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Word count: 285
Pairing: Franz/Albert lol onesidedness :(
Notes: Set during the few days when Haruhi hugged Hatsuharu while he was sitting on Albert's bed and turned into a cow and broke the bed, forcing Franz and Albert into the same bed together l-lulz. I wanted to write something to do with this for ages buuuuuut I'm not a very good writer (consider that your warning, by the way) so it didn't get done until now.

There was also another part-- with Albert watching Franz sleep in the evening-- but in the end I just got frustrated and deleted it after rewriting it fifty million times ahaha gg me.

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It was the little moments like this that made Franz almost glad that Albert had to share a bed with him for the time being, torturous as it was. He'd endured worse, but it was worth it. It was worth it, he thought, for those precious minutes before dawn when he woke and Albert was still asleep, and the world stood still. It felt as if they could be the only two people in existence, for the only sound he could hear was Albert's slow and steady breath, in... and out, in... and out. He knew it was cliche, watching over the person that he loved as they slept peacefully, but somehow... for once, he didn't care. Albert's peaceful face was a sight that always put him at such ease that just in that moment nothing else seemed to matter.

And for once, Franz allowed himself to reach out to Albert-- a liberty he rarely took, nor would often even consider. Such desires he usually buried away deep within, hidden away safely. It wouldn't do to kid himself, after all.

But just in that moment, all of that which he had so firmly repeated to himself day in and day out for years flew out the window. Just once he let himself reach out to stroke his best friend's hair and run his hands through it gently, enjoying the feel of it in his fingers, losing himself in the rhythym of Albert's breathing and the warmth of his sleepy smile.

When the first ray of sunshine shone through the curtains and hit the opposite wall a few minutes later, Franz came to his senses and remembered that this moment, too, would have to be buried.