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[Leona will actually manage to get about an hour, maybe an hour and fifteen minutes worth of sleep before something will suddenly jostle him back to wakefulness.

Namely, in the form of Azul that he's still lying on here. Azul's eyes are still closed, still asleep, but something isn't quite right. There's a tension to his jaw as if he's grinding his teeth now, breathing harsher. His limbs are twitching too much to indicate a restful sleep, jerking about like as if he's seconds away from devolving into full on thrashing and flailing despite clearly still being in a deep sleep.

At this point, it would be safe to judge that he's experiencing some kind of nightmare, and that the only reason Leona hasn't gotten kicked or thrown off the bed yet is by sheer luck, and Leona's weight keeping him from squirming too much to cause serious harm to both of them here. Still, it looks like there's a danger of him potentially attempting to roll over and sending them both to the floor if Leona can't get him to wake up before that happens, or at least make him settle back down enough into a calmer manner of sleep...]

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[Light sleeper that he is, Leona doesn't take much to notice something is up— but by the time he's up and alert, the movements beneath him have gotten a little more concerning. Leona sits up a little, noting Azul's distress under him—

It's like, probably a bad idea to wake people up by touching them when they're having fitful dreams, but that advice is usually given to people who aren't already on top of someone else. So Leona tries to pin down Azul's arms, hovering over him to do so.]

Hey. Hey.

Snap out of it.

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[At first, Azul starts shaking harder in response, initially trying to get free out of Leona's hold. But sleep keeps his limbs heavy, as does the weight on top of them, so after a moment the attempt to flail or roll them both right off the bed and onto the floor thankfully seems to stop for now.

His brow however is still furrowed, a confused-sounding whine leaking from the back of his throat when he stops clenching his teeth as hard as before. His eyelids flicker open for a moment, but his eyes are glassy, and clearly not actually awake still when his gaze happens to land on Leona's face.]

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Azul.

[Repeats Leona, closer to him now, a little louder. He'd rather not have to shake Azul and risk him being able to hit one of them, so he focuses on calling Azul's attention.]

Hey. Wake up, already.

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[Azul startles at the louder voice, and as a result Leona just barely avoids getting headbutted right in the nose as Azul's head jerks forward slightly with a gasp, before falling back against the pillow once more. He's blinking harder, glassy eyes now trying to focus proper on Leona's face and surroundings.]

... Hah...? Le...ona-san...?

[His voice is rough and groggy, sounding confused still like he's half asleep, even if he does seem to be finally coming out of whatever nightmare he's waking up from here.]

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Hey.

[That voice seems like enough to release some of that pressure; even if Azul falls back asleep, the important thing is that the dream has been disturbed, probably.]

You were dreaming.

Don't worry about it.

[Instead of continuing to pin Azul down, he leans his weight against his forearm, which he braces beside Azul's head.]

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Oh...

[Thankfully, it seems safe enough to not pin Azul down anymore as he doesn't do that flailing from before anymore. The only movement he makes for now is a slight flex of his hands, and a turn of his head here to glance at where Leona's arm is braced next to his head before he's closing his eyes again.]

... sorry... if I woke you just now.

[He may be on the verge of falling asleep again, but he seems to have gained some amount of awareness to guess that he was moving too much before, and that it had disturbed Leona's own sleep here.]

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Yeah, yeah.

[he doesn't need the apology. what he does do, instead, is press his weight back down on Azul as he settles again. he pushes some of Azul's hair out of his face, gentle with his little act of grooming.]

Don't mention it.

Just get back to sleep.

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[Azul is unable to hide the surprise that widens his eyes a little--he had been expecting, perhaps, to be interrogated on what he had been dreaming about (which he'd rather avoid if he can because it was something embarrassing and stupid), or that Leona was going to get up and go instead of settling back down on him here, or the gentle brush of his hair out of his face.]

You're...

[Not leaving? Actually wanting to stay even if he potentially kicks you or something in his sleep again?

Whatever it is that Azul is attempting to ask doesn't quite make it out, his eyes already starting to drag close again from exhaustion. The nightmare did nothing to ease his tired state after all, so it's all too easy to give in to the siren call of sleep again like this. Especially when Leona is nice and warm--almost like a weighted blanket, maybe, as one of Azul's arms absently curls around one of Leona's here as best as he can in his current sleeping position.]

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[Leona's tail taps against Azul's leg under him, a slow and gentle rhythm.]

Mmhm.

[he doesn't know what Azul was going to say. he doesn't have to. it's just a placating sound, meant to get Azul to ease off to sleep. Leona lays there, waiting, with his eyes closed, until he can feel Azul actually relax.

then, he's able to ease off to sleep himself. and just like he'd intended, he really doesn't leave.]

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[Thankfully, Leona is not kicked or shaken awake the next time. Azul manages to actually sleep and stay asleep, even by the time Leona wakes up on his own again. Azul still seems to be sleeping, no longer a furrow to his brow indicating a particularly intense dream...

... although, it seems that Leona will find that Azul has become quite the clingy octopus at some point in his sleep, snuggled close to the other man. Both arms have come up to embrace Leona, and even one of his legs has tangled with Leona's somehow in their current sleeping position.]