Sunset's way home was longer now, by about fifteen minutes when she didn't catch a bus. After a long shift, when her last day off was almost a week ago, it was definitely something to complain about. But most days, she hardly minded anymore. Even when the sky was covered in grey blankets and rain drummed faintly onto her umbrella. Because she knew she wouldn't be alone when she got there.
She closed the umbrella halfway once she was underneath the canopy in front of the building, shaking raindrops off of it before unlocking the front door. She quickly peeked into the mailbox, then hurried up two flights of stairs and unlocked the apartment door.
"Babe, I'm home!" She put the umbrella into its stand and pushed the door closed with her hip while taking off her jacket, hanging it next to Twilight's coat. She didn't get an answer, but did hear her girlfriend's voice from the living room, talking to someone else. Sunset kicked off her boots and walked past the small kitchen corner, opening the door.
"...and so I want to finish all that before the trip, otherwise I won't stop thinking about it," Twilight explained to the phone lying near the edge of the desk, the rest taken up by her work. She looked up when she noticed Sunset from the corner of her eye and smiled at her.
"Alright, honey, you know yourself best," Velvet's voice responded, "but don't overwork yourself, you'll have trouble sleeping again."
"I'll make sure she takes a break," Sunset said casually as she stepped behind Twilight, putting her arms around her shoulders and kissing the top of her head.
"Oh, Sunset! I thought Twily said you were out."
"Yeah, I just got home from work."
"On a Sunday? Honey, when did you last take a break?"
"I'm off for two days now, don't worry." Sunset chuckled and started heading to the bathroom door. "And now I'm taking a shower, because your daughter is wrinkling her nose at me."
She did manage to get Twilight to put down her pen and focus on something else for a while, then quietly played games by herself as she finished her workload, starting on dinner in time so they could eat afterwards. By the time they had cleaned up and gotten changed, Sunset already found herself yawning deeply.
She crawled under the covers next to Twilight, in the bed that used to be hers and was now theirs. She bunched up the pillow under her head and glanced around the room while Twilight briefly fed her phone game addiction.
The bedroom was slightly smaller than the platform that had served as such in her old apartment, just enough for the bed, a dresser, and some shelves. But the numerous decorations made it feel cozy more than narrow. The fairy lights Sunset had put up ran along the headboard and between some of the photos pinned to the wall above it. Faintly glowing star stickers were dotted around the ceiling. Sunset's guitar stood in the corner, directly underneath two of Twilight's posters.
Twilight finally put her phone and her glasses down on her side table. She raised her hand and the fairy lights turned off seemingly by themselves, before she also took off her geode and properly laid down, facing Sunset.
"Feel like you can sleep?" Sunset asked quietly, voice heavy with sleep already.
"I'll be fine. I don't have classes until noon." She moved closer and cuddled up close, shifting to get comfortable.
Sunset let her settle before closing her arms around her. "Okay..."
"And you're here, too. I'll be okay."
Sunset smiled, her eyes too heavy to open again. "Love you..."
"I love you too."