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The creakings of the forest come alive as the moon rises higher above Wemmbu’s and Egg’s little mushroom house. They can hear the wind whistle through the trees and the creatures of the night scamper around outside. It doesn’t bother Wemmbu anymore. Having spent so much time in lively cities that just never shut up.

The moon and stars shone brightly in the cloudless night; he never really was the type to stargaze but when he actually had the time to look up it was kind of nice. Wemmbu remembers having the smallest fractions of time during his stay at the empire to really observe the world around him instead of letting it fade into a blur.

When he looks again they’ve shifted; the constellations aren’t the same. If he was more poetic than he truly was, he could have found some floaty and flowery meaning to everything. But that was not the type of person Wemmbu was; Egg was sooner to make metaphors and allegories about whatever he was thinking about. He’d be so out of pocket sometimes trains of thought going far off the rails. Maybe it had some connection to the more angelic traits Egg had or maybe not.

The cold climate of the slightly drawing him out of his mind with a strong breeze making Wemmbu’s face sting and eyes water. It could have been much worse though, the sensation bringing up memories of thin air and sweet berries. Sky civilization was by far the worst one Wemmbu ever had the misfortune of joining. Not to mention it was the only one he didn’t have Egg by his side.

For some unknown reason every mental tangent he went on led back to one person: Egg. Wemmbu could admit that it wasn’t exactly surprising it was this way. He’d spent 3 months looking for Egg nonstop only to find him in an abandoned Prince Zam empire build for void’s sake. 

A faint rustle of grass was the only warning he got before Eggchan just appeared next to him out of nowhere. “Oh my void dude, I was about to drop you,” Wemmbu said jumping back a little with a flinch. “Chill, what are you even doing awake it’s like the middle of the night.”

“None of your business Egg. I’m just out here I guess,” In truth he  didn’t know why he went outside in the first place just felt like something he should do. “ Ok well I put the creakings in the pit already so they’ll be fine, but it’s hella loud. You should probably move our beds.”

“Ok good idea but I think you forgot we have one and half rooms after Theo I’m not sure where you’re talking about.” After a few repairs the mushroom was kind of ok, and Theo and fucked off for the moment so they could fix it up relatively easily. Two weeks was probably enough time to fix everything.

“Since you’re already basically sleeping outside you might as well just put them on the roof where is quietest.” Egg’s logic wasn’t that bad and Wemmbu was too tired to reasonably make a shack that wouldn’t collapse on them in the middle of the night. “That could work… you’d have to help me drag the bed up there though.”

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A few moments later and a bed dragged up makeshift set of stairs, Wemmbu could finally just collapse, and hopefully wake up in the next three to five days. By that time the moon hung high directly above not so subtly hinting it was already midnight. Yet Eggchan was still poking around the base to find enough materials for a second bed. “…Bro just stop trying to make another bed there’s enough room for you,” Wemmbu was only semi delirious, not that bad.

“So what are we saying,” Egg said with a barely concealed chuckle. “I’m just going to put on some pjs, relax.”

“Why are you even changing? Just sleep in your day clothes like a normal person.” After so long of having to be battle ready at a moments notice he’d picked up the habit of just sleeping in his under armor clothes instead of having another more comfortable change.

“I am not making your bed more dirty, I know you already have crumbs.” Egg’s voice carried up from the first (and only) floor, even though he wasn’t yelling the night air carried up the sound easily. Along with everything else in the forest and the 47 creakings in the pit.

Apparently a few minutes of waiting was far too much for Wemmbu because as Eggchan was cleaning up and trying to make sure they didn’t burn the house down he heard a faint sleepy voice over all the other noise from the roof. 

“Bro…”

“Bed time,bro”

“Come to bed bro.”

“Come snuggle, bro”

After several attempts of Wemmbu trying to get Eggchan’s attention he finally responded. “Fine-fine I’m going just wait a second.” Egg said with a bit of faux annoyance and genuine amusement.

“Why are you so whiny right now.” Eggchan said slipping under the bit of blanket Wemmbu had so graciously not taken. “…i’m tired, but I can’t sleep yet.”

“Did you seriously wait for me all this entire?” Wemmbu that about what he was going to say next for maybe two seconds before it slipped out from his mouth. “Yeah, I didn’t want to sleep without you.” His words were muddled by the pillow either on accident or on purpose Egg didn’t know.

Old habits die hard and as much as he didn’t want it to be the case living in Zam empire took a toll on him both mentally and physically. That need for everyone to be asleep before him became instinct after the times his empire and base were raided in the middle of the night. 

If Wemmbu slept totally alone anyone could strike at time, in the busy castle it wasn’t as much of a worry. But sleeping with the threat of Theo blowing up everything they’d worked for, or worse killing Egg while Wemmbu was powerless would be impossible.

“Is this about the stuff you mentioned a few days ago?” Eggchan asked lowering his voice a bit and softening his tone to more of a whisper. “Yeah, I’m sorry bro you don’t have to put up with me.”

“I think I will though because it’s fine with me. If me sleeping near you makes you less paranoid then I will.” Wemmbu didn’t know what he’d done to deserve any of this but he was still grateful. And if Eggchan noticed him curl up closer to his side of the bed the he didn’t say anything, and Wemmbu didn’t say anything about the arm draped over his side.“You should probably go to sleep especially since you’re dealing with the creakings in the morning.”

“Fine, good night Egg.”

“Night Wemmbu.”