[Closed] Day(care) Dreamers

[knightime]

Your name is Dave Strider. Usually you'd start this by saying how cool you are, but that's not actually true. You aren't actually all that cool nor do you actually care. You're old enough to have graduated college but you never went. You just can't really do this people thing, which is why it's so surprising as to how you got your job. You're a daycare worker at some place in the richer area of the city. Kids love you. You have no idea why. It's really weird, but you're not going to try and make a big deal out of it. You get paid well after all. Even though it's your main income, you actually do fairly well with your website. You DJ and you release original music on it and it makes pretty good money. Enough that if you ever lost your job, it would still support you.

You kind of grew up as this really tall, skinny shit. It's your damn metabolism and the only reason you aren't as skinny as you are is because your Bro made sure of it and you actually work out when you have time. That doesn't help with you being paler than any Twilight vampire and being assaulted by freckles. Also your hair kind of freaks people out or everyone thinks you dye it or something. Whatever.

It so happens that you're waiting for the last kid to get picked up. You're still trying to figure out how on Earth Rose somehow became a mom, but whatever. Apparently someone else is picking the kid up today and he's waiting for that person to do so. Seriously, it would be nice if they weren't so late.

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[longwinded]

Tell Lily that Uncle John said goodnight. I will rest Rose, no need to worry.

[John closes his laptop, that night would be spent thinking and thinking until he finally gets the notion to just text Dave around 4 in the morning.]

Dave. Are you awake? It's probably a dumb question- when aren't you awake?

[knightime]

john what the fuck
i have to watch kids in the next three hours
why in the seven fucking seas are you texting me now?
who even texts someone at four in the goddamn morning

[longwinded]

I don't fucking know.
I've had like maybe forty five minutes of sleep, maybe is the key word.
I thought you would be the best person to text.

What are you even doing up? Did i wake you?

[knightime]

i dont really sleep well
thats all

[He doesn't really like sleeping. It doesn't usually end well. But he isn't going to admit he still can't handle a fucking nightmare to save his life. Even if those nightmares are just things he had to deal with growing up haunting him while he slept. Because life would be enough of a dick to make even sleeping a living hell.]

[longwinded]

I understand, sorta.
You sure you're gonna last all day with children?


[They will share that one day. But for tonight, they could just talk until either of them gave out.]

I've been thinking too much.

[knightime]

yea
theyre angels to me when im feeling lousy
for some reason

[There's a lot of reasons why Dave never talks about his family life.]

stop thinking and go to sleep
jesus dicks john

[longwinded]

They love you of course, haha.
Kids have a way of understanding how you feel at that age I guess.

[He types a lot of things, and erases them.]

It's hard to stop thinking.
Sleeping is a lost cause.

[knightime]

theyre little devils
lets be honest

so is there a reason why you contacted me specifically or am i just special?

[longwinded]

oh, you know you love them.


You're the only person I knew for sure would be awake.
So I guess you're a special case.

[knightime]

kids are the worst

weve barely spoken again and you already know my sleeping schedule
im starting to wonder if youve just been stalking me all my life

[longwinded]

You forget I talk to Rose.
I was supposed to get sleep.
But that shit just isn't happening.

I don't count that as stalking though.

[knightime]

is rose talking about me
motherfuck
i told her to cut that out
everything she says about me is a lie

[longwinded]

She wasn't wrong about your sleeping schedule.
Dude, it's not like that.
I was too afraid to ask you, so I asked her.

[knightime]

i was trying to sleep
guess whos keeping me up
and despite rumors about me
i dont actually bite
you havent done anything to merit pissing me off and receiving a punch to the dick

[longwinded]

Trying and doing are two different things Dave!
Sorry about that.

I'm glad to hear that. Because I actually wanted to ask if I was still allowed over.

[knightime]

it would have woken me up anyways
im pretty much the lightest sleeper jackass

i thought we were friends again?
hanging out is usually an activity friends do

[longwinded]

You are a special snowflake, dude.

Yeah of course we are!
that's what I said!
Oh jesus, never mind me.
Do you mind if I come over after I drop Lily off later?

[knightime]

i know i am
i feel like one everytime i step outside
shits cold

i guess why not
i dont have anything planned other than work

[longwinded]

I like you just the way you are.
Makes me feel awesome to know you.

Good.
I'll around when I pick her up.
Want me to come back to the center when I have her home, or go straight to your house?

[knightime]

missing the entire point of what i just said

my place
i like to actually get food after work
and i dont want to keep waiting for your sorry ass at the daycare center

[longwinded]

Sorry, I'll decipher that later.

Alright, alright. I'll take her home and meet you at your place.

[knightime]

awesome
now go to sleep
jesus christ

[longwinded]

Right, sorry.
Goodnight Dave.

[John would sleep till about one in the afternoon, and leisure around the house until about 3:30. Which is when he would normally get off work if he weren't running late. He assumes the parents at the daycare are already picking up their children. So he decides to go at about four o' clock. Everything is going to totally smooth today- HE IS SO ON TIME!]

Hi Dave, hello Lily. [He knows where they are, sitting right at the front desk like usual. Those adorable human beings.]

[knightime]

Just sign here. [Dave stifles a yawn. His hair is tied up in pigtails today! Courtesy of all the little girls who decided that he needed a new hairdo and him being too tired to take them out.

Lily holds out her arms to John, a big grin on her face. She is also sporting pigtails, although she probably looks a lot better than Dave with pigtails.]

[longwinded]

[He signs his name, and then picks up Lily. Putting her right on his hip.] Hey girly, I'm glad to see you too.

[He turns back to Dave and just smiles.] I love the look Dave. The girls really did a good job on your hair.