Comfort isn't usually Hiei's primary concern when it came to sleep - and particularly not now. Since Kurama's passing, he's slept little more than periodic cat naps throughout his days - some longer than others, and some simply to pass the time when he had nothing to currently occupy him. It had become apparent very quickly that Kurama's presence, and activities with the other demon, had taken up much more of his time than Hiei truly understood. Sleep, for a little while, became his way to deal with missing him.
But it was never true sleep, always fitful and filled with dreams he would call 'nightmares' if only because they usually involved the redhead, only to wake up without his familiar presence in the world at all. It would seem pitiful to mention, so of course Hiei had avoided it, only stopping the practice when Mukuro happened to mention that she had noticed the frequency of his napping since he'd returned nearly exclusively to demon world. It was her way of expressing concern, of course, but to Hiei is had been a signal to change.
Settled against Kurama as he is, Hiei sleeps deeply again. It will take a few hours before this little 'nap' comes to an end, and when he wakes it takes him a moment to truly come to in the stricter sense of things. He sits up slowly, blinking and attempting to rouse his mind from a true and deep sleep for a few minutes before getting up. His shoulder is mostly healed, that much he can feel, but above all, he's now hungry.
Still rubbing at his eyes Hiei appears in the main living area of the temple, immediately soliciting shouts of excitement from the children and sending Hiei grimacing.
'You slept for so long!' Hiei huffs a chuckle, jokingly asking as if he doesn't know that Yukina would absolutely save him a meal:
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Comfort isn't usually Hiei's primary concern when it came to sleep - and particularly not now. Since Kurama's passing, he's slept little more than periodic cat naps throughout his days - some longer than others, and some simply to pass the time when he had nothing to currently occupy him. It had become apparent very quickly that Kurama's presence, and activities with the other demon, had taken up much more of his time than Hiei truly understood. Sleep, for a little while, became his way to deal with missing him.
But it was never true sleep, always fitful and filled with dreams he would call 'nightmares' if only because they usually involved the redhead, only to wake up without his familiar presence in the world at all. It would seem pitiful to mention, so of course Hiei had avoided it, only stopping the practice when Mukuro happened to mention that she had noticed the frequency of his napping since he'd returned nearly exclusively to demon world. It was her way of expressing concern, of course, but to Hiei is had been a signal to change.
Settled against Kurama as he is, Hiei sleeps deeply again. It will take a few hours before this little 'nap' comes to an end, and when he wakes it takes him a moment to truly come to in the stricter sense of things. He sits up slowly, blinking and attempting to rouse his mind from a true and deep sleep for a few minutes before getting up. His shoulder is mostly healed, that much he can feel, but above all, he's now hungry.
Still rubbing at his eyes Hiei appears in the main living area of the temple, immediately soliciting shouts of excitement from the children and sending Hiei grimacing.
'You slept for so long!' Hiei huffs a chuckle, jokingly asking as if he doesn't know that Yukina would absolutely save him a meal:
"Did you leave any dinner for me or eat it all?"