Callisto had blinked open his eyes in the middle of the night, awoken by the sound of the front door closing. He spotted Lily slipping outside and furrowed his eyebrows, leaning up from where he was sleeping to listen out for where she was going. Except, she didn’t go far at all. She had stopped just outside the door. He didn’t dare go and question her, frankly the more he saw her the more he was wary of her sharp tongue that seemed to only be directed at him.

Lily had not slept, it hadn’t come no matter how many times she had tried through out the night. It was closer to dawn than it was night by the time she had decided to get some fresh air. Which had turned into hours of sitting on the step outside and staring at the sky. Not exactly what she had planned, but it was pleasant.

Only once the sun had began to creep through the sky again and her stargazing had been interrupted, did Lily stand back up. Her body felt heavy and her shoulders slumped, turning to open the door and step inside. Her eyes blinked wider in surprise as she saw Finn in the kitchen, she was half way through the door when she paused upon seeing him. How had she not heard him go into the kitchen?

Callisto was already awake and looked over at the door as it opened, Lily slinked her way into the room like a stray cat returning from a night of wandering. He didn’t say anything yet, but she didn’t look like she had slept a moment.

Quietly, Lily tried to sit down at the table and pretend that she wasn’t as tired as she truly was.

Lily peeked up, glancing at the plates that Finn had dished out onto the table. Food she could appreciate, she straightened her spine and tried to look like she was awake and functioning.

“I slept quite well.” Callisto stretched his arms out in front in him a small grunt before lifting himself up from the couch and making his way over towards the table. “But you two look dreadful.” He quipped, flicking a hand between the two of them. “Did you actively try not to sleep? Why were you loitering outside all night?” He turned to Lily and raised an eyebrow, to which the woman simply let out a small grumble.

“It wasn’t all night.” Lily retorted as she gratefully began to eat what Finn had prepared, keeping her head ducked a little to avoid her disheveled appearance from being too obvious. It hadn’t even helped clear her mind, in fact she felt more overwhelmed now than when the night had started.

Callisto scrunched up his nose a little. “You pair had no problems falling asleep in that godforsaken hotel, would it not be easier to sleep here?” He pondered, looking between the two before he began to dig into his own plate.

Lily narrowed her eyes slightly at his words. It had been strangely easy to fall asleep despite the impending presence of Veles, but perhaps it was the lack of memories that had allowed her to not care as much in there. Out here, she had all her memories and the knowledge that Veles existed and would soon be trying to kill them. That mades sleep much harder to achieve in her opinion.

"You were practically sleeping at every chance you got, even if you had nightmares it-" He paused and looked between the two of them again and gave a small huff of air. "Well, you were together." He finished bluntly.

Callisto cocked his head to one side. “The fact that Xevon and I were there was enough to make you sleep like newborns?” His question was rhetorical, eyes rolling over to look at Lily who was sitting before her empty plate. Her eyes said shut up. With a small shrug, he sliced into his eggs as Finn began to sizzle his own.

“I think the impending pressure of a death god that we are willingly going back to, to save your /friend/, has both of us a tad bit anxious.” Her comment was direct as she stepped up from her chair, plate in hand. Callisto mumbled something in response, but he was chewing and the words were unidentifiable.

She slipped behind Finn, grazing a wing as she made for the sink and flicked the tap on. “Thank you for breakfast.” Lily attempted as she began to scrub at the plate, glancing towards Finn. For some unknown reason he was chowing down standing at the counter, he was an interesting individual.

Moving to place the plate into the dishwasher, Lily popped back up and looked over at Finn a little closer. Well, he looked tired but he was almost as red as his feathers. Her eyebrows raised and she tilted her head to try and catch his eyes. “Are you..alright over there?” She placed a hand on the counter to try and lean closer to him.

Callisto perked up, eyes scanning over the pair of them. Mouth still full with food, he watched happily at the interaction that was playing out. Despite disliking being taunted for his own love life issues and drawbacks, he did quite enjoy watching others squirm.

Lily’s lips split into a small smile, a ghost of a laugh coming from her as she watched his eyes dart up and down over and over.

“Right..” She trailed off, looking over her own shoulder towards Callisto who looked like a naughty kid that had been caught. Callisto’s amused expression was zapped into surprise, his fork met his plate and he cleared his throat rather dramatically. He tensed up his shoulders and abandoned his plate at the glance and went wandering down towards the hallway.

“I suppose I shall see what this shower business is.” He mused to himself as he made his way along the hallway, foot falls heavy. Lily watched him go and after a moment she looked back to Finn with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

“I hope he burns himself with the hot water.” Lily leaned back towards the sink, tapping her fingers on the metal rhythmically. She stood there, almost awkwardly looking around the room for a good minute before she piped up again. A quick glance at the hallway was enough information to assure her that Callisto wasn’t about to pop back out.

“Is that really why you couldn’t sleep either?” Her question came slowly and quietly, her eyes making their way back to his hunched form. It looked like she had cornered him in the kitchen with a knife or some other weapon from the way he had huddled himself up.

She blinked a couple times as his initial answer, well she hadn’t expected the answer to be no. Her head tilted to the side as she listened to him, focusing her attention on him and not the irritating sounds Callisto was making in the bathroom despite all the doors in between them.

Lily offered a reassuring smile and shook her head with a gentle laugh. “I wouldn’t make fun of you, Finn.” Her words were kept light despite the tiredness that pulled on her body like a lead weight. She waited patiently, a soft smile still on her lips. Until he actually spoke that was, her eyebrows bunched up together slightly. A small bit of confusion washed over her. It wasn’t as though he was alone, alone. The home had four people in it, he shouldn’t feel alone with all of them here. In the hotel, they hadn’t been alone, sure they’d been in…ah they had been in the same room.

The beginnings of a small blush began on the bridge of her nose and her eyebrows relaxed in realisation. “O-Oh.” Was all she managed at first. Lily tore her eyes away from him and peered down at the floor where her bare feet shuffled a little. She wasn’t going to let him sit there looking like that, she’d give him something in return.

“I..I get scared that when I go places without you or I can’t see you,” Her voice was quiet and she kept her eyes trained on the kitchen floor, leaning her weight back onto the counter at her hips and bringing her hands in front of herself. Fingers fiddling as she continued. “That you’ll be gone.” Lily finished hesitantly, giving the smallest side-long glance back up towards Finn. The beginnings of colour had taken dominance across her face by now, she told herself it was embarrassment from admitting something so silly, but it wasn’t.