Poppy is woken up by the sun flooding the room. She turns away from it hides her face in her pillows.
Wait. These aren't her pillows. They don't smell like her. They smell musty, like a man.
She looks around the room and remembers where she is. She slept over Branch's last night. They usually stay at her Pod. It's cleaner and in a nicer place. But they ended up losing time and it was dark outside so she stayed over at Branch's bunker.
The Pop Queen reaches out for him and finds a cold empty bed. She sighs, laying back down and tries to decide what to do. Poppy waits and listens for movement.
She rolls over and looks out the window.
The bedroom door opens and she hears Branch walked in. She closes her eyes and pretends she's asleep. He pauses and she can feel his eyes on her.
The bed dips behind her. The teal troll crawls towards her and kisses her gently on the cheek.
"Poppy. I know you're awake. If you want to fake sleeping, you would have to take in deeper breaths."
Poppy turns over and looks at him. He's in an undershirt and his boxers.
"Come on, sleepyhead. Time to get up. I made your favorite. Chocolate chips pancakes." The teal troll says pressing kisses all over her face.
The Pop Queen rolls over and presses her face into the pillows. "I don't want to get up. I'm tired."
"It's 1:37 in the afternoon. I think it's time for the queen to get up." Branch lays back on his side of the bed and watches her.
Poppy moves closer to him and lays her head on his chest. "Or we could just stay in bed all day."