_Lavalee Flamelinne Hanazono's Point of View_
My debut party lasted until past one am and then their parents decided to sleep, while they decided to stay up until 5 AM.
"Are you sure you won't sleep yet?" imo and Aunt Arizza asked us
"We'll be fine, Mathair, Aunt Abby," Ares said
"How about you, kids?" they asked the younger ones who are seated at a table playing rock, paper, scissors.
"Don't worry, imo, aunt Arizza, I'll tuck the kids to bed," I assured them
"Okay, goodnight then. Happy birthday again, Lavalee," they said and went inside the Hanazono Mansion.
"Happy birthday again, Lavalee," Alexa greeted me and hugged my shoulder
"We have to go ahead, Lavalee," Chris said, and beside him are Rossette, Harry, and Alexa.
"Thanks for attending, Vero, Ross, Harry," I said and Ross kissed my cheek while Alexa, Chris, and Harry bumped their fists with mine
"Are you sure you won't wait 'til morning?" I asked them and they shook their heads
"Our flight's in two hours," Harry said
"Alright then, have a safe trip," I told them
"See you again next time, Lav," Ross said and I ordered a butler to escort them to their vehicles.
"Fuego, Freia, Icey, Autumn, time to sleep. You too, Kent, JC," I said and their shoulders fell
"It's still early, ate Lav," JC said
"It's already early in the morning," I corrected and tapped their shoulders
"Warren, Charlie, Alexander, Rienne, Astrid, Zia, aren't you sleepy yet?" I asked the younger ones
"I'm n-not yet sleepy, ate Lav." Warren said and I raised my brow at him when he yawned in between saying 'not'
"Come, you're already sleepy," I said and they all stood up
"We'll just drink here," Jester said
"How about you, girls?" I asked Irene, Jess, Chelsea, and Enyalius
"We're good, we're having a girls' talk," Enyalius answered so I shrugged my shoulder
"Dreice," I called Jace and he looked at me.
I pointed at the little boys who are already drowsy and he understood what I mean.
"Later, man," Jace said and tapped Icarus on his shoulders
Their flights are scheduled in the afternoon so they were allowed to stay up late.
"Are you boys planning to share one room?" I asked the six drowsy boys.
Warren and Charlie kept on yawning while JC, Kent, and Alexander's eyes are closing but they were forcing themselves to stay awake while Fuego is starting to get sleepy.
"Yeah," they said while nodding
"How about you, girls?" I asked the six little girls
"We'll just share a room, ate Lav," Autumn answered since she's the only one who's not sleepy yet
"Okay then," I said and led them to two group guestrooms
"This will be for the boys," I said and pointed at the room on the left
"This will be for the girls," I said and pointed at the room on the right
"Go inside, Autumn, Icey, Fuego, you know where the spare pajamas are, right?" I asked and they nodded
"Good, now go and wash yourselves then change your clothes," I said and they went inside their respective rooms in a line since almost all of them are only half-awake
"Dreice, go with the boys, please? Make sure they had washed and changed their clothes before sleeping." I said and he nodded before entering the room.
I entered the room for the girls and saw them sitting on the bed so I gently pulled them up and brought them to the bathroom.
"Here are your pajamas," Autumn said and they began distributing the pj's.
"Autumn," I called her and she looked at me
"Why, a-te Lav?" she asked
"Make sure they had already washed and changed before sleeping, I'll just change in my room, okay?" I said and she nodded
I went out of the room and went to my room on the third floor of the mansion, the group guestroom is on the second floor, and all the guestrooms are on the first and second floor of the mansion while the third floor is exclusive to the Hanazonos.
I took a bath and removed my makeup, I washed my hair and then changed into my silk sleepwear since the party was already over. It's a pair of black long-sleeved silk buttoned top and pajamas.
I went inside one of the guestrooms in the west wing on my way back to the group guestrooms on the east wing of the mansion, I took a spare medium and large sleepwear for Jace.
All the pajamas are washed every two weeks and each guestroom has two sleepwear of all sizes for girls and boys.
I knocked on the room on the left and Jace opened it, I handed him the pajamas.
"Whichever fits, you can just put the one you won't use on the wardrobe," I said
"Okay, thanks," He said
"How are they?" I asked him and he opened the door widely.
I went in and saw that JC is sleeping beside Kent, Warren is sleeping beside Charlie while Alexander is still awake same with Fuego who still hasn't changed.
"Why are you still wearing that, Fuego?" I asked him and he stood up and walked toward me.
He hugged my waist when he got close.
"I want my room, Flame-chan." He mumbled and I chuckled
"I'll bring my little brother to his room," I said and brought Fuego out of the room.
I rode the elevator and assisted Fuego until we reached his room.
"Go wash and get changed," I said and ruffled his hair
"Night, Flame," he said and hugged me
"Good night, Fuego," I said and kissed his forehead
He took out a pair of pajamas from his wardrobe and then went inside the bathroom. I checked his room and I smiled when I saw his study table.
There were four picture frames on his study table; our family picture wherein he and Freia are just babies, his picture with Mia, our picture during my high school graduation, and Mia's picture. I pulled out the drawer of his study table and I shook my head in amusement when I saw a notebook.
Mia's diary.
Why is my baby brother growing up too fast?
I went out of Fuego's room and went back to the east wing of the mansion and entered the girls' room.
"Nee-chan," I looked at Freia when she called me she's already tucked in bed
"Yes, baby?" I asked
She sat up from being tucked in the bed so I sat on the side of the bed beside her. I leaned on the headrest and she leaned on me.
Zia and Astrid are sleeping beside each other, Icey is beside Freia, and Autumn is beside the sleeping Rienne.
"Can you lull us to sleep again?" she asked
"Okay," I said and she lay beside Icey
I began humming the lullaby that eomma used to sing us.
Freia and Icey began to close their eyes so I gently caressed their hair and continued humming.
When I felt that Freia was already breathing evenly, I knew she was asleep.
I stood up and was about to go out of the room when Autumn stood up from her bed.
She fixed the blanket on Rienne and she looked a little surprised when she saw that I'm still there.
"Insomnia?" I asked and she nodded
I walked toward her and she hugged my waist just like what Fuego did earlier.