Kuro wakes up right on schedule and with a yawn is on his feet before he even realizes it. Shuffling over to the kitchen he gets a quick drink from the faucet before preparing a simple breakfast for Aoba and placing it in the fridge. [i]'Little Mouse needs to eat. . . .'[/i] He thinks sleepily, scratching his stomach. Heading outside he flexes his magic in the dark morning air, and looks towards the barn. [i]'I don't wanna leave the Little Mouse alone for long. . . .'[/i] Wandering over to the barn he tip toes past the sleeping animals and climbs up to where Dani lay curled in his nest. Waking him gently he giggles at the adorable childish protests but eventually the smaller demon opens his eyes.

“What choo want runt?” he murmurs, his voice thick with sleep.

Rolling his eyes Kuro tugs the reluctant demon to his feet. “Dani, I have a special job for you. It's for the angel,t he toy.” Dani perks up right away, almost all traces of sleep fleeing from his face. His little brother grins at this, but goes on. “I need to you guard the house while I work. Little Mouse won't be up for a while, I'm sure of it, and I can't leave him alone. It'll be up to you to keep the demons and anything else dangerous away.”

Dani nods enthusiastically and salutes with his fist over his lack of heart before diving over the edge of the loft and running out the cracked open barn door. Kuro chuckles before following more slowly, making his way towards the field. Dani patrols just as enthusiastically, at least for a while, and Kuro is confident his little fallen angel will be safe. Using a little bit of magic he draws water from the pump an scatters it over the field, careful not to leave any residual magic in the liquid so the seeds would be safe. After the watering is done he shuffles over to the coop, still exhausted, and lets the birds out of their shelters. As they scatter around his feet he smiles and shoos them out of his way.

[i]'I'll wait on the rest until the Little Mouse is up. He's be devastated if he missed it'[/i] He concludes and head back to the field to pick some weeds while he waits. When he notices how many there are already he sighs and hangs his head. “Weeds, weeds, why are you the only plant so resilient?” As he begins weeding, the sun breaking the horizon at last, he notes Dani's restlessness. [i]'Well, that vigilance lasted longer than I thought it would'[/i] He is well through half of the field when at last Dani breaks the silence, announcing moments later that Aoba is awake.

With a smile Kuro stands and wipes off his hands on his pants, once more reminding himself that they simply [b]must[/b] head to the store today and pick him up some new clothes. Once his pants are sufficiently filthy he heads to the house and heads in the back door. He smiles warmly as he spots Aoba and after slipping up to the sink and washing off all the filth he opens the fridge and pulls out the breakfast he made. “Good morning sunshine!” he says cheerily, handing over the plate before turning and pulling out the koolaid so he can pour the angel a glass. “Eat up, we got work to do!”