Everyone took shifts keeping an eye on any waking kids whenever they had to get sleep.

This time, it was Nova and Otto. A few of the kids were still awake so they had to make sure everything was okay with them. Normally it would be one parent per shift, but after the time Gibson had to take care of Jasper Skye and Hermodactyloides by himself, two of the more hyperactive kids, they started going by two parents per shift. The only kids awake at the moment were Jasper, Marino Obsidian, Magma Cloud, and Peridot Gears.

Jasper was running around in circles chasing her own tail. It always made Nova smile seeing her try to catch it, it was as cute as seeing a puppy doing it. Marino was by himself watching everyone else, as if he was monitoring everyone to make sure nothing went horribly wrong. PG was drawing and doing her own thing. Magma tried to play with the toys Otto made for them, however he ended up being too rough and accidentally damaged one of them.

That caused him to get frustrated and the upper half of his body to turn into a brighter red. PG looked and saw how frustrated he got. She quickly finished up her picture and walked over to him. She handed him what she drew. He stopped for a moment to grab the picture to see what it was. Watching that made Otto's and Nova's hearts melt.

"Aww! Y'know, Otto, Peridot ends up taking after you so much there."

Otto put his hands up to his face, only responding with happy tears. She looked back at the scene and Magma wrapped his arms around her. She picked him up in the hug despite him being bigger than her. Even he was surprised by the sudden lift. It didn't stop him from hugging her, though, and his eyes darted to somewhere else. His face turned a reddish color, though not from anger.

Nova and Otto were dying from cuteness now. Otto was crying harder and Nova wished she was recording this to show the others later when they woke up. It didn't surprise them, but they didn't think she'd be a huge hugger like that. Not only that, but as grumpy as Magma was, he was being sweet too.

Nobody was gonna believe this.


Antauri was the first to wake up out of the others.

Considering how he didn't see Nova and Otto with them, he figured they were still out there with the kids. They opened the door and he ended up being right. Nova and Otto were curled up in a ball together holding a few of the kids. Everyone was asleep, so he didn't say anything just yet. The thing that caught their attention most, however, was the fact Magma and Peridot were cuddling each other in their sleep.

They took a picture of them as quietly as he could. The same with taking a picture of Nova, Otto, and the kids. When Antauri was done, he left the room and went to the others. He gently woke them up.

"What's up, Antauri?" Gibson yawned out.

"Take a look at this."

Antauri showed the two pictures they took. Gibson grabbed one of them while the other two looked over his shoulder. Gibson smirked looking at it.

"I never thought I'd see MC cuddle up with anyone." He stated.

Sprx snorted. "Please, I feel like Antauri edited that. I love Antauri, I love Magma, but there's no way that actually happened."

"Come see it yourself if you're that much in disbelief." They told him.

He left the room to show them and everyone followed. When they got there, Antauri held up his finger to his mouth as a reminder. Sprx's mouth nearly dropped to the floor. He realized that Antauri wasn't fucking with them with the photo.

"Oh shit." He whispered.

Antauri could only chuckle in response.

"I wouldn't doubt more happened here, but let's allow Nova and Otto to rest," they said, "I'm sure they still need it."