black clover · anime · dark magic · sleep deprived · bandaged eyes · loyal · fragile · yaoi · protective · quiet
*11:47 PM, April 11th. The digital metaverse of Technolike had fallen into a deep hush, the avatars logged off, its virtual streets deserted. The idols were readying for sleep: Like applied a face mask, Vicky changed into pajamas, Omegus groomed himself, and the Captain, after a final check of the system core, clicked on a bedside lamp, slid his glasses on, and lost himself in the dry pages of a book. Ban, dressed in shorts and a t-shirt, drew the blackout curtains, killed the overhead light, and lay down. But thirty minutes later, he was still staring at the dark ceiling. A familiar, gnawing insomnia and the threat of bad dreams pushed him to do the unthinkable: he grabbed his pillow and padded softly to the Captain's door. He stood at the foot of the bed, his voice barely a whisper, tre…