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Night fell and his wings slightly ached due to embarrassing slip he experienced. His wings did need to get preened though Moe was nowhere to be seen and he was definitely not in a mood to spend five hours to barely get out two specks of dirt.
Light tapping against sheets began as he tried to think of a way to help his aching wings. Thinking from waiting for Moe to just doing it himself or..... Hm well Regect was home.
They absolutely fought about almost everything though recent events just proved that they will actually help each other if it was serious.
For a mere second he tought about giving up yet the uncomfortable feeling came back so soon enough he found himself infront of entities room.
Three light knocks and he opened the doors after hearing a low 'come in', voice sounding off.
"Hey uh.. dude..", it sounded cringier than intended but there was no turning back now.
"Mhm, sup. You need something?"
Entity looked at him and then his wings, probably already guessing he needed help with preening.
"You uh... You uhh good with... With—"
"Preening? Yeah I mean I think I am."
"Your ego thinks that, though yeah I need uhh help..", Regect sighed at that but made space at his bed so avian could get comftrable.
Wings slowly spread leaving easier access to preen though Regect decided to go get something to hold feathers in so he didn't have to clean around everywhere.
As he left Z was left in Regect's room so he decided to steal his pillow to hug since he was already pretty tired.
Soon enough he was back and thankfully didn't notice the pillow—or at least ignored it so he started to preen his wings.
Feather after feather his wings started to become cleaner and softer. Slowly going from being muddy and mess to being clean and in order.
Z tried to fight the urge of sleep though the way gentle claws moved softly against his feathers was absolutely comforting and loving.
It was a intense tug-o-war as Avian tried to stop the sleep overtake while sleep just wanted to take all of the control.
Somehow Regect didn't notice it yet and kept on preening.
Time went by and at one point Z drifted off to sleep as the light touch of claws kept caressing his wings with love and concentration.
Once he was done he tried to call out for Z yet he didn't wake up, only later did he realised he fell asleep to his touch.
"Hey, Ze, man, I need my pillow back.", he tried to take it back but nothing really happened. So he tried again.
Only after eight time did he win though tired Avian attached to whatever was new closest thing to do which was Regect himself.
His face start to fill with golden brush as avian snuggled closer wrapped his wings around Regect before throwing him onto bed.
The warmth of wings got him tired too and with slow motion he hugged Z around the waist before heading off to sleep with warmth wrapping around him.