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They were sat on the edge of the bed in the room they shared, sitting in a slightly awkward silence as the light of day had started dying in the windows, giving the room a somewhat dream-like quality.
"So..." Mephiles said in an attempt to start the conversation. They had very recently gotten together romantically and were still rather awkward about the whole thing. "Now that we're... whatever we are-" He started.
"Dating?" Infinite suggested, to which Mephiles nodded.
"Sure, if that's what you'd like to call it. I have a... proposition..." Although it's voice didn't shake and his body language seemed calm, it was clear from the slight hesitation in her words that he was nervous about what it was about to say. Infinite waited patiently for the idea.
"Yeah?" Mephiles was quiet for a moment, almost like she was second guessing the idea at all.
"Would it be alright if we were to... sleep together...?" It felt silly asking this question at all, but it was something she wanted. He looked towards Infinite, waiting for his answer.
"O-oh uhm-" He looked almost embarrassed.
"Is there something wrong with that...?" He asked, a little confused.
"No-That's fine- I just didn't think that was something you could do..." Mephiles nodded like the answer made sense.
"I suppose I can't really, but I would hope that it would still be enjoyable even if only one of us is asleep." Infinite looked at it for a moment, processing what what she'd just said, and then it clicked.
"Ohh, you meant like, actually sleeping together..." It gave him a confused look.
"What else would I have meant?"
"I thought you meant- er- never mind... yeah, we can do that if you'd like." He felt a little silly thinking that it would ask for something like that,of course he wouldn't have, especially not so early in their new relationship. They sat silently again.
"So..." It said awkwardly, breaking the silence at last. "...how do we...?"
"I've still got to get ready for bed, but feel free to get comfortable in the meantime." He said as he stood from the bed and stretched a little. She watched as he left the room to do his before bed routine.
"...Right." He mutteref to himself. "Comfortable..." She'd watched Infinite sleep enough times to know that it should should lay down or something, so he did. He just laid on the bed staring up at the ceiling. She was finding this boring already and somewhat regretted asking for this if it was going to be this dull.
When Infinite came back to the room he had to stifle a laugh, the way Mephiles was laying on the bed almost looked like he was supposed to be in a coffin at a funeral.
"Well aren't you just the epitome of comfort?" He said jokingly. It looked up at him when she heard his voice.
"Am I?" He asked, not getting the joke. He chuckled a little.
"Could use some work." He said as he climbed under the covers next to her. He always slept on his left side, something that became a habit from all the times he had to sleep in the open back when he was a mercenary. It was a saftey messure, even if someone managed to attack him in his sleep they would have a harder time getting his heart.
Even if he had nothing to do with that lifestyle anymore it was a habit he couldn't seem to break, unable to fall asleep in any other position. It took note of how he was laying and shifted to mirror him, laying on his right side, now facing each other. Her eyes seemed to study his face, taking in every detail almost hungrily.
"So... did you just want to lay like this all night or did you want to cuddle or something?"
"Do I want to what?"
"Cuddling, y'know...?" He said like it was meant to be common knowledge.
"Oh. Right, of course." It said unconvincingly. Infinite was quiet for a moment.
"You don't know what cuddling is do you?" Mephiles rolled his eyes at the question.
"Of course I do."
"Then by all means, take the lead."
She stared at him for a moment, trying to gleen any sort of clue as to what he was meant to do. It lifted her arm and placed his hand flat to Infinite's chest. It didn't feel like the right answer, and her suspicions were only confirmed when Infinite laughed a little. He could feel his laughter through his chest, along with the soft and warm fur beneath it's palm.
He withdrew it's hand.
"How about I just show you and you can decide if you like it or not?"
"...Alright."
Infinite shifted a bit closer and brought her into an embrace.
It was stiff and awkward in his arms, unsure if he was meant to do something as well or if this was it. The way he was held had her head in the crook of Infinite's neck. They'd never been that close together before, it was strange. Bad not necessarily a bad strange.
He was warm, especially in comparison to it. He could feel the rise and fall of his chest against hers, slow and rythmic, similar to his heartbeat which was audible through his neck. It could practically hear him falling asleep. It was peaceful.
He was about to ask if this was all it was, but when she lifted it's head he could see that Infinite had already fallen asleep.
He stared at his face for a few moments, he always looked surprisingly peaceful while sleeping.
Eventually she returned it's head to the crook of Infinite's neck without a word, simultaneously wrapping his own arms around him in a much less stiff way than before. Mephiles listened to his heartbeat in comfortable silence.
Maybe it wasn't so dull.