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Again. Another night Brolly woke up because of nightmares. Sixth clone was one of the most sensitive ones, and because of that he often got nightmares.
He walked out of his room, heading downstairs to the kitchen to get some water, but when he was walking back he saw the light in one of the other rooms.
Someone else wasn't sleeping either?
Light was coming from Kuromaku's room. Brolly stepped closer and opened the door.
Kuromaku was sitting on the bed, reading with a small table lamp turned on.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" he asked.
Hearing Brolly's quiet question, Kuromaku turned to him. He was clearly not expecting that someone else would be awake at that time
"Insomnia. What about you? You shouldn't be awake now either."
"A... I just went to get some water..." Brolly looked down
"Oh... So we have kind of the same problem." Kuromaku thought for a second. "Maybe we should stay together for the rest of the night then?"
"Sure, If you won't mind..."
He came into the room and sat on the armchair near the window, with his legs pulled up to him.
"Don't you want to sleep?"
"No... I'm okay."
That was a lie. He was tired, he couldn't sleep because of nightmares, but he didn't want to tell Kuromaku. He would probably say something like "It's just a dream, it's not real, you're too dramatic", or think that Brolly is too sensitive to meaningless things.
"Are you sure? You look tired."
"I... I just..." he tried to justify himself, but it was useless.
Kuromaku already understood that something was wrong.
"I had a nightmare and I'm scared to sleep now..." finally confessed Brolly "That's stupid, isn't it?"
"It isn't. Nightmares are just a normal thing."
The answer wasn't the one that Brolly expected. "Actually?" He put his feet back on the floor "You don't think that I'm just overreacting?..."
"No."
Just one single word, but for Brolly it meant a lot. None of the clones reacted like that to him.
"If you're actually scared to sleep on your own, maybe you would feel better to sleep with me?"
Hearing that Brolly nearly choked on the air, the heat that had come to his face made it impossible to breathe calmly.
"Is it okay?" he stood up from the armchair and sat on the bed, not entirely sure what to do next
Kuromaku moved to the side, making space for Brolly, and he lay there. It felt strange. Not in an awkward way, but surprisingly nice. Kuromaku pulled some blanket over them, and Brolly comfortably closed his eyes. After a not very good start of the night, he felt relaxed.