Hello all! I return with pure fluff. Really, that's all this is. It's all I can write. Well, it's what I'm best at, at least- next chapter I'll try something different, and if it's fluff again then... I guess I'll keep trying.

Anyway, enjoy!

Late one night (or early one morning, depending how you look at it), nature called for Honda Kiku and pulled him out of a pleasant slumber. His destination was the bathroom, and he was completely fixed on it as he woke... until a force pulled him back down to the mattress. That force was Wang Yao, his lover whom he thought had been asleep, as he should have been.

"Where are you going?" a groggy voice asked, as an alluring hand made its way to Kiku's chest and rubbed it, surprisingly sensual for the time.

"I have to pee," the Japanese man replied bluntly. "I will be right back."

With reluctance, Yao's grip loosened, and Kiku was permitted to get out of bed and do his business.

Upon return, Kiku was expecting to find Yao asleep, the wait being too long for him to handle in his tired state, but was instead greeted with piercing amber eyes and a cheshire grin, illuminated by moonlight.

Despite confusion and slight frustration, Kiku smiled back and climbed into bed to embrace his boyfriend. "Yao-kun, why are you still awake? It is late. Time for all the little nations to rest."

"I know. It's just... I..." He flushed in shame and averted his eyes; clearly, Yao was bothered with something, and Kiku didn't have to know what it was to not like it one bit.

"I had a nightmare," the Chinese man continued, softly and almost unsure. "I-I don't want to talk about it, really, but you were in it and-"

A gentle finger stopped him from going on. Normally, the ancient nation kept his nightmares to himself, not bothering to tell the younger because all he would do is fret about it and try to cheer him up. But being practically immortal was not easy on anyone, and sometimes it was best to tell the one you love most of your fears.

"It's alright, my sun," Kiku reassured after a bit of a pause. "We all get them."

"But... every day, I am reminded of how wonderful you are, and how lucky I am to have you, and sometimes it even gets to the point that I can't stand how much I love you... so having dreans like that makes me realize that I could lose that in an instant, and I can't, I just-"

Again, Yao was stopped mid-speech by a finger to his lips. Tears gathered at the corner of his eyes, but he listened to Kiku intently. "You won't, though. You will not lose me, ever. I promise. You might have a hard time believing me, but I mean it, and you will see for yourself another two thousand years from now when we are still together." Kiku smiled, leaned up to kiss away the doubt, and settled back down, closing his eyes. "Sleep now, and we can talk in the morning."

Yao nodded silently and let his eyes fall closed as well- he was much more tired than he realized.

"Thank you, Kiku."

I always write Kiku as the sad one and Yao as the comforting one, so sometimes it's nice to do a little switcharoo. It's a little harder for me to do sad!Yao since I write Kiku way better in general, but I hope this was still good, despite being short.

Oh! To everyone who's been waiting for me to update Maritime Melody: A Tail's Twist, I'm sorry! I'm just super lazy. I have ideas that I'll eventually write and post here, I promise. For now, this is me acknowledging its existence. It's just that this fic is way easier to come up with ideas for since it doesn't follow a specific plot, which is why it's up to 31 chapters already. :P Thank you for understanding.

That's all! Please leave a review and tell me how you liked it. Bye!