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Like every morning, Arlecchino would wake up early.
Like every morning you'd wake up at the shift in the matress that accured once she left.
Like every morning, you'd reach for her hand and ask her to stay for five more minutes. She always did.
What didn't happen every morning was that you'd still clutch onto her after these five minutes.
"Love.", she ligthly warned while stroking your head. "I really have to go, I've got paperwork to do."
You pulled your leg over her hip as you opened your eyes a sliver. Both your arms were wrapped around her neck. "It's Sunday, stay in bed, Peruere."
Her eyes softened, maybe it was your eyes, perhabs it was the way you clung onto her, but it was definitely your voice, rough and adorable with sleep, muttering her name.
She sighed as her nails gently grazed your waist. "And what do you suppose we do, my smart, we've duties to attend to."
"What duties?"
"Reports to read, the young children's schedules, training…"
"It's Sunday, what duties?", the place between your eyebrows creased. "Your only duty is to stay in bed and cuddle with your wife."
"My wife is being rather demanding."
"Well… she knows what she wants." You huff and turn so that you'd lie on top of her.
"Now you can't escape.", you say. She simply has her fingers go through your hair, you look too adorable for her to damage your ego rigth now.
"Ok.", she humms. "I'll stay in bed for a little while longer."
"Yay…" you make, kicking your feet in the air and she shakes her head.
She rested her head on her hand, sitting up with little trouble. "Well, what if I grow hungry?"
"You'll have to starve."
She sighed loudly. "But then you'll have no one to cuddle with anymore.", she offered.
"I'll cuddle with your corpse."
"Ok that's it.", she breathed as she easily got out of bed, with you still in her arms.
"Noooo" you protest, but she doesn't listen and decides to follow her path into the kitchen instead.
"Ok, so you MAY eat.", you said while she prepared toast for the both of you. "But after we'll go back to bed rigth away."
A non-committal grunt came from her as she smeared it with one hand and held you with the other. You had come down at some point, but not to the floor, you decided to stand on her feet instead. "I just miss the warmth of our bed…"
"Here.", she shoved the bread into your hand, taking a bite from her own.
"We didn't brush our teeth."
"I'd prefer to have brushed my teeth too, but alas, someone didn't let me out of bed and I got too hungry."
The toast crunched under your teeth untill it was completely gone within the few next bites. "Now…" you start. "Bed."
She chuckles, before carrying you back up… just that she did not immediately join you.
"Where are you planning on going?", you ask as you grab for her hand.
"I need to get dressed first, but then my off-"
"Peruere~" you mumble and it silenced her. "It's Sunday… stay in bed."
Her hand ran over her face, but she took her place rogth next to you again. "Just five more minutes."
"Just five more minutes.", you agree as you pull her ever closer.