middaeg | [closed] my heart is made of just one thing.

[He almost wants to put his arms up in surrender the moment Vanitas actually comes to the window and some instant uncertainty hits him. Was this really a great idea for Sora to do?!]

Umm... Haha.

[Making an awkward noise, Sora gives a tiny wave.]

Hi. I couldn't really sleep so I got bored?

[Bored... That's a fib.]

[ Yeah Vanitas doesn't buy it. Sora keeps forgetting that emotions bleed over across the bond. He's vaguely picked up on that anxiety... ]

Ah huh.

[ He's reaching behind Sora's neck and grabbing onto that shirt. Then Van starts pulling Sora inside. ]

I'm not freezing to death because you're too stupid to come inside on your own.

Ack-!

[Grabbed and pulled inside Sora does his best to scramble under Vanitas' grasp and enters the room with a bit of a hop off the window ledge.]

I know it's cold out! I know!

[He'd been running around just before! But now that he's inside Sora fidgets lightly. It's much warmer in here.]

Er... Sorry for waking you up, though!

[ As soon as Sora is inside, Vanitas shuts the thing and ensures the window is secure. He yawns, seemingly ignoring Sora for the time being. The kid can sure talk, even this late at night.

Actually Van's just going back to his bed and falling on it. ]

If it wasn't you, it'd probably be something else.

[ Isn't that the truth of it. ]

Why come here though?

[All Sora can really do is stand there awkwardly as Vanitas goes about closing the window and collapsing back on his bed. Sora remembers than that Vanitas takes a certain sort of potion to help him sleep so he must be pretty groggy right now. Sora's nerves are still too shot to be too sleepy just yet but that's exactly why he's here instead of at home.

He wanders closer, not quite getting on the bed but sitting on the floor next to it, resting his chin on the edge of the mattress as he looks at Vanitas curiously.]

I dunno, I guess it felt a little safer here.

[He reaches up to rub at one burning ear, the ache inside of them getting a little worse each day.]

I couldn't sleep at home.

[ Vanitas shifts about on the bed, grumbling. He does this so that he can sort of at least look at Sora as they speak.

"Little safer here?" What's that supposed to mean? That doesn't really make sense to Van. ]

How does that work? You're surrounded by your loser friends.

They're not losers!

[Sora gives Vanitas a look which looks sort of funny with the way Sora's got his chin resting.]

It's just! [huff] Sometimes it feels like I'm gonna jump out of my skin when I'm there. It's really weird. I just needed to get out for a while.

[He fidgets.]

[ Van reaches over to lightly flick Sora on the nose. ]

All of you guys are losers, but whatever. Basically what you're telling me is that you don't really feel comfortable there with them. Isn't that interesting.

[ Then, for whatever reason, Van ruffles he brat's hair. Probably because he's tired. Maybe because the nervous energy is a little grating on his nerves and he should do something to stop i. ]

So why come here.

Ow.

[Sora whines and rubs his nose before he settles under Vanitas' fingers ruffling his hair. It makes his ears burn and he rubs one again as the ache feels funny. There's this little ball of anxiety in his stomach.]

It's not that I'm not comfortable around them. I just feel nervous. It's not really the same thing.

[It's Roxas and Ventus! Why would he ever actually be uncomfortable around them! But Sora resigns himself for now as he stares at Vanitas.

... He just wanted to be near his bondmate. Safer here.]

I just wanted to be here.

[ At least the ruffling isn't mean. Though he does frown a little when Sora rubs his ear again. Is something going on there? He also knows that something is bothering the other. Of course Vanitas tries to brush of his own unsettling feelings with a sigh. ]

It's to the point where you're here instead of there with them. And it doesn't appear to me that you're in any rush to go back.

[ But fine. He won't argue with the other boy too much. If Sora wants to lie to himself, whatever. ]

So. What now.

[He knows it's weird and he really doesn't want to dwell on those strange feelings for that long. Sora was fine at home just before and then the next thing he knew he was taking off down the street towards this place. He doesn't really have any other answers why he's acting like this either. Just that he was anxious to feel safe.

He fusses. And stares a little at Vanitas.]

Can I sleep here with you?

[ Sora. Stop fussing. It's making Vanitas' own stomach do odd flips. He doesn't like that feeling. Doesn't like it at all.

Then the other is staring at him. Asking him if he can stay. There's plenty of room, of course. Van never takes up the full bed anyway. Still, he sighs and rubs at his face. He should say no. Make Sora go away. ]

Fine.

[ ...If it means that anxiety will go away. ]

[Vanitas said fine! Sora perks up at the note and he shuffles to get up off the floor and motions for Vanitas to scoot over so he can slide in.

It seems that sharing a bed a second time is in the cards.]

Okay!

[ Of course Vanitas grumbles a bit. He does comply to those silent demands, making something of a show of it. ]

Stubborn little brat...

Heh. Sorry.

[Sora is grinning a little with that. He shuffles and climbs into the blankets and sheets and wiggles into the spot next to Vanitas. They're close again and Sora can feel the gentle stream of magic between their bond but he's careful not to touch this time.]

You're not sorry at all though. Not even one slightest bit.

[ Okay but when is Sora not wiggly? He's so high energy almost all the time! Honestly, though, Van is surprised by the kid's restraint. Last time he had been all about touching somewhat.

Weird that he'd think about that now. Van huffs and puts his hands behind his head. ]

[He'd rather not give Vanitas another panic attack?! Sora isn't about to forget that first night where that happened and repeat the incident again. But he does like being warm so he's still squirmy.]

Alright, you got me there. I'm really not.

[Because this growing puca really likes being with his bondmate. Is that so bad?]

But you weren't gonna leave me out in the cold, right?

[ It might not be so bad his time. Not if it comes with a warning... ]

I considered it. Right now I'm just trying to figure out how you scaled the wall when you could have just tried to message me first.

[ Then again... Sora and logic don't always make sense, hmm? ]

Pfft. Come on, I had to do it with style.

[So yes, Sora's logic checks out as Sora's logic.]

Just because I don't have my own magic or flowmotion anymore doesn't mean I can't climb. I was really good at it when I was a kid too.

[He'd get stuck in trees all the time.]

I imagine you were, energetic monkey that you are.

[ Van snorts at this. ]

What were you going to do if I didn't answer?

[Sora grins at the note as turns and curls up on his side to face Vanitas. Yes, he is a little energetic monkey! He won't deny it.]

Hmmm. I dunno, I guess I could of tried seeing if Elliot or Yuma were around. They're some new friends I've met. They're really nice!

[Yuma probably would have liked the company too, he seems sad a lot.]

Making friends here already, hmm? [ Another scoff, though there is nothing really mean about it. ] Guess I shouldn't be surprised. You do make friends wherever you go.

[ The worlds must really love Sora. In fact, people in general seem to adore the kid. Vanitas reflects on this, wondering what it must be about the brat that makes this so. There's nothing really all that special about him.

Yet... And yet out of all of the guardians, Sora is the only one that Vanitas doesn't exactly mind overmuch. ]

Geez.

[Sora presses his lips together for a moment before he lets out a tiny easy laugh again. Making friends has always been something easy that he does. It must be the extroverted part of him or something.]

Don't geeze me. You've made a lot of friends here too, you know. Maybe people like you more than you think, too.

[Don't think Sora hasn't noticed just how many people thought Sora was Vanitas on his first few days. Not to mention how much Mira seemed to care and all the rest.]

...They aren't my friends.

[ Immediately shooting that one down. For various reasons. One, because Vanitas doesn't do friends. Two, some of them are just allies and therefore of course he is going to get to know them. Three, he can't stop himself from harassing people when the opportunity is given.

However he is still surprised that his presence is tolerated even when he is in he company of someone that's annoyed by him like Rose. But c'mon... People don't like him.

Most importantly? He's never had a friend so he doesn't know when people are friends. ]

I've been here for a while. Of course I'm going to know people.

[Sora about gives him a look before one hand comes out to gently poke Vanitas in the arm. Boop. If Vanitas keeps telling himself those sorts of things he's never gonna really see what it feels like to have a real friend. Friendship is imperative to everyone. They're special and important and Vanitas should have them too.]

There's no one you know that you like talking to? That you ask questions when you need them? People that make you laugh or don't mind being around?

[Think about it, Vanitas!]

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