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lil yuki:
hey. when are you two coming back home?
NEO yankee:
bout 2 hours or so?
dunno
lil yuki:
and it's 1am.
???
what kind of event keeps people up until 3am?
NEO yankee:
hey s not our fault this is taking such a long time
lil yuki:
I guess.
NEO yankee:
who stays up at 1 in the morning with having nothing important to do
lil yuki:
...
I was sketching up until a few minutes ago. just some redesign ideas.
it's not like whatever you guys are doing is THAT important..
NEO yankee:
hey taru considers it important so it is
anyways let me check your sketches later?
lil yuki:
right...
sure.
NEO yankee:
dont stay up too late, azamis going to kill you, ya know
lil yuki:
I know. of course I know that. I'd be asleep by now if I can help it, it's not like I haven't tried.
NEO yankee:
then try some more, try doing something borin or something
lil yuki:
yeah thanks genius
NEO yankee:
oh shut up
Yuki did not, in fact, do something boring. He continued sketching some more while listening to music, occasionally watching videos or other media to entertain or inspire him.
The green-haired teen yawned and checked the time. It's been a little over an hour since he and Banri texted each other and he was getting hungry. 'A small snack will do, I guess.'
lil yuki:
are you guys hungry? I'm gonna make something so if you guys want, I can make some for you.
Yuki doesn't get an immediate response, so he decides to go to the kitchen to check around the cabinets. 'What can I even make?'
Then his phone buzzes.
NEO yankee:
they served food earlier so weve eaten but an after-trip snack wont hurt
whatcha makin?
lil yuki:
just something simple, not sure yet.
1. I don't know how to cook and 2. you guys haven't stocked up on groceries.. but I digress.
NEO yankee:
kay noted (blame taru)
lil yuki:
uh-huh..
anyways, i'm making french toast.
NEO yankee:
make one for me?
taru also wants one
lil yuki:
okay, on it.
Yuki prepares what he needs and starts making the three French toasts. Yawning more often than he should be, and hunger forcing him awake; he makes the toasts with success. Maybe one of them is a little burnt but Yuki can blame that on being tired. He sets the plates on the table and takes a picture of the food.
lil yuki:
if you guys don't hurry up, I'll eat all of them.
sent a photo.
NEO yankee:
looks tasty
the events ending so we should be on our way home in a few minutes
might take us a while to get home since its a bit far but its late so roads shouldnt be too crowded
lil yuki:
ok, hurry up
NEO yankee:
seeya in a bit then
He puts his phone down as he starts to eat, finishing his slice as he thinks about his plans for the week. He yawns again.
Yuki heads to his shared room to finish sketching. After doing so, he decides to wait for his brothers in the living room.
Laying down on the couch in a comfortable position, Yuki waits for them as he scrolls through social media. Minutes pass by. Yuki yawns for the nth time that night (or morning?).
'They said they'd be here in a while, so vague...'
'I can wait.'
'Maybe.'
More time passes and Yuki begins to feel extremely drowsy. Eyes heavy, Yuki decides to rest his eyes for a bit. And resting eyes turned into slumber in no time.
–
Finally going home after being at an event for over 8 hours brings huge relief to Banri. He feels so exhausted, and a little hungry too.
He decided to drive as Itaru had been the one to drive them earlier. He takes a glance at Itaru in the passenger seat next to him, 'He's asleep. Not much of a surprise, Itaru did do a lot today.' Heavy eyes looking back on the road, he continues driving the way back home. Streets were mostly empty, considering it was just nearly 3 in the morning.
···
And arrived at home, they did. Banri got out of the driver's seat to get their things in the back, 2 small paper bags from the event. He goes back to open the passenger's door and calls out to the older man.
“Hey Itaru. 'Taru, wake up, we're home,” he reaches in to tap on his shoulder.
“Nnn?”
“Mornin'. Wake up dude, we're home.”
Itaru yawns and tries to rub the heaviness out of his eyes. After a moment or two, he gets out of the car. “You grabbed the bags?”
“Yeah,” he raises his hands to show the paper bags. Itaru nods and heads towards their front door, fumbling to fish the keys from his pockets, Banri following behind him after locking the car. Itaru opens the door and takes his shoes off, setting them on the rack by the door. Banri trailing behind, doing the same.
“We're home,” the younger brunette yells out. The other parrots him, but they were met with silence.
“I'll go put these in the living room. If you're hungry, remember Yuki made us toast.” Itaru replied with a mumbled "okay".
Banri quietly moves to the living room, locking the front door behind him. As he set the bags down, he noticed a sleeping Yuki on the couch. Finding the scene amusing, he's fast in taking his phone out and taking a picture of Yuki before moving on to the kitchen, where Itaru was eating the slice the youngest had made them and scrolling through his phone.
“Lil' Yuki's sleeping on the couch. Looks like he was waiting for us, well, attempted to 'tleast.”
“Okay,” Itaru manages through a mouth full of bread. "Also, it was your turn for groceries, not mine."
“Oh, you saw what I said, huh,” Banri lets out a laugh.
“Duh,” Itaru mocks. He walks over to their storage room. Seeking for a certain item, he hears a mutter from the kitchen about the food being burnt.
He grabs a blanket – one of Yuki's favorites – and walks over to the living room and drapes it over the small figure.
He comes back to the kitchen to see Banri gone. Itaru heads to his younger brothers' shared room and finds the person he was looking for. Banri notices him, "I was just gettin' my charger."
"Okay. Can you come and help me?"
"Yeah yeah, I know."
Itaru leaves their room, walking back to the storage room to grab two pillows and blankets. He goes to the living and sits down, pillows and blankets in his lap, as he waits for Banri.
Not long after, Banri gets there holding futons in his arms and sets them down in front of the couch, Itaru doing the same by putting what he brought on top.
They settle into their respective futons, Banri sitting and Itaru lying down, phone in hands, booting a game up.
Banri takes a selfie with all three of them in the frame, then swiftly goes under his covers.
He's yawning by the time Itaru speaks up.
“You still going out with Tenma later?”
“Obviously, what kinda person would I be to bail on 'im?”
“You're really dedicated.”
“Ha? Of course.”
“...”
“...”
Before he says anything else, he hears something plop onto soft material. He gets up and turns to where the older man's futon is. He's met with the sight of his brother, dead asleep (and maybe drool coming out of his mouth), and his phone, game still running, fallen out of his hands.
He decides to take another picture. He takes Itaru's glasses off before lying back down on his own futon.
“G'night.”
He drifted off to sleep as a "goodnight" was mumbled behind him.
–
Yuki wakes up to 3 photos sent by Banri to their group chat.
And maybe Banri admits it was his own fault that he'll wake up hours later to a furious sibling getting mad at him for taking photos of him.