Ercilia walks over to the bed, leans down, and gives Meir a kiss on the forehead.
Without realizing it, she ends up doing it to Drystan too. Ercilia steps back, caught off guard by what she did.
'W-What am I doing?! H-He's sleeping! Why did I do that?!'
To her surprise, he was awake, and he felt it. She stifles a squeak, thrown into a panic. Before she can run out of there and hide, though, he suddenly grabs her arm and kisses her on the cheek.
Both of them stay like that for several seconds. When they split apart, he smiles up at her.
"Welcome back. Bet you're tired," he said, motioning for her take the side of the bed next to their nephew, to which she sighed and nodded.
Ercilia lies down on the bed next to Meir. Drystan scoots closer.
"I love you, Lia," said a sleepy Drystan.
"I love you too, Dan," replied Ercilia.
For the rest of that night, the three of them remain in that position, cuddling one another.
