spent much of the time discussing various issues of interest, teasing each other, and laughing about nothing in particular.
At one point, Kiyomaro and Megumi simultaneously reached for the same brick. Unusually flustered, Kiyomaro jerked his and away, but Megumi simply giggled.
It was evening by the time the task was finally completed. Kiyomaro felt as if he might doze off at any second, while Megumi seemed to be wide awake.
"Hey, Kiyomaro-kun, you can rest your head on my shoulder if you're tired," the idol teased.
If Kiyomaro hadn't been so drowsy he would have recognized the playfulness in Megumi's voice, but sleepiness impaired his judgement, so he allowed his head to fall on her shoulder.
"I enjoyed working on this with you," Megumi whispered as she adjusted to the feeling of Kiyomaro's head against her shoulder.
A yawn escaped her mouth as she spoke; weariness was apparently contagious. Fairly certain that Kiyomaro had already fallen asleep, her lips brushed against his unruly hair before she was overcome by sleep herself.
Gash discovered the pair the next morning, still sound asleep, resting against the brick fence that they had worked so hard together to mend.