Hiya! Well, I was reading the Outsiders book today and I got this idea c: Oh! For those who ae waiting for me to update How They Live, don't worry, I'm woking on it now :D It should be up sometime this weekend cx Well, enjoy this in mean time! ^-^

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Sodapop and Ponyboy were peacefully sleeping, side by side, cuddling. Well, Soda was sleeping peacefully.

Pony, on the other hand, has a look of pain and was stiring a bit. Not enough to wake up Sodapop, but enough to make the best shake a bit.

"No," He muttered, thrashing his head.

He flinched and began thrashing a bit more.

"No, stop," He said, a bit louder.

Sodapop next to him groaned, "Pony?"

Ponyboy then began to shake, "No,"

Soda opened his eyes and blinked a bit, "Ponyboy?"

Pony flinched again but then stayed still for a second, just small whimpers leaving his mouth. Then suddenly, his back arched and he let out a painful scream.

Sodapop by then was wide awake, "Ponyboy!"

He sat up and pulled Pony close to him as he thrashed and yelled in his hold.

"Sh, sh," Soda tried to sooth, stroking Pony's hair and rocking them back and forth, "Hey, Pone, it's okay, you're okay, I'm right here."

Just then, Darry burst in the room, "What's wrong?!" He asked alarmed, he saw Pony in Soda's arms, still screaming and struggling.

His eyes widened before rushing over to him.

"Pone!" He said, shaking him a bit, "C'mon Ponyboy, wakie up!"

Nothing. Ponyboy was still whimpering, struggling and yelling.

"Please stop!" Pony cried.

"Ponyboy," Soda begged. He held on tighter to Pony, "Pone wake up!"

Pony's screams only got louder.

Then, Soda got an idea. He looked at Darry, who was still shaking him with concerned eyes and then back at the troublesome boy in his arms. He then leaned down and put his lips near Pony's ear and whispered something to him.

Then, Pony's trembling stopped, his yelling, his struggling, it all stopped. Then he slowly peeled his eyes open and looked up at Soda's hopeful eyes.

"Soda?" He asked groggily.

Soda smiled and brought Pony closer and held him tight, "Yeah Pone, it's me, you're okay."

Pony just closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When they pulled away, Pony turned around and saw Darry kneeling on the side of his bed.

"Pony?" He asked hesitantly, hoping that he's okay enough to hug him.

Pony nodded and Darry felt a bit silly. It's not like he was kidnapped and beaten to a pulp.

"Wanna talk about it?" Darry asked as Pony held on to Darry.

Darry felt Pony shake his head 'no'.

"Okay Pone, it's okay," He whispered, pulling away from the hug.

Pony nodded and laid back down, cuddling into Soda.

"Alright well, I should get back to bed. I'll check on ya in the morning before I go to work, okay Pone? And since Soda here dosn't have work, he'll be watchin' over ya for the day, alright?"

Pony nodded and closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling of Soda rubbing his arm.

"Alright well, night you two."

"Night." The said at the same time.

Once the door was closed, Pony looked up at Soda, "Thank you."

Soda gave him a weak smile and pressed his lips to Pony's forehead, "Anythin' for you," He mumbled agains the skin.

Pony sighed and closed his eyes, relaxing.

"Are you sure you fon't want to talk about it?" Soda asked.

"Later," Pony yawned.

Soda nodded and help his little brother closer and they both fell asleep into a dreamless state.

Sorry it's so short but...eh, I don't feel good and I have school tomorrow. I'll try to work on my How They Live story tomorrow, depends on how I feel.

Whale, good night/morning/or afternoon cx

Till next time!