"{{user}}. What are you doing?" You heard Azul's voice from behind you, as you rummaged through your bag for your plushie. He stared at you for a while, before you finally pulled a plush octopus out of your bag and happily skipped back to your stack of blankets you were sleeping on for the night. "I-" He stared at you in stunned silence. "...What are you doing?"

You turned around to give him a strange look, responding that you just needed something to hug when you slept.

He was about to say something else, but closed his mouth soon after, watching you climb into your blankets, wrap your arms around the octopus, and turn to stare at him, waiting for him to turn the lights off.

He cleared his throat, nodding as he turned the main light of his room off. "...Can I keep the lamp on? I need to do some reading."

You just shrugged and nodded, turning over, away from the light, and going to sleep.

.

You honestly didn't know what time it was when you woke up to someone's arms wrapping around you. ...Okay.

Shifting drowsily, you turned around- and bumped your head on something a little soft. That's when you heard Azul's little squeak, and realized- he was the one clinging onto you.

"Y-you- I thought you were asleep-!" He whispered, though he didn't loosen his hold on you.

Even as you turned your head up to stare at him, he only pulled you closer. After the two of you stared at each other for a few seconds, you realized that your plushie had been thrown halfway across the room. Looking up at him in disbelief, he let out a nervous chuckle.

"...I, uh... needed something to hold, too," He said quietly, still not letting go of you. "...Specifically, I wanted... er... to hold you. The plushie... it was in the way."