Jerome yawned as he trudged his way from his room to the kitchen still dressed in his Pj's from the night before, the house quiet, the sun only just peaking over the top of the horizon. Trudy had yet to get up and start on Saturday's breakfast. Jerome's mouth felt like a desert and he was desperate for some juice. He grabbed the carton and filled up a glass having a long drawn out sip in the middle of the kitchen.
Rather suddenly Y/n, also in her PJ's clamped her arms around his torso laying her head on his chest,
Jerome was in the middle of a gulp making him freeze, he gently placed his glass on the counter gently turning to glance down at the girl latched onto him, he couldn't help but chuckle as he wrapped his arms around her bringing her in closer gently holding her body in his arms.
She rubbed her nose against his pj shirt not saying a word in her sleepy state,
Jerome just smiled down at her bringing a hand down to gently ruffle her hair his fingers gently combing through her hair. he couldn't help but marvel at how cute she looked when she was sleepy, he bent down slightly pressing his nose into the top of her head taking in the scent of her hair and then pressing a tender kiss there, he couldn't help but smile even more just gently embracing her for a few moments.
she slowly looked up at him, black smudged panda eyes from yesterday's eyeliner, her eyes barely open in her sleepy state, but she opened her mouth like a baby bird,
he chuckled quietly at the sight of her, he picked up the glass again gently placing the rim against her lips, gently tilting it for her to drink,
she drank a good share of it before she moved back licking her lips and rubbing against his chest again "Thank you Jerome..." She yawns
"your welcome sleepyhead" he teased gently
"Good morning" she yawns
"morning angel, how late did you stay up last night? you look like you're dying to go back to bed"
"... Humm is it late if it was technically today? At what point is it me being up late verses I'm just very early?" She asked
he raised an eyebrow at her question, "what time did you go to bed and then I'll tell you if you're late or early"
"four."
his eyes widened a bit as that information sunk in. "four am?.. Angel, you do realize that normally when someone says 'staying up late' they don't mean the ass crack of dawn right?"
"I couldn't sleep..."
his expression softened slightly at her answer and he looked at her slightly concerned. he wasn't sure why she had stayed up that late, or why she had chosen to wait up until that time. he gave her a gentle squeeze and ran a hand through her hair again
"why couldn't you sleep?"
"my tummy hurt."
he frowned a bit, hearing that she had been in pain last night. he brought his hand down to rest against her stomach gently rubbing it "you should have woken me up if you were in pain angel, i would have gotten you some medicine and made sure you were comfortable"
"I didn't wanna wake you"
"you can always wake me up if you need anything. I would rather lose some sleep than have you be in discomfort or pain all night" he continued gently rubbing her stomach, hoping it helped with any remnants of pain. he then bent down slightly pressing a kiss to the top of her head and continuing to hug her to his chest, after a few moments of silence he pulled away a bit looking down at her "is your stomach still hurting angel? or are you feeling better now?"
"still hurts." She answered "...can I come lay in your bed?"
his expression softened, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of concern that her stomach was still hurting. "of course, come here angel, I'll let you lay in my bed" he nodded. Jerome carefully picked her up and started carrying her to his bedroom, "Lets get you tucked up in bed for a few more hours."
