(why of course… hands you the reikyaoi)

tags: canon universe, fluff, literal sleeping together, cuddling, (mutual) pining but that’s a secret

Rei told Kaoru that he wanted to teach him something — which naturally meant that nothing good would come out of it.

Okay, perhaps he was being too harsh. While their schedules had been coincidentally mismatching each other, he had no particular wish to be away from Rei at all.

…His friend’s behavior had been weird, though.

Vanishing from the studios as soon as they were done with the recordings, exiting rooms whenever they were the only ones inside, leaving practice a few minutes earlier than he usually would because ‘he had to take care of something’ and that something was avoiding Kaoru like the plague.

So, when he suddenly approached the younger man first and casually stated ‘I should teach you something useful after the meeting, Kaoru had been— would it be too humiliating if he said relieved?

When he inquired what, exactly, Rei simply smiled and declared that it would be ‘something good for his health’. Kaoru had no problems with that, only questions, so he just nodded in mild confusion as the other man walked away.

Just as he said, they found each other a few minutes after the meeting. Rei looked sleepy, which could be easily justified by the time.

“Shouldn’t you sleep a little bit before our interview?” Kaoru questioned, looking at the schedule on his phone. “Koga-kun and Adonis-kun should meet us to get ready in… 3 hours. That’s pretty much our only free time of the day.”

Rei hummed, but it was a hum that indicated that he was already aware of all the information. “What I wanted to teach you is actually related to that.”

Kaoru blinked in confusion.

“Let’s go to my dorm room, shall we?”

“Your—”

Despite the question, Kaoru could tell that Rei wasn’t truly waiting for an answer. He pointedly ignored the way his friend grabbed his wrist to drag him around.

They left the building and had a short walk in order to reach the dorms. In the afternoon, most idols were busy with work, so it wasn’t surprising to enter Rei’s room and see that it was empty.

“You still have that up?” Kaoru snorted, pointing at the divider between two beds. His wrist still burned with a warm sensation.

“It is necessary, sometimes.” Rei didn’t elaborate any further. He simply walked to his bed, in all of its emo glory, as Aira had once called it. Kaoru had no choice but to follow.

Rei tapped the mattress.

“Lay down.”

There was a minute or two of silence. Kaoru’s brain was too busy short-circuiting to be able to formulate a proper response, action, anything, fated to shutdown seconds after hearing such unexpected words.

“Rei-kun.” He breathed. “Are they recording this? Is it for a fanservice prank program or something?”

Rei was momentarily stunned, and a rare blush adorned his cheeks. “Oh, no, don’t misunderstand. I was just— I had no ill intentions— this is not…”

Kaoru waited.

“I am not that shameless,” Rei sighed, managing to give him a small smile, “I merely wished to introduce you to a technique that will save your life.”

Now that made him curious. “What is it?”

Silently, Rei tightened his hold on the younger man’s wrist and pulled him closer. Kaoru let himself fall onto the bed, albeit not free from embarrassment.

He listened to Rei’s quiet instructions, lying down and moving to the side. He tried his best to regulate his breathing as he felt the weight of another body on the mattress, joining him.

If he tried this two years ago, he distantly thought, I would’ve probably sent him to a hospital.

“Now you close your eyes.” Rei’s voice suddenly declared. It was a pleasant sound.

“What is this for…?” Kaoru did as he was told, trusting the unknown reasons behind such questionable behavior. He was trying not to yawn. “You’re making me sleepy, too.”

“That is the point of this.” Rei calmly stated, oblivious to Kaoru’s widening eyes. “I am teaching you how to take decent power naps between obligations, after all.”

Nevermind, he would go to the hospital very soon. “Wh— Do you think I don’t know what power naps are?”

“Of course you do,” Rei muttered, like he was trying to convince himself of something, “I just think you should be able to rest properly… like this.”

Kaoru’s brain stopped functioning for the second time of the day, then. Rei’s arms encircling his waist were definitely not the cause.

The sudden feeling of hair tickling his nape and shoulder didn’t help, either. “Close your eyes. You have been too tired, rest.”

We have been too tired, he left unsaid, although Kaoru still understood it. He let out a small sigh.

“I’m not mad.” He still found himself whispering, because he knew what Rei was thinking. How could he not, when they were almost never apart these days? “So… sleep well.”

He felt a smile against his shoulder. A fang poked him lightly. “You too, Kaoru-kun.”

Kaoru closed his eyes once again, deep in thought.

He should say it.

“Also, quit avoiding me, okay? If you have to confess your undying feelings to me or something, just do it. It’ll make us sleep better.”

Rei nearly choked behind him.

Then, seconds later, Kaoru was snoring.