Disclaimer: I do not own Saiyuki.

Sanzo was woken up by bright rays of sun shining in his eyes. 'Dammit,' he thought. He had forgotten to pull the shades again last night. So he rolled over to turn away from the light and nearly rolled on top of the sleeping form next to him. "That's right, you spent the night again last night, didn't you?" he said to his enemy turned lover. All he got for a response was a slight sigh as Kougaiji settled deeper into his pillow.

Sanzo wanted to go back to sleep, but he couldn't. He found that he couldn't take his eyes off the person lying next to him. He didn't understand how a fully grown demon lord could be so absolutely...adorable. He just stared for a while, but then absent mindedly started brushing the bangs out of Kou's eyes, only to have them fall back into place and have to repeat the process over again. He stopped when he saw a smile creep across Kou's face, and he realized what he had been doing.

"Hell, you're making me soft, you little bitch."

Kougaiji just kept smiling, and Sanzo just kept talking to himself.

"But I'm never going to cuddle, no matter how much you want to or try to make me."

That last thought brought back the memories of last night. Kougaiji had wanted to cuddle afterwards like he always did, and Sanzo had refused like he always did. He just wanted to go to sleep. Now that he thought about it, Kougaiji tried to get him to cuddle quite often, not just after sex. Thinking about this irritated Sanzo.

"Damn, you're annoying," he said as he flipped back over to his other side. But only laid there in peace for a few seconds.

"Oh shit. I forgot about the sun."

Sanzo was just about to get up to close the shades so he could go back to sleep, when he heard a noise close to a whimper come from his partner. So he turned back to him and saw that his face had become strained and he had a death grip on the covers. He must be having a nightmare. Any hostility towards Kou that he may have help a second ago suddenly disappeared. Sanzo had nightmares himself and knew how awful they were.

"No...stop it...why are you doing this?..."

Sanzo knew he must be having a nightmare about his past, but not exactly what. It could be an event he knew about, but it could just as easily not be. A lot of Kougaiji's past was still a mystery to him. But what he did know was that he didn't just want to wake him up because he figured if he could calm him and let him stay asleep maybe it would stop and he wouldn't even have to remember having it.

"...please don't..."

So Sanzo took him in his arms, holding him with one arm and stroking his hair with the other. Kougaiji started fidgeting, but Sanzo just held on tighter. Eventually, the nightmare must have past because his features relaxed, he stopped fidgeting, and rested his head on Sanzo's chest. Sanzo, thinking his duty was over, tried to get away, but when he did, Kougaiji suddenly wrapped his arm around him and wasn't letting go.

Sanzo sighed. He repositioned himself as much as he could to make himself comfortable and found himself resting his head on Kougaiji's while they were still embracing. Then Sanzo recognized what he was doing.

"You asshole. You made me cuddle."

Kougaiji just smiled to himself and held Sanzo a little tighter. Operation 'Make Sanzo Cuddle' was a complete success.