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Stahl sighs deeply as he crashes onto his own bed. He flinches as soon as his body touches his bed. He immediately support himself with his hands and knees. He looks under the sheets and sees an ax. Stahl sighs again and picks up the ax, being very careful to not scratch his own body.

"Vaike...!" Stahl hands Vaike his ax. Vaike turns his heads towards Stahl, he was squating as if he is looking for something. As soon as Vaike sees his ax, he smiles out of glee.

"You found my ax, I was just looking for her!" Vaike grabs his ax and place it on the wall after shining it. Stahl continues to lie down on his stomach with his head face down on his pillow, groaning.

"What the matter with you?" Vaike sits on his own bed at the opposite side of Stahl's bed. Vaike starts removing his shir-... er... armor.

"That was a nightmare..." The pillow muffle his voice.

"Hey don't look at me! You're the one who didn't look at where you're going." Vaike smiles. Stahl groans even more as he remembers it so vividly.


"It's late, I'm off to bed..." Lon'qu walks towards the hallway that leads to their rooms, the males rooms specifically as the hallway that leads towards the females rooms are on the the opposite side of the barrack.

"Nighty night!" Gregor follows him.

"Goodnight..."

"Goodn- Oof! Kellam!" Donnel recovers himself and walk with his hands stretched forward.

"*Yawn* Goodnight..." Ricken says sleepily

"Rest now..." Libra walks away.

"Night Bubbles." Gaius walks to his room, carrying his filled sack over his shoulder. Stahl hears Vaike loudly yawning on purpose. "I'm going to bed too, Stahl, you coming with?"

"Uh yeah, thanks again for the figs, Robin." Vaike walk toward the doorway that leads to the hallway, he's waiting for Stahl to follow him. Stahl starts to walk toward his room, but he hears Robin giggle. He turns his head at her.

"Hmm?"

"I just find it funny how I gave you bear jerky when you missed breakfast that day. But this time: I'm going to have to give you figs when you missed dinner... U-um... what next you're going to miss lunch too? What should I bring you?" Robin and Stahl laugh together, until-

"Oww!" Stahl hits the wall next to the doorway. There is silence, but it breaks when Vaike is laughing hard.


Stahl groans in his pillow.

"So are you going to sleep or what?" Stahl realize that he is still in his armor. He sits up to takes off his verdant armor. He place the armor on the corner on his side of the room. He lies on his back and pull the sheets over him. He close his eyes, but all he sees is that embarrassing moment.

Few hours later...

"Stahl... I love you and everything... But... Would it kill you to go to sleep!?" Vaike scolds at Stahl, who was shuffling a lot on his bed. Stahl feels guilty, but he keeps remembering that embarrassing moment.

"Sorry, I couldn't sleep..." Stahl apologizes and try a new position. Vaike roll his eyes.

"Well, Take a position and stay that way! Teach needs his beauty sleep!"

"Okay... Wait Vaike is something wrong?" Stahl never seen Vaike to be this grumpy.

"Nothing..." Vaike mumbles in his sleep. Stahl adjusts himself one last time and count sheep.

'One sheep...'

'Two sheep...'

'Red sheep...'

'Blue sheep...'

'Wait why are they different colors?' Stahl looks around and realize that he is in a meadow with many other sheep and other animals. He looks at his hands and barely see his green hooves with his fluffy green wool. Stahl didn't freak out though, he loves to play along with these dreams; It seems peaceful. The animals reminds hims of the Shepherds. He see's an orange cat teasing a serious brown rabbit. He sees a deep blue sheep with an obvious Ylissian birth mark cuddling with a light brown sheep. He wants to see what the other Shepherds look like, his wish came true as he became trampled by a black cat with a golden collar, a less woolly red sheep, a purple puppy with a dog bowl on his head, two lambs that are yellow and reddish brown. After he gained his balance. He turns to the direction and sees a maiden opening the wooden gate to let two yellowish sheep inside: one has a metal collar with chains, while the other one has multiple bows tied to her wool.

"Have fun you two!" Stahl hears her voice. It sounds like Robin's. It is Robin, she's the only human. Her clothes are different, she literally looks like a Shepherdess with her puffy white shirt, black vest tied with strings, and purplish black skirt. The Shepherd's crook she is holding makes the outfit look more believable. All the animals crowd around her, expressing their affection towards her. She knelt down on her knees and pet everyone of them. Stahl stares at her petting something invisible, no wait it's a silvery color sheep; Stahl definitely knows that sheep is suppose to be Kellam. Robin looks up and catches his gaze. She smiles at him and motions him to come over.

"Oh Stahl, Come here!" Stahl walks up to her. She pet his green wool. "I love you Stahl and I want you to be very happy." Stahl smiles calmly at her, expressing that he is already happy. Robin smiles sweetly as she stands up and grabs her shepherd's crook.

"I think you need a mate to be happy!" Robin cheered

'WHAT!?' Stahl jumped by her sentence.

"Oh, I know, You're going to be with ..., You two would be so cute together." Shepherdess Robin smile and use her crook to grab his neck. She pulls him away from the rest of the animals who happily congratulate him.

'No, I don't want to be with them, I want to be with you! Let me stay with you!'

"Let me stay!" Stahl sits ups on his real bed. His face feels hot and his body is sweaty and stiff. A pillow hit him in the face, hard.

"Stahl! Go to sleep!" Vaike sits up and glares at Stahl. A harsh knock on the stone walls are heard.

"How about the both of you go to sleep, before I come in there and kick BOTH of your #$%^&!" Sully screams through the wall.

"Sorry..." The two males say in unison. Stahl looks at Vaike and whispers to him.

"Vaike, doesn't the girls sleep at the other side of the barracks? Is she in-" Vaike eyes widen when he realize which room Sully is in. He screams

"Oh #$%! Sully is-" A knock was heard. The both of them squeak in fear. Both males signal each other to open the door. It was a fight between gestures and harsh whispers.

"You open it!"

"No, you open it!"

"It's your fault!"

"What about you?!" Another knock is heard.

"Ok fine! But you owe me your dessert after this!" Vaike groans as he gives up and walk towards the door. Stahl curls into his blanket and pretend to be asleep. Vaike open the door and- WHAM!

"Everytime you mention this, That's another foot up your #$%." Sully look at Stahl pretending to be sleeping. "Both of you!" Stahl nod to agree. Vaike closes the door and walk to Stahl's bed. Vaike snatch his pillow back, using all of his willpower to not smother Stahl, and walk back to his bed to sleep.

"So about that dessert?" Stahl speech is being muffled by the blankets.

"Just go to sleep!" Vaike screams at him.

"...Good night-"

"Ugh!" Vaike groan.