Thirteen Nights In Hell

Chapter 2: Trial and Error

By: ChaoticSpecter

Disclaimer: See previous chapter.

"Here, take this."

Yamato stared blankly at the box Taichi shoved unceremoniously into his face. "What is this?"

"It's supposed to be a really effective sleep aid."

"I already tried it," Yamato growled glaring.

"No this is a different one. Just try it out. Maybe the last one wasn't strong enough or something. Switching brands may work."

"I guess," Yamato said raising a skeptical eyebrow and snatching the box from Taichi. Tai just rolled his eyes and started getting ready for bed. During the past couple of months Taichi had been sleeping at Yamato's consistently because Yamato declared that Taichi's presence made him sleep better. So no matter what went on during the day Taichi had to have his ass at Yamato's before he got ready for bed or there would be hell to pay. And Taichi didn't mind really. He enjoyed spending time with his best friend and it was easier to bother Yamato in the mornings it he was already there when he woke up. But that was beside the point. Taichi was there for himself just as much as he was there for Yamato. He slept better when Yamato was near.

Tai crawled into bed and Yamato turned to him glaring. "If this doesn't work you can't buy anymore pills."

"Whatever. Just go to sleep."

"I'm just letting you know. You already know that I don't like taking pills so this trial and error approach isn't going to get very far. I'm no lab rat."

"Damn. You just have to be a jackass don't you Yama?" Tai said his idea shot to hell.

"I told you to find a way to get me to sleep, not find a drug that works."

Tai stuck his tongue out at him. "You big meanie. Just shut up and go to sleep. If it doesn't work we'll try something else tomorrow night."

Yamato laid down and eventually fell into a fitful slumber only to wake up two hours later. He glared at the ceiling for a long while before turning to Taichi. "Wake up you," he said while shaking Taichi violently.

"Damn it," Tai growled while slapping Yamato's hands away. "You didn't have to wake me up like that jackass."

"Yes I did. If I don't wake you up like that you'll just ignore me and keep sleeping. Now get up, let's go watch T.V." Taichi groaned in response and Yamato dragged him from the bed. They settled in front of the television and Taichi whined. "Shut up. We're not watching infomercials tonight. "

"Really?" Taichi asked hoping Yamato would let him sleep.

"Yeah. I went out and rented movies this afternoon," Yamato said pulling a bag of videos out of the cabinet of his entertainment center. "Got a bunch of old movies. This should be fun, ne Tai-chan?" Taichi just glared in response causing Yamato to grin. "You need to try harder Taichi. We wouldn't even be doing this if you could get me to sleep."

"Why are you even blaming me for this? Just go to a doctor."

"I've already been to the doctor. I've been going for two months already Taichi, you know this. I'm sick of going, they can't do a damn thing for me."

"What makes you think I can?"

"You usually find a way to fix everything else. Why not this?" he said as if it were completely reasonable.

"Calming you down and curing your insomnia are two different things."

"Whatever. You better figure something out if you want to sleep." With that Yamato popped a tape into the VCR and pressed play. Taichi settled into him when he laid on the couch and stared at the screen with glazed eyes. It was going to be a long night.

TBC...

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