This is written with the assumption that Ein and Ledah were close before Ledah got his Diviner.
Disclaimer: See first story.
Though the chiming clock in the hall insisted that it was midnight, Ein was still sitting awake. A single candle burned on the bedside table, keeping the room from total blackness with its dim illumation. An open book, neglected for the past half an hour now, was on the foot of the bed. Ein was too mentally preoccupied to focus on the story.
With a soft sigh, he glanced down at the sleeping face of Ledah, who was laying warm in his arms. Had the other angel been awake, he would have pulled away from Ein in an instant, possibly chided him in his usual seemingly impatient way.
'Usual' way? Ein frowned, casting a glance at the large, jagged looking red spear propped up against the wall by Ledah's side of the bed. The Diviner, Lorelei. He wasn't like that before...
Ein absently fingered a strand of Ledah's blond hair. No, there had been something different about the black winged angel ever since he obtained Lorelei. He seemed so hollow now. His gaze was always impassive and his face never betrayed anything he didn't want known.
Ein's own Diviner, the lightning bolt shaped Einherjar, rested against the wall on the other side of the bed. His sacrifice had been his wings. Ledah had never told him what it was he'd had to give up, but whatever it had been, it was enough to numb his heart.
While Ledah normally had a certain degree of coldness about him, he'd never been quite this sober. With enough gentle prodding, Ein used to almost always be able to get him to open up.
Ein suddenly felt Ledah stir restlessly in his embrace. One dark crimson eye stared up at him, the other obscured by unkempt bangs.
"...Go to," Ledah yawned, "sleep." Surprisingly, he didn't try to pull away from Ein. On the contrary, the wingless angel concluded in a brief moment of self satisfaction, Ledah seemed quite comfortable right where he was. "We have an important mission tomorrow," he continued in a languid whisper. "We must get to Riviera. Since you will be travelling on foot, you need to be well rested."
Ein resisted the urge to brush Ledah's bangs back, away from his face. "I can't sleep."
Ledah stared pointedly at the flickering candle and mumbled something incoherent as sleep began to lure him back. Sheepishly, Ein leaned over and blew the candle out. The room immediately fell into blackness.
Ledah's breathing had evened out, soft and steady. Gingerly, not wanting to disturb him, Ein lowered his own head to the pillow, resting his chin against the top of Ledah's thick hair. He smiled wistfully into the still darkness as Ledah unconsciously snuggled closer.
I wonder, Ledah. After this is all said and done... will you finally come back?