𝚰 𝐖𝗂ᥣᥣ 𝐓𝗋α𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝐓ɦ𝖾 𝐒𝗍α𝗋𝗌 𝐖𝗂𝗍ɦ 𝐘ⱺυ || 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥

𝐉𝐢𝐚𝐨𝐪𝐢𝐮

༺𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎༻

The gentle glow of the sunlight painted the foxian mans salmon pink hair a soft orange, his face squished against his palm as he stared at papers he had to read through and approve of for patient's medications.

His tired eyes slowly but surely scanned over the amalgamation of words that made up these admits and requests. Now was certainly the time he wished he could be as carefree as a bird, he rooted his hand in his hair and sighed as he lowered his head.

It was far too early in the morning to be doing all this reading..surely?

You walked down the hall to his office, it was fairly quiet this early in the morning, Feixiao was busy probably working out by now and Moze was probably MIA as usual. But you hadn't seen the Foxian at all since the day before yesterday, you couldn't help but be a little worried.

That is what likely prompted this sudden visit, You stopped and knocked on his door before opening it when you received no response. "Jiao..?" you called softly and blinked owlishly seeing him slumped over his desk, a stack of papers his pillow.

You sighed and closed the door quietly before walking over, his office was decently sized, enough so that a little couch could fit in it..he probably only got it because of your visit's and for Moze and Feixiao.

You walked around his desk and looked at all the papers with a huff, taking the ones he wasn't asleep on and neatly stacking them up and putting them away in a drawer before you pat his head.

"Wakey wakey." you hummed and rubbed around the base of his ears..which probably prompted the exact opposite of what you wanted. He just smiled in his sleep and unconsciously nuzzled into your palm before going limp again.

You sighed but indulged him just a little bit before you would properly wake him up.

Surprisingly, you found yourself losing track of time as you played with his hair, smooth and soft, bathed in the early morning sunlight from the windows. It was quiet, so much so that you were on the verge of falling asleep yourself before you snapped out of it.

"Jiao!" you shouted and chuckled seeing the man jump before groaning and hiding his face away in his arms. "Hggnnn.." he groaned again before looking up at you with a sigh. "I didn't hear you knock..my apolo-" he paused as he was interrupted by a yawn.

"apologies.." he sighed and sat up, only to slump down in his chair with another sigh, you narrowed your eyes and crossed your arms with a raised brow. Even if his brain wasn't working properly in the moment, he'd have to be blind to not recognize your disappointment.

"You've been up all night, haven't you?" you inquired, watching him smile innocently and shake his head. "Absolutely not, Ma'am.." he chuckled before relaxing a bit looking at you in defeat, "You have bags under your eyes bigger then Feixiao's axe."

He sighed and nodded, "Fine, fine. But i had to finish with these papers, quite a few were favor's for old friends.." he stood up and stretched, taking his jacket off the back of his chair with another yawn.

You sighed, "Aren't you a doctor? You shouldn't compromise your health like this." you hummed and slung your arm around his shoulder. "I know, i know." you rolled your eyes when he brushed you off, "The paper's will still be there tomorrow, you are going home and sleeping the day away."