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Caelus was exhausted. The whole plot with Sunday had been resolved but there was still much more to be done. That was left in the hands of others though— he wanted to just relax and unwind. While the Dreamscape was great and all, nothing beats the warm comfy bed of his room aboard the Express. He would have preferred it to be completely silent, but he took what he could get. He had already gotten used to Silver Wolf’s playing anyway; all he could do was hug the doll-like Friend and try sleeping despite the noise.
As he was drifting off, he was vaguely aware that his roommate won her match from the victory music playing. He initially assumed she was going to jump straight into another round only for the sound to cut out completely. The TV was shut off too, his room turning pitch black as the only bright source of light powered down.
“Move,” her unamused voice ordered before Caelus felt Friend get yanked out of his hug much to the tiny being’s protests.
“What are you…?” He grumbled before something took Friend’s place and he felt something pressing into his chest. Some part of Caelus’s mind wanted to make a snarky comment about Silver Wolf’s behaviour, but he ultimately refrained from doing so. He just wanted to sleep. “Good night.”
“…night.” The tiniest voice replied as Caelus finally drifted into dreamland...
“—ke up already.”
“Five more minutes…” Caelus unconsciously grumbled at Dan Heng’s attempt to wake him up. There was no dry reply at first, making Caelus believe he had silently slipped out since he got a response.
That was until— “Himeko is telling some visitors about you—”
“I’M UP!”
“Ahh—!”
Caelus shooting up had the unforeseen consequence of Silver Wolf being woken up as well. He would have apologized had she not responded with a surprisingly strong flick to his forehead. “Ow! Hey!”
Meanwhile, Dan Heng only watched the two’s interaction with his usual face. “Good morning. Now get dressed; Welt needs our help with something.” With that, he turned around and exited the bedroom.
“Remind me to mess with his room lights later…” Silver Wolf grumbled as she laid back down and pulled the blanket over her head. “And turn off our lights when you leave.”
“Yeah yeah…” yawned Caelus as he got out of bed and began preparing himself for the day. But as he was leaving, he glanced back. “And it's my lights.”
“Yeah, yeah, whatever…” The dismissive reply made him roll his eyes as he flipped the light switch, shrouding their room in darkness. Caelus had taken his time preparing earlier, figuring whatever he was needed for wasn't that big of an emergency with how normal Dan Heng acted. Unfortunately, he quickly came to regret it when he stepped into the Parlor Car.
“—re out who he was seeing. I thought I got it right with Seele but I was off the mark.” Caelus froze when he heard Himeko sigh. His eyes shot towards the tables to see her having coffee with Natasha and Bronya; the sight made his heart sink into his stomach.
“I told you.”
“...Shut up, Dan Heng.”