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"Are we almost there?"
Ranboo sighed fondly, glancing back to where Tommy was dragging behind. "You just asked that two minutes ago, toms. The answer hasn't changed"
Tommy huffed, a yawn overtaking it. He rubbed his eyes tiredly as he trudged along.
"Well how was I supposed to fucken' know that if I don't ask?"
The older ignored the rhetorical question and eyed the boys slowly fluttering eyelids, looking awfully exhausted even through the glare sent his way.
He softened. "Are you getting tired? We can take a break if you want" He offered gently. Coaxing.
Tommy caught up slightly as Ranboo slowed his steps, blue eyes half-lidded. "No, I just wanna get back to the hotel and sleep for three— no, -four days" He glowered, looking thoroughly disgruntled. "Besides, it's not my fault you have such long-ass legs"
Ranboo snorted, too fond to even pretend to be annoyed at the jab.
"You know we still have, like, another thirty-minutes to go before we reach the parking lot, right? It's alright if you need a break"
Tommy bristled, somehow managing to look surprised and uncaring at once. Ranboo had to give it to him, this kid had talent. "Why the fuck didn't we just drive?" Tommy grumbled miserably.
Ranboo rolled his eyes, "We don't have our licences, dumbass," he muttered affectionately before pausing, "well, at least not in this country"
Tommy laughed a bit, Ranboo smiled at the sound. The conversation lulled comfortably, before Ranboo caught the younger yawning and falling behind for the umpteenth time in ten minutes, and sighed dramatically.
Tommy glanced at him, brows raised in an unimpressed expression. Ranboo only huffed and walked in front of him, stopping and kneeling down while facing away from the younger boy.
Tommy blinked, "What the fuck are you doing?"
"Shut up and get on my back, idiot"
"You... want to give me a piggyback ride?"
Ranboo glowered, turning just enough to where Tommy could see his glare. "You're tired and I'm tired of listening to you complain, so it's either this or I carry you kidnapper-style"
Tommy huffed amusedly, but chambered onto the older boy's back without complaint. Ranboo hooked his arms around Tommy's knees so he wouldn't fall, and stood, laughing when the blond yelped.
The younger wrapped his arms around Ranboo's neck tightly, he rested his head in between Ranboo's shoulder blades and pressed his nose into the back of the olders neck.
Tommy sighed. "'M tired"
Ranboo rolled his eyes, holding Tommy's legs a little tighter as they walked by a sketchy-looking gas station. "I can tell, birdie"
Tommy huffed and Ranboo felt it on his neck, he smiled fondly.
As they neared the hotel, Tommy's eye's slipped shut with the soothing motions of Ranboo's careful steps. Ranboo outright laughed as Tommy buried his soft snores into the collar of Ranboo's shirt. Simply too fond to do anything else.
By the time the older walked through the hotel doors, Tommy was limp against his back; dead-weight with his arms loosely wrapped around Ranboo's neck.
Ranboo pointedly ignored the weird looks sent his way by hotel staff, and other customers alike, as he waltzed into the elevator with an air of smug fondness radiating off of him.
Yeah, that's right, Becky, that adorable little shit is his. Back off.
He carefully stepped off the elevator as they reached their floor, unlocking the door to their room with the shiny, green key-card, and shuffled through.
Tommy wriggled around in his sleep a bit, making a noise that sounded a lot like a sleepy cat. Ranboo didn't bother hiding his endeared grin, simply rolling his eyes fondly and walking over to the bed.
"Toms," Ranboo whispered, shaking Tommy's legs a bit as he struggled to get the younger off him and onto the mattress, "come on, Tom, you gotta let go"
Tommy grumbled something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like a 'no' and curled up tighter, squishing his face further info Ranboo's shoulder blades.
Ranboo only gave a huff, before leaping onto the huge bed, making Tommy yelp and flail around before smacking Ranboo in the arm in retaliation.
The older boy only chuckled fondly at the weak hit, settling comfortably back onto the duvet and pulling the blond to his chest.
Tommy gave in quickly, he could never resist a good cuddle, especially when he was sleepy. Ranboo held in a coo as Tommy snuggled into his chest, burrowing his face back into the collar of the tallers shirt.
Running his hand through unruly, golden curls, Ranboo sighed contentedly, looking down lovingly at the boy nestled into his torso.
"Guess I'm staying here tonight," he muttered, like he had any plans of leaving in the first place. "Whatever, 'guess it's not so bad"
Tommy scowled sleepily into his shirt. "Fuck you" he hissed.
Ranboo grinned. "My little dumbass," he cooed, making the blond's scowl deepen and his cheeks flush. "My adorable little shit. My annoying, obnoxious little brother I love so much"
"I hate you so fucking much—"
"No you don't!" Ranboo chirped happily, squeezing the boy tighter against him. "You love me so much! Almost as much as I love you!"
Tommy lifted his face for the sole purpose of glaring up at Ranboo with bleary eyes. "What kind of shit competition do you think this is?"
Ranboo hummed, running a hand through Tommy's hair again and guiding his head back down to his collarbone. "The kind where I win"
Tommy simply yawned, flipping him off and pointedly ignoring the amused huff the action caused.
He felt his resolve crack however, when he felt Ranboo gently grab his hand in his own free one. He grumbled a bit, pretending to be annoyed at the softness and care he was being treated with.
He blushed anew as Ranboo pulled their conjoined hands up to his lips, pressing a soft kiss to Tommy's knuckles, grinning when he caught sight of the pleased flush on the younger teens face.
"Get some sleep, love," the older murmured softly, pressing another kiss to Tommy's forehead before closing his own eyes and letting his head hit the pillows. "I know you're wore out from today. You need your beauty sleep"
Tommy obediently closed his eyes even as he complained, "How dare you, I'm always beautiful, asshole. Beauty sleep needs me –not the other way around"
Ranboo huffed a laugh. "Right, how could I forget? My apologies, little prince, I should have known better.
The blond gave a firm nod, starting to doze off. "That's right. Don't make that mistake again"
"Sure thing, sleeping beauty"
The weak slap in the arm he got in return was worth the fond, sleepy grin on Tommy's face as he drifted off.