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An exhausting day of work later, Jun was very much looking forward to resting, so much so that after he had done all of his nighttime rituals, he was out cold as soon as his head hit the pillow. He thought that the least Hiyori could do to reward him for his efforts was to let him rest peacefully, but…
“Jun-kun! Jun-kun, wake up!!” Beside him on the bed, Hiyori shook him awake so violently that he almost jumped out of his skin.
“Ohii-san, can you not?” Jun groaned, turning away from his senior. “What is the time even?”
“It’s exactly midnight!”
“Go back to sleep. I’m tired.”
“I woke you up because today’s the anniversary of our debut as Eve!”
“Shut up and let me- huh?”
“Yes yes, do you get it now, Jun-kun? It’s a day to celebrate!”
Jun's brain threatened to force shut down, but Hiyori’s smile was as radiant as ever and it kept him awake just a little bit, like there was a light shining right into his eyes.
“I mean… I know you want to celebrate, but… we had a really long day today and I’m tired, can’t I get some rest?”
“Jun-kun! How could you not be excited for this? It’s the day we first performed as Eve, remember? We could finally showcase all of our hard work!”
“Mmm…” To be honest, Jun was still half asleep and his mind wasn’t working properly. “Yeah… that performance…”
“We really became one on that stage! And the crowd cheered us on so hard even though it was the first time they had seen us, and then we appeared on all of those TV shows and magazines and we got more lives to do!”
“Yeah... Ibara really drove us to the ground…”
“But that was all worth it! We were famous afterwards! Right, Jun-kun?” Hiyori's grip on Jun was beginning to grow painful. “Then even as we got put together with Nagisa-kun and Ibara to create Eden, we still worked a lot as Eve because we couldn’t meet up with them that often… oh! Remember when we first did that live with Trickstar? That was so much fun… Jun-kun! Are you even listening to me?”
“... Huh?” One moment, Hiyori was passionately going on about their history, and the next, he was pouting as if Jun was the biggest disappointment in the world. “Sorry, Ohii-san… I think I fell asleep…”
“Aww… okay okay! Your sleeping face is cute, so I’ll let you rest just this once, but only if you promise that we’ll celebrate properly later today!”
“Don’t we have a pretty full schedule coming up?”
“Yes, but we can always celebrate during our breaks!”
Jun yawned one of the biggest yawns of his life, and by the time he had finished, he had lost his train of thought. Hiyori took this as a sign to increase his touchiness levels to the max, wrapping his arms around Jun before pressing his body into his.
“Can you get off me? You’re too hot and it’s uncomfortable.”
“You’re the one that needs warming up, Jun-kun!”
“I’m perfectly fine… you said that you’d let me rest but I can’t if you-”
Hiyori pecked Jun on the cheek. Jun imploded. The green-haired male giggled, using this chance to shower his junior with affection, squeezing him and tangling their legs together.
“Ohii-san… I’m trapped.”
“Mhm! It’s a trap just for you!”
“... Isn’t that the name of one of our songs?”
“Yes yes! It’s the first one that we performed!” Jun thought that it wasn’t possible to be squeezed even tighter, but Hiyori proved him wrong. “I’m glad that you remembered even though you’re half asleep!”
“Why are you not letting me sleep properly?”
“You’re so adorable, Jun-kun! I couldn’t resist doing this to you!”
“Just… be quiet for a moment… and stop suffocating me.”
“Besides, it’s been a while since we’ve done this kind of thing…”
That low, soft tone wasn’t something Jun heard very often, and it made him pay more attention to the situation at hand. Hiyori was right; lately, their schedules had been so full that there was barely enough time to spend on each other. For the past few days, every single moment of love (an extended hug here, a kiss there) had been like a drop of water in a dark oasis and Jun realised that this moment shouldn’t be any different. Sure, he was tired, but Hiyori must be tired as well, and yet here he was. Hiyori was enthusiastically snuggling and clinging to him like he would die if he wasn’t able to achieve the most amount of physical contact possible.
It was uncomfortable as all hell, but the last thing Jun wanted to do was to completely push his lover away when he was this desperate for attention.
“I can’t sleep if you hug me this tightly, so it would be great if you could loosen your arms a bit.” Jun sighed.
“What do I get in return?”
“We can sleep while cuddling.”
“Really?”
“I’m so tired that I could fall asleep any moment, so I’m sure that the heat won’t be an issue.”
“Yay! I love you, Jun-kun!”
“I love you too, Ohii-san…”
“You… you love me?”
“What, you think I don’t? We wouldn’t be here if… I didn’t… love you…”
Jun finally couldn’t resist the weight of his eyelids anymore and he slipped into the land of dreams. Beside him, Hiyori smiled, so overwhelmed with happiness that tears streamed from his eyes.