Tadashi probably wouldn't have actually gotten any sleep if it hadn't been for Fred. As soon as the fact that Hiro was coming out to SF had been confirmed, the elder Hamada had gone into full panic mode, determined to have everything perfect for his arrival. It was quickly agreed after some minor consultation that Hiro would share Tadashi's quarters for the foreseeable future, or at least until the cafe/house Fred's dad had found was ready for them to move into. For Fred, that would have been the end of it-the matter of where Hiro would be staying/sleeping had been settled, and aside from maybe getting an extra bed put in there (although Fred liked to think that hopefully Tadashi would still continue sleeping with him, at least until Aunt Cass arrived), there really wasn't much to do except for wait for the plane to get in. Tadashi, on the other hand, had insisted on actually finally inspecting the rooms in detail, anxiously fidgeting with everything to try to make it seem more like "home" for Hiro, although there really wasn't much in the way of changes that could be made.
"Dashi, you're going to wear yourself out before he even gets here," Fred says, finally taking him firmly by the shoulders. "And you're not getting anything accomplished."
"I just hate feeling so useless-I feel like I should be doing something!" Tadashi cries. "My little brother was attacked, and you and Aunt Cass have been doing all of the hard work while I've just been sitting idly by! I'm his nii-chan-I need to feel like I'm actually doing something to try to help!"
Fred wanted to argue with him, telling him that just being there, even in spirit, as support was more than enough. But he could tell that his boyfriend was going to be stubborn, and so he tried a different track. "All right. What could we do to make this room feel more welcoming to Hiro?"
That was enough to at least get Tadashi to calm down for five seconds while he thought that through.
"I'm assuming we need to leave the room pretty much the same?" he sighs.
"Well…" Fred considers this. "For the most part, yeah-we can't repaint or anything. But I think that if you wanted to put up a poster or two and we used tape so it didn't mark the walls up, that would be fine!"
"Really?" This new piece of information seemed like a major revelation to Tadashi.
"What sorts of things is he into?" Fred asks, glad to have found something productive that his boyfriend could channel some of the excess energy into.
"Well…" Tadashi considers this. "He likes inventing, of course, but I know that's definitely not going to be able to happen here. I do still have my office at the lab at SFIT so I was thinking I could set something up there for him until we had somewhere more permanent."
"That works," Fred agrees with a nod. "Now how about things we can actually incorporate into this room?"
"He always has liked video games," Tadashi answers. "We didn't have access to a whole lot on the farm and we didn't have a lot of time to 'waste' on them, but playing them was something Hiro liked to do if he did have some extra time."
"Good, that's definitely heading in the right direction!" Fred agrees eagerly. "Do you know if there were any games in particular that he liked?"
"I feel there was one, but I can't remember the details," Tadashi answers, frowning in concentration. "I think it involved Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters and this kid with spiky hair and some sort of key sword?"
"The key blade!" Fred cries. "Oh man, he's into Kingdom Hearts!"
"Yeah, that sounds right!" Tadashi agrees before asking curiously, "You know it?"
"The games and the manga!" Fred replies proudly.
"Okay, wow, there's apparently a lot more to this than I realized…" Tadashi says with a nervous chuckle.
"All right, so we have Kingdom Hearts," Fred continues, trying to keep the ball rolling. "What about movies?"
"U-um… He loves superhero movies, especially Marvel," Tadashi answers. "And pretty much my entire family loves Disney-I think Hiro's favorites are Wreck-It Ralph and Lilo and Stitch."
"Lilo and Stitch?" Fred asks curiously.
"He says Nani and Lilo remind him of us," Tadashi replies with a slight smile.
"Okay, that is ridiculously adorable!" Fred can't help but grin at that.
"I'm trying to think of anything else… He's pretty into Star Wars," Tadashi finally says before shaking his head. "That's all I can think of off the top of my head. If I had some more time…"
"It's a really good start," Fred reassures him. "And, luckily, I know just the place we can go to get stuff that works for all of those!"
"Really?" Tadashi asks curiously. "Where?"
"How about I just show you?" Fred answers with a slight smile.
About an hour later, they're pulling up outside of a small brick building with the words "Toybox Comics" written in bold letters across the front.
"What is this place?" Tadashi asks, his brow furrowing with curiosity.
"Nerd heaven!" Fred answers with a grin. "It's my favorite comic book shop in the entire city, and I know we'll find lots of great stuff for you guys' room!"
"Really?" Tadashi asks, looking excited.
"Totally!" Fred agrees. "I know the owners really, really well and I know they'll help us find everything we need to help Hiro feel at home here!"
"You are amazing," Tadashi declares, leaning over to kiss him firmly on the cheek.
"Well, I try!" Fred says, blushing but looking extremely pleased.
"C'mon, let's go!" Tadashi starts tugging eagerly on his arm.
"Right behind you!" Fred agrees with a laugh as he follows him out onto the sidewalk.
The Star Wars theme song starts playing as they push the door open to the store, and Fred can't help but smile slightly at that. It was one of the many things that he loved about this place-they had the door chime set up to play various nerdy songs and rotated by week. Last time he had been here back in early May, it had been the theme of Doctor Who. It was almost like coming home stepping into this haven of all things nerdy and/or geeky, and he couldn't help but wonder how he'd managed to stay away so long.
"Fred!" His thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice calling his name, and he grins as he turns to wave at the man standing behind the register, filling a new display of Magic cards.
"Hey Andy!" he answers, waving enthusiastically back.
"Oh my gosh, I thought you were gone until the beginning of August or something!" the man (Andy, apparently) cries, dropping the box of cards and coming over.
"Well, some,.. Unforeseeable events transpired, and so I ended up finding it prudent to come home early," Fred answers, trying to be discreet for Tadashi's sake.
"I see." Andy raises an eyebrow. "Did you blow something up?"
"What? No!" Fred protests. "That was, like, one time! And how was I supposed to know that the ambassador would take it as a personal insult?"
"Okay, I know I shouldn't be, but now I'm really curious to hear this story," Tadashi admits with a slight laugh.
"Who's this?" Andy asks, looking over at the other man and apparently seeing him for the first time. "Friend of yours?"
"Boyfriend, actually!" Fred answers with a proud smile.
"Seriously? Congratulations!" Andy grins before turning to introduce himself. "I'm Andy-Andy Davis. I co-own this place with my wife, Hannah."
"Nice to meet you," Tadashi answers politely, shaking his hand. "I'm Tadashi Hamada. Fred was working on my family's farm for the summer until it got out that we were a gay couple and kind of got run out of town."
"Wait, seriously?" Andy's expression quickly shifts from friendly to horrified to angered. "T-that is completely fucked up!" As an afterthought, he adds, "If you'll pardon the language."
"No offense taken-I've heard worse, and yeah, it really is fucked up," Tadashi agrees.
"That's why we're back here-or, at least part of it," Fred adds. "Tadashi's staying with me until his family finishes moving out here."
"They're supportive, at least?" Andy asks hesitantly.
"Yes, thank goodness," Fred answers.
"That is good," Andy agrees with a relieved sigh. "That doesn't make any of that shit any less shitty, but it is something, at least. And you said they're moving out here to be with you?"
"They are," Tadashi confirms.
"That's actually why we're here," Fred adds.
"Really?" Andy raises a curious eyebrow before adding, "I'm all ears!"
"Tadashi's younger brother, Hiro, is actually flying in tonight because… Well, let's just say it's not safe for him to stay in the town anymore," Fred explains. "And we're trying to make the room they're staying in at my house feel more like 'home' for Hiro until they actually have a real house to move into and all of their things have been moved out here, and since it sounds like he's into a lot of nerdy stuff, I thought this would be the perfect place to come to find stuff that could help!"
"You've definitely come to the right place!" Andy agrees with a firm nod. "What all is he into?"
"Kingdom Hearts, Marvel, Star Wars, and anything Disney, but especially Wreck-It Ralph or Lilo and Stitch," Fred recites.
"How did you remember all of that?" Tadashi cries, looking at him in disbelief.
"Dude, I know the names of all of the Pokemon to date, including every evolution-I don't know why my brain works like it does, but when it comes to anything nerdy, I've got an almost picture-perfect memory," Fred laughs.
"It's true," Andy agrees. "I've heard him be able to recite entire episodes of Doctor Who before!"
"No way!" Tadashi stares at his boyfriend with what looks like renewed respect.
"Yep!" Fred grins, glad that something which had ostracized him from so many people who had seen his odd nerdy abilities as something that marked him as a freak actually seemed to be something his boyfriend found impressive, if not slightly attractive.
"All right, let's get to work, shall we?" Andy says, breaking into the fanboy's thoughts. "We've got a room to decorate for a fellow nerd in need!"
"Lead the way!" Fred agrees, wrapping a loving arm around Tadashi's waist and lightly pulling him along as they head out to begin their foray into the shop.
About an hour later, they had virtually everything that they needed. Posters had been carefully to the point of painstakingly chosen. Mangas had been found (Fred pointed out that, if Hiro loved the games so much, he should have the entire written series as well), as had a few appropriate figurines (fortunately Disney had partnered with the Vinyl Pop company and created a lot of fun action figures which both Tadashi and Fred agreed that Hiro would love) and even an Avenger's themed fleece throw for the bed. Probably the thing that Fred was proudest of that they'd found, though, was the full-size replica of the keyblade from the first Kindgom Hearts game (with a non-working blade, of course, but it still looked amazing.) While Tadashi had protested that it was too much, Fred told him that as his boyfriend it was his responsibility to spoil his younger sibling in an effort to curry extra favor with the teen so that he'd continue to be supportive of their relationship. The elder Hamada had pointed out that not only was that teaching a very poor lesson to the teen by making him think that affection could be "bought" and also that giving him a place to live should more than cover things in the "gratitude" department, but Fred pretended not to hear him.
"Y'know," Fred notes, lightly nudging him as they head up to the register, "we're decorating the room for Hiro, but it's your room too-isn't there anything that you want to kind of help make it more like home for you?"
"Fred, please, you're already doing way more than you probably should, and besides, as long as Hiro is happy in the room, I will be too," Tadashi responds firmly.
"Dashi." Fred puts a firm hand on his arm. "I'm being serious here-I want you to feel at home in my house for as long as you need to be there. You deserve to have something there that makes the room special for you as well."
"I promise, I'm fine," Tadashi tells him, lightly pecking him on the cheek. "Let's just stick with what we have and get heading home so we actually have time to decorate before Hiro gets here, okay?"
"Okay," Fred sighs. He really did want to do something that was special for his boyfriend, but if he was going to be stubborn there wasn't much he could do about it...
It seemed that fortune was shining upon them because just as the fanboy was about to cave, suddenly a lightly olive-skinned girl with shoulder length dark brown hair comes out of the stock room of the shop, carrying a large box and calling to Andy, "Sweetheart, we just got the new shipment of My Little Pony comics-do you want me to go ahead and put them out on the shelves since the last issue sold out?"
"That would be great, Hannah," Andy agrees, turning to smile at her. "Only make sure that we fill all of the back orders before making them fair game for everyone!"
"Already taken care of!" Hannah promises.
Wait a minute! Fred's eyes narrow as he sees Tadashi twitch slightly at the mention of the comics, his eyes almost involuntarily trailing the box as Hannah carries the box over to the shelves. It was almost as if-
"Oh. No. Way!" The fanboy has to fight back a laugh as the truth become evident to him. "Tadashi Hamada, are you a brony?!"
"What? No! I have no idea what you're talking about!" Tadashi protests, but the intense blush on his face was more than enough evidence.
"C'mon, you know you can't lie to me!" Fred grins as he pecks him on the cheek.
"I… Aiko made me sit down and watch a few episodes with her and I kind of got hooked…" Tadashi admits, looking down at the floor in embarrassment and sounding slightly defensive. "It's a good show, okay?"
"Oh, sweetie, I'm not making fun of you!" Fred promises, wrapping his arms around his waist. "It's not my cup of tea, sure, but if it makes you happy, there's nothing to be ashamed of!"
"Y-yeah?" Tadashi finally looks up to give him an uncertain smile.
"Sure!" Fred agrees, lovingly tucking a lock of hair behind his boyfriend's ear. "Trust me, there's a lot worse things you could be into!"
"I guess that's true…" Tadashi agrees, seeming to relax slightly.
"Trust me, we have a lot-and I mean a LOT-of guys who come through here who are really into the show," Andy adds in. "And a lot of them are guys who are into Marvel and all the 'normal' nerd fandoms. Heck, my wife, Hannah has dragged me to conventions before, and while it's not my favorite show in the whole world, it's not half bad either. Discord's pretty cool, actually!"
"...I really like Apple Jack," Tadashi finally admits in a quiet voice. "She kind of reminds me of home…"
"Aw, that makes perfect sense, and it's actually really sweet!" Fred grins over at him before turning to Hannah and asking, "Where can we find your stock of pony items?"
"I'll be more than happy to show you!" she replies with a grin, waving for them to follow her.
"Oh my gosh, Fred, what are we doing?" Tadashi asks as his boyfriend starts dragging him after the woman.
"I told you that I'd find something to help my house feel more like home to you!" Fred answers firmly. "I think I found just the way to do that!"
"B-but Hiro can't know about this!" Tadashi protests, his eyes going wide with horror.
"Why not?" Fred asks curiously.
"I-I dunno, I just feel like he's already worried enough about me now that he knows that I'm gay… If he found out that I liked something that he'd probably view as a 'girl's show'..." Tadashi mumbles.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Fred turns to him and puts his hands on his boyfriend's shoulders. "Are you seriously worried that you're little bro is going to reject you because of all of this?"
"I mean, how could he not?" Tadashi answers, looking like he was fighting back tears. "It's because of me that my whole family is getting uprooted and forced to move away from the only home they've ever known, and then he got beat up because of me… I wouldn't be surprised if he hates me by now…"
"Oh, Dashi…" Fred's tone is comforting, even as he shakes his head at him. "You may be a genius, but sometimes you can be really stupid about things, you know that?"
"What?" Tadashi looks slightly caught off guard by that response.
"Tadashi, yes your aunt said that Hiro got into a fight because of you- you know Hiro, do you really think he'd fight for someone if he didn't think they were majorly important?" Fred answers with a slight smile.
"I-I guess not," Tadashi says slowly.
"And do you think that he'd be willing to come out here unless he really wanted to be with you?" Fred presses.
"Well, I guess he wouldn't…"
"Of course he wouldn't! Your little brother is, to use your aunt's words, 'a stubborn little cuss'-he doesn't do something unless he wants to," Fred declares. "And I watched him enough over the summer to see the way that he looks at you-you're like his own personal superhero or something. And when I was watching him after he found out about you and me? He seemed a little surprised at first, yeah. But after he'd gotten over that, he seemed just as if not even more in awe of you than before. I think he saw that you were willing to put everything on the line to do something you believed was right, and it inspired him."
"Yeah?" Tadashi's smile was embarrassed but genuine this time.
"Totally!" Fred agrees, grinning back at him.
"T-thank you," Tadashi says quietly, wrapping his arms tightly around his boyfriend. "I really, really needed to hear that…"
"You're welcome." Fred happily pecks the top of his head.
"Still…"
"Yes?"
"I know you keep telling me that I don't need to be ashamed of it, but Hiro would still tease me mercilessly if he found out, so could we maybe keep the pony thing just between us?"
"All right, fine, if you want it that way, I think I can keep that secret for you," Fred agrees, rolling his eyes but smiling all the same.
"Thank you." Tadashi gives him a grateful smile.
"So, in that case, we'll get you something small and unobtrusive-or, something you can keep in my room. Possibly both," Fred continues, as they finally reach the display.
"Whoa…" The fanboy can swear he sees his boyfriend's pupils dilating and hear him biting back what very much sounded like a "squee". Wow, Tadashi had it bad. Still, it was adorable to see him geeking out over something like this. Actually, given the whole horse and cute fluffy things obsession, in retrospect he probably should have seen this coming. It didn't make it any less adorable, though.
"All right, I'll be honest, I really don't know the characters in this show, so which one is Apple Jack?" Fred asks, looking over the display which seemed vibrantly alive with a rainbow of colors (geeze, did the one pony actually have a rainbow mane?)
"This one!" Tadashi smiles as he picks up a keychain with a small plastic figure of an orange pony with a cowgirl hat.
"Ah, should have guessed!" Fred chuckles, pointing to where there was the image of three small apples on the pony. "Seriously, I never got why they randomly have pictures matching their names on their flanks-that just seems a little weird to me…"
"They're called 'cutie marks', and they don't just match their names!" Tadashi protests. "It's like a right of passage-when they discover what they're special talent or purpose in life is, the mark appears to signify that they've kind of 'come of age'!"
"All right, I guess that kind of makes sense," Fred acquiesces. "But why apples?"
Okay, so maybe he really could have cared less about why a cartoon horse had apples on its rump, but Tadashi seemed so happy explaining everything that he couldn't resist continuing to ask questions just to keep him talking. In fact, it was so adorable that he kept it up until they were home and had finished decorating the room in preparation for Hiro's arrival, but after they'd finished dinner (Tadashi ended up loving the sushi-he liked both the nigiri and the spicy tuna rolls, but in the end the California rolls were his favorite, which seemed slightly appropriate), Fred insisted that his boyfriend get a few hours sleep before heading to the airport to pick up the teen.
"I don't know if I'll be able to calm down enough to sleep," Tadashi admits, bouncing slightly on the bed as he sends off yet another text to his brother's phone trying to check in with him and make sure that he'd gotten to the airport safely. "I'm so excited to see my otouto, you know?"
"I get it!" Fred chuckles before putting his hands on his boyfriend's shoulders while also surreptitiously stealing his boyfriend's phone. "But if you don't sleep now you'll feel like a zombie when it comes time to pick up your little bro."
"I know, I know," Tadashi sighs. "I just don't know if I'll be able to shut down enough to actually even doze off…"
"Maybe I can help?" Fred doesn't even realize how that had sounded until it had actually come out of his mouth.
"I-Um…" Tadashi's cheeks turn bright pink.
"Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that!" Fred hurries to reassure him. "I mean, I know we talked about that, but especially since we both need to actually sleep, I don't think we should-yeah. Not that I don't want to do it, but now just isn't the right time!"
"Right," Tadashi agrees with a relieved smile.
"Now, what I actually meant was I know that sometime when Hiro couldn't fall asleep I'd hear you down the hallway reading to him," Fred continues.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, did I keep you up?" Tadashi cries, looking slightly horrified by the thought.
"No, you didn't!" Fred reassures him. "I just had a hard time falling asleep near the beginning of the summer when I was still getting used to the place and so I'd just hear you and it would help me fall asleep too."
"Well, I'm glad that it at least didn't keep you up," Tadashi says.
"Right," Fred agrees. "And, I was thinking that maybe now I could return the favor?"
"I'd like that, actually," Tadashi answers after a moment's thought.
"Great!" Fred grins. "Show me where you are in the second Harry Potter book and then you just kick your shoes off, lie down, and get comfortable while I read to you!"
"You are the sweetest boyfriend ever, you know that?" Tadashi says, grinning up at him even as he does as instructed.
"I can't be the sweetest boyfriend ever when my boyfriend already has that title," Fred lightly teases back as he picks up the book from the nightstand where Tadashi had left it that morning and then settles in next to him on the bed. "All right, chapter seven, page 118. 'It was nearly lunchtime and Harry had only had one bit of treacle fudge since dawn-'"
The fanboy got so caught up in his reading that he didn't even realize until he heard the soft snoring that Tadashi had already fallen asleep. Smiling slightly, he marks their place in the book before leaning down to press a gentle kiss to his boyfriend's forehead. "Love you, Dashi," he whispers softly. When he hears Tadashi's phone go off, he quickly checks the messages and, once he does, finds out that Hiro had indeed made it safely to the airport. Well, that was definitely a relief! He shoots off a quick text to the teen telling him what was going on letting him know that both he and Tadashi were excited to see him before closing his eyes and also drifting off.
A few hours later, Fred finds himself and Tadashi waiting in the pickup area just outside the airport.
"Do you see him?" Tadashi asks anxiously.
"Babe, calm down," Fred says, gently squeezing his arm. "He'll get out here when he gets out here. I know he's fine."
"But what if he got lost in the airport? What if he got lost and he's hurt or got mugged or something? Worse, what if his plane crashed on the way over here and it just hasn't hit the news yet? What if-"
"Tadashi." Fred presses his hand to his boyfriend's mouth to keep him from making any more horrible speculations."Breathe. Hiro is fine. He is going to be perfectly okay, and he's going to be out here any minute, and then we're going to take him back home and we're going to have an awesome time all hanging out together, 'kay?"
Tadashi reluctantly nods, and Fred takes that as the signal that he remove his hand. As soon as he's done that, the elder Hamada is instantly glued to the window again, desperately searching the crowd of departing passengers for any sign of his younger sibling. Then, moments later, his eyes light up and he cries, "There he is!"
"Go get 'im,Tiger," Fred jokes, although he's pretty sure that Tadashi didn't even hear him as he's already halfway out the door by then, shouting at the top of his lungs.
What a dork, Fred thinks with a warm smile. But he's my dork.
A few minutes later, Tadashi returns, his arms wrapped firmly around his younger brother who was looking slightly dazed, whether from the late hour or the fact that he was about to be riding in a limo for most likely the first time in his life, Fred couldn't tell.
"What the heck?" the younger boy mutters as his brother pulls him in through the open door, through which Fred could see Heathcliff carrying a duffle bag and backpack which the fanboy could only assume belonged to Hiro around to the trunk of the car.
"Hey, we had to pick you up in style, right?" Tadashi says, lovingly ruffling his sibling's hair.
"Style is one thing-this is insane!" Hiro cries.
"If I had my way, it would be a simple car or van, but my parents like to make a big show of things, so limo it is," Fred answers, shrugging slightly.
"This thing belongs to you parents?" Hiro asks incredulously.
"Yes," Fred answers, hoping that the younger boy wasn't about to freak out on him.
"...Sick," Hiro finally says, nodding in approval. "I could get used to this."
"I think you could start out by saying 'thank you' to Fred for being nice enough to help us out," Tadashi reminds him with a gentle nudge."
"Right!" Hiro nods and flashes Fred a grateful grin that the fanboy decides is genuine. "Thanks, Fred-for everything. Especially for getting me back to my nii-chan."
"Hey, I'm more than happy to help out my adopted family if there's anything I can do," Fred answers firmly.
"...How do I know you're not just doing this all to butter me up so I'll approve of you and Dashi kissing and stuff?" Hiro asks playfully.
"Is it working?" Fred returns evenly.
"That is a definite 'yes'," Hiro laughs even as Tadashi pulls him down onto the seat next to him as the limo starts moving..
The teen fell asleep on their way back to the mansion, something which Fred ended up enjoying immensely because he got to watch Tadashi cuddling the adorable little boy whom he had currently wrapped in his blazer as if it was a blanket. The only thing that lessened the sweetness of the scene was the bruises and cuts that marred the younger boy's face.
"We'll have the family doctor take a look at him tomorrow," Fred promises Tadashi, keeping his voice low so that he wouldn't wake the boy up.
"Fred, seriously-thank you," Tadashi whispers, leaning into him while still keeping a firm hold on his sibling. "Without you… I don't even want to think about what would have happened to me or my family…"
"Hey." Fred kisses his cheek firmly. "Don't even start thinking like that. The important thing is that nothing bad happened and everything is going to be okay, so don't go stressing yourself out. I love you, and I'm going to take care of you and your family no matter what, okay?"
"Okay," Tadashi agrees, nuzzling into him. "I love you, Fred."
"I love you too, Dashi," Fred answers, leaning down to plant a loving kiss on his lips.
A little while later they arrive at the mansion, and while Heathcliff manages the bags, Tadashi insists on carrying Hiro inside himself. Marie and the rest of the staff had offered to stay up to greet Hiro, but, knowing that things would most likely turn out like this, Fred had told them that they could just do it in the morning when the teen would be more awake and so they had a quiet journey through the house to Hiro and Tadashi's room. The fanboy watches as his boyfriend tucks the younger boy into the bed before coming back over to join him.
"You going to spend the night in here with him?" Fred asks softly, knowing that his boyfriend probably wanted to keep an eye on the teen after everything that had happened.
"I…" Tadashi frowns slightly. "Part of me says that I should-it would be the responsible thing to do, and I don't want Hiro waking up in a strange room all alone, but…"
"But?" Fred asks, feeling his heart beat a little faster.
"Is it weird to say that I've honestly gotten used to sleeping in your bed and I really don't want to sleep without you tonight?" Tadashi admits quietly.
"I wasn't going to say anything if you wanted to be in here with Hiro, but yeah, I'm honestly feeling the same way," Fred admits.
"Do you think he'll be okay in here on his own?" Tadashi asks, glancing nervously back at his younger sibling.
"He'll probably sleep late anyways after having a day like today," Fred answers thoughtfully. "And we could always set an alarm so you could come back in here before he wakes up if you want to be on the safe side."
"That could work!" Tadashi agrees, looking visibly relieved before letting out a yawn.
"Yep, it's definitely time to get you to bed too," Fred tells him, lovingly taking his hand and starting to lead him towards his own room.
"'Kay," Tadashi agrees, not even bothering to argue.
They both kick off their shoes and then climb back into bed fully clothed like earlier, too tired to change.
"'Night Fred," Tadashi whispers, snuggling up against the fanboy.
"'Night Dashi," Fred answers as his boyfriend goes still against him. He had to admit, of all the situations of sleeping with a partner he'd ever imagined, certainly none of them had been like the ones he'd been experiencing with Tadashi over the past few days. And honestly? He was perfectly okay with that. This wasn't something out a romance novel or a particularly fluffy fanfiction. This was him and Tadashi, and he loved how things were with them just the way that they were.
