Chapter 4

*********** Scott ended up scooting down a little on the bed, so that his head lined up with Mitch's chest.

Mitch put one arm over Scott's shoulders, and rested his chin on top of Scott's head, just as Scott began closing his eyes to let sleep overcome him. Mitch reached down and grabbed Scott's necklace, just holding it as he went to sleep. Suddenly, a thought struck him. "Alpha...?"

Scott's voice was barely above a whisper, as he actually was a lot more tired than he admit to Mitch earlier. "Yes, my love?"

"I... I want to tell you something."

"Okay." Scott replied half heartedly. "I know that.. I can be a little much. And I know that.. You take better care of me than you'll ever take care of yourself. But.. I want to help out. I really do. I want to take care of you, like you take care of me. Can I.. Do that?"

"If you want to, honey." "Really?" Mitch answered excitedly. "Sure." Scott whispered. Mitch smiled at how tired Scott was. Scott always made sure that Mitch fell asleep first, and Mitch never really noticed until he saw Scott like this, and realized he hadn't seen it in a long time. Mitch watched him fall asleep, one of Scott's arms over Mitch's body, and the other tucked into Mitch's chest under his chin, which was also tucked into Mitch's chest. Mitch pressed a kiss into Scott's hair, and then closed his eyes to join him in sleep. **********

Kevin woke up to Todrick running his fingers up and down his arm. Kevin smiled and gave him a gentle squeeze with the arm he had over Todrick's stomach. Kevin sat up a little and rubbed one of his eyes. "What time is it? You haven't been awake for too long have you?"

"Not too early. And no. Only a few minutes." "What time is it? Your best guess."

"Um.. Seven." Kevin rolled over to glance at the clock beside their bed and chuckled. "6:50. Not bad, Toddy."

Todrick giggled. "Thank you." Kevin rolled back over and rubbed his eyes again. "Alright. What's your early morning question?"

"What?" "You always ask me something as soon as I wake up. You've never noticed?"

"No... Would you like me to stop asking?" "Of course not. It's one of my favorite parts of the day." Todrick sighed in relief. "Oh, good. I love getting your opinion on things.. I hope I can get a dose of your wisdom every single morning."

"You definitely can. So what is the question for today, Mr. Hall?"

Todrick hummed and looked up at the ceiling. "Which language came first; Arabic, Greek or Hebrew?"

"Well.. No one knows for sure." "I know. That's why I'm asking you. If anyone could come up with a good guess, it would be you."

Kevin smiled at him and set his chin on Todrick's chest. "That's very kind of you. My best guess..? Would be Hebrew. But I only say that because The Bible was first written in Hebrew, and then Greek."

"So... Hebrew?" "Indeed." "I love you." Todrick suddenly blurted, and then slapped a hand over his mouth. Kevin scooted up, leaning on his elbows, and pulling the hand off of Todrick's mouth, before kissing him quickly and staring into his eyes. "I love you too, Todrick Hall." Todrick giggled to distract himself from the blush on his face. "So formal." Kevin winked. "I get that a lot, believe it or not."

"Oh, I definitely believe that."

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Kevin and Todrick, very quietly, cleaned the entire house, wanting everyone to have somewhere nice to wake up to. Jake woke up early too, and decided to help them, as well as make them their tea. Alex woke up a few minutes later, only to walk out and fall asleep on the couch after Todrick gave him a pill to nurse his headache. Mitch woke up too, moments after Scott. He smiled at his Alpha, and ran a hand through his own hair to tame it. "Morning." Scott smiled. "Morning, Sweetheart. Did you sleep alright?" Mitch nodded, and grinned when Scott kissed his forehead before standing up from the bed. Mitch watched him walk into the bathroom, and stared at him while he brushed his teeth. Scott spit into the sink, put his toothbrush away and then turned towards the toilet. He froze and turned toward Mitch, only to close the door a second later. "Don't watch me pee, weirdo."

Mitch giggled loudly. "My bad. Didn't know you were such a shy pee-er." He heard Scott laugh loudly through the door. "Kinky." He spoke just loud enough for Mitch to hear him, although Mitch doubts he was actually supposed to hear it. ************

Avi woke up when he felt his hair being tugged on lightly. He cracked an eye open and looked up to see Kirstie cradling his head in her lap, slowly braiding his hair. Avi smiled at her. "Morning, Princess." She smiled right back, continuing to do his hair. "Morning, Alpha. Hope you slept okay. Did you drink too much? Would you like me to get Kevin, or maybe just some pills for your headache?"

"No, I'm alright. But thank you. You're sweet."

"Thank you, Sir."

Avi rubbed one of his eyes and yawned. "How long have you been up? And why?"

"I woke up because I had morning sickness. And you just... Looked so cute, and I couldn't resist doing your hair."

Avi smiled at her, tilting his head back so he could look at her, although she appeared to be upside down from his point of view. "You're so cute. I'm sorry you were sick though."

"That's okay. It's all for our baby... For our future... So it's worth every second of sickness." Avi smiled again. "Y'know, Mrs. Kaplan? I think you're really--" His sentence was interrupted by a loud crash outside their room. Living room, most likely. Avi sat up quickly, but in doing so, Kirstie roughly pulled his hair because her hands were still wound up in the dark brown locks. Avi yelped and laid back down, hands coming up to his head. Kirstie's eyes widened incredibly. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?! I am so so sorry!"

Avi gave her a tight smile, knowing it wasn't her fault. "It's okay, honey. I just.. Are you almost finished? I really should check on the others." Kirstie nodded quickly, and frantically tried to finish her handiwork. She tied it up and smiled at the way it turned out, before patting Avi's head a few times. "Finished!" Avi sat up and touched the braid, smiling back at her, and then quickly standing to head into the living room. Kirstie smiled at the back of his head, loving the way the feminine hairstyle looked on her powerful Alpha. **********