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Shades of Grey: Kaitou Blanket
by Icka! M. Chif

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He wasn't even aware the Kid was in the room until he felt the glasses being lifted off his face. He startled at the gentle movement, the book he'd been reading falling off his chest. He glanced up, attempting to focus on the blurry figure above him, looking much like a moving moonbeam.

"You're going to have funny marks on your face if you sleep with your glasses on." The Kid chided, not with out some amusement, deftly catching the falling book before it hit the ground.

"My apologies." He sat up slightly, accepting the offer of the book's return with a yawn. "These late nights catch up after a while."

"A fact I'm well used to." The Kid informed him wirily, the clink of glasses being set down next to the lamp informing him where they were. "In that case, I'll cut tonight's visit short and we can discuss the heist another night."

"Wait." He peered up at the thief's face, attempting to get a reading on the Kid's status despite the dim light of the reading lamp behind him and his own long-sightedness. Nope. Couldn't see a thing besides a blurry blob of white shadow. Might as well gamble it. "Catch a quick nap before you go?"

Stillness followed, the only movement from the Kid being a tilting of the head. Then a shrug of the shoulders. "We've done before." Kid commented in a philosophical tone.

True. It was rather amusing that he'd slept with the Kid before he'd kissed him. ...Sleeping being just in the platonic sense, like tonight. Hakuba pulled his mind out of the 'dangerous thoughts' zone. "The couch is large enough for two comfortably."

Hakuba did not need to see to sense the Kid's amused look. "Right."

Which was how he suddenly found a warm blanket of phantom thief draped over him. The Kid's was head just below Hakuba's shoulder; hat gone somewhere and arms loosely wrapped around him. The rest of the Kid sprawled out against him, legs comfortably tucked between his own.

"You do things like this just to throw me off balance, do you not?" He commented, resting his hands on the Kid's cape-covered back in a loose embrace.

"Yup." Kid agreed easily, turning his head to the side, resting the un-monocled side of his face against him with a yawn. "No groping."

"Do not drool." He retorted, choosing not to take offense to the taunt.

The thief made an amused sound, breathing dropping off almost immediately. Either the Kid was more knackered than he had let on or was used to catching snippets of sleep whenever possible. Probably both, although Hakuba had no illusions that the Kid would instantly wake up if he made any sudden movements.

He dragged a hand up to the back of the Kid's head, lightly scratching the dark close-cut hairs there, much like one would with an over sized cat. Kid let out a contented sigh, almost a purr as the lithe body relaxed further against him. Hakuba smiled to himself. "Mine..."

"Possessive bastard." The Kid countered sleepily.

Hakuba shrugged his un-laden shoulder and closed his eyes, tilting his head back as he allowed himself to drift off once more.

It was hard to argue with the truth.

-fin-

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