Title: bed sharing
Rating: G
Fandom: Flowers
Relationship: Takasaki Chidori/Yaegaki Erika
Wordcount: 648
Short summary: Chidori and Erika go on a short summer trip. To save money, the room has one bed.
“So we only have one bed.”
“Well, I don’t get that much pocket money.”
“Then why did you want to…”
Erika cuts herself off, realizing she most likely already knows the answer. When Chidori first brought up the idea of doing a short trip together, she had said something about summer trips being “something friends do together”. Of course Chidori hadn’t said anything about inviting their other friends but rather pressed forward on setting the date of their trip. Erika had been more concerned at the time with making Chidori think of something reasonable; if it was only going to be a two-day, one-night trip, then they could only go so far, especially with Erika’s wheelchair…
Anyway, the answer that Erika comes up with makes her cheeks heat up. Being Amitié and sharing a room at St. Angraecum does afford them moments of privacy which they take advantage of, namely for Chidori to be extra doting or extra aggressive about asking to be doted on. But Shirohane or the twins or Ms. Dahlia could interrupt with a knock to the door at any time… Out here, it is just the two of them at an inn otherwise full of strangers minding their own business. While they aren’t inconspicuous because of Erika’s wheelchair, they are left alone.
There’s no one to bother them or interrupt them. If something starts… like Chidori poking at Erika’s cheeks, or Erika running her fingers through Chidori’s hair, or Chidori coming in close for kisses…
“Well, I’m tired from all the travel. I’m going to sleep.” Because someone wanted to go south and then deep into a national park to see the waterfalls…
Erika looks at Chidori and waits. Even though she could push herself out of the chair and get onto the bed herself, Chidori will complain that she wasn’t given the opportunity to “do her job”. Of course Erika knows it’s a rather thin excuse for Chidori to touch Erika’s body. And Erika has found herself less and less likely to mind…
“You should be right in the middle,” Chidori says as she lifts Erika out of the wheelchair and lays her onto the bed. “Let me know if the pillows need to be adjusted.”
“Wait.” Erika’s eyes flit about as she quickly calculates the space on either side of her. The bed is wide enough for three people, so shouldn’t she be more to one side to give Chidori enough space? “Where are you going to sleep?”
“Right next to you, of course.” Chidori grins as she lays down too, wrapping her arms firmly around Erika’s waist. Their faces are close… almost touching each other close.
Do they really need to sleep like this? Erika raises an eyebrow. “Do you think I would move?”
“You have strong arms!”
Erika snorts. Well, compared to her legs that she can’t move anymore, her arms are strong. But who has been pushing Erika’s wheelchair around all day? Someone who insists on pampering Erika, so therefore…
“I’m not as strong as you.”
“So you should let me hold you so I don’t fall off the bed,” Chidori retorts with a grin.
“Now that’s just making stuff up.” Erika sighs. “Just say you want to cuddle with me, idiot.”
Erika too puts her arms around Chidori and brings their bodies even closer, so that her head tucks under Chidori’s chin. She feels Chidori kiss the top of her head.
“Oh, but I’m not tired enough to sleep yet.”
“Then entertain yourself. Because I will be sleeping.”
“Erika!”
Erika closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. Chidori’s warmth is enough to send Erika to peaceful sleep. It wouldn’t be so bad to employ Chidori like a body pillow… no, she won’t say that out loud because it’ll probably cause some future headaches. But for tonight Erika will concede that bed sharing isn’t so bad with Chidori.