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Sodapop lies awake in his bed. He has been having trouble sleeping lately, but he didn’t want to tell anyone. Ponyboy is peacefully sleeping right next to him for once.
Sodapop didn’t just want to lie there for another night in a row until either the sun raised or he fell asleep for a few minutes. He wanted to do something productive this time.
Taking his hands off from Ponyboy’s torso, Sodapop sat up and took a moment to make sure Ponyboy was going to stay asleep. Once Sodapop was sure Ponyboy would stay asleep he got out of bed and stretched.
Sodapop sighed and quietly walked to the door before being stopped by Ponyboy speaking, “Where are ya going..?” Ponyboy yawned and sat up. Sodapop cursed mentally and smiled softly at Ponyboy.
“Just needed something to do something, go back to sleep baby.” Sodapop kept his voice low so as to not wake up Darry, hoping it would also not make Ponyboy wake up more than he already has.
Ponyboy looks at Sodapop with suspicion. Sodapop didn’t know this, but Ponyboy already knew he was having trouble sleeping lately. The eye bags on Sodapop’s face were just one of the most prominent reasons among the few others.
Ponyboy sighed and stood up with another yawn. “What are you doing?” Sodapop asked as he was very confused, not wanting to keep Ponyboy up from the little sleep he got with all those nightmares.
“If you’re staying up, I’m staying up.” Ponyboy replied. Ponyboy may like his sleep, but he wasn’t about to let his brother stay up by himself just because he couldn’t sleep. Ponyboy knows that Sodapop has done the same for him.
“Pony, no, you don’t gotta stay up just cause I can’t sleep.” Sodapop tried to reason with Ponyboy. Ponyboy just rolled and rubbed his eyes before leaving the room and gently grabbing Sodapop’s hand to lead him out and into the living room.
Ponyboy set Sodapop on the couch, “Stay; I’ll be right back.” Ponyboy left the room and went to go find some board games while Sodapop waited for him on the couch. Ponyboy made sure to be quiet as he picked out the board games as to not wake up Darry. Lord knows he needs the sleep the most out of the three of them.
Soon enough Ponyboy came back with a few board games in his hand. Sitting on the couch next to Sodapop, Ponyboy sets the board games down the coffee table and smiles sleepily at Sodapop.
“So, what do ya wanna play?” Ponyboy asked as he shifted through the three board games he grabbed. In the pile was The Game of Life, Monopoly, and Operation. (This is before Monopoly was banned in the Curtis household. And I have no idea what games existed back then, I just searched Google for what games existed and I have no idea how accurate it is-)
Sodapop grabbed The Game of Life and smirked at Ponyboy. “I bet you I’ll win?” Sodapop said.
Ponyboy grinned back at him, “You're on.”
Time skipppp. After playing for a few times :3
Ponyboy was putting away the board games as Sodapop yawned. By now it was 4am, and they had started playing around 2am. Winning almost all the games they played made Sodapop tired. (And make Ponyboy salty, but he don’t matter rn.)
Ponyboy sat back down on the couch and leaned his head against Sodapop’s shoulder. Sodapop sighed, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up..” His apology didn’t seem to fit in the sweet moment. He was apologizing for something that had happened much earlier as he finally realized what he did.
Ponyboy chuckles sleepily, “Soda, I would not have stayed up with you if I cared you accidentally woke me up.” Sodapop smiled and rested his head on top of Ponyboy’s.
And that was how Darry found them a few hours later, cuddled up on the couch. Darry had assumed Sodapop hadn’t been sleeping well because of his eyebags, which were now mostly gone.
Darry smiled and walked up to the both of them. Darry gave each of their foreheads a kiss before grabbing the board games on the coffee table and putting them back into a closet.