Blaze watched Kale, giving up on reading while the voices were distracting her. She didn't say anything.

Kale took in a sharp breath and then started to try and sit up.

Surprisingly, Blaze didn't try to stop him.

Kale didn't make it very far before slowly lowering himself back down. His face showed some pain but mostly frustration.

Blaze still didn't say anything.

Kale stared at Blaze for a long moment before slowly reaching out and wrapping his fingers around the front of her shirt.

Blaze glanced down before looking back at him.

Kale attempted to pull her closer but it didn't appear to be working very well.

Blaze was confused for a moment before gently taking his hand off her shirt. She put her hand in his before she leaned in closer.

Kale was frowning a little, "Rest..." he barely whispered.

"I have been," Blaze reassured Kale quietly.

Kale seemed suspicious, "Always..." here.

Blaze shrugged a little, not seeing the problem. "I've been taking care of myself," she explained. "And I've gotten a lot of reading done."

Kale slowly raised an eyebrow as if to say, what reading?

After a moment, Blaze held up the tablet before putting it on the table. "I've been been thinking about trying to get a high school diploma," she explained. "Or at least be smart enough to get one. History is boring though."

Kale blinked. Then blinked again. Then just stared at Blaze for a long moment. Slowly a large smile grew on his face and he nodded slowly. Of course she was smart enough. "History's..." he paused a little, talking still hurt, "dry." he agreed.

"... You want some water?" Blaze asked.

Kale thought about that for a moment but shook his head, deciding swallowing would be too painful.

Blaze nodded a little, not sure what else to talk about. Well, something to talk about that wouldn't potentially stress him out because he couldn't do anything about it.

Kale glanced around for a moment before looking back at Blaze, "... going?" he asked quietly.

"James'," Blaze replied.

Kale paused, confused, then shrugged it off and closed his eyes once more.

So Blaze let Kale rest.

Laurel was starting to stir a little and suddenly her hand reached up and smushed Nic's face. Raven would have recognized Laurel's seemingly random gestures while sleeping.

Nic grunted a little when Laurel smushed his face, rolling to try and get away.

So Laurel's hand hit pressed against the back his head head as her leg went on top him, stretching out.

Nic reached behind him to push Laurel away.

There was a screech followed by a loud thump followed by a few cusses.

It took Nic a little while to flip over and blink open his eyes.

He got quite a glare from Laurel who was rubbing the back of her head and sitting on the ground.

Nic stared at her for a moment before looking at the bed and then looking back at her as if wondering how she got there.

Laurel continued to glare indignantly.

Nic continued to look confused.

Laurel let out a little huff before crossing her arms, "I... don't sleep well alone." she finally muttered, "You didn't have to shove me off the couch." she eyed him again.

It took Nic another moment to catch up. "... What?" he asked. It was more of a startled reaction than an actual question.

Laurel resumed her glare as she rubbed her head again.

After another minute, Nic tried to explain, "... It's not a good idea for us to sleep together."

Laurel snorted, "Obviously. You just shoved me off the couch." she repeated. She seemed a bit hung up on that face.

Yeah, he'd need to devise a game plan. "... I didn't know you were there," he argued, since that was all she was thinking about.

Laurel stared at him for a moment but it looked like she believed him, "What's so wrong with it?" she said defensively, "I didn't do anything."