Tsuki awoke to feel someone curled up against her and looking down she saw that it was Hotaru getting settled.

"hey." she whispered soothingly, sitting up a little "what's wrong?"

"I had a bad dream Auntie...I don't want to bother anyone else...but you don't have school tomorrow so I thought you wouldn't mind." the little girl answered, glancing down in nervousness.

"it is okay, you can sleep with me." the teen answered then added jokingly "though if you talk in your sleep I'll throw a pillow in your face!"

The last comment caused the child to giggle as she snuggled closer against the taller figure, who retaliated by wrapping her arm around her niece's shoulders.

"Thank you Auntie." the child whispered as she settled under the teens navy covers and close to her aunts side.

"you don't have to thank me Hotaru-chan. If you need me for anything I'm always here for you." Tsuki whispered with a small smile as she dropped a kiss onto the child's hair.

"are you sure that this wont hurt you? I could make it better if you want!" the little girl stated, however the fifteen year old cut her off with a glare.

"No princess...you're not tiring yourself out to heal me." she ordered lightly, reaching out to ruffle the childs already messy hair.

"But..." the seven year old began however a soft growl cut her off.

"No, you only job is to get to sleep and have a good day at school tomorrow. Remember there may have been a change of plans today since The amazon bunch came here today but tomorrow Haruka and Michiru are off on a date or something and I'm going to babysit you plus those friends of yours." the older teen stated lightly as she tightened her hold around the child.

Haruka was a bit panicked the next morning when she didn't find Hotaru in bed.

"Haruka, come look at this." Michiru called softly, causing the blonde to rush over.

"hey, that's really cute...its almost a pity that we have to wake them up huh?" Haruka stated with a smile.

"Hime-chan has been having a bad time lately...why don't we just let the kids stay here with her today?" Michiru suggested softly.

"Sure...why not? We can pick their work up from school for them this evening." The butch stated with a smile as they left the room.