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[ Damn it, he should have just gone with the bees and not give Yuya the option. ]

Person one: Nana-chan. Person two: Kido. Your turn~

[ Somebody Yuya already knows, and somebody he won't ever know. Kano has nothing to lose, giving these answers, and no obligation to elaborate. ]

[Yuya sticks his tongue out. He should have specified Nana didn't count. And he doesn't know the other person.

Yuya rolls his eyes up. Picking names of people they don't know, huh?] Dennis and Nakamaru Yuichi.

[A student no longer at the Academy, and a boy band idol.]

[ Dennis... What a common name, and he has no idea who that is. ]

Nakamaru Yuichi, huh... Yeah, same. I'll take that.

[Yuya snorts and leans back on his hands. Give a stupid answer, get a stupid answer in return.]

[ One of them was a serious answer, though???? He would date Nana... but he's also sworn off dating for the foreseeable future, it's a bad idea, it's not happening.

He goes ahead and flops over onto his back, staring up at the high cliffs surrounding them, sky up above. ]

If I sleep out here, can you make sure I don't freeze and die?

So, you mean I have to sleep out here with you? [Or stay up all night watching him, which is an even shorter stick (in reality, he'd probably just tell Odd-Eyes to do it).]

Haha, no way, you're not allowed to fall asleep!

[ He has to stand guard and guard him from the guards, that's Yuya's job. ]

I'm counting on you~

And how long are you expecting me to watch you?! [Wait, is he going to fall asleep now? Maybe Yuya should just carry him back.]

[ Kano laughs, because yeah, he's going to fall asleep now, after just having woken up from a four week nap. ]

I'm thinking maybe fourteen hours? That ice cream should be enough to tide you over until then~

[ Yuya can't even complain about being hungry and wanting to go back. ]

No way! You have a room to sleep fourteen hours in!

Aaaaand I have a mountain to sleep fourteen hours in too! I chose a spot with a nice view for you, I'm not unreasonable!

Fourteen hours is unreasonable if I can't sleep too! I don't even have cell service out here. [Whine whine.

He'll give Kano a chance to relent, otherwise force may be necessary.]

We'll take turns and I'll look after you for the next fourteen hours!

[ He laughs, patting the snow on the ground next to him. Sit down, Yuya. ]

'sides, don't you have games or something on your phone to pass the time? There are plenty that don't need internet access, and stuff. Or maybe you can hang out with the guards and chat with them?

Why do I have to watch you sleep when they're here, anyway? They can't let you freeze to death either.

[He folds his arms, not even wearing a jacket so if anyone is going to freeze to death, it's going to be him.]

[ Sucks to be Yuya. This is why Kano has his jacket on at all times. ]'

If I froze to death out here, won't it just make their job easier?

[ Don't think the guards are here to keep Kano from dying. It's the other way around. They're here to keep him from killing people. And they're going to fail at that. ]

No, they'd probably lose their jobs because they sucked at looking after the person they're guarding and let them die.

[They're glorified babysitters, honestly. And Yuya's not playing the joke about dying game with Kano after that wish.]

Hahaha, how pitiful! I was hoping they could find better jobs than this!

[ He's sure they won't lose their jobs completely; they'll find better ones, things they're actually trained for and find worth doing. ]

Aah, well. At least sit next to me for a little while, so I don't freeze. It'll just be a short nap. Three hours.

[Yuya pushes Kano's shoulder before flopping down beside him. Which is a mistake because the snow starts to soak into his shirt.] .... Thirty minutes.

[He's not sure he'll last longer.]

[ It takes him around that much time to fall asleep but-- alright, he'll take what he can get. Thirty minutes, three hours, he'll let Yuya time it. ]

[Yuya pulls his legs up and bundles up tightly on himself. Truthfully, even ten minutes is too much and eventually Yuya gets up to just pace around the cave to keep warm. He's absolutely keeping time, and in thirty minutes he crouches beside Kano.]

Hey.

[ Thirty minutes is not enough. In the time that Yuya had gone and walked away, Kano had curled up on his side, hood bunched up under his neck and head as a make-shift pillow. He mumbles something and pulls the hood out and over his face, and turns around the other way. Five more minutes, mom.

When he's quiet and asleep, he looks much younger, more like Shuuya who'd spent all those lazy afternoons in Yuya's room, curled up on the bed next to Kuroko, and like with Shuuya, old cuts and scars are apparent on Kano's face and hands where he needs to be awake to cast the illusion to hide them. ]

[So he can't maintain his illusions in his sleep, huh?

Yuya had suspicions that he was hiding under them frequently, and maybe stealing a glance under them when Kano hasn't explicitly shown them is unfair. But... he also trusted Yuya at least enough to actually fall asleep beside him. And he's sure Kano knows that would happen.

He's quiet for a moment, only drawing his gaze over some of the wounds without touching. And then he shivers, and he's reminded why he's not really up for staying out here for hours and then they'll both get frostbite, because a hoodie isn't much better.

So he makes an executive decision, and scoots on his knees by Kano so he can shuffle an arm around his torso and under his knees. If he braces himself, he can haul Kano into his arms while he rises to his knees at once and carry him in his arms.]

[ It's inconvenient, but it's never been a problem when he's fortunately had a single bedroom for all these years, long sleeves and a hood casting a shadow over his face if he really needs to catch a nap outside.

He gets by with just naps most of the time, too, and he's a light sleeper— he can ignore voices fine knowing it's just Yuya, but to actually be touched, he startles violently and lashes out and kicks straight up at whatever's in the way, torso or nose or whatever. ]

[And then Yuya gets kicked in the stomach.]

Augh--! [Yuya topples back into the snow unceremoniously, rolling over and wrapping his arms around his waist. Okay, ow.]

[ Nobody is allowed to say that Kano is completely useless in a fight anymore. He's just sort of useless, because he looks just as surprised as anybody else that the tip of his boot actually connected with anything, and he sits up and blinks dumbly at Yuya and if this were a real fight, this is when he would be knocked out.

It's around here where the guards come filing in, spears raised in warning and questioning glances exchanged between Kano and Yuya.

Kano stares for a moment, and then flops back down. He's going to back to sleep. ]

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