Chapter 657: Side Story 2. Dance of Shadow and Flame - 16
When Ron opened his eyes, the first thing he realized was that his bed felt different from usual. It was stiffer but also...warm? The kind of warmth one got from crouching in front of a fire during winter.
This is nice--he thought, and despite opening his eyes, he had no intention to move. Laying there, thinking back about last night, Ron gradually heard a steady sound of heartbeat under his ear, and the memory rushed like a hurricane.
Whoa...did he do all of that? Wasn’t he practically pouncing on the older man? It was nice though, being able to say what he wanted to say. Thankfully, he wasn’t so drunk that he had no control over his words. It would be disastrous if he ended up stripping or something...
"Get up if you’re awake."
Ron’s train of thought was stopped by the hoarse voice of the man he had been using as a mattress. He raised his head and grinned sheepishly. "Don’t want to," he chose to use the circumstances to his advantage.
When else would he be able to sleep on top of his crush? Well...pretty soon, he hoped, but just in case...
He laid his head back down on the hard but also thick chest. "This is more comfortable than my bed."
"Rascal."
Agni lightly smacked the back of Ron’s head, but the scout just giggled and embraced the opportunity he might not have in the future. This must be the extension of the berserker’s care because he was drinking last night, right?
"...just this once," Agni sighed in defeat.
See? This might not repeat again in the future...unless Ron could get what he wanted. But moderately dreaming was his virtue, so he realistically knew the probability of Agni accepting his advances was still low.