Nameless Ghoul

Testosterone

Sunshine fell asleep before the end of the movie and Itzal sat there for a while, unsure of what to do. Eventually he decided he should put her to bed so he scooped her up. She only stirred slightly, snuggling her head into him as he carefully carried her over to her bed. He gently laid her down and pulled the covers over her. She fidgeted a bit, pulling them up under her chin and then settled down, looking peaceful. Itzal left her room as quietly as he could, closing the door softly behind him.

He could hear voices coming from the kitchen and just as he thought he would be able to get to his room unnoticed, a blonde head peeked around the corner.

“Is she okay?” asked Cumulus.

He looked at Sunshine’s door and then back towards her before walking to the kitchen. His bare feet were silent in the carpeted hallway.

“Yeah, I think so. She’s asleep now.” 

Cumulus beckoned him over. Cirrus had a pan of hot chocolate on the go and he went and leaned against the countertop.

“You want one?” Cirrus asked as she began pouring the steaming liquid into mugs.

What he really wanted was to be alone and go to bed, but the hot chocolate smelled so good and he didn’t want to be rude, so he figured it wouldn’t take him long to drink one mug. He nodded.

“Thanks.” 

Cumulus sighed.

“I wish she would talk to us more sometimes. I mean, she will talk to us, but she holds back. Papa said to leave her alone, but I knew she was super upset. It killed me not to go after her.”

Cirrus nodded sadly in agreement.

“Thanks for taking care of her,” she said as she handed him a mug. “Do you want some cream and marshmallows for it?” 

He shook his head no and thanked her again.

He took a sip and smiled.

“Wow, this is even better than the chocolate milk. Thanks.”

Cirrus beamed and added cream and marshmallows to the other two mugs.

“So... You and Sunshine then?” Cumulus said with a smirk.

He almost choked on his mouthful of hot chocolate and felt his cheeks burning red. The ghulehs both laughed as Cirrus high-fived her.

“Leave the poor ghoul alone!” she said with a chuckle. “Sorry, but you’re all she’s talked about for the last couple of weeks, and when we saw you leaving her room just now..." She waggled her eyebrows. "Plus we can smell her scent on you,” she teased.

Itzal didn’t think it was possible for his face to burn up any more than it was already, but it did.

“Umm, well, she’s been really nice to me and she was upset just now, so I, you know, she needed a friend.”

He shrugged.

They both suddenly looked sad at that.

“We’re sorry. We were just teasing you. We should have been there for her earlier. We’ll go and apologise first thing tomorrow. All of us love Sunshine to bits and I'm so glad you were there for her. You’ve been really good for her for the last few days.”

He chuckled when he heard that.

“I don’t think so. I’ve caused her nothing but stress so far,” he said regretfully.

“No way! I’ve seen her making goo-goo eyes at you. Her aura lights up every time she mentions you. She was so happy when you showed up. She’d been worrying about you since the show,” Cumulus said. “She told us what had happened when she got back to the concert hall and swore us to secrecy.”