A groan emanated from Chuuya’s chest as he slowly forced himself to roll over. He had hardly slept all night, his little one having woken him up screaming at 2am only to not be able to fall back asleep until 6 in the morning.

Reaching over to smack at his alarm clock, he heard a gentle squeak as he felt a little arm under his body. Realising he had rolled over onto them, he quickly sat himself up, praying his sweetheart didn’t wake up.

It was 7am and Chuuya was utterly exhausted. He had work and they had school but he decided against that today. He rang into work, informing them of his absence before leaving a message with school.

Chuuya knew it was going to be a long day, yet it was best to stay home instead of going to school and work running on fumes.

He reached over, brushing a finger over their cheek, knowing that the same little monster that had kept him up all night looked so adorable fast asleep beside him.

“You’re going to be the death of me, I swear.”