Warning spoilers for XIII-2, I do not own ff XIII-2 etc blah blah

Going for it Chapter 2

Hope had a stressful life as the leader of the Academy, and naturally sleepless nights accompanied that. However, last night was different. He had slept beside the beautiful brunette boy he had deep feelings for. The sun was beginning to peer through as Hope watched Noel sleep, he seemed so peaceful, so at ease. He felt he deserved it considering all he had done months earlier with the near collapse of cocoon and the death of Sarah.

Noel had always slept well after the events of Caius' rampage, it was hard to keep his internal clock working weaving in and out of time stream, last tonight more than any, he felt calm as he slowly opened his eyes to see Hope asleep next to him. He figured Hope must have drifted off watching Noel. Noel smiled as he brushed the hair out of Hope eyes.

"Nnnng" Hope groaned as he stretched awake, he loved to sleep with out underwear, and since he had always gone to bed along, obvious problems had never been an issue. Hope rolled onto his stomach wondering if Noel had noticed.

"So…" Noel laid his hands out to his sides "What do you want to do today?" Hope was guessing he was either successful in his hiding attempt, or Noel just wasn't saying anything at this moment, either way he was considering this a victory, so he gave a little smile. "Oh, and don't think I didn't notice that." Hope's smile faded. "Well im going to shower, you can take care of that yourself." Noel winked at Hope and laughed a bit as he walked to the bathroom.

Hope was alone in the bed for just a few minutes till he got an idea that he would put into action later, but right now he wanted to get a look at Noels room. The thought of what they were fast becoming was wonderful. They were becoming so close, something Hope had not felt in a long long time.

He walked slowly over to the other side of the room and inspected Noel's weapons as he let out a sigh. There was still a bit of tension in his pants that he wanted to work out, and his body was telling him to join Noel in the shower, but his heart wasn't sure. He gpasped the knife that Lightning had giving him so long ago and flicked it open. "Fuck it." He muttered slamming the blade into a table as he walked to the bathroom to be in his new love's embrace.

Ok, sorry it was so short, been busy lately, I promise the next one will be longer than the first, please stay loyal.