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Your eyes saw only an empty void, while his were gazing at the beautifully lit night sky. You couldn’t quite tell what he was saying, but even so his soft tone was enough to keep you in the relaxed state you were.
Perhaps he knew you weren’t listening, and continued to speak anyway. Or maybe he didn’t, and you would have to ask him to repeat himself the next day.
Still, neither one of you made no move to confirm your wonders, simply deciding to bask in each other’s presence until it was time to board Captain Beidous ship once more.
Your mind vaguely remembered your surroundings, too busy trying to fight the sleep that you would soon succumb to.
Ah that’s right.
The slight uncomfortable position you lied in served as a reminder. You and Kazuha decided to go warm rock napping together, and you were the one that actually slept in the end. Well- more so in and out of sleep.
The rock had previously been much warmer when you first curled up on it. Now it was colder, and still as rough as before.
You tried focusing on Kazuha once more, but it all sounded like a large mix of gibberish to your sleep deprived mind.
What finally made you focus was an unknown warmth that surrounded your hand.
“..-an relax…have time…Beidou-..”
You still couldn’t put together what he was saying to you. But you knew his intention was to reassure, driven by the slightly frustrated look that disrupted your peaceful one.
So, with his hand now loosely intertwined with yours, you allowed yourself to doze off this time.
A small sigh left Kazuhas lips before a smile was on his face yet again. He’s been telling you any and every story he had memorized in his head.
After spending plenty of wonderful years with you, he’s learned quite a lot. Kazuha was mindful of the fact that you couldn’t hear him, or at least understand what he was saying in the tired state you were in. But he continued to tell you because he enjoyed it nonetheless.
Placing his free hand on his chest, Kazuha took the time to feel his heart beat. Instead of a slow and steady rhythm, it was quick and wild, almost ready to jump out of his chest.
He felt quite silly. How could one still become so flustered around their love even after spending many long years with them? No one could tell.
Shaking off the small embarrassment he felt, Kazuha calmed himself, ready to tell yet another story.
“Captain Beidou should be looking for us soon, but do not fret, I have just the anecdote for our last few minutes here.”
And so he told the story as if you were really listening, in hopes that it would bring you wonderful dreams.