Eye of the Storm [complete]

[Zhong Xue]

Xue pouted. "I am n-not cute. I'm a soldier."

[Wu Xiaoszi]

"You are a soldier, yeah," Xiao agreed, giving Xue that much leeway at least. He tapped his finger on his chin, after moving to a more comfortable position atop the other boy's stomach. His weight was still enough to keep the other soldier in place. "But you're still like a puppy, I think," he decided with a nod and a smirk, pushing on Xue's nose for good measure.

As he looked down, his eyes widened, as if finally realizing exactly what sort of compromising position they were in. With a sort of muffled yelp, he scrambled off and retreated back towards his bed. "Anyway, I'm really tired 'n' all so I'm turnin' in for now," he said quickly, jumbling all the words together into one massive exhalation of syllables. "Be a pal and wake me up when it's lunchtime, 'kay?"

[Zhong Xue]

Xue sat up slowly, eyeing Xiao as he put as much distance between the two of them as possible. He can't be still mad at me, right? Maybe he's upset that I haven't been around or anything... or maybe he's angry about the whole pervert thing? But that was true! He can't get angry about something that's true, it's against the rules!

"Okay..." He nodded. "Are you sure everything's all right?"

[Wu Xiaoszi]

"Yes!" Xiao replied quickly, pulling the covers over his head. "Tired, s'all!"

[Zhong Xue]

"I'll let you sleep, then." Xue flopped onto his bed with a small smile. "Good night, Xiao."

He curled up, fiddling with a loose thread on one of his blankets. He was tired enough to go straight to sleep as well, but until he figured out what had just happened, he wouldn't be able to.

Throwing a glance to the lump of blankets that was his friend, Xue tilted his head to one side with a long sigh. "Cute, huh..."