Title: Midnight Surprise
Author:
xfuyunoyoCharacters/Pairing: Kagurazaki Asuna / Konoe Konoka
Rating/Warnings: PG
Theme: #7: Quiet
The air in the dorm was filled with an awkward silence as Asuna stared up at the ceiling, unable to sleep. Konoka had turned in early, and Negi wasn't around reading his books into the early hours of the morning. The mage in training had reassured her over and over that he'd be alright staying with Evangeline all night to train, and she really couldn't stop him, but she was still slightly worried. Wait, why was she worried? He was just a brat! If he wanted to have all the blood sucked out of him then that was his own stupid choice. She rolled over and forced her eyes closed, crossing her arms defiantly. No matter what everyone thought, she didn't care about that brat as anything more than a teacher and roommate.
Slowly she began to drift to sleep. She knew she needed to, as she'd taken someone else's paper route this week, and would need to be up even earlier. Sleep had almost come when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her, and a head nuzzle against her back. Negi's face came to her mind, and she almost whined at him to get off of her and sleep in his own bed, but then she thought that he probably had a rough night of training, and she could let him stay just this once.
Wait. Nobody had come into their dorm, the door hadn't opened at all that night. And he had told her he wouldn't see her until class the next day. If that wasn't enough to convince her that the 10-year-old teacher wasn't the one behind her, then when a hand slid up to cup around her breast, she knew for sure. Turning her head slightly to see, she was surprised to see the long brown hair of her other roommate in the corner of her eye. Konoka's eyes were still closed, she had to be asleep, and possibly having a very strange dream.
Asuna immediately tried to wake Konoka up, shaking her arm lightly, but to no avail. A soft sigh escaped her lips, breaking the quiet air in the room, as Konoka's free hand began to idly trace patterns on her stomach. Though she couldn't figure out why that was her response. Why something as simple as that would suck her remaining energy from her. It had to be because she was tired. She'd had dreams of going entirely weak in someone's arms, but it had never been Konoka. They were friends, roommates, not lovers. But at the same time…she didn't really mind it. Still, she knew she needed to sleep, and brought herself to finally whisper, "Konoka, what are you doing?"
Konoka answered the question by moving her hands back down to Asuna's waist and holding her close. "Negi always gets to sleep with Asuna, so it's my turn now." Konoka wore such a cheerful smile that Asuna couldn't bring herself to shake her off, and instead relaxed back into her friend's embrace, defeated. It was just one night, just a couple friends sleeping in the same bed, right? Not a big deal at all. And she had to admit it was rather comforting. She fell asleep that night faster than she ever had before.
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As Asuna entered the apartment after her job the next morning, she found Konoka happily cooking breakfast as usual. "Konoka, I'm back," she called, falling onto the couch to get a few minutes of rest before heading back out for school. Her thoughts turned to the previous night, and she asked, "Oh, Konoka, were you feeling okay last night?"
"Hmm? What are you talking about Asuna? I slept fine all night." Konoka turned back from her cooking with a slightly confused, cheery smile on her face.
"What, you really don't remember anything?" It seemed strange to her, since she had been, well, fondled while trying to sleep, and that's not something she'd easily forget.
"Of course not. Why, did something happen?"
"Ah! No, nothing at all! Nothing happened!"
"If you say so, Asuna!" Konoka turned back to her cooking, humming a cheery tune. Sleeping cuddled next to Asuna was truly the best night's sleep she'd had in a while.