A/N : I know this isn't exactly what the prompt was asking for, but it deals with in the middle of night, and therefore it's a middle of something.

Prompt For This Chapter – 02; Middles

During the middle of the night was the hardest thing for Nagato when Jiraiya left them. He always woke up in the night, and just felt the need to cry. The black haired boy curled up on his bed, and started to cry into his knees. His light sobs were intertwining with the sound of a heavy rain pouring down outside. The rain click-clacked against the roof and the sides of the shack.

"Nagato?" Someone asked quietly from beside the sensitive boy.

Nagato turned his head around and saw Yahiko was awake. Yahiko walked towards him, and then wrapped his arms around him. Nagato leaned into the hug.

"He'll come back some day..."