Love Syndrome (Day/Itt) - Book 2 (Authorized English Translation)

Chapter 12

"Hurry up," Itt said again before laying back down to wait for Day. A half hour passed. Itt still couldn't sleep. He sat up and looked at Day's back with a sleepy expression. Day rarely ever sleeps.

"Day," Itt called his lover in a pitiful voice.

"Hmm... what's wrong?" Day responded, but he didn't turn to look at Itt.

"I'm sleepy," Itt said back.

"I told you to go to sleep first. If you're sleepy, you don't have to wait up for me," Day said. His eyes were still on the documents before him.

"I can't sleep now," Itt said again.

"You're sleepy, but you can't sleep? Or can you not sleep alone?" Day asked with a light chuckle, but he still didn't turn to look at Itt.

Itt starts to pout. His eyes begin to tremble as he grabs his pillow, crawls down from the bed, and sits on the floor behind Day. When Day realized Itt had sat down on the floor behind him, he didn't say anything. Itt looked at Day's back before moving closer. He sat and leaned his head against Day's back.

"Day... come to bed... I'm sleepy... If you don't sleep with me and hug me, I can't sleep," Itt said, placing his chin on Day's shoulder. Day froze a bit when he felt Itt's weight leaning against his back. He smiled slightly. After a while, he could feel and hear Itt snoring softly. Day sighed.

"...if you keep begging me like this too often, how am I going to get anything done?" Day muttered to himself before slowly turning towards Itt. He held his head to prevent him from falling over.

"I really need to get some sleep," Day said to himself.

"Itt... please... go to bed, now... I'm going to sleep too," Day shook Itt lightly to wake him. Itt's eyes widened slightly.

"Will you come to sleep with me?" Itt asked quietly.

"I'm going to sleep. Get up," Day told him again. Itt hugged his pillow and crawled back in bed again. Day turned his computer off. He turned the bedroom light and lamp off. Then, he crawled in bed to sleep next to Itt. The small figure immediately moved towards Day. Day hugged his lover close. Itt fell into a deep sleep-in now time. Day smiled widely at the person in his embrace. He kissed Itt softly on the forehead.

"Good night," Day said before slowly closing his eyes. He soon fell asleep after Itt.

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"I'm hungry. What are we doing for breakfast this morning?" Itt asked as he ran down the stairs with Day following behind him. After waking up the next morning, they showered and changed clothes.

"If you keep running down the stairs, like that, you're going to fall," Itt's mother scolded his son. She didn't take him too seriously, though.

"Mom, Day hasn't complained at me for doing it yet. See?" Itt said back with a smile.

"Why would I complain? You'll learn, once you get hurt, that you shouldn't run downstairs," Day said flatly, causing Itt's smile to turn into a frown. His mother started laughing.

"Hehe, sit down and wait. Your favorite shrimp porridge has already been made by me," Itt's mother said.

"I'll scoop it for you," Day went to help Itt's mother.

"Perfect! I'll go and find Papa," Itt's mother handed the ladle to Day before walking out to call her husband to have breakfast with the family.

"Itt," Day called out his lover's name. Itt was sitting at the table, reading a newspaper.

"Hmm," Itt answered. His eyes were fixated on the newspaper the whole time.

"Come here and grab a bowl. If you want to eat, we must help each other. You shouldn't just sit and wait to be served like a young child," Day said in a slightly fierce tone.