Title: Domestic Life In Dark World
Characters: Edo, Ryou||Pair: Edo x Ryou
Chapters: 7-10||Words: 250||Total: 1,750
Genre: Romance||Rated: PG
Challenges: Diversity Writing: GX canon: E9, drabble novel with under 500 wpc
Timeline: During the time Edo & Ryou are researching Haou and such. This was sparked by an ask on my tumblr concerning bed sharing, so that will happen. No sex, however. But give me time and the bed will be shared.
Summary: Living of any kind requires effort, cleanliness, and food. Living in Dark World isn't any exception at all.
Ryou hadn't watched someone sleep before. At least, he hadn't watched them and enjoyed the experience. He'd seen Fubuki doze off in class or in the middle of homework and all he'd felt then was a bit of annoyance.
When he'd opened his eyes to discover he'd turned over in his sleep and Edo lay next to him, breathing quietly, eyed closed, features still, he'd not been able to pull his attention away.
He looks… restful. Ryou hadn't thought before that Edo could look like that. Edo always looked alive, fierce, mocking, serious. If he smiled, then he plotted deadly and beautiful torment.
Truth to tell, Ryou liked that about him more than he liked this restful expression. He liked whatever told him that something was going on behind those sky-blue eyes, and that whatever it was would likely be sharp and incisive and damaging to those who deserved it.
He liked the idea that Edo remained even more deadly than he himself.
But to see him like that wasn't unpleasant by any means. Nor was the sense of sleeping next to him. As much as he hadn't watched someone sleep, he'd never slept next to someone either.
Edo curled up when he slept, forming a tiny ball of vibrating warmth that occasionally flipped from side to side. Ryou hadn't noticed while he'd slept, but once he woke, Edo turned over at least two or three times.
Energy. That was what Edo was. Ryou couldn't deny that he liked that.
To Be Continued
Notes: Are they going to do more than consider each other? Probably not. This is Dark World, after all, and they're both rather new to softer emotions. And Ryou is kinda dying.