tastewithouttalent:

The room is too quiet without Yamamoto.

It’s a stupid thing to think. It’s a stupid thing to even consider, when Gokudera has spent every night since he and Yamamoto started sharing a room listening to the other boy’s breathing instead of sleeping. He has made something of a routine of it, staying up well past the point when Yamamoto falls asleep even if the light is on, only relinquishing himself to the attempt at rest once Yamamoto has been breathing slow and heavy in unconsciousness for an hour or more. Then he seethes, lies wide-eyed and glaring at the ceiling while the regular rhythm of the other boy’s inhales sweeps over him like waves, considers how frustrating the sound is and how much better he would be able to sleep if he were alone, until he’s jolting awake to the sound of Yamamoto yawning in early-morning attempts at wakefulness.

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