"Come on, Kid, you promised!"

A yawn. "I know, I know; just a few more minutes."

"Just because you wouldn't listen to us and go to sleep early last night doesn't give you the right to ditch us now."

Kid opened his eyes, finding Liz to his right and Patty to his left. "Can't we hold this off until tomorrow night? I'm just going to fall asleep halfway through."

"Nope!" The younger sister reached for his arm and began tugging. "Come on. If we don't do it tonight, you're gonna find more work or missions to do tomorrow."

"It's not like I mean to do that, though." His eyes gradually closed, and a sigh released from him, allowing the tension to fall away from his shoulders.

"Yeah, just like you didn't mean to fall asleep, in your room, with the lights off, right before the movie."

"What time is it now?"

"Seven."

"I've been asleep for at least an hour. How is that right before the movie? Besides, it would be best if we started at eight."

Patty began laughing and tugging at his arm again. With a slight groan, Kid sat up and rubbed at his eyes with the bottom of his palms. Another yawn escaped. "Sorry. I'm coming." Another round of giggled greeted his ears, and a smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

In a second he was being pulled to his feet by two different arms. His eyes weren't even open, yet he could vaguely feel his feet treading against the floor, socks sticking as static built up.

"You might want to open your eyes to go down the stairs, Kid." Fulfilling the recommendation, he found himself staring at Liz, who had a rather amused look on her face. "You know, if I had known you were quite dead on your feet, I would have just dragged you out of bed."

A third yawn. "Or you could have left me alone."

More laughter from the younger sister, and the trio headed down the stairs. Reaching the bottom, they filed into the living room, accompanied by a rather long couch situated in front of a large television, along with miscellaneous items and furniture pieces that often went unused.

"Movie time!" Patty sang. She plopped onto the right of the couch, dragging Kid with her. Liz followed suite, placing herself to Kid's right. She caught sight of a stifled yawn, but kept her mouth shut as she pressed the Play button the remote control.

Half an hour in, and Liz could clearly see the struggle Kid faced. A swell, none-the-less, filled in her chest as she noticed him laugh at the same time Patty did. Despite this fight he was obviously loosing, Liz could at least see his attempt.

An hour in, and Kid was just about beat. Leaning deep into the couch, his head continued to nod forward, jerking up in time with his eyes, just as they had come close to closing.

Ten minutes later, he was asleep, the gentle rise and fall of his chest being the only movement out of him. Patty had apparently already noticed, as she had calmed down her boisterous laughing and settled into the couch more comfortably.

Twenty minutes later Patty had fallen asleep, much to Liz's surprise. She had tipped over, leaning on Kid's side.

Another twenty minutes later- for a combined time of an hour and fifty minutes- the movie ended, and neither Kid nor Patty had moved. Liz removed herself from the couch and, with a certain carefulness in her actions, turned off the television and the remaining traces of background music for the credits. She ejected the DVD from the player and placed it into the box.

"Liz?"

She turned around to find Kid, only halfway awake and rubbing his right eye with his right hand (Had he even noticed his left hand was trapped beneath Patty?), with a slightly perplexed expression on his face.

She closed the DVD box with a snap.

"What?" she spoke after a moment of silence.

"Hmm..." He firstly hummed, as if waiting to become fully cognitive. "Nothing; sorry." A pause. "Wait, uh... How long was it before I fell asleep?"

"You lasted about an hour, but considering how you kept nodding off, I'm pretty sure you didn't actually retain anything you watched."

"I would be an idiot to dispute that," he spoke with a short laugh following.

There was a break in which Kid sighed. "I'm sorry, Liz. I know I promised Patty that we would do something like this-"

He was interrupted by Liz, who pointed right next to him.

"I think you should look beside you before you start this huge apology."

End