It was late Friday night when Normani and Angelo sat in the living room in front of the tv, watching SpongeBob repeats.
Dinah, on the other hand, had been sleeping most of the day. She didn't know why, but she was extremely tired.
She had finally gotten her hair done, but as soon as she got home, she crept into bed and hasn't come out since.
But she knew what was wrong with her.
"Normani!" She croaks out, the back of her throat burning. "Normani!"
Normani looks up from the screen of her phone and sends her son a questioning glance. "I think that Mommy is calling you." He replies, not taking his eyes off the television.
Normani furrows her brows, and sure enough, she hears a weak "Mani", confirming her suspicions.
She sighs and puts her phone down, looking at the clock on the wall. "I'm coming!" She yells so that her wife can keep quiet.
She notices Angelo yawning and a smirk forms on her face. "And I think that its bed time for certain people."
"But Mooom." The little boy frowns before pushing his bottom lip out in hopes that Normani will change her mind.
"But Mooom." Normani mocks him and chuckles to herself. "You have a doctor's appointment in the morning and SpongeBob plays all the time."
"But I want to watch it now."
"Angelo." She says in a stern tone. "Go to bed."
She hates reprimanding the boy, but there's no other way he would listen to her. Dinah has him spoiled. And she's had him spoiled for a while, since he was born actually.
The boy huffs and moves off of the couch, his head already hanging low as he makes his way up the stairs to do his routine before he goes to sleep.
Normani sighs and turns the tv off, as well as all the lights, before walking up the stairs behind him.
"Angelo." She sighs as they both reach his room, standing in front of the door frame.
The boy turns around with the most adorable face Normani has ever seen, matter of fact, it was her face.
Her face and Dinah's eyes.
That's why he always got away with everything. He bribed her with those eyes.
Those beautiful brown eyes.
"I don't wanna make you feel bad, but you really need to go to bed. Okay?" She says in a soft tone as she sinks to his height and holds him by his shoulders. "I promise that tomorrow you can watch all the SpongeBob and all the Loud House and all the Looney Tunes or whatever you want to, after we come from the doctor, okay?"
"Okay Mommy." Angelo says in a tone that has his mother melting.
He didn't really have names for Dinah or Normani, he just called them according to what he felt like at the time.
He would refer to both as Mommy if he was feeling clingy, and he would refer to either as Mama if he was scared.
"Good, now go brush your teeth, get your pyjamas on and get into bed. Okay?"
He nods obediently and then kisses her cheek before running off into his room.
Normani smiles at her work, proud of how she handled that.
She then walks back into her and her wife's shared room, just to see that its a complete and total mess.
The pillows, duvet and even sheet is laying on the ground with Dinah fanning herself with one of Normani's bras.
