A Main Course of Cupcake in a Sleepless Night

>The drift between dream and reality
>Wishing for dream, another moment with Natsuki, a date in the clouds, over another boring day of college
>But wishes are never granted
>Upbeat 16-bit music and colorful lights attack your senses
>After rubbing your eyes, you find Natsuki sitting at your computer, playing a ROM of Chrono Trigger
>With a grunt, you ask her if she couldn't sleep.
>"Nope."
"Well, shut off the game, the sound of Fire Whirl woke me up."
>"Anon, I'm about to fight Masa and Muneee!"
"Come on, save your state"
>She sighs and grumbles in agreement. The PC goes blank and she stumbles over you
>Gracefully landing a foot on your temple (Ow!), she dives into bed and curls up
>You wrap an arm over her and she clutches it, all the while shuffling so she's being spooned perfectly
>So it feels how it usually does
>A content sigh escapes you, and your heartbeat calms down
>You begin to feel tired again
>That is, until a flash of light pokes your eyes once again
>It's Natsuki, looking through her phone
"Natsuki, fuck..."
>"Oh shit, sorry."
>You get up and look at the time. An hour passed. Has she been up this whole time?
"Hey. How come you can't sleep?"
>"I don't know. Just one of those nights?"
"Had coffee?"
>"Not today."
"Just exercised?
>"Hah, good one."
"Had too much to eat?"
>"Are you really asking that?"
>Good point. You always did spoil her.
"So what's wrong?"
>"Nothing, nothing, it's just random!"
"Okay, okay, well just try and lay off the phone and see if that works."
>"Yes, *Mom*..."
>You rub her belly in response and you both fall silent again
>A car passes by outside, it's lights flashing along the walls of the bedroom
>Outside, a bird has no concept of time and chirps through the night.

>"Hey, are you still up?"
"...Yup."
>"..Let me ask you something. D-do you think Yuri hates me?"
"Whaaat? No, no way. Why would you think that?"
>"Well it's been all summer and she hasn't talked to me."
"Well...to be honest I don't think she's talked to anyone all summer. Probably holed up at home engrossed with reading."
>You chuckle at the thought of Yuri carrying a stack of books as tall as her home from the library
>"She hung out with Sayori and Monika one day."
"Did they!?"
>"Yeah! I saw it on Facenovel!"
"But who was the instigator here? Surely, Sayori!"
>"I don't know, I don't know. The point is they hung out and didn't even ask us!"
>Sighing, you ponder. What are these mental gymnastics girls constantly exuberate?
"Okay, let's see their side. They know we're dating and working full-time..."
>"Y-yeah..."
"Maybe they just wanted to give us our space?"
>"...You think?
"Maybe! But we'll never know until you ask them."
>"Oh no way! No way I'm gonna ask them that, you ask them!"
"Nats, you care enough about this to lose sleep over it. So just go and ask Yuri. I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised."
>She sighs, opening her phone "Alright, fine. I'll text her."
"No, not now, it's 2 AM!"
>"Oh come on, Yuri's always up at night."
"Look, just, be polite though, who wants to be texted at 2 AM?"
>"I texted you once at 4 AM. You didn't mind."
>The little spoon squirms a bit. You can just imagine her stupid smile beaming right now
"It's different."
>"Haha, alright, I'll wait. I'll go to sleep. Hey, Anon."
"Hm?"
>Natsuki flips herself around, and she squints to find your lips, and gives them a soft, elongated meeting with hers.
>"Thanks."
"That's what I'm here for. Now let's get some shut-eye."
>A car passes. The bird sings. And you and Natsuki sleep.