AN: 400 word drabble. Pure, cavity causing Waff, although not my best stab at the world of fanfiction. ShinoKiba pairing, not many of those out there, so I might have another go at it, just because I love these guys.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Go figure.

He's quiet. He's quiet and he's stoic and he's something so utterly the opposite of yourself that you honestly don't know what to make of him sometimes. Sometimes. But sometimes, he's everything that you know and everything you've grown up with and he's comfort. He's comfort in a big, crazy world, where you aren't so very big yourself. And he's memories. He's that nostalgic feeling you get every time you think back to your younger days, when everything was so much simpler and life was so much easier and all you had to do was train and eat and sleep.

Not saying that you don't do that now, of course, but that's all you CAN do. You're Jounin now, the both of you, and all life holds is training, and eating and sleeping. But the last two are only done so you can train some more, and if you're body could override them all together you probably would.

Except, when he's around, you don't want to override them. You want to bask in what little free time you have, and you want to reminisce with him, and maybe sleep a little, because sleep is something that you get so very rarely now, at least real, wholesome, peaceful sleep. And he'll pull you down onto the couch or the bed or the grass or whatever the hell is close and semi-comfortable.

He'll pull you down and pull you close to him, so you're buried in that same, old thick coat of his. The same one he wore when you were younger, the same one that holds that smell of nostalgia and memories. Pull you to him and bury you in his arms and his scent and his comfort and his being. And you'll sleep. You'll sleep so soundly that you'll wake up and feel so utterly refreshed that you wish you could go back and do it all over again, just to wake up with him one more time.

Because there's just something about sleeping with Shino that's so right. And you can't see his eyes behind those dark glasses of his, and you can't see his mouth to know if he's smiling or frowning or just at ease like you are, but you can feel him tracing the red streaks on your cheeks, and you can here him sigh, and you know that there is no way he can't be as content as you. And so you sleep. The both of you.

AN: Yep, that's it. Now off to review with ye! And to all of you who reviewed my last fic and requested a pairing, I shall be working on those post haste XD. Any one else got a request? Feel free to shoot it at me, I'm always open.