Love Birds (adult Clover X Martlet)

A Sensitive Subject

4/14/2121

6:30 AM

The alarm clock blares as Clovers slowly opens his eyes. On his chest he feels Martlet holding on to him; her head barely poking out of the bed sheets. Clover reaches his arm, and shuts off the alarm, nudging Martlet to wake her up. "Hey feathers, I have to get up."

Martlet's grip on Clover only grew tighter as she gave a disapproved groan. "Nooooo."

"Martlet I have to go to work; please let go."

"You said you would be here when I woke up."

"You are awake," Clover said with a small chuckle.

Martlet sighs loosening her grip on the cowboy. Clover scratches her head giving it a small kiss before getting out of bed. As he grabs his uniform Martlet calls out to him causing him to turn back to face her. "Can we talk about last night before you go?"

"Sure, what about last night?"

"My nightmare."

"Yeah, what about it?"

Martlet sat up in bed, her hair still messy and her eyes still heavy from exhaustion. "Last night I had a really bad nightmare, and you shook me awake."

"Yeah, you were shaking and crying; you kept saying something about not being ready to let go."

"I dreamt that you never came back to us; nobody knew who you were or where you went; all they said was you were dead and it was my all fault." She seemed as if she was gonna cry again. There was fear and guilt in her eyes. Clover sat down next to her, placing his uniform to the side so he could comfort her.

"It wasn't your fault; I keep telling you; I chose to give my soul up so I could help save all of you."

"I know but, what if you never came back, what if I'm still dreaming and one day I'll wake up and you will be gone?"

Clover places his hand on the bird's cheek making eye contact with her. "You're not dreaming Martlet. I'm alive, and we are all free." He pulls her in for a kiss, placing his lips on the tip of her beak. Martlet leans into the kiss wrapping her wings around the top of cowboy's shoulders. The kiss breaks as Clover looks into Martlet's eyes. "Does that prove you're not dreaming?"

"Well, to be honest, I've had some pretty wild dreams about you; and considering that nothing else is happening, yes it does."

"Wait, what kind of dreams are talking about?"

Martlet's face grew red as she quickly lay back down pulling the covers back over her. "Nothing; don't you have work or something?"

Clover laughs as he grabs his uniform and starts to leave the room "Ok, ok I won't pry, I love you Martlet."

"I love you too Clover," she said still shoving her face into a pillow

Clover walks out of the room and into the bedroom hallway walking to the bathroom to get changed. Before he enters the bathroom he can hear the TV in the living room turned on, and what sounds like the sound of button mashing from a controller. He turns the corner to see Berdly sitting on the couch playing video games on Clovers and Martlet console. "Berdly what the hell are you doing up at this hour?"

The bird jolted at the sudden sound of Clover's voice suddenly booming through the living room. "Oh, good morning Clover; I hope you and my dear cousin slept well."

"Martlets still sleeping, I just have to get to work. But that's beside the point; what are you doing up, it's 6:30 in the morning."

"I like to wake up early. You can't have good grades by sleeping until noon."