Kuro Prompt: Nightmare

Grell jerked awake with a yelp. Blinking rapidly behind his glasses. his eyes quickly ajusted to the dark and he realized where he was.

"Just...just a dream..." he sighed. But he couldnt help running shaking fingers over his skull and chest, cheking for wounds long gone. "I...W-will...I need Will..." He whimpered, wrapping his blood red blanket around himself and shuffling down the hall to Will's room. A bit of light shined from under the stoic shinigami's door, meaning he was awake, as usual. Grell raised a shaking hand to the door and knoced softly.

"W-will? William? Are you awake?" He asked in a trembling voice. Half a second later the door was opened by a slightly disheveled William.

"Come in Grell." He said quietly.

The shaking shinigami shuffled slowly into the room. "I...I didn't mean to wake you...I'm sorry. I...I just...I had a nightmare." The effeminate shinigami said, lower lip trembling.

William sighed softly and pulled the normally happy reaper into his arms. "Your death again Grell?" He asked quietly, running his fingers through the long red locks. Grell whimpered, clinging to his boss.

"Can...can I sleep in here tonight? Please? I don't mean to be a bother I just-" He was cut off by two soft fingers being placed against his lips.

"Grell, as I told you when we started working together and every time since, it is no bother. I understand the fear that comes with reliving your death. You are more then welcome to spend the night with us."

Grell tilted his head, momentarily distracted. "Us?"

The raven haired shinigami stepped to the side, letting Grell see the tiny, softly snoring lump on his bed. "You're not the only one who has nightmares of your death. Ronald gets them too, as do Eric and Alan."

"Oh...I see. I'm sorry."

"Grell Sutcliff, stop apologizing and come lay down." William said, patting the spot next to him on the left side of his bed, his right side already taken hostage by the two-toned reaper. Grell nodded and crawled onto the bed, wrapping his arms around Will's torso.

"Thank you Willy." He said with a yawn, already drifting off.

"Get some sleep, little Grell." He whispered, kissing the already asleep reaper on his forehead.

                           ~X~

Halfway through the night, Will woke up to the feeling of two more bodies worming their way into his bed. He smiled slight, but quickly drifted back off.

                           ~X~

The next morning, William awkoe to Ronald curled up on his chest, clutching a tiny fistfull of shirt, Grell clinging to his left arm, Alan holding his right and Eric holding Alan. He sighed and secided to let them all sleep in, just this once.