The Deep Oneshots Part 2

Ant Benthos au

This was requested mha_stories12 hope you enjoy

Alpheus was fast asleep when suddenly he was woken up by Ant throwing himself onto the bed. It took Alpheus a few seconds to realise what was going on.

"Ant?! What's wrong?!"

Ant was crying and refusing to let go. After a few minutes Ant calmed down and stopped crying. He still refused to talk or let go but Alpheus could work with that.

"Hey come on, let's go get some hot chocolate."

Ant reluctantly followed Alpheus down the hall to the kitchen.

When they got there Ant sat down at the kitchen table. He sat quietly as he waited for Alpheus to finish making the hot chocolate.

When it was done Alpheus sat down opposite him and handed him his cup.

"Soo, do you wanna talk about it?"

Ant shook his head and took a sip of his hot chocolate.

"You sure? It might make you feel better."

"I don't wanna, can you just drop it."

Alpheus sighed.

"Alright then. Finish your hot chocolate and let get back to bed."

"... can I sleep in your room tonight?"

"Alright."

The two sat in silence as Ant finished his hot chocolate. Before they went to bed Alpheus insisted Ant brush his teeth again, it took almost thirty minutes to bribe Ant into brushing his teeth. When they finally got back to his room  Alpheus collapsed onto the bed falling asleep almost instantly. Ant followed suit soon after.

The next morning Alpheus woke up on the floor. This wasn't an uncommon occurrence especially when Ant decided he wanted to sleep in Alpheus' room. Ant had a habit of hogging the bed and blankets often ending with him literally kicking Alpheus out of his bed.

Alpheus sighed, got up and went to start breakfast. He knew it wouldn't be long before Ant woke up demanding breakfast. It was just easier for him to get up now and avoid the wrath of a hangry Ant.

Breakfast was almost done when Ant stumbled into the kitchen, dragging several blankets behind him.

"Ant, are you ok?"

"I'm cold."

Ant then sat down at the table and wrapped himself in his blankets. A few minutes later Alpheus put a plate of pancakes in front of him. Ant pushed it way.

"Ant? Are you ok?"

"I'm not hungry."

That's when Alpheus started worrying, Ant was always hungry. He pressed a hand against his forehead.

"You've got a bit of a fever, are you feeling ok?"

Ant shook his head.

"Mmmh, alright, do you wanna watch some kaiju movies with me?"

"Yes please."

Ant and Alpheus spent the rest of the day on the sofa eating ice-cream and cookies. They watched almost ten kaiju movies, Ant had seen all of them multiple times before, but he never seem to get bored of them. When it was time to go to bed again Ant refused. He was comfortable on the sofa and made it very clear that he did not appreciate his brothers attempts to carry him to bed.

Alpheus gave up on trying to get his brother to bed after he was kicked in the face. He just sighed and left to go grab some pillows and blankets for himself. Ant would never share his blankets with anyone. When he got back Ant had turned the TV on again and was smiling smugly from inside his blanket cocoon.

I can't help but imagine Ant and Alpheus and that 'mum I threw up' meme