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Then fine, I'll stay with you a little longer. Happy?

[Heizou beams, nodding once. Yes. He's... very happy, actually.]

..Thank you.

...whatever. [Please ignore the weird feeling in his gut at that.] Your books are where you left them.

[He starts to get up so he can find the book he'd been reading before he fell asleep, only to realize his legs are still a little wobbly under him and drop back onto the bed.]

..Huh. I guess this'll take a little longer than I thought.

I told you. Which book?

[He lets out a little sigh and starts to swing his legs a little over the edge of the bed, just so that they're moving again. All while he tells Wanderer the title of the book.]

I think I fell asleep holding it. I was only about a third of the way through.

Oh, that one.

[It...is not where Heizou left it. It is on the shelf. Because Wanderer read it one day.

Hopefully Heizou just thinks Wanderer cleaned up a bit or something as he goes to get the book for him.]

[His head tilts as he watches Wanderer go to retrieve it. That reaction doesn't tell him much, and that only makes Heizou more curious.]

...Everything else is where I left them, but that book you decided needed to be tidied away?

It was on your bed.

[Not even a hint at anything being off as he hands the book over.]

Only because I was reading it!

[He takes it back easily enough, though he does keep looking at Wanderer for just a moment longer... And then he starts to settle himself back into bed, scooting over to give Wanderer more room.]

..What were you reading when I woke up?

A book I got from the store.

[That he is not going to show the title of, since it's the sequel to the one in Heizou's hand.]

[He quirks an eyebrow upward.]

Oh? Something I didn't already have here?

Obviously. You don't have every book that exists, you know.

No, but I have a lot of the ones that you like!

And I've read most of them.

[Nerds.]

[The nerdiest.]

Then will you lend that one to me when you're done with it?

...sure.

[Welp.]

You hesitated.

Because I had to think about it.

[He fiddles idly - pointedly? - with the book in his hands.]

And why would you have to think about it~?

Because some of us don't say "yes" to every request. Are you going to rest or not?

[He smiles a little, rolling his eyes good-naturedly as he settles into bed some more with his book.]

This is resting.

If you say so.

[He flips through to find the spot that he'd been at before he was rudely interrupted by a coma. So get over here ~~and snuggle with him~~ already, Wanderer. Heizou left all this room for you on the bed and everything.]

..And I'm gonna assume you liked it if you went and got the next part.

[A Look.]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Hmph!]

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