𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 🌧 <𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶> ✅

"you mean so much to me."

i swear that i'll be yours forever
till forever falls apart

third pov

"hi baby, hello cutesy baby, you're so cute, y'know that?" mattia gooed at how adorable his little sister was, "you're so precious, holy shit." he wanted to cry as she reached her little hand up to grab at his pointer finger and squeeze it tight.

mattia thought he'd do both his parents a favor and take over nap duty for the day since he saw his dad this morning when he was leaving for work, and he looked like a zombie.

as for his mom, she just pushed a human being out of her so she deserved the rest.

mattia sighed relieved once he realized matilda was starting to stir fast asleep, slowly standing up from her rocking chair to put her into her crib.

once he did, he tiptoed out of her nursery, going downstairs to share the good news with his mom.

"i got her to sleep!" he whispered-shouted as he got to the living room, his mom nearly asleep on the couch from exhaustion.

"really? thank you so much, mijo." she smiled, reaching up to grab at mattia's face, he leaned over the couch, letting his mom kiss his cheek as a sign of gratitude, "course, mom...anything i can do to help. ...you nap for a bit, okay? i'll take care of her while you get your rest."

matiluca couldn't have been more grateful for her amazing eldest son. she could tell he really wanted to help. "thank you, baby, wake me up in an hour, okay?"

mattia nodded, knowing that was complete bullshit and he was gonna let his mom sleep for at least three hours. he pushed her hair out of her face, letting her lay down before pulling a blanket over her—and it was lights out as soon as her head hit that pillow.

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once mattia's dad was home from work and his mom had gotten the rest she needed. he was able to leave and decided to get something to eat for lunch with kairi.

you: hey 😁

you: wanna get something to eat for lunch?

you: you choose a place this time cause you hate all the places i choose 😒

mattia pressed send and waited patiently for a reply in his car, tapping the steering wheel with his fingers and glancing around at his newly cleaned interior.

kai: hi 😊

kai: im kinda hanging out with my parents rn

kai: maybe we can reschedule?

kai: tmr instead?

you: yeah that's fine

you: how abt tn? no dinner but a movie night? or we can play a game board? 😭 that's kinda boring but it sounded more fun in my head

kai: yeah maybe

kai: ill text you if i can

mattia just thumbs up'd the message. he understood the parent reason, but after that, it just seemed like kairi was trying to make excuses to not hang out with mattia.

they most likely weren't gonna hang out tonight because that's how it seemed all the time now. and it just sucked.

mattia wasn't upset about kairi not wanting to hang out, but he just wanted him to be honest about his reason as to why instead of beating around the bush so much.