-- Go Ascend With Ivy --
Well, that explained the screaming. Nudge always had been squeamish, so when she woke up and saw the blood...
But, Fang thought, this is good, in a way. Max is over her "inferior to a man-mom" complex, cause this is something that only a FEMALE mom can help Nudge with.
Max had coaxed Nudge into letting her in the bathroom, and was now helping her get cleaned up and instructing the younger girl on the things she needed to do during a period.
Fang took up his role as dad and got Angel and Gazzy back to bed. Unfortunately for him, he'd been forced to explain what a period was to them since Max was busy tending to Nudge at the time.
Once Nudge was all cleaned up and back in bed (in her own bed, not Iggy's), Max decided to camp out in the girls' room for the week, to help Nudge survive her first period.
It looked like Fang would be sleeping alone for the next seven days. He sighed. He liked sleeping with Max. Oh, well. He could sleep without her. And he was sure they could find some way to sneak off during the daytime to... do the part of "sleeping together" that doesn't actually involve sleep. Because he wasn't sure either of them could actually last a whole week without that.
His thoughts on the matter were interrupted when-
"Hey, Fang," Iggy said quietly. "Since you're always sleeping in Max's room anyway, can I please have your mattress?"
"Just flip yours over," Fang suggested.
"No, it's still gross," Iggy moaned. "I don't want to sleep laying on period."
Fang snickered. He couldn't help it. It was funny.
"Oh, come on, you can't even see the stain," he argued.
"I can smell it!" Iggy snapped, temper flaring. He hated when anyone - especially Fang - poked fun at his blindness.
Fang winced. He knew that Iggy's other senses had sharpened to compensate for the loss of sight, and having to sleep with the scent of blood right there didn't sound like much fun...
"OK, fine, you can have my mattress," Fang conceded. "But don't touch my pillows."
- to be continued -
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