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It is 6:30 AM. An alarm rings out, echoing off the walls of Barbatos' room, slowly awakening him..
He gets up, and snoozes the alarm, feeling as though something isn't quite right...
'Ugh... My head...'
He starts getting himself ready, hopping in a quick shower, drying himself off, brushing his teeth, then putting on his suit..
'Oh well, it's probably either hunger or thirst... I'll eat something and drink some water to see if it goes away..'
He walks downstairs and prepares breakfast for him and Diavolo. A nice omelette with spinach, ricotta, and mushrooms, a dish that Barbatos could eat every single minute and never get sick of.
He serves breakfast and calls Diavolo downstairs..
'Young master! Breakfast is ready!'
Diavolo comes downstairs and sits at the table with Barbatos..
'mmm~ great as always, thank you Barbs...- hey, are you alright? You're only picking at it... Usually you have to restrain yourself from gobbling up the whole thing in 2 minutes..'
'my head hurts..'
'awe... Have you drank some water?..'
'i have... 1L... It hasn't done anything..'
'Right, the painkillers are in the medicine cabinet in my ensuite, green bottle..'
'ok..'
Barbatos makes his way to Diavolo's ensuite.. he opens the medicine cabinet.
Oh shit! What bottle was it again?
Ah! It was the blue one! Definitely the blue one!
He takes a couple of pills from the blue bottle and then finishes his breakfast and goes about his work as normal.
Halfway through doing the laundry, he starts to feel incredibly drowsy..
That's weird, he didn't think the painkillers did that...
He curls up in a pile of clean linens to take a quick power nap..
A few hours later, Diavolo comes in and finds him, still asleep....
He takes a quick picture before nudging him awake.
'hey.. wakey wakey..'
'*groan*... *Yawwwwn*... W-what?..'
'you've fallen asleep on the job.. you never do that... What's going on?'
'i dunno... I just felt sleepy..'
'what pills did you take?'
'the blue ones..'
'*sigh*.. no wonder you're drowsy... You took the wrong ones... Right, no more work, go to bed..'
'nooo... I need to do the laundry..'
'I'll get the laundry done.. now come on..'
Diavolo scoops Barbatos into his arms and carries him fireman style to his bed..
'noo.. let go of me.. I've got things to do..'
'not whilst you're this sleepy, now come on..'
Diavolo helps Barbatos change back into his night clothes and tucks him into bed, giving him a little kiss on the forehead as he drifts off...
'Goodnight my love.. I'll wake you up for dinner..'