day 12 - making out
Seto woke up to the feeling of something touching his nose, then pressing against his cheek. He cracked his eyes open, but it was pitch black, and for a second he couldn't figure out where he was. There was a warm shape in his arms, and as his mind pieced it together, he vaguely remembered Mary crawling into bed with him at some point, complaining about a scary move. She wriggled in his arms, and something brushed his other cheek, and he realized she was kissing his face.
Confused and still half asleep, he tilted his head to kiss her back, sloppy and almost missing in the darkness. She jumped and squeaked in surprise, obviously not aware that he was awake, and he shifted forward onto his elbow, cupping her cheek in his hand and kissing her again. Mary went very still, and then her hands were feeling at his shirt, looking for a handhold. She moved closer, and her cold foot pressed against his shin and it was all he could do not to jump.
His hand had gotten tangled up in her hair somehow, like the strands were alive and winding themselves around his fingers — which wasn't impossible, considering the things he'd seen it do — and he pushed her hair back from her neck, leaning over to press his lips to the soft spot under her ear. She breathed in, a shaky pleased hum, and he laughed under his breath. Her fingers found the nape of his neck, and she tried to nudge him closer.
"You're gonna wake up Kano," he mumbled, and she shook her head, but he paused all the same, craning to look over his shoulder at the still form in the other bed.
She tugged him back to face her again, anxious for him to continue, but he was more awake now, and he tried, without much success, to disentangle his hand from her hair. "Come ooooon," she whined, frustrated, but he wouldn't budge on the subject.
"I have to get up in two hours for work," he reminded her gently, flopping back down against the pillows and rubbing his now-free wrist. "You can't sleep here if you're gonna try to keep me up all night."
She pouted, and he was not without sympathy, so he kissed her one last time, before closing his eyes and trying very hard to go back to sleep. It was a long time before he succeeded.
(there will be no updates this weekend due to a convention. updates will return on monday.)
