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Stay with me tonight

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The night sky has fallen, the moon was shining among the stars and it was time for the little children to go to bed. Somewhere in the castle, behind a door could be heard noises of struggles of a certain kid, acting rebellious against the oh so cruel woman that was trying to change his clothes for such a 'ridiculous' pajama, and he knew well what that meant: it was time to sleep.

"Uuugh nnn- ngah! Stop doing this!" - exclaimed the albino fox, struggling underneath the collar shirt, and finally taking a breath as his head passed through the hole

"Doing what? this?" - said the vampire lady, buttoning his collar and fixing up his hair, carefully caressing his ears as well.

"I'm a grown up kid and I can dress up myself and do all these things! you don't- need to worry that much about me." - said the kid back to her, using his words as a valid reason, but his age obviously played against him. Noticing his intentions, the woman stood up from the bed and walked towards the door, indulging the wishes of the child; she would leave him and not worry about him just like he wanted.

"Alright, if you are a grown up kid, then I think that it's time for me to leave... grown up kids don't need kisses of goodnight anyways, I wouldn't like to embarrass you, but I'm telling you right now that if this is how you want it, I expect you to act like so" - added the lady about to touch the doorknob, till his voice echoed in the room.

"No! I-I'm sorry Miss Nity, I didn't mean to.. no, please don't make me..." - he mourned with regret of the words that he said to her; he didn't want to be a grown up kid yet, but also didn't want to be treated like a little kid either, not when it gave him so many memories.

The queen turned her back and rested against the wall to look at the child, feeling confused and stressed about the situation since it wasn't the first time that things like this happened between them. Everything that she ever wanted since he put his feet in the castle was just to get closer to him, give him everything that he wanted and needed, but it hurt her inside to hear him reject her that way. "Albus, I really try to be nice to you, but I'm just... exhausted, and I need to sleep too..." - she said with a tired looking face followed by a sigh "If you don't want to go to sleep, if you can't even do what I tell you, a really easy task such as putting on your pajamas and brushing your teeth, just that... then who is supposed to make you do it? that's me, Albus, I am in charge of you now... what am I doing wrong? just tell me..."

A silent and uncomfortable environment grew in the room; Eternity had to keep her patience above all with Albus, she knew that sometimes it was difficult to get explanations from him, but she wouldn't leave the room till she could hear his voice again, expecting an answer for the question that she threw in the air hoping that his little head would receive it and think about it with all honesty.

"It's just.. i-it's just that... she used to do that..."

Now everything made sense. In the end, it wasn't that hard to think about that single reason, but maybe Eternity wanted to just hear it from him and make sure that it was true. Her tender face showed up again, and walking towards the bed she sat down next to him, and gently passed her thumbs on his cheeks to dry the tears that had fallen before. "You want to know a secret? I miss my mom too..."

The child looked up at her in wonder of her confession, letting out a light hic along with a slightly broken voice. "Really?..." He asked, feeling quite intriged and impressed that an adult could say so. Being a child like him meant to be under the wing of a mother, protected and loved, but being an adult meant to finally mature, and live a life alone too, an adult couldn't look back or want kisses and hugs from their parents, or at least that's what he had understood.

"Yes, and you don't know how many times I wish that I could go back in time to just lie down on her lap and feel how she caresses my hair; somedays I miss the memory of her kisses, of her embrace, of her warmth... but when I realized that I grew up into an adult and she wasn't there anymore, I thought that it was too late to have my mom back, or another one that could give me what I needed: love." Her pale and cold hands then reached for his to hold, and she was aware that she couldn't give him a warm vibe, but her only intention was to let him know that she was there. "I know that I will never be able to erase the memory of your mother, Albus, and I wouldn't dare to do that, but please know... from this very moment, that all that I want to do, is to give you a second chance... to have someone, because I'm here for you, and I will do anything that your heart desires so you can be happy..."

Albus was silent as he looked down at their hands, he noticed that they were both pale and that gave him a feel of familiarity inside his little heart, and after a moment he raised his chin, showing a doubtful frown that was very peculiar from him. "Could you... stay with me tonight then? I'm not a grown up yet..."

She giggled and leaned over him, planting a kiss on his forehead and stroking his left shoulder giving him a side hug.
"Of course, little sweetheart~"

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Eternity & Albus c) Me

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MissIp's avatar
this gives me the warm fuzzies :twitterpated: