Yes. Yes we will. I am very tired and very stressed and I am so! Tired! Of crying! And we are removing Vanny before he can do anything because otherwise he'll do TOO MUCH.
[ When they are still sleep warm and cozy in their own bed, Cacao will be awakened to a giddy husband crawling onto his hips. He's fluffy again. And Cacao will also have his head taken, lifted enough, and then two horns crash into his. ]
[Oh hello Vanilla. He doesn't even open his eyes when his husband crawls over him, but his face breaks into a sleepy smile. Someone wants... attention first thing in the morning, eh? He is very fine with tha-]
Gah-?!
[it doesn't hurt, but his headcase is a bit rattled right out of sleep sob]
[ UGH yes he missed that, he felt so alone unable to greet them both with heatbutts again, and he turns his head with a little grunt to deliberately hook one of his around Cacao's. Comfortable. ]
Struggling! Nonsense! [ Fake offensive. ] I merely missed being able to pick you up!
( and that's the most important, truly. lily continues on, but eventually- absently?- she starts to hum. even as she works, it's a light and airy tune- one that she loved back when they were younger, too. )
I was not expecting how much I would. I think it was moments like this that made me ache the hardest.
[ There's something so soothing about rubbing his horns along Cacao's, about having such an expressive part of himself, of not having to worry about feet. ]
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