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*Raph sits on his newly expanded and re-comfortized bed. Seems someone was amused by the prank and decided to ease up a bit. Or maybe, they're just comforting him before battle. Who knows? Anyway, the bed is covered in lists and drawings of pranks to come, but Raph isn't paying any attention to them at all. Instead he's holding a pristine edition of the Death: The High Cost of Living graphic novel.

He hasn't cracked the spine yet...it feels too much like cheating somehow.*

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Heh, true enough. I mean, he he really didn' like her he coulda just bolted...

*He smiles when he hears the pages turn, and is just about to make a smart alec remark about how it's cheating to skp ahead, when his eyes scan down to see the pages haven't been flipped at all...and the book is not stable in her hands.

*Raph, who up until now was propped up on an elbow, sits up completely. One arm goes around her, the other rests on the book itself.*

we don't have to do this.

She leans back against him and sighs. The book sinks to the bed, her hands still on it.

"I want you to know..."

it ain't worth it if it's gonna make you upset.

"Will you read it, though? Please?"

*he nods*
yeah...promise.

*After sliding the book out from under her hands, he closes it and lets it drop slowly to the floor.*

but not right now.

*Raph tightens his hold around her, slowly moving her from where she sits on the bed onto his lap. He doesn't say anything. And aside from a tender kiss he places on her temple, he doesn't try anything. He just holds her.*

The Endless in his arms seems somehow small. She lays her head on his shoulder after he kisses her temple, and feels the thrum of his heart and his breath, and is comforted.

*Silence. It's a good silence...a bit awkward, but still good.*

my brother stopped by today.

She smiles a bit, her forehead resting against his neck.

"Yeah?"

*He nods.*

Yup. Left me a candle. Lilac...he must be worried about me.

*The smile is apparent in his voice.

"That's sweet. It really is."

A pause. One hand goes up to rest on his shoulder.

"Should he be?"

Meh, no more o'less than he usually does. I'm okay, really.

*he combs his fingers through her hair, finger tips barely brushing her skin.*

Been keepin' busy.

That gets a happy sigh from her, along with a sound back in her throat that almost sounds like a purr.

"Mmm. Busy is important. Just... let me know if you need me. You can always call."

*There's a small smile. It's not flashy or grandiose, just simple. It reflects contentment distilled.*

Better watch it. Might just take you up on that.

"And that'd just break my heart."

She's calm enough to be sarcastic. To tell the truth, if Death made a regular habit of sleeping, (and not just for special occasions) she could do so here.

Oh well, we can't have that, now can we?
*well placed overly dramatic sigh*

"It'd be tragic. Too tragic to bear."

And with that, comes the tickling.

NO! NO nononononono.
*he just can't move fast enough to block the tickling attacks.*

It's a miracle. She stops.

"Don't suppose I could stay here tonight?"

*He flops backward on the bed and tries to catch his breath.*

well...*pant*...you are *pant*...such..*pant*...a burden, after all.

"And you're a smartass."

She leans down and kisses the tip of his nose.

Yup, this is true.

*His eyes scan her face and he smiles.*

She settles onto the bed next to him, hand propping up her head, and smiles back.

"Thank you."

*Brow furrow*
F'what?

"For..."

For any number of things. For every kiss and every goofy smile and every shoulder check and for being her friend. For loving her in the first place.

"...for letting me stay tonight."

*The confusion melts, leaving his face devoid of emotion. All except his eyes, that is. They're smiling.*

how could i say no? you made me an offer i couldn't refuse.

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