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As much as he loves to do it, Wise is terrible at getting sleep. Especially after intense investigations like the one at Waifei Peninsula, he's been fighting to get more than a pitiful handful of hours of sleep.
Thankfully, after the investigation had stalled, and everyone had settled down for the moment again.
Atop a bed, spacious and soft, Wise rests between one Banyue and one Billy Kid, each of their limbs vaguely tangled with each other's, a subconcious reach for physical contact.
Wise grumbles awake in the dead of night, cold, despite the many layers he was under. His eyes meet the dark ceiling, dissappointed, and he just curls in on himself.
"Still cold.."
Billy stirs awake beside him, LEDs flickering on but quickly dimming. He reaches out lazily, pulling Wise close and resting his head on his shoulder with a contented sigh, one still coated in sleep.
"Still chilly?" Billy inquires.
Wise frowns. "Very. Dunno why. Sucks."
Now it's Banyue's turn to grumble awake. He rolls over, met with half awake Wise and Billy entwined together.
"Something the matter?" Banyue's voice is low and gravely. How intriguing, Wise thinks, for an artificial being with such a past to sound so soft.
"He's still cold, can't sleep." Billy answers instead before Wise can. How charitable.
Banyue tilts his head down. "Hm.. I think I have a solution." He outstretches his arms, just a little, and blinks up expectantly. "Come here."
"Aw." Billy pretends to pout, before relinquishing Wise for Banyue to hug him tight instead.
Wise just smiles against him, somehow sounding let down already.
"What are you gonna do?"
"Just wait."
So, Wise does. He waits for a moment, never truly relaxing.
Then, the faint buzz of fans whirring fade into earshot for a burst of time, before ceasing altogether, and the gentle thrum of purring replaces it.
Wise visibly begins to settle as the metal of Banyue's body slowly warms up, and he finds himself trying to get closer. Both Banyue and Billy lightly laugh at his attempt to increase proximity despite being as close as possible.
After a few seconds of warmth, Banyue asks him, "Feel better?"
Wise nearly melts in his arms, now the complete opposite of how he was only moments ago. He dreamily sighs and clings to Banyue like a stray kitten.
"Mhm.."
"Heh.. good."
Banyue rests his chin atop Wise's ruffled hair. The purring gets louder.
"Well, don't let me intrude." Billy comments with a brisk snicker, looking as if he was about to slip back into rest.
Just before he does, Banyue makes the single calculated move of reaching over Wise in one swift motion and pulling him close as well. A tail wraps around Billy's ankle.
"It'd be rude not to include you."
Pink crosshatching pops up on Billy's visor, and his eyes press thin. "'Daw, you flatter me."
Billy takes up the empty space behind Wise, curling an arm under him to also hold him, but not necessarily pull away.
Quite the position they've got themselves in.
A dark and quiet room, with more than enough blankets and pillows to supplement even several people. Banyue cages Wise in with his arms, Wise sleeps soundly nestled against his chest, artificially warmed as his body was, and Billy closed the gap, with a tail around his leg and an arm selfishly holding Wise from behind.
They were warm, in safe and caring hands.
Eyes flicker off again, and bodies settle, with nothing but the hum of purring and breathing to occupy the space.
Maybe when they all woke at the right time, birdsong filtering in, two constructs would unexpectedly fawn over a Proxy with messy hair, tired eyes and imprints on his skin from being held so long.