"I'll be gone for a little bit, one or two days at most... With your mother still staying in bed, will you be able to cover for my absence?"
Zombie asked the red-haired girl still burrowed under the blankets as the hour was ungodly early for anyone to be up.
"Nnn... yes... Fig promised to help me with that too."
Cranberry let out a sleepy sound and nodded obediently while rubbing her eyes in an attempt to stay awake.
"Hey, remember to close the window behind me, or else you're going to catch a cold sleeping in the draft."
Zombie smirked and leaned down to match the eye level of the lying girl.
"...Zombie... do you really have to go...?"
The girl asked in a sleepy voice and looked at the blue boy making puppy-dog eyes.
"Don't sound so sad, I've told you I'll be gone only for a little bit – I'm going to check something important and be right back – I am most definitely not leaving you or anything."