"Are you deaf? I said–"

Matias was immediately silenced by Midnight's finger pressing against his mouth, but his teeth were still bared at that moment; it would have probably taken just one last inconvenience for him to want to bite that finger right off her hand. Eventually, however, his lips fell over his whites like shutters, and the fire in his eyes was burning less brightly. He actually listened then, taking a deep breath as told. While he wasn't totally alleviated of his rage, there was less of a want to throw himself out the window in him.

"I don't know why you got up," he grumbled, scooping Midnight up in his arms. "You better not leak, I swear."

He slowly and carefully took her to the bed, laying her head right on the pillow before gradually letting the rest of her body slide onto the mattress.

"Now stay there."