[Emeritus's POV]

"Now tell daddy whats wrong?" I said.

I waited for my little one to speak to me when all of a sudden he just burst into tiny fits of giggles before letting himself laugh loudly. What did I say? I sat there confused watching him laugh while clutching his Unicorn to his chest.  

I noticed the way his eyes squinted and tears threatened to fall from his clear baby blues. He used one hand to clutch his tummy and the other to clutch at the unicorn.

Still perplexed by his outburst, I decided to ask him what was he laughing at?

"Child, what are you laughing at?" I asked him amused as I saw Omega try to compose himself. 

"N-not-thing Papa" he replied letting another small fit of giggles slip. "Its just that y-you should n-never ever tell one of us t-to c-call you da-daddy." Omega finished his explanation letting another set of dare I say, contagious giggles.

"But why? I'm confused, isn't that a term you young ones use?" I asked him

Omega finally settled down from his laughing fit and coughed nervously. He lifted his plush toy to his face and murmured something that sounded like "ifs or row lay oh ink". 

"Wait what? now I am more confused" I said. "Please put the flamingo horse down and repeat what you just told me." I instructed him.

"She's not a 'flamingo horse' she's a UNICORN and she has feeling and a name." Omega pouted. 

"I said" he fidgeted nervously "It's a term used for role play or a kink". 

I noticed the pink tinting his cheeks and let out my own chuckle.

"Oh my, well haha", I chuckled again. Then I had a sudden realization. 

"I only thought that it was an acceptable term to use because I...I heard little Earth...he... oh sweet Satan he called Air 'Daddy'!!" I whisper yelled. I could see the amusement in Omegas eyes as my eyes widened to my realization. 

"Well we all figured that Terra and Birdy had a thing, I never took my little bean to be into that type of kink." Omega giggled a little.

We both sat comfortably in silence for a little while and my little ghoul was the first to break the silence. 

"I should head back to my room, you must be tiered. I'll let you rest now." He softly spoke.

"Oh my child I'm quite fine actually. You still haven't told me what's wrong. Why are you up and roaming the halls at such a late hour?" I asked him.

[Omega's POV]

"I had a nightmare." I softly responded. "Well it was more of a flashback of my first mortal life. I guess my guard was left down after telling you about my cage so the memory crept back to haunt my sleep. I-it's the reason I never open up to anyone." I stuttered a little at the end.

I felt Emeritus kneel in front of me and looked up to meet his gaze.

"Oh my child, I'm so sorry for making you speak to me of your past. If I ha-"

I stopped Emi from speaking further. My actions when so unnoticed to myself that I was more scared of the consequences of having physically stopped Emi than for actually silencing him. 

I slowly took my finger back from Emi's lips and began to stammer out my apology. This time Papa stopped me.

"I'll tell you what little one, if and when you have another nightmare or flashback, come talk to me. Sometimes those images come back to haunt our present and future because they have been suppressed for so long. Talking about them might help you ok." He spoke softly laying a hand on my cheek.

I rubbed my cheek and purred against Papa's hand to acknowledge his request. Papa let out a small squeal at my actions and I heard him mumble a quiet "as cute as a kitten, as pink as a flower hehe" and I blushed a deeper shade. 

"Ok my little Flora, time for bed. Run along now." Papa said as he stood up and help a hand out for me to take.  

"F-flora?" I questioned quietly.

Emi chuckled, "It means flower, flowers are shy and only open up when they are ready but only for a few, kind of like you. Also when you blush, its a pretty rosey colour child." 

He put a hand against my cheek and I was drawn immediately to the warmness radiating from his palm. I snuggled up to his hand and embarrassingly enough let out a content purr.

I quickly pulled away and gave a nervous chuckle of my own. "Oops, sorry Papa, I guess that means its time for sleep." 

Papa nodded and walked me to his door. "Sleep tight my little Flora."

"You too Emi." I hesitated for a second but then decided that it would be ok and quickly lead up and gave Papa a tiny kiss on the cheek. I hugged Cora tighter to my chest and quickly made my way out of his room.

[TIME SKIP: 2HRS LATER]

I had been laying down for 2 hours without being ably to sleep. I had counted sheep, hidden under my covers, switched pillow sides, told Cora a story and still I could not sleep.

I tossed and turned and finally gave up with a sigh. I sat up and pulled my covers off of me. I gently laid Cora in the middle of my bed with his little Unicorn head propped on my pillow and covered him up. I know, I'm a little sappy but I believe he has feelings too. 

"Goodnight Cora, I won't keep you up any longer, you need your rainbow sleep. I'll see you in the morning, well more like in a few hours." Slowly I made my way out of my room and down the hall.

I stopped in front of Emi's room and stood there quietly. I couldn't hear anything from inside. Hesitantly, I lifted my hand and turned the door knob slowly as to not make any noise. I peeked my head in and surveyed the room. It was very dark so it was hard to see much but once my eyes adjusted to the lack of light, I noticed Papa on his bed.

He laid shirtless , on his tummy, sprawled out like a starfish., and his hair poking in all directions.

I had to suppress a giggle at the sight I had in front of me. 

I made my way into the room and shut the door quietly behind me. I took a small step and the floor board under me squeaked. I stood frozen in place and held my breath as I noticed Papa stir. He rolled onto his side but didn't wake up.

I let out a sigh of relief and took another small tentative step making sure not to step on the squeaky board again.

 I finally reached the foot of Emi's bed and slowly crawled on. Once My head touched the pillow next to Papa's head, I let out a content sigh and snuggled further into the warmness surrounding me. I pulled the comforter over me and closed my eyes, a small smile playing at my lips.

[Emeritus's POV]

I had been awake the whole time. My little ghoul thought he could be sneaky around me and that amused me.

I let him settle in and get comfortable. Slowly I moved closer to him and snaked my arms around his waist and brought him closer to me. 

He let out an adorable little yelp at my actions, but soon he began to coo at my sleep cuddles.

"Awe he's a cuddler" he said softly while he poked my cheek with his finger.

I let my laughter rubble through not being able to hold it in any longer. "Actually I'm awake little one" I whispered to him.

I felt his had freeze on my face and his body tense in my arms. "I-i'm sorry Papa, I just- I just couldn't sleep." he stuttered out.

I hummed in acknowledgment. "I's alright Flora, go to sleep I'm not mad. If ever you can't sleep you can always come to me. I'll chase the monsters away from you little one."

Omega stared at me with his  big baby blues and whispered, "pinky promise?" and held out his pinky.

"Yes, pinky promise" I wrapped my pinky around his. 

"Thank you Emi" he whispered as he snuggled closer to me and stuck his head in the crook of my neck. 

I heard his breath even out and small quiet little snores fall from him. I kissed the top of his head and closed my eyes.

I fell asleep with the last thought running through my mind being, what have you done to me my little Omega?