When Roxas' eyes opened at 5am, he knew that something was up. Something felt different. It took him a couple minutes to realize that he was in Naminé's room, thinking that he must have dozed off after the movie. He turned to his right and saw Naminé asleep next to him, both of them over the covers.

Roxas started to sit up when he realized that they were holding hands. He stared at her small fingers, taking note of how comfortably they intertwined with his. Her hands were soft and smooth. Her skin was pale and

She looked peaceful in her slumber, her chest expanding and contracting in an even rhythm. He smiled shyly at her sleeping form and moved his free hand over to the covers near her. He slowly pulled them down under her, causing her to stir a bit.

As the comforter crossed below her feet, her eyes opened, but closed again quickly.

"Roxas?" she slurred out in her half-awake state.

"Shhhh, I'm just pulling the covers over you."

"Okay, whatimes it?"

"It's okay, we don't have work today. Go back to sleep."

"I knowwe donhave work but I haveta go buya new vacuum," she rolled over to her side as Roxas carefully brought the blanket up to her shoulder.

"We have a vacuum," Roxas responded, placing his hand on her shoulder.

"But we needa newone, jjjjjjjjrrrrrrooooooooom," Naminé imitated the sound of a vacuum cleaner.

Roxas couldn't help but laugh at that, though he kept himself silent.

"Okay then, we'll buy a new vacuum," he said with a smile.

"Okay goonight," Naminé was back asleep.

He slowly started standing up to go back to his room but when he was halfway off the bed, he started letting go of Naminé's delicate hand, only to notice that she was still gripping his. He sat on the side of her bed and thought about pulling his hand from hers.

She stirred in her sleep again, pulling his hand closer to her. Roxas smiled softly and lay back down on her bed, pulling the covers over himself and wishing her a goodnight.

It wasn't the first time that they'd slept next to each other, although it felt like it. The first time was during a snowstorm when the power went out. Roxas remembered Naminé climbing into his bed at 2am and pulling herself into his chest to stay warm. This was the first time that they had slept next to each other without needing to; they chose to be side by side for tonight out of something else. It was something that Roxas couldn't understand enough to name; he just liked listening to her breaths. It was a desire that Naminé didn't bother to process as she just wanted his hand on hers until she was awake.