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Spending so much time around Gilgamesh has made Hakuno realize that he acts a lot like a cat. Like an overgrown, pampered, attention-starved cat whose only purpose in life is to be an asshole and look pretty, but like a cat nevertheless.
He acts high and mighty and eager to show off how perfect and powerful he was and let everybody know he was not to be messed with but at the end of the day Gilgamesh was incredibly easy to read and therefore predict once you know what makes him tick.
Just like a cat Gilgamesh liked to sunbathe and take naps. He also liked staying a few more extra hours in bed and if he could get away with it he would make her do the same, wrapping his arms tightly around her to make sure she wouldn’t leave bed without him.
Hakuno also noticed that while he didn't like making his need for physical contact very obvious, Gilgamesh did have a preferred spot to sleep against.
“Rejoice!” Gilgamesh proclaimed with a very smug expression. "You are the only one permitted to touch the head of the King of Heroes!”
Hakuno just sighs at him fondly as one of her hands automatically goes to card through his hair, her fingers lightly scratching at his scalp and making him close his eyes as he lets out a hum of pleasure.
As always Gil makes it sound like he’s doing her a favor by using her lap as a pillow. He usually never tells her directly that he wants her to touch him, often pretending that it was just a coincidence that he happened to wake up cuddling up next to her or that him laying his head on top of her lap meant nothing whatsoever. However even though nobody would catch him admitting to it he still seeks her out, and Hakuno has long since learnt to make space for him no questions asked.
This time was no different since as soon as he entered the bedroom and saw her dressed in her nightgown and with her legs folded underneath her thighs he took it as an invitation to unceremoniously drop himself beside her and lay his head on her lap, taking up the rest of the bed’s space.
She tries to ignore the heat on her face as she keeps petting his hair but Gilgamesh makes it hard for her to do so with how he goes to nuzzle his cheek against her bare legs. On top of that he was also shirtless becoming therefore an even harder distraction to ignore.
Hakuno should find this annoying and in some ways she does since Gilgamesh will always whine and complain if she stops massaging his scalp. Just like a spoiled cat he doesn’t care if she gets tired, demanding her to keep running her fingers through his hair until he either gets tired of it or drifts off to sleep.
However it is also cute in a way. It feels wrong to describe Gilgamesh like that but there is something about that smug smile that he has that has Hakuno both blushing and sighing to herself, accepting the fact she has no choice but to indulge her king’s desires for cuddles even if he sometimes drove her to madness.
All in all this wasn't so bad. She’d never admit it aloud, but even if he was exasperating, Hakuno was finding that she didn't dislike this at all.
With her heart still beating too fast, Hakuno thinks that she could see herself growing used to being like this with Gilgamesh.