--= Vikk's + POV =--

"But it's my turn to stay up and watch everyone." I pointed out. Blank faced as I stared into Rob's wary, secretive eyes he grinned and shrugged it off sheepishly.

"I know, but you seem like you need sleep." Rob offered, flashing a smile that set alarms of decline off in my mind, I smiled back before answering to his offer.

"No thank you." Rob frowned, and creases appeared on his forehead as he furrowed his eyebrows, seeming somewhat taken aback by the decline of his offer.

"Vikk, you haven't slept in days." Rob worried. Eyes locking with his, I could see something shining in the pupil of his eye that just shouted bad news.

"I don't need it." I forced. Rob's mouth opening to say something, Lachlan decided to peep in, seeming amused by the statement.

"Yeah right, you're human." Lachlan stated. Pursing my lips the more I looked at the two of them I realized Lachlan had the same shine in his eyes as Rob did. What were they hiding?

"Jerome doesn't sleep." I bluntly replied. Irritation scratching at the pit of my stomach that was swelling with low heat, Rob shot me an odd look as Lachlan spoke up.

"Jerome is fluffy, not human."

"TRUE!" Jerome called from outside of the tent, I listened silently as the silhouette of Jerome's remained outside of the tent, he was obviously oblivious to us seeing him.

"......DID I INTERRUPT SOMETHING?"

"Yeah J, ya did." Rob groaned. 

Cupping his face in his hands as he scratched away at his eyes, he looked over at Lachlan who had no reaction to any of this, continuing to look at me, not breaking eye contact.

"SORRYYYYYY!" Jerome's voice disappearing into the distance as his silhouette bolted out of sight, I supressed a grin as I heard Mitch's scream from across the camp, followed by Jerome's bellowing.

".......Well that happened." Lachlan muttered. Giggling at Lachlan's remark, his face lit up with joy knowing that I was listening to him after all.

"Lachlan, this is serious."

"But my Vikk is so adorable!" Heat hugging my face, I broke eye contact from Lachlan earning a whine as I focused more on Rob. He's clearly trying to say something here.

"Rob-" Pausing to see Lachlan walk over to me from behind, he wrapped his arms around my waist as he nuzzled into the crook of my neck, sighing in content.

"Just spit out what you have to say." I encouraged. Rob parting his lips once more trying to speak, worry and anxiousness flickering through his iris, Lachlan spoke up yet again.

"I love you."

"Not you dummy!" I snapped. Lachlan giggling quietly to himself, he just squeezed his arms around me tighter. What is wrong with this hotness of a man.

Looking back at Rob, I nodded to tell him it was okay to start speaking once again as Lachlan kept brushing the side of his face against mine.

"We need you to sleep, we need you fully rested and energized so we could create a plan to get Preston back."

"Preston?" I wondered. Eyes growing wide as I stared at Rob, I almost forgot about Preston. I just didn't think it was possible for him to be alive at this moment of time.

"You know, hot demon, the really kissable type that brightens up the room but can destroy the planet. That guy, ya know?"

"Kissable?" Rob growled. Lachlan staring for a few seconds straight at Rob, completely forgetting Rob and Preston were a thing he just grinned, lifting his head.

"Yeah, you look at dem lips and be like, I want...I want that!" Lachlan chuckled. 

Moving his eyes back and forth between me and Rob, he realized it wasn't a good time and went back hiding in the crook of my neck, feeling the heat of his face against my neck I grinned realizing he was embarrassed.

"Vikk, please....." Rob whimpered. Pupils shrinking, I whipped my head around to see Rob's eyes filled with tears as they slipped down his face and dropped off of his chin, his lower lip trembling.

"I need to get him out of there. I need you to help me...." Rob whispered, his voice hoarse from the tears the muscles in my face relaxed the longer I looked at him.

"...Fine. I'll sleep tonight."