Title: Sleeping with Nobody

Fandom: Kingdom Hearts II

Characters: Naminé, Roxas

Table: #1

Prompt: #01 - Tired

Word Count: 806

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Naminé, Roxas, one bed, and their reactions.

Author's Notes: Romance :3 Finally? XD Roxas + Naminé = adorableness!

Naminé was so in love with Roxas that sometimes it hurt. She supposed that it should hurt anyway because of the fact that she was Kairi's Nobody. It had been fated for her to fall in love with Roxas. It had been fated for her to love Roxas, so she did. It wasn't like Naminé to defy conventions or rules. That was why she took Larxene's taunts and Marluxia's excuses.

Roxas was yawning now, head bobbing slightly up and down on his chest as he tried hard to keep awake. He had wanted to see Naminé finish her drawing, but it seemed like she wasn't going to anytime soon. He had immediately gone to her room after a mission, just wanting to see her and be with her for a moment. Now he was feeling the strains. His arm muscles ached, and his legs were limp. He didn't think he could move them and was glad he was sitting in a high-backed chair. He didn't even know if his back would hold out.

"Are you tired?" Naminé asked mildly, putting down her sketchbook and flipping it closed. She had noticed the blonde boy struggling to keep from falling asleep.

"Not really," Roxas lied. "Are you done drawing?"

"No," Naminé replied, "but you're tired, so I decided to stop. After all, you're not going to go to sleep until I finish drawing. I suppose it counts if I put down the drawing to go to sleep myself."

Yet again Naminé's logic and straightforward way of setting it out defeated Roxas' devotion. He sighed and stood up to leave the room, feeling strangely out of place that night. The moon was full and casting a silver tint on the white room. He still wore his black Organization coat with slightly darker patches of blood.

Naminé stood up, catching Roxas' hand. Then a light blush colored her cheeks. "You're tired right? You can stay here for the night, Roxas…"

Roxas felt a flush creep over his face when Naminé said his name. He had stayed late plenty of times, but he had always left in the end. This time Naminé was inviting him to stay for a longer amount of time. He accepted. "Sure, but where would I sleep?"

Naminé's pale skin was already flushed a light pink, and some patches of the pink darkened slightly. "Well, um…" the Nobody said, clasping her hands together. "I have a b-b-bed." Her last statement was so quiet Roxas had to strain his ears to hear it, but when he did he found himself as embarrassed as Naminé.

"W-w-where you s-s-sleep?" Roxas stuttered, crossing his arms and uncrossing them in front of his chest.

Naminé simply nodded, reverting back to her almost silent self from the first time she and Roxas had met. Roxas simply nodded as well, and both were almost as red as a tomato when they reached the sleeping area of the room.

"Good night," Naminé said, curling up in the bed with her back to Roxas and facing the wall.

At least Naminé won't fall off the bed, Roxas thought, awkwardly settling down beside her with their backs together. He forced himself to breathe slowly and deeply, wondering if that would trick his mind into falling asleep. If the boy had a heart, he was sure it would be beating quickly, quite possibly defying the laws of time and space. If the boy had a heart, he would sure that he would use it to find one for Naminé as well.

Naminé pressed hand against the left side of her chest and held a baited breath. She was disappointed with what she felt. Nothing. Well, the girl should've expected that there would be nothing. She had no heart. She had no pulse. What was curious was that her body emanated natural warmth though there was no heart circulating blood in her system. There must've been something else pumping that blood through her and keeping her warm both literally and figuratively.

"Are you still awake?" Roxas asked softly, yawning widely and bringing up a hand to cover his mouth.

Naminé mumbled a sound of agreement, turning around and grasping Roxas' hand lightly in one of her own. She mumbled something else, eyes fluttering slightly. She was very tired…could hardly keep her eyes open at this point. Roxas was sure that his non-existent heart skipped a beat, and he smiled down fondly at the girl beside him. It was quite comforting to just lie there with Naminé. He cautiously draped one arm over her shoulder, smiling as she burrowed slightly closer to his cloak-covered chest.

"Goodnight Naminé," Roxas whispered softly, dropping a feathery-light kiss on the girl's flaxen head. He paused for a long time, staring blankly at the white wall before adding quietly, "I love you."

In her sleep, Naminé smiled.