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Kyle was exhausted to say the least.
Everything was itching him the wrong way, his tooth hurt, everyone and everything was too loud and he generally has started to feel a bit under the weather. Also the rehearsals were killing him and his already fragile patience.
So yeah, Kyle was exhausted.
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Kyle walked into his hotel room. As soon as he locked the door he started crying, his tooth hurt so bad and rehearsals today were rough on him.
He stripped of his clothes and put on a pair joggers and an oversized hoodie.
One thing about him was that he sometimes regressed to a younger state of mind, more often than not, not intentionally.
He was extremely embarrassed by it, but right now he craved the escape. He went over to his bag and started searching for his stuffed moose, it was his childhood stuffie that his mum gifted him seeing as his first word was moose and he still really fw them.
As soon as he was wrapped in the blanket on his bed and moose tightly clutched in his arms he started noticing how much he really wanted a person to be with him.
He needed someone to soothe him and just be there.
Back in Norway his best mates would sometimes be there, seeing as they are the only ones knowing about his 'condition'.
But here in Basel? He had no one.
What about the beauty blenders ?
His mind unhelpingly provided.
He technically knew they wouldn't judge him, and very realistically find it cute, but he wasn't sure about that kind of commitment to them.
But as his mind started slipping more and his subconscious mind realised he would be younger than usual he made a quick decision to call Sissal.
After just two rings she picked up.
"Hey Kyle, what's up?" She asked with her always so bright voice with a hint of motherly concern.
"Si-ss-al" was all he managed.
"Kyle? What's wrong?" She asked concerned already getting up to pick him up or help him.
"Room, please." He said.
"Ok Kylie baby, I'll be there in a minute. You worry me." She said pulling on her shoes and running to his room.
But just as she left her suite, she saw JJ and Miriana, and she must've looked extremely worried, because as soon as they saw her they ran to her, concern in their faces mirroring her worry.
"Sissal ? What's got you so worried, are you alright ?" Miriana asked.
"It's Kyle, something is up with him." She said walking to said room, the other two following behind.
"What's wrong with him ?" JJ asked frantically.
"Only one way to find out." Sissal said opening the door of Kyle's room, which strangely was locked, but thankfully he had given her a spare key, because she was the 'responsible one' and 'Mother'
When they opened the door they expected anything but what they found.
Kyle cuddled up in two blankets, stuffed moose clutched close to him and a thumb in his mouth, tears streaming down his face.
If they thought he looked young before, it's nothing compared to what they have in front of him now.
Sissal was the first to move, sitting on one side of his bed on pulling him close, brushing his hair back.
"Kyle, what happend? Are you alright? " she looked down at the extremely fragile looking boy.
"No-oooo" he cried and cuddled up to her more.
Miriana and JJ who have just been watching and helpfully locked the door shared a look of concern.
Seeing Kyle like this was new, he was usually the happiest person ever, their little sunshine. Seeing him fragile like that really broke them
But as JJ took a closer look at the situation he his chronically online brain pieced everything together.
He stepped forward, gesturing for Miriana to come with him, together they sat with Sissal, Kyle half on Sissal's, half on Miriana's lap, JJ in front of him.
" Kylie?" He asked softly "How old are you right now ?" Sissal and Miriana shared a look of confusion bit JJ seemed to know what he was doing.
Kyle looked up to him, his tears drying and exhaustion as evident as day. He thought really hard about it, them held up two fingers.
JJ looked relieved that he guessed correct with thinking of age regression and decided to explain the the confused Sissal and Miriana.
"Seems like he is an age regressor." He started explaing " it means that when he is stressed or something happens his minds coping mechanism is to just regress to a state of mind where he felt safe and didn't have the stress that caused him to regress."
They both nodded in understanding.
"So that means his mind is currently the one of a toddler/baby ?" Miriana asked for clarification.
JJ nodded "Yeah"
"Omg that's so cute, I know that it's a coping mechanism and something clearly happened today but omg my cutie baby Kyle." Sissal said before looked at the boy in her arms and bobbing his nose, with caused his to giggle.
They all smiled at him, now that he was giggling and not crying anymore he looked the cutest ever.
Miriana stood up, pushing Kyle completely into Sissal's lap.
"Well he has a plushie already, and he is sucking his thumb so I'll look for a soother." She announced before walking over to the bag laying in the floor, searching for one. And really not long after she pulled out a green soother with a moose on it.
As soon as Kyle sees it he eagerly opened his mouth, they all chuckled as Miriana plopped it into his mouth.
As they saw him yawn she started to sing Norwegian lullaby she picked up years ago, and rocked him to sleep. When they saw his eyes close and breath evening out, Sissal layed him down and tugged him in.
They all watched him, concern as well as relief on their faces.
"Someone should go and pick up some food for us all, and maybe something baby-friendly for our Kylie over there." JJ suggested. Miriana and Sissal agreed and Miriana and JJ went out to find what they needed.
When they left and she saw Kyle sleeping softly, she decided to clean up a bit.
There wasn't that much to do, so she finished fast and layed down with him, waiting for their friends to return.