Over a Winters Season

Cuddles!

(I've returned from my few weeks break and all my tests are over! Thank you to everyone who was such a good sport and were so understanding and patient. I'm trying to get back onto my usual posting schedule and i have some backlog stacked up. So thank you, and here's the story.)

They made it back rather quickly, not wanting to become to cold after their warm bath. Not to mention how they both had been tuckered out by the spring and wanted to get some sleep. So they quickly got inside and started up a small fire in the pit, "I feel like i could just sleep here on the floor. Maybe i should see if i could get a hammock in the market, it would probably be more comfortable then the beam." Hinata groaned as he sat down in front of the orange flames allowing Kenma to change into some sleepwear Hinata had given him. Kenma felt a wave of guilt wash over him, he'd been sleeping in Hinata's bed since he arrived. And he knows the beam isn't very pleasant after a while after he had to hide up there for a while. "You can take the bed tonight, i can take the floor."

"What? No. Your my guest, im not letting you sleep on the floor. And it gets super cold at night and i know you hate it, but i can handle it just fine." That didn't help Kenma feel any better, in fact it made him feel worse. "W-We could. . . share the bed." he muttered with cherry cheeks. Hinata's cheeks brightened at the thought, going completely quiet as he starred at Kenma who had moved to the farthest side of the bed. Kenma avoided his gaze, hoping he hadn't made it awkward with his very forward request. To his surprise he felt the blanket moved and Hinata sat down next to him, cheeks still slightly pink.

Kenma settled down with his back to Hinata as he blew out the main candle and put the covers over himself. He could feel Hinata's eyes on the back of his head slowly dissipate and small snores reached his ears. Kenma turned over to look at Hinata across the small gap between the two. Hinata was on the edge of the mattress, wings hanging over the side on the ground to give the Bakeneko as much space as possible. Even in sleep Hinata was making Kenma comfortable, and for once Kenma didn't like it. With gentle hands he grabbed Hinata's side and pulled him more onto the small mattress until the gap had closed to a few inches instead of a foot. He didn't notice that he let his hands slide down to his hips and linger there as he looked up at Hinata's sleeping face. Up close he could see the faint freckles on his nose and how even when sleeping he still had a small smile. He was drawn to the heat the tengu's body radiated under his palms and over his face, that's also when he finally noticed his lingering and removed his hands as quickly as possible.

But another part of Hinata's personality shinned through in his sleep, his clinginess. Not even seconds after Kenma had removed his hands Hinata's arms wrapped around Kenma's upper body and buried his face into the cat's neck with a happy sigh. Kenma froze, face flushing as he felt Hinata nuzzle himself closer, knee's bumping as he finally stopped moving. "Shouyou?" he whispered but he didn't get anything aside from soft snores.

The cat couldn't help but find himself relaxing in the tengu's arms, the warmth was addicting, pulling him in and making him forget his embarrassment. Giving in he relaxed in the other's hold, his ears drooped tiredly as he nuzzled his nose into the wild orange locks that smelled of lingering lavender and natural pine. It swarmed his senses relaxing his muscles and making his eyes slowly slide shut.

Maybe Kenma could be a bit more selfish for just a bit longer.

Hinata woke up first to the sound of a thunder and a tugging at his neck, it was still dark and the wind was howling outside the window. Thunder storms were far a few between and didn't last long before they moved down the mountain. He glanced down at the arms tightening around his waste then up at Kenma's scrunched up face. Kenma flinched at the loud clash and whimpered into Hinata's hair. The ginger smiled softy and pulled Kenma down and gently pet his ears, relishing in Kenma's soft purring. Kenma ducked his head under Hinata's chin rubbing happily as he mumbled in his sleep, "Your. . .so warm. . ." Hinata felt the heat climb up his neck as Kenma held onto him like a child. He chuckled when he felt Kenma's tail happily tapping on his leg as he continued to pet Kenma's head. He gently wrapped his wing over top of them, protecting them from the cold outside world like a blanket before falling back asleep.

When morning did come neither wanted to get up right away from the warm bubble, pretending to still be asleep with pink cheeks. And it was Hinata who made the first move, gently placing Kenma back on the bed after unraveling themselves and putting the thick duvet over him. He ran his finger's threw Kenma's bangs to push them out of the way before starting on breakfast. Kenma tried his best to keep his blush under control and his tail from thumping against the mattress. He decided to "wake up" about ten minutes later so he could collect himself. Neither ended up mentioning their cuddling and just went on with there day.

The next night it happened again, they both got under the covers with Kenma's back facing Hinata. Both were wide awake, the only sound was the howling from outside the house. It was a particularly bad storm that night easily plunging the temperature way down and even with a fire and warm blanket Kenma was shivering. He gasped slightly when he felt two arms wrap around his waist and pull him towards Hinata's warm chest, "You uh, you looked cold. A-And I've been told I'm pretty warm."

"Oh my gosh, i said something in my sleep last night didn't i?"

"Maybe a little." Kenma groaned and buried his blushing face in his hands, blushing brighter as he felt the vibrations of Hinata's laughter. "I am so sorry."

"It's fine, i've got plenty of warmth to share." Kenma turned around and snuggled into his neck affectionately. "G-goodnight Shouyou."

"Goodnight Kenma."

The twins brought the coat a few days later, it was made of grey and white rabbit fur so it was very fluffy and has a thick furry hood. Kenma immediately shed his usual red cloak and button up the furs as quickly as possible- and damn it was cozy. Osamu also gave him some gloves while Hinata handed a bag of medicines and oils to Atsumu as trade- even if they tried to just give it as a gift. Hinata offered for the twins to stay for dinner but they both refused, wanting to get home to their den before the next snow storm hit.

Hinata chuckled as he watched Kenma rub his cold nose into the soft fur collar, "They did great as always. Does this mean i wont be your heater anymore?"

"Well, i don't know about that." Kenma joked, sitting down next to Hinata in front of the fire. Hinata wrapped his wing around Kenma as he poured him some soup from the pot, "Still it's good we finally got you a better coat. The annual winter storms are going to start soon, they'll be a lot like the one last night. Not to mention they can last for days on end so it'll be good to have something to keep you warm when im not around to offer my services." He joked.

"You still have to work?"

"Unfortunately. . . " He sighed sipping his soup queitly, "Now that it's going to be getting so much colder my joints are gonna so stiff! oye!"

"Do you have some kind of remedy for that?"

"Technically yes but i don't have the ingredients for it. I'd have to go to the village for that and i don't really want to do that. Although i need to go before the storms hit incase we get snowed in and just to make our lives easier."