I stay awake all night, too scared to fall asleep again. Gil sleeps peacefully though, and I'm glad that he does. I don't see why he should stay up all night just to make sure I'm OK. I still lean against him as he sleeps, though, not wanting to move. I look up at the ceiling, trying to clear my mind and not think about my nightmare again. It really isn't as hard as I thought it would since Gil is there with me. For some reason I don't want to think about anything bad while around him, or I'm getting to it anyway.

I shift a little to get into a more comfortable position and find myself yawning a little. My thoughts drift to the TV, thinking that if I watched that I would be able to stay up. But with how we are, my back is to the TV. I don't want to disturb Gil by moving again, so I look forward and try to clear my mind again. It's surprisingly easy. I look at the door for a while before I catch myself drifting off to sleep. When that happens, I just start to think of almost anything I can just to fill my thoughts and keep myself awake.

That goes on for at least an hour or so, clearing and unclearing my mind, until I hear something at the window. I slowly look over, a little scared of what I may see. Kuma's looking back at me from outside. I slowly relax when I see it's only him.

I carefully get out of Gil's arms and go over to the window, slowly and quietly opening it. I'm sure Kuma will ruin the quiet once he gets in, though, and wake up Gil. When the window opens, Kuma climbs his way in and I help him get in. He looks up at me, and then looks to Gil as I hold him in one arm and close the window.

"Why is he here?" Kuma asks, looking at me. Luckily he keeps his voice quiet.

"Because he wants to make sure I'm OK. He thinks staying in here will help since he can keep an eye on me." I whisper to him, going back to the bed.

"Oh. Ok then."

Luckily that's all he says on the subject before yawning and snuggling up in my arms. I sit back down on the bed and lean against Gil a little again. I gently pet Kuma as he sleeps against me. Then I feel arms wrap around me again. I jump a little.

"Where'd you go to?" Gil softly asks, pulling me into his lap and looking at me. Then he sees Kuma and smiles a little. "Oh, just getting your bear."

I nod a little. "Yeah. Sorry I woke you."

"It's fine. You haven't been up this whole time though, have you?"

I shake my head a little, not wanting him to worry. "No, I got to sleep again."

"Anymore nightmares this time?"

"No. No dreams at all, in fact."

"I suppose that's good then."

I nod a little and lean into him. "Yeah, it is."

He smiles and kisses the top of my head again. "Good. Get some more sleep now alright?"

I nod again. "OK."

He smiles and soon enough is asleep again. I stay awake again as the two sleep. I hold Kuma close and continue to gently pet him. He shifts a little and snuggles close to me. I allow myself a little smile as he does.

The rest of the night goes by without much happening. Kuma and Gilbert sleep soundly as I lean against Gil and hold Kuma close, not thinking of anything. Gil wakes up first and smiles softly at me.

"Morning, Birdie." He looks at me for a moment before frowning slightly. "Birdie, did you sleep after you woke up?"

I look down a little. "I slept a little." I softly lie.

"Uh-huh." He looks at the sleeping Kuma and pulls me a little closer. "If you say so." He sounds worried though.

I look up at him. "Don't worry, alright?"

He nods a little. "Ok. I won't." He gently lifted me off his lap and puts me down next to him on the bed. He gets up, stretching a little before looking to me again. "Stay here, OK?" I nod a little and he smiles before getting some clothes and going to the bathroom. The door closes and after a minute or so I hear the shower start up.

I softly sigh a little and look back to the sleeping Kuma in my arms. I put him down on the pillows. He doesn't seem to mind. I stand up and stretch a little before starting to look in the closet. I manage to find a small coffee maker and some coffee. Hopefully that will keep me awake.

I take the small appliance out and plug it in. It takes a few minutes to make the coffee, but I don't mind the wait.

By the time it's done and I have my small cup, Gil finished his shower and came out of the bathroom. He was dressed and his hair was dripping onto the floor. He didn't seem to mind, and I didn't either.

"Where'd you get the coffee?" he asks, sitting down on my bed.

"The closet." I take a sip and he gives me a funny look.

"There was coffee…in the closet?"

"Well, there was a little coffee pot and some coffee stored in there, so…yeah. There was coffee in the closet."

He nods a little. "Alright. How come you just started drinking it?"

"Because I didn't know it was there." I gesture to the nearly empty closet.

"Oh." He thinks for a minute, then he seems to have remembered something. "Ooohh, right. Right, right, I forgot about that. I think I threw ours down the hall when I first got here…"

"You…threw the coffee down the hall?" I softly ask him, taking another sip.

He nods. "Yeah."

"Why?"

"Because I was really pissed off."

"At what?"

"I don't remember. I was in a really pissy mood when I got here. For, like, the whole month."

"Oh, I see."

"Yeah. But it's all right now."

"That's good." I finish up my coffee.

"Well, we have school today, so we should probably get going."

"Yeah. I'll get dressed."

"I'll wait for you."

"Thanks." I put the coffee cup down and get some clothes. I go into the bathroom and change, not paying attention to the room as I do. Luckily I manage to change and get out of there before I start thinking too much and something happens. I look to Gil.

"Ready?" he asks with a smile.

I nod. "Yeah. I suppose."

"Good." He grabs our bags and wraps an arm around me. We start walking to the actual school itself. I look down a little as we do, worried things could go terribly wrong.