Dreams of the Painfully Shy 2

The whole family comes home with me so we can have dinner together. I already told the maid to cook a lot of native dishes because they prolly miss it. We gather to the living room and they drop their cases there... "Let's eat first and I hope you guys brought empty stomach because the maid cooked enough for a small army". And there we go chatting away like they never left. I asked if they wanted to stay for the night as I was seeing the effects of their jet lag already. We had 5 guest rooms.... Ferret and Llama could stay together and the others could have room each. After they settled down I asked the boys if they wanted to go to  the play room. Guppy and Mouse scrambled to get up while Cricket just shook his head. I nodded and led the other two to the play room. It was literally complete with everything. The boys were so into their game that I slipped away to talk to Cricket, he's the one I missed the most to tell you the truth. I opened the door a little... "Are you busy?". He shook his head and waved me in. When I got close enough, I was shocked when he pulled me into a hug. I thought I was gonna melt. He always did have the best hugs. Not that I compared it to everyone else's.... Okay you caught me but you have to swear to the River Styx, never to mention it again! It was just like old times... We were in his bed because he was tired and dizzy but he could still stay up for a little chat. We held hands and told each other stories. And we were laughing around for about two hours with me constantly rubbing circles on his hand. I glanced his way and saw how heavy lidded he was. I continued rubbing circles in his hand and slowly faded my voice out when I finished the story.. And when I looked again, his eyes were closed and his eyelashes fanned over his cheeks. I waited ten minutes just to be sure he was asleep then I tucked him in better and planted a kiss on his forehead whispering, "Sleep well, love". I went back to the game room and found Mouse sleeping in the couch and Guppy constantly yawning. "Guys, I think it's time to go to bed, you can play tomorrow". Guppy shut the console and carried Mouse to his room. We tucked him in turned off his light. Then Guppy hugged me goodnight and went to his room. I went to my own bed and fell asleep right away. I was knackered. I woke up mighty refreshed. I went down to the kitchen. As expected no one was up yet... They were all sleeping  off their jet lag.