Musa/Tecna - sharing a bed

"Musa," Tecna said through gritted teeth. "I can hear your teeth chattering from here."

On the other side of the room, Musa huffed out a breath and rolled over, curling into an even tighter ball.

"It's cold."

Tecna rolled her eyes, but couldn't help but huff out a laugh. "This is not cold," she assured her room-mate. "Zenith in summer is colder than this."

"Well, not all of us were raised on Zenith," Musa said, practically hissing the last word.

Tecna rolled onto her back, considering Musa's words, while the other girl shuddered at the sight of the t-shirt she wore to bed. Musa was wearing her thickest pyjamas and had an extra blanket layered on top of her, but was still shivering.

"It is true that the Harmonic Nebula is considered to be one of the more tropical locations in the dimension, making it a very popular tourist destination. But Solaria is much hotter due to its proximity to the sun. A much different kind of heat, of course, a dry heat, compared to the Harmonic Nebula's humidity. Of course, you..."

There was almost something rhythmic to Tecna's tone as she recited the information, and Musa found the gentle cadence of it almost lulled her off to sleep. That is until another wave of cold air rushed over her and she jerked back awake.

"It's no good," Musa snapped, cutting Tecna off mid sentence. "I'll freeze to death before I fall asleep."

Tecna sighed. "Do you want my blanket?" It would be cold without it but she was sure she'd survive.

"No," Musa moaned. "That's not fair to you."

Another sigh.

"Fine," she said, kicking off her blanket and swinging her legs over the side of the bed. There was nothing left for it.

"What are you doing?"

Tecna ignored her and yanked her blanket free from where it had been tucked firmly under the mattress. Then she stomped over to Musa's bed and looked down at her impatiently.

"Move over."

"What?"

"Move. Over."

"Why?"

Tecna made an exasperated noise. "You will not take my blanket, so the next most effective way to increase your body temperature is by sharing body heat. Which is only possible if we sleep in the same bed. We sleep in the same bed, you get warmer and stop shivering, we both finally get to go to sleep and aren't tired in class tomorrow."

"I'm not doing that."

Tecna narrowed her eyes and cocked her head. "Why? I just explained to you why it's the most effective course of action."

"I kick in my sleep."

"No, you don't," Tecna said flatly. "Now move over."

"Fine."

She wiggled over while Tecna got the blanket from her bed settled into place. Then she slid under the covers and all of a sudden the two girls were sharing a bed.

"Roll over."

"What now-"

Sighing impatiently, Tecna shoved Musa's shoulder until the girl rolled so she was facing away, leaving Tecna space to snuggle up behind her and curl an arm around her waist.

"Is this strictly necessary?"

"Yes," Tecna said simply, and Musa shivered at the feeling of her warm breath against the back of her neck. "Now go to sleep."

It sounded too simple, after hours of lying there shivering, but funnily enough, with Tecna's body temperature slowly warming her coupled with the comforting weight of her arms surrounding her, it really was that simple and she felt herself start to drift off.

Smashing it. This one is for Curly Valkyrie. Enjoy lovelies and remember requests for this prompt list are closed, but don't worry new prompts will be out in December!