Fanfiction Challenge
Title: Sweet Dreams
Pairings: Shinou x Daikenja, Shinou x Murata
Summary: "You are my dreams... since then even now"
Word Count: 697
Words Used: Periwinkle, Magnanimous, Somnolence, Kurt Vonnegut
The general opened his periwinkle eyes. It was already dark and as far as he can see the whole camp is asleep now. It was a tiring day after all but it was worth it. They had defeated an army of Soushu’s but again he had used Morgif. And using Morgif means more chance of victory but higher exhaustion rate. But of course, he risked the chance of it. Magnanimous he seemed but sometimes he wondered if he really is a benevolent warrior or just a fool.
He sat on his bed and he felt his stomach lurched. He had fallen asleep before dinner after all. He grabbed some of his clothes on the trunk. His eyes were used to dark thanks to his trainings. He wouldn’t bother to get dressed if he is not going to the food supplies where mostly held women. And the wind is chilly.
He walked on the dark pathway when he noticed a small light. Someone else is awake. He saw that it came from the tactician’s tent, where the double black spends most of his hours. Smiling, he headed to the tent where food stored. He found that some women are there with a lamp making preservatives. They greeted them politely. He asked for food and they gave him some bread and meat. After thanking them, he ate it while walking. He went straight to the tactician’s tent.
He peeked on the small space and saw the Sage. He is reading some papers and occasionally crossing something. Exhaustion was etched on his face as he fought somnolence. He bit the side of the meat and chewed it. It was beautiful. His black hair is so shiny and as he watched him close his eyes and opened it again, rubbing it like a child, he smiled.
Finally, the sage fell asleep. He put his hand on the desk and closed his ebony eyes. Shinou watched as he drifted to his dream. He smiled and finally entered the tent. He kneeled on the ground and brushed the stray lock of hair from his face. Not wanting to wake up the double black, he just grabbed the blanket and put it on his shoulders.
“Sweet Dreams…” he said before stealing a kiss on the Great Sage’s lips.
Shinou smiled as he shifted on Murata Ken’s shoulder. Stubborn as ever… he thought as Murata fought drowsiness. He was reading a book and he was on his shoulders… invisible.
He went inside the room to find his sage reading a book entitled, Mother’s Night by Kurt Vonnegut. He again looks tired but there are only five pages left to read. Knowing the sage, he will not put down a book once he started reading it. He made himself invisible and hid his presence. He popped on the sage’s shoulder who was too tired to notice him.
Only one page but the sage’s eyes dropped and at the déjà vu, Shinou smiled. They are on his Temple and he would have no problem to be big again.
He smirked as he looked at his sage. You have the same expression when sleeping… even if you change physically, there are still thing about you that will never change. He touched Murata’s shoulder and pulled him closer to his almost-physical body. He caressed his small shoulders and smelled Murata’s gentle scent. The sage moaned in his sleep as Shinou removed Murata’s outer black garb. He softly massaged Murata’s almost frail shoulders. He can only be intimate in the sage’s sleep, in this way, Murata can almost feel him.
Shinou smiled sadly as he put the blanket on the double black’s relaxed shoulder. He arranged his limbs and let Murata fall asleep on the table. He can’t carry him. Even if he wanted to, he will surely drop him. He had lost his body and now no more than a ghost. But still… he can make him a little more comfortable.
He kneeled and brushed his lips on Murata’s lips.
“Sweet Dreams, my lovely sage” he whispered on the boy’s ear before leaving the room.
“You are my dreams…Shinou since then even now” Murata said smiling. He was awake.