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BEST OF FRIENDS

Chapter 2
Nights

It was over midnight again but this time Raito had gotten Ryuzaki to the bed so he was able to lie down like he'd usually do. He was staring at the ceiling and trying to ignore Ryuzaki's long fingers that kept tapping rapidly the genius's knees that were drawn close to the man's body.

After a while Raito accepted his failure and sighed. "Ryuzaki. Could you please stop? Stay put until I fall asleep."

"I ate cake, Raito-kun. Sugar rush", Ryuzaki complained and didn't even try to stop. Raito growled.

"Do something else with it then. But do not do that with your fingers."

Wrong words.

Ryuzaki started shaking his legs uncontrollably, making the whole bed shake and make awful noises as it moved on the floor. Raito covered his ears with his pillow.

"Ryuzaki,stop."

"Raito-kun isn't satisfied?" Ryuzaki asked, looking at him with his dead eyes that glowed in the darkness. It wasn't really a sight he liked to see in the dark.

"Why would you expect that I am? You're waking up everyone in this building!"

"That'd be only you, Misa-chan and Watari", Ryuzaki said. "Not a great loss."

Raito pushed the man out of the bed with a crush. "Now that's not a great loss", he said. "I'm not really in the mood for your sugar rush. Remind me this is the last time I'll let you eat something else than decent food before going to bed."

"I'll try not to, Raito-kun", Ryuzaki muttered as he climbed to the bed again.

Raito buried his face in the pillow tiredly as Ryuzaki started stretching his arms and neck. After a while the man leaned at the wall.

"You could just lie down", Raito muttered. Ryuzaki shook his head.

"We've talked about this. If I change the way I sit-"

"I DON'T CARE! I don't honestly care how you sit! But sitting is not sleeping! You don't have to think amazing thoughts while sleeping!" Raito snapped. Ryuzaki took in a deep breath and started to play with his lip as he looked at the ceiling.

"But then I won't be dreaming about amazing stuff either, Raito-kun. That'd be a shame."

"Whatever you say, Ryuzaki", Raito muttered, deciding to cut it off. He turned his back to Ryuzaki.

"I'm bored, Raito-kun. I need to do something", Ryuzaki complained after a while.

"Try falling asleep", Raito snapped.

Failure.

"Ah, that's right. But I'm not really good at that-"

"Try and learn."

"Will you chat with me?" Ryuzaki asked. Raito turned back at him, looking at Ryuzaki angrily.

"Are you serious?"

Ryuzaki nodded. Raito growled and kicked the man's legs. "I am not talking to you at night. You can forget about that. I sleep. I can't talk while being asleep."

"Actually-"

"I'm not a night-talker."

"You-"

"Will not become one. Give up, shut up and stay put", Raito snapped again. The lack of sleep was really getting on his nerves. He breathed slowly, trying to calm himself. Ryuzaki started playing with his toes.

"Stop it."

"But Raito-kun-"

"STOP IT!" Raito screamed. Ryuzaki looked at him, seeming offended.

"Now it's Raito-kun who's waking up the whole building", he stated. Raito snorted.

"Great loss."

Ryuzaki kicked him to the floor with a loud crash. Raito yelped and sat up angrily.

"What was that for?!"

"Eye for eye", Ryuzaki said, yawning. Raito crawled to the bed again and put a pillow on his head. Ryuzaki shrugged.

"I think the sugar rush is wearing off", he stated after a while. Raito muffled something against the pillow.

Silence.

"Next night I'm bringing my computer with."

"Hmm."

"And cake. And coffee. Sugar cubes. Chocolate."

"Got it."

"Can I bring Watari too so I have someone who talks to me?"

"Absolutely not."

"You're boring, Raito-kun!" Ryuzaki complained. "I get lonely."

"You sure your sugar rush is wearing off?" Raito snarled. Ryuzaki nodded. At that time his head hung and eyes closed. Raito looked in awe.

"…Thank god for the tiredness after sugar rush", he muttered as he put his pillow better and covered himself with the blanket.

Now he just needed to fall asleep himself…