As much as he wants to, and as easy as it would be to let it happen, Akihito won't fall asleep. He has to get home (he could just punch his address into his phone and let it guide Atreyun back to the apartment, but he'd prefer to do it this way). He has to clean and wrap his wounds. There are still things that need to be done before he can sleep.

"I was on my way home after a date." One would think that the date, given that he had a vehicle, might've at least offered to drive Akihito home afterwards but it didn't come up. They ate, they went outside where things started to get a little hot out in the parking lot, Akihito shut it down (it started getting a little spicier than he would've liked in a public place), date got in his car and left. Akihito is seeing him again next week. "We went out to dinner. I was walking home afterwards."