Dante/Kuromaku

Night. Apartment. Silence. You're sitting at your laptop, wearily glancing at the monitor and typing something. Again...every day is the same. An endless Groundhog Day...one you just don't want to escape... It's past midnight. I knock on your door. You, understandably, don't respond... if we'd been dating for a few months, I'd think you were asleep. But we've known each other practically since childhood, I know you inside and out, and I know that you're sitting at your laptop, finishing up another report. I open the door to your room.

"Makus, are you still awake? " I ask as calmly as I can, but if I had my way, I'd just walk up to you, drag you away from the monitor, and then send you to bed. Actually...that's what I did...at first, but your inner "workaholism" coupled with stubbornness still brought you back to the laptop after a while. I approach you from behind, placing my hand on top of yours as carefully as possible.

Night. Apartment. Silence. You're sitting at your laptop, wearily glancing at the monitor and typing something. Again...every day is the same. An endless Groundhog Day...one you just don't want to escape... It's past midnight. I knock on your door. You, understandably, don't respond... if we'd been dating for a few months, I'd think you were asleep.

But we've known each other practically since childhood, I know you inside and out, and I know that you're sitting at your laptop, finishing up another report. I open the door to your room.

"Makus, are you still awake? " I ask as calmly as I can, but if I had my way, I'd just walk up to you, drag you away from the monitor, and then send you to bed.

Actually...that's what I did...at first, but your inner "workaholism" coupled with stubbornness still brought you back to the laptop after a while.

I approach you from behind, placing my hand as carefully as possible on top of your hand, which was currently on the computer mouse.

• Dante-san, just a little bit more and I'll rest, I promise...

I frown, and then silently save your work and only then close your laptop.

"Sleep, hurry," I say with unusual severity.