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The next day, Tommy had to go wake Gene and Eric up. It was almost 8 am and the band had to move to a second hotel since their next show was in another city.
The guitarist knocked twice at Gene's door and slowly opened it before stepping in and walked up inside the room. There, he found Eric entirely laying on top of Gene's body, sleeping quietly, as the bassist was gently caressing his mid-length hair. The guitarist didn't make a sound and just sat on the edge of the bed.
"Gene, we'll have to leave in 30 minutes.. Eric needs to wake up.." - Tommy whispered, looking down at the drummer's sleepy state. He carefully used his hand to gently shake the sweet boy's shoulder. - "Eric.. hey, open your eyes, brother.." - the tall man whispered softly. Gene kept his eyes on his boy, still caressing his hair.
Eventually, the tiny boy opened his eyes while feeling Tommy's hand on his shoulder, and just like a cat would do, he stretched his whole body in a cute sleepy noise. - "Mmhh.. w-what time is it..?" - he asked, struggling to keep his eyes opened. - The guitarist took a look at his watch. - "It's 7.30 am, sleepyhead.."
Eric yawned, shifted around a little bit and ended sitting up in bed, leaving Gene's warmth. He stretched his arms and eventually stood up on his feet. - "I'll take a quick shower and then we'll be good to go.." - he informed the two boys before disappearing into the bathroom. After a couple minutes, the sweet drummer came back in the room, with damp hair but all dressed up. - Gene couldn't help but smile a bit at how cute he looked on the moment. - "Alright guys.. let's get going.."
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Some time later, when the band moved to that another hotel, since they had all day long to rest, Eric decided to first have some breakfast. He went downstairs, thinking that either Gene or Tommy was there already, but they weren't. The sweet boy walked up to the breakfast room and eventually sat down at a table to eat. In the middle of his meal, some girls he didn't know came up to him. He just had time to lift up his head that one of them pulled his chair back so another girl could sit on his lap. - "Hey there pretty boy.. look girls, I think we could have him for us today.." - Eric froze again, instantly. He quickly understood that the girl on his lap was not just planning to have some 'good time' with him, but also inviting her friends.
Hopefully for him, the moment lasted a couple seconds before Gene walked in and immediately rushed to the group of girls. - "Can I fucking know what you're doing here??" - the bassist said, his voice stern and angry. In a single move, he grabbed the arm of the girl sat on the drummer's lap and dragged her up on her feet. - "I'm gonna be clear here. If I ever see one of you around this boy again, you'll all be in trouble." - his tone was cold as ice and nonchalant.
"Yeah right ! And what are you gonna do, big man ?" - one of the girls told Gene in a strident giggle, making her stupid friends giggle too. - Gene, who never took his sunglasses off, did. He pulled his glasses off his nose to look straight into the girl's eyes, his gaze filled with dark anger. He didn't say one word, just deep staring until that same girl took a step back and gestured her friends 'let's go'. - Gene put his sunglasses back and when the girls left, he gently moved Eric off his chair, so the older man could sit down first, and sat the tiny boy on his lap after. - "Let's finish that breakfast first.. and then, we'll go back to sleep, hm?" - Gene suggested, his hands resting on Eric's sides. The sweet boy nodded, feeling better now that his best friend was here.
To protect Eric from stupid people, Gene walked behind him as the both of them went upstairs to the 1st floor. The sweet man yawned, he couldn't wait to lay in bed and sleep all day long since it was the band's day off. - "I'm so tired.." - he tiredly said. Seeing how tired Eric was, the older man looked around before carrying the tiny boy up in his arms. The cute drummer didn't show any resistance to Gene's move, already used to his caring personality. He yawned again, the tiredness slowly taking over him, he looked at the bassist with a soft smile on his face, his head resting against his friend's chest.
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It was now a couple of hours later, Gene was soundly asleep on the bed, his arms wrapped protectively around Eric. The sweet boy was also asleep, snuggled up like a baby against the older man's body. One hand was resting on Gene's shoulder and the other one was under the side of his own body. The feeling of his arm starting to tingle made him stir up a little, which slightly woke Gene up. - "You okay..?" - he asked sleepily. Eric nodded and yawned while succeeding in pulling his arm from under the side of his body. - "I can't feel my arm.."
Gene couldn't help but let a little chuckle and laid a kiss on the tiny boy's forehead as his sleepy state made him show more tenderness and affection to Eric without really being conscious of it. The older man laid his head back on the pillow, already diving back to sleep in a soft sigh. The short drummer sat up on the bed and just watched his bandmate sleep for a long moment until his hyperactivity kicked in.
Tommy, who was in the room next to Gene's, started to hear some soft sounds coming from there. It sounded like soft tapping noises. - "What..?" - he asked himself, lazily getting up from his bed to go see what was going on at his bandmates' bedroom. Surprisingly, when he pushed on the handle to open the door, it was unlocked. So he just pushed it open, and chuckled in disbelief while seeing Eric tap on anything he could find with his drumsticks; walls, table, chairs, even in the bathroom.
The tiny man looked at Tommy with wide eyes, his pupils dilated just like cat eyes. He just didn't say a word while approaching him, and he softly started to drum on one of his shoulders. The guitarist was used to it, so he let him do it, as his eyes turned to the sleeping form on the bed. He let a soft chuckle, wondering how could Gene not hear all the noises that Eric was making. - "Damn boy.." - he murmured, and turned his head to look at Eric again.. only to see that he wasn't drumming on his shoulder anymore, but on his back. - "Hey munchkin, can you slow down a little..?"
"Uhh yeah, yeah.. sorry-" - Eric softly said. As he turned his face to look at Gene, he saw him close his eyes, pretending to still be asleep, which made him giggle. - "Hey Gene, I know you're awake !" - the short boy hopped on the bed and tapped on the older man's arm gently with his drumsticks. - "Hey Geeeeneee, Geneeee.." - the still sleepy man let him have his "zoomies" moment, until he slipped an arm around Eric's waist - "Settle down for a moment, son.." - he gently told him, which made the sweet boy stop.
Tommy stood there, impressed of Gene's effect on his best friend. - "Well, wow.. how did you do that, Gene ?" - he asked, walking up to the small table of the room to sit on a chair. - Gene chuckled softly and opened his eyes - "Oohh, you know, I'm used to it.. I just know what to do so he calms down and he knows that when I wrap an arm around him, it means that he has to settle down.." - the bassist explained. The tiny drummer settled his drumsticks on the bedside table and yawned. - "Can I sleep..?" - Both Tommy and Gene chuckled and shook their heads at the same time. - "Nah, we have to go to the rehearsals already.." - answered Tommy, which made Eric pout a little.
Gene brought a hand up to pat the tiny drummer's head gently. - "Seems like someone used all his energy already.. my poor boy, you'll have to put up with it now.."
"I don't wanna gooooo.. I'll all tired now.." - Eric said, trying his best to hide another yawn, but Gene's touch on his hair was making him feel sleepy.
Tommy and Gene both got up and helped the sweet boy back on his feet. - "Woop! Now, we're going now or we'll be late.. not sure Paul would like that.." - the tall guitarist said in a chuckle.