ic; you can move me if you want to

[jinxings]

( let's say it's regular canon so before eiri shootings... please.. )

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[fauxtality]

[There's a part of Eiri that contemplates letting Haku get his way because, even if he won't admit it out loud, having to constantly butt heads and act as Haku's moral compass - which is a strange thing, considering where Eiri's come from - is exhausting. Even for Eiri, whose energy seems to be never-ending. And though the bed is pretty small for two people, it's oddly comfortable at the same time.

Probably because Eiri doesn't get nearly enough sleep. He's learned since becoming Haku's partner to wait for those damned alarms to go off at any minute (even if they sound at the same time every day) and so the anxiety builds up and his ability to actually relax has become very slight.

He is kind of sleepy. And it's not like they have to actually be anywhere today, so...just a quick nap...

...Or Haku could make things worse and start cuddling.

Cuddling.]

No!

[That's unacceptable. Eiri resumes his attempts to break free of the blanket burrito, his arms scrambling to find the opening before he finally untucks himself and throws the blanket off of him so he can sit up.]

No, no, no! I'm not going to do it! I'm not going to become you, eating leftover candy that's been living here for...for...God knows how long!

[He needs to escape. He can't let that one moment of weakness get any worse.

So Eiri ends up falling off the bed - this is becoming a habit, this morning - and finds a box of candy that is someone only half-eaten. Which is disgusting, but can serve a purpose. He picks it up and turns back to the bed, pointing to Haku with the box.]

This isn't food. This is candy. If you keep eating nothing but this and drinking those juice boxes, you're going to rot out your teeth and clog up your arteries and die.

[Okay, so maybe that's a little drastic, but the point is, Haku's eating habits are just downright atrocious and if Eiri is going to be stuck with him, he might as well try and do a good deed.

Or something.]

[jinxings]

[ One moment he's lying there, and it's warm and soft and perfect. You know that moment when you move slightly in bed and just end up in the perfect spot and all the planets are aligned? That's where Haku is at right about now, he could lie here for the rest of the day given the chance--

Except instead of his bladder giving him a rude awakening as usually happens in that situation, it's instead Eiri slipping away, leaving him lying there a lot less soft and more cold. And just generally less comfortable. Rude, Eiri.

Then again, it's not like he really could have explained - either to himself or to Eiri - just why it was so comfortable for him to lie there like that with Eiri, so he doesn't mention anything. Instead he just keeps lying there, rolling over onto his side so he can look at the way Eiri is sitting there with the box.

.. and starts scolding him. On top of everything. It's a good thing that Haku can react so calmly to anything ever (or most things, anyway), really. ]

Is that really the biggest thing I should worry about?

[ Seriously. If there's anyone who knows just how bad the mortality rate is for members of Sakura, then it's Haku Mitsuni. He's seen how many people die, because he's seen them die over and over and over again. If he might as well die during a mission tomorrow, should he really then have to worry about the state of his teeth or body in the future?

It's not that he actively wants to die, not at all, but.. well, when you're sort of broken to begin with and you keep losing the people important to you every single time? You just start to get a little less worried about self-preservation than most people, that's all.

He even manages to say it in a casual way with a fitting expression as he looks at the other. ]

We spend all day dodging bullets, I think those are a little more dangerous than a few pieces of candy.

[ And demonstratively he's taking a piece out of the half-consumed box that Eiri's holding out to him, plopping it straight into his own mouth. ]