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“Cole… Cole are you awake?” Kai hissed.
It was yet another sleepover in the huge mech warehouse down by the docks, aka, the secret ninja force hideout. All their parents just assumed Cole was hosting it, with his mostly absent dad. A tragic but logical coverup. If his dad wasn’t around then there would be no evidence.
Kai always found it hard to sleep at these. He still had way too much energy after eating all the sugary snacks and drinks, and on top of that, undiagnosed with ADHD.
He kicked his feet up in his sleeping bag, before punching the earth ninja in the shoulder,
“Are you awake?” Kai asked again.
“I am now… thanks..” Cole sleepily replied, with clear annoyance in his voice.
“I can’t sleep. I have too much energy. Let’s get up and play some video games or something,” Kai replied, sitting up despite the fact he knew his hair looked like he’d been dragged through a bush backwards.
“Or you could shut your big mouth and let me sleep?” Cole mumbled. He was beyond too tired to deal with this bullshit.
“Coooleeeeee…” the fire ninja whined. Cole sat up and rubbed his eyes. He ran a hand through his messy black hair and tried to make out Kai’s figure in the dark. There was a night light, Jay’s idea, but his eyesight was shit nonetheless. The fire ninja crawled over to him and rested his head on Cole’s lap.
“Can we do literally anything? That isn’t sleeping?” Kai asked, swinging his legs up in the air. Cole really did love him, but the infinite sugar rush state grew tiring. Especially when he had been woken up in the middle of the night because of it. He suddenly had an idea.
“Hang on dude, you should try this.” He said, reaching into his tote bag right next to his sleeping bag. AC/DC merch, no doubt. he pulled out a small white container and opened it, pouring a small pink gummy into his hand.
“Take this. Melatonin. Makes you calm” Cole said, handing it to Kai
“Why do you have it?” Kai wondered, taking the gummy and swallowing it whole. Cole put the white container back in his bag and shrugged.
“My many sins keep me up at night.” He muttered. Kai snorted and got inside Cole’s sleeping bag.
“Kidding, I just take it so something stops me from staying up this late working” Cole explained. Kai nodded and cuddled up into the earth elemental. He was warm, in a kind of comforting way. He also smelled nice, which was kind of weird for a guy who worked out by literally getting dirt and mud all over him. He smelled… warm. Again. Kai wasn’t a man of an extensive vocabulary.
“How long before this stuff kicks in?” Kai asked, starting to get restless again.
“Dude, just stay still and you’ll be asleep in no time.” Cole whispered, slightly annoyed but more in a jokey kind of way. Kai rolled his eyes.
“This is so gay.” He deadpanned, obviously getting slightly sleepy.
“Well feel free to get out at any time. I’m not keeping you here, am I?”
…
The two boys went silent. Kai pushed down his pride and wrapped his arms around Cole’s torso, but shrieked as the earth ninja pulled him closer twice as hard. Kai didn’t want to admit that he enjoyed it, but it was becoming less and less his problem. He completely blacked out. He wasn’t sure what amount was in that gummy, but that melatonin shit was kind of strong.
It took Cole a while to realize his boyfriend was asleep, but the quiet felt so unusual to the point where it was kind of a shock. He closed his eyes and buried his face in Kai’s hair. If he’d known Cole had done that, Cole would probably be burning at the stake. Thank god that little shit was knocked out cold.
…
At least Cole could sleep again.