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It was way past midnight, and Tobio had school tomorrow, but some how he couldn't shut his eyes. Everytime he attempted to sleep, visions of a certain, brown-eyed ginger boy always appeared. The imaginary scenarios poured through his mind, even if he wished for them to stop.
Tobio couldn't stop picturing what it would be like, walking through the sand on the beach with Shouyou with the sun pouring down on their skin. He vividly saw how his brown eyes reflected the sun perfectly, and how the freckles on his shoulders became more visible with his tanned skin. He wondered what if would be like, just maybe, if Tobio grabbed a hold of the other boy's hand as they walked, threading his fingers through Shouyou's hand where they melded together perfectly.
Then he shook his head and his eyes opened, revealing the drab white of his ceiling and not the blue sky above him. Tobio teared off the covers, the combination of his thoughts and the summer heat making him sweaty. Maybe he was doomed to stay awake, he thought, as he propped the back of his head in the palms of his hands.
The visions of Shouyou weren't a new thing. They've been reoccurring for a week or so now, always appearing at the back of his eyelids when he was trying to fall asleep. They usually only appeared for a few seconds, before Tobio’s mind would flash to something else, like the most recent game he played or the movie he watched that day.
Tobio let out a sigh and pressed a hand to his forehead. Perhaps the cause of these images was the result of a fever, or a flu?
He shook his head. His temperature was regular.
Tobio could only think of two other scenarios that could be the cause of his situation.
One, Shouyou had some how implanted or brainwashed him so that his only thoughts would be of him and only him. This seemed unlikely, but they both were active believers in aliens and otherworldly creatures, so it wasn't impossible.
Two, the reason why his thoughts were muddled with imaginary, romantic situations was because Tobio had developed a big, gay crush on his long distance friend. It only took a couple of seconds before Tobio completely ruled reason number two out of the question.
First of all, crushes were a waste of time and got in the way of things.
Second of all, there was no way he liked Shouyou Hinata, of all people. Not that he was a bad person, and Tobio could totally see himself being with someone like him, but he was his best friend. A crush would get in the way of that, would it not?
He grumbled as he covered his blush with his hands, despite there being no one else in the room. Even just the thought of liking Shouyou was so ridiculous, it was making his cheeks turn red.
He grabbed his phone from the opposite side of him and turned it on, instinctively opening Skype before realizing that Shouyou had said goodnight to him an hour and a half ago and was most likely asleep.
Tobio also realized that calling Shouyou at this time at night probably wouldn't stop the visions because the root of the problems all came down to him. On the other hand, maybe hearing his voice would snap him out of it, and he'd be able to literally rest in peace. He was desperate to sleep. A sleep deprived Tobio was not a good thing whatsoever.
His hand hovered over the call button for half a second before he pressed down, the ringing sound clear in his headphones. Shouyou was always up at ungodly hours, so it wasn't odd for Tobio to randomly ring him in the middle of night and expect a response.
He pressed the phone against his ear once he heard the crackling sound of Shouyou beginning the call. "Tobio?" His confused and slow voice called out through the phone, followed by a yawn.
"Did I wake you up?" He asked, although he was ninety percent sure of the answer. The one time the other boy wasn't awake late at night, of course was the time Tobio called him. A silence fell between the two, just the sounds of their even breathing was heard. It calmed his heart rate, which was embarrassingly high. "Did you just fall asleep again?" Tobio grumbled, "fucking nerd."
"Huh? No, I didn't fall asleep," Shouyou slurred with his half-asleep voice. "You didn't wake me up. What's up?"
Tobio grunted at his blatant lie."Couldn't sleep." [i]Couldn't stop thinking of you[/i], he almost said, but stopped himself after realizing how embarrassing of a statement it was.
The boy on the other end let out a deep sigh, accompanied by rustling of bed sheets. "You should go to bed," he replied softly, "you're an hour ahead of me and you have school tomorrow."
"I can't," Tobio said in response, wiping his face with the back of his hand, deciding to ignore Shouyou’s concern for him. He furrowed his eyebrows, his hand still lying on the top of his head. "There's too much on my mind and it's keeping me from falling asleep."
Another yawn escaped Shouyou’s lips. He sounded exhausted, and Tobio almost felt bad for calling him so late at night and forcing him to talk with him. “What kind of things?” He asked, a response that had Tobio frozen in his bed. He didn’t expect for Shouyou to investigate any further. His heart rate bounced into a nervous melody.
“J-just things,” he replied, as suavely as his nervous state would let him. If Shouyou found out about his issue, there was not a doubt in his mind that he'd be creeped out. "Don't worry about it."
“What kind of things...?” Ever so persistent, Shouyou pressed to find out what Tobio was hiding. He sounded annoyed, since he probably knew that this would go back and forth until either Tobio told him, or he gave up and stopped pestering him. He hoped the latter would happen. No, he knew the latter would happen. He wouldn’t tell Shouyou.
Tobio groaned in annoyance. More at himself than Shouyou. “Why do you wanna know? It’s just school stuff. Nothing to get worked up about.” He held the phone closer to his ear as Shouyou's even breathes became softer and relaxed.
Tobio waited for a reply for an embarrassingly long time, while listening to Shouyou's peaceful breathing on the phone. "You there?" He asked, "did you fall asleep?"
His reply was a soft snore, confirming Tobio's suspicions. He let out a little laugh. Of course he fell asleep on the line.
Relief flooded Tobio's body because he avoided an awkward conversation. While at the same time, he was also disappointed all in the same that he was gone. He smiled into the phone, his breathes sending Tobio into a tranquil state. He envisioned the other boy cuddled up into a pile of blankets with his phone in his hand, snoring softly with a peaceful quirk of his lips.
The breathing was calming to his heart rate. Tobio let out a sigh of relief as he shut his eyes, only seeing darkness beyond them. He didn't have time to think of how he forgot to hang up on Shouyou before he drifted off slowly into dreamland.