Heavy rain poured down through the night. Rigby shot up as thunder clapped and was breathing heavily, heart pounding louder than ever. Rigby shook Mordecai's arm. "Mordecai..Mordecai please wake up," he whispered as Mordecai stirred and finally woke up two minutes later. Mordecai sat up and looked at Rigby whose face was filled with fear.
"Rigby? What's wrong, dude?" Rigby was breathing hard still. "I had a nightmare and-" Mordecai interrupted him, his voice full of concern. "Was it bad?" "Yeah, but right when it got to the scary part, the thunder woke me up so it freaked me out."
Mordecai was about to speak when more thunder clapped. Rigby jumped and wrapped his arms around Mordecai's waist and trembled with fear. Mordecai wrapped his arms around the little raccoon and brought him into a tight hug and he intended to not let go of him until he calmed down. "It's alright. The thunder can't hurt you." He pet the coon's head. Rigby stopped trembling but his heart was still beating rapidly.
Rigby whimpered as lightning flashed. Mordecai looked down at Rigby. "Hey.." He lifted Rigby's chin up so he was looking into his eyes. "Nothing is going to hurt you as long as I'm here." Rigby smiled up at Mordecai. "I know. Thanks, Mordecai...for being the best bro ever." He nuzzled his head into Mordecai's arm. Mordecai's heart lifted at Rigby's words. He smiled at Rigby. He positioned Rigby where he sat on his legs, his arms around Rigby's chest.
Mordecai laid back with the coon on his chest. He looked at the clock on the wall, which read 3 A.M. "Dude, you need to sleep," he said looking at Rigby. Rigby groaned. "I don't wanna sleep," he whined. Mordecai laughed. "Why not?"
"Cause I can never sleep for long anyway. That's one disadvantage of being a raccoon." "Yeah, but I can't see you as anything but a raccoon," Mordecai replied. Rigby looked at Mordecai. "Seriously, I don't think I'm going back to sleep with all the thunder." Thunder boomed but Rigby wasn't scared. "I'm not scared anymore, but I can't sleep with the noise." "Then just close your eyes, dude," Mordecai said. "Easy for you to say. You're a heavy sleeper," Rigby said. 'Hmm..maybe humming would help,' Mordecai thought.
Mordecai hummed a low tune he made up. Rigby's ears perked up and he closed his eyes and listened to Mordecai humming. Mordecai looked at Rigby, noticing the raccoon's raised ears. "You like that?" he asked. "Mhm," Rigby replied as he opened his eyes and looked at Mordecai. "Could you keep humming that tune? I really like it." Mordecai smiled and continued humming.
Rigby closed his eyes and listened. After a few minutes, Rigby fell asleep. Mordecai smiled as he pet the coon's head. 'That's a way to get him to sleep,' he thought as his eyelids drooped.