Rated G

Midorima had always been a light sleeper. Ever since he was a little boy, he would wake up to the tiniest sound, though he would try to go back to his much needed sleep without changing his position even slightly. Today, even at age 28, it seemed that the old habits indeed died hard, as he was now fully awake in bed thanks to the thundering storm outside. On the other hand, when he turned his head to the right, the view which greeted him wasn't the least bit surprising as Takao was sleeping rather too comfortably with his arms and legs wrapped around Midorima in an almost impossible tangle of mess. The bigger man would always find himself wondering how his boyfriend would end up in a position like this during his sleep. His thoughts were interrupted as he heard the sound of a loud crash of thunder outside and before he could unwrap himself from Takao's octopus-like grip to get up, he heard another sound coming from outside their bedroom, a sound that was much different from the loud storm going on outside. He immediately understood what it was and before he could bring himself up, the source of the faint sound appeared in the form of two little bodies in front of the door.

"Daddy, we're scared".

The sleepy voice belonged to Midorima and Takao's older boy, Takeshi, who was only five years old, and he was rubbing his eyes rather sleepily with one hand while the other was entwined with his three two year old sister Ayame's much smaller one. Midorima sighed as he looked at his two children barely standing on their feet as they must have been sleeping until not long ago before the storm hit.

"Come here." It was a soft whisper, a sympathetic approach rather than a command. He couldn't even help the corner of his lips curving into a tiny smile as the kids climbed on the bed in a quite swift way.

Takeshi practically threw his tiny frame onto Takao, who was sleeping soundly without even realizing the presence of his children in the room, up until this moment.

"What the..What's going on? Takeshi?" Takao opened his eyes and came face to face with his son, who was now lying next to him with his sleepy eyes fixated on him. Takao's gaze turned to his daughter who was now lying on Midorima's lap, then to the said man.

"It's the storm outside" Midorima motioned his head towards the window.

Takao smiled sympathetically as he stood up to a sitting position to kiss Ayame's head which was resting on Midorima's torso. "Hmmm I see, it's a pretty bad storm out there."

"But you were sleeping when we came, daddy" Takeshi's voice was faint as he spoke, it was clear he was going to give in to sleep any time now.

Takao laughed as he laid down to resume his previous position next to Takeshi.

"Go to sleep Takeshi, you too Ayame, here-" Midorima spoke with a soft voice as he started to laid his daughter down to bed.

"I wanna sleep with Shin-chan daddy." The little girl spoke as she squeezed Midorima's shirt with her tiny fingers.

"Ah you and your Shin-chan daddy! I swear she loves you more than me." Takao's pout was nothing more than a fake resentment, but nevertheless it caused Midorima to roll his eyes at him.

"Don't be ridiculous." He laid down with Ayame in his arms and the little girl's grip tightened as another crash was heard.

"It's because Shin-chan daddy's bigger and his arms are big."

"Did you hear Takao? It's only because she's taking advantage of me." Midorima spoke in an amused tone as he started stroking Ayame's hair.

"Nooo, I love daddies!"

"Yes, love and we love you both as well." Takao leaned down to kiss both of his children's foreheads before reaching to Midorima's face to give him a peck on the lips. "Now go to sleep both of you." Takao's gaze met Midorima's knowingly as they both thought of the same thing now that their children finally entered the peaceful world of sleep: No more sleep for us tonight, it seems.