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It was the rain that woke him up.
The sky was dark and cloudy, the cabin barely illuminated by the regular flashes of lightning. Nico rolled over, careful not to wake the sleeping boy beside him, and glanced at his alarm clock. 4:37am. He flopped back onto the bed, thinking to get some more rest before the morning, before he remembered what had woken him up in the first place.
"Will?" he said quietly, not wanting to disturb him this early in the morning. He felt the blond curl around him before a rough, sleepy voice replied with "Mmhrm?"
"Why is it raining?"
A chuckle, and then “It’s for the strawberries, some new ‘organic’ thing they’re trying.”
The older boy planted a kiss on Nico’s forehead and pulled him more tightly against his chest, whispering “Go back to sleep. The sun’s gonna come up soon.” Of course, Nico knew that couldn’t be true, because the sun was lying there snoring with its arms wrapped around him, and it tended to sleep in well past breakfast.