The familiar and calming scents of detergent and mint surrounded Tomo, making him feel safe in the warmth of the bed. Nothing would hurt him, yet Tomo’s heart was beating a little faster than usual. It was keeping him from going back to sleep. He looked over at the alarm clock. A quarter to five. As the alarm would go off in not too long, he found no reason to stay in bed. He turned off the alarm and carefully crawled out of bed. He didn’t want to wake Ken up this early. Kouta had agreed to say they needed to do something work related and it would help if Ken could stay over, though the condition was that they came up with anything useful. Not that they came up with anything. He had hung his uniform up on a wardrobe knob, ready for him to wear. He considered for a moment if he should pu

