"Wh--Ah--?" Suddenly he was looking at a pair of bleary green eyes. Dumbfounded, Kotetsu gaped silently until he realized his tears were still running down his face. The last thing he needed was for Barnaby to wonder why, so he pulled away from his partner with an agonized laugh, thrilled, exhausted, and so damned confused.

"Ah, jeez," he finally said, not sure what else to say without giving too much away. Quickly, the older man wiped his eyes of any trace of evidence when a thought struck him that made him laugh all the harder. Only Barnaby would wake up like that, right underneath him when he was less than an inch away from his face. It was like out of some girl's fairy tale--Well, except he hadn't kissed him. "You make a horrible princess, you know that?"