One moment he'd been allowed to fall into a nice, quiet sleep, the next he was being rudely awakened, not for the first time this evening. He coughed and his throat felt raw, but the air passed through on its own. And while it certainly hurt plenty to keep breathing, he did so, breaths shallow and slow, but still coming once every few seconds.

His face scrunched up for a moment before he opened his eyes. His drug addled mind must be showing him some kind of hallucination, he concurred. Why else would Kurogane be leaning over him like... like he was some princess in a fairy tale? His expression was one of confusion, lasting only a few moments before it melted into a childish and entirely inappropriate smile.

Yuuhi's voice was hardly audible, but his lips still formed "Ku... ro..." and ended with a short giggle of "eh hee..."