"sorry." he mumbles, eating his sushi.

"don't worry about it. your toffee cake is in the bag too." Doc murmurs softly.

"I'll eat my sushi first." Lightning said. Doc nods, looking over at Bolt. the pup is happily digging into the dinner Doc bought him. Doc leans over and kisses the youngers head gently, holding him.

"here, pick a show baby." Doc murmurs, handing him the remote. Doc leans back against the headboard, eating. Lightning scooted himself over, positioning himself between Docs legs and leaned back against him. Doc chuckles softly, carefully eating around the younger. "you comfy?" Doc snorts. Lightning nods cuddling back into him.

"yeah." he mumbles, cuddling him happily. Doc doesn't use chop sticks, he believes in using a fork, so he wraps his free arm around his waist tightly. "unless I'm bothering you." he frowns slightly.

"nah. you're okay kiddo. its okay. I don't mind not having any personal space if it makes you happy." Doc assures, reaching up and ruffling the youngers hair gently. "just don't choke sitting like this though, okay?" he ask.

"I won't." Lightning mumbles. he tilts his head back to look at Doc. it takes Doc a moment to notice, but he looks down at the younger and give him a half smile.

"what?" Doc ask, looking his face over carefully. Lightning shrugs a little, watching him.

"I dunno. just looking." he shrugs. Doc snorts softly, gently stroking his cheek, before wrapping his arm back around the youngers waist.

"not much to look at. you're the gorgeous one." Doc murmurs. Lightning shrugs slightly.

"yeah but you're handsome. you're the handsome one. you have really pretty eyes too." Lightning murmurs. Doc snorts.

"hmm, whatever you say kid." he murmurs. "you going to be okay in the race tomorrow? you going to be focused and ready?" Doc ask softly.

"mmhmm. I'm gonna be fine. unless my dad finds a way to get on the track, he can't actually hurt me. so I got this." Lightning assures. Doc grins slightly, ruffling his hair.

"good." he smiles. Lightning smiles and turns his attention back to the tv. Doc smiles and does the same.

"let me up." Lightning said after a few moments. Doc lets him go, putting his food onto the nightstand beside the bed. Lightning carefully gets up and goes back to the bag for the cake Doc had promised. the older man had ordered him a couple slices. Lightning grinned and headed back over to the bed, climbing up happily and sitting back where he'd previously been.

"try not to make a mess with that, alright?" Doc ask.

"I'm going to be careful. I don't want Bolt getting a hold of some of it and hurting himself. I should probably take him for a walk actually." Lightning frowns.

"I'll see if Red and Mack will. I don't want you out there without me and there's no way I'm going for a walk." Doc said. Lightning nods slightly, watching Doc grab his phone before turning to his cake happily. Doc texts Mack and puts his phone aside, watching the tv. Bolt walks over and sits by the bed watching Lightning with a whine. "let me up." Doc murmurs. Lightning sits up and moves out of his way some. Doc gets up from the bed, grabbing Bolts leash.

"what are you doing?" Lightning ask.

"Macks on his way with Red to grab him." Doc said. "come here." Doc said, crouching down. Bolt walks over immediately, letting him hook up the leash. there's a knock on the door and Doc opens the door.

"hey." Mack waves.

"hey, thanks Mack." Doc says.

"yeah. we'll bring him back in a few." Mack says, taking Bolts leash and leading him away. Red waves at Doc before following Mack happily. Doc snorts and closes the door. Lightning is cleaning up whats left of dinner, putting it into the fridge.

"I ate, can I go to bed now?" Lightning ask, almost pouting at Doc. Doc chuckles softly and nods.

"yeah baby. lay down and go to sleep. I'll wait up for them to bring Bolt back." Doc assures. Lightning nods and lays on his side of the bed, curling up under the blanket. he mumbles quietly, curling up on his side to watch Doc with sleepy eyes. Doc cleans up the floor where Bolt had eaten, packing away the food the pup hadn't eaten. Lightning yawns and watches him tiredly. "you can sleep. I lay down with Mack brings Bolt back." Doc assures.

"I got used to laying with you I guess." he mumbles, face smushed against his pillow. Doc smiles slightly.

"I'll come lay with you in a few minutes. if I lay down I won't get back up and you don't want to leave Bolt out of the room all night do you?" Doc ask.

"no." he mumbles. Doc nods at him, shutting the tv off. he looks back over at Lightning, but the younger man is sound asleep. Doc snorts softly and waits thirty minutes for Bolt to be returned. once the pup is safely laying on the dog bed, snoring, Doc heads to bed. he drops beside his young lover, exhausted. Lightning shifts, reaches out slightly to feel for Doc, before curling closer to him yawning. "you woke me up." Lightning mumbles.

"sorry kid." Doc mutters, wrapping his arms around him gently.

"so mean to me." Lightning pouts, burying his face in Docs side.

"shhh. sleep." Doc murmurs.

"I was before you woke me up." he grumbles. Doc pulls him closer, kissing his head.

"shhh." Doc murmurs. he lets himself fall asleep.

he's not surprised when he gets woken up early, though it is surprising that its his cell phone and not his lover. he blindly grabs it, eyes still closed and answers.

"hello?" he grumbles tiredly.

"hey Doc, its Mack. you realize the race is tomorrow right?" Mack ask.

"hmm?" Doc asks, looking over at the clock. "no its today. Rusty and Dusty always give me the race dates because the kid can't remember them." Doc murmurs.

"well then they got it wrong. the race is tomorrow." Mack frowns. "I know, I'm up here right now, ready to unload his car and they're telling me its tomorrow." Mack adds.

"okay. thanks Mack. sorry about that." Doc mutters.

"not your fault. either the track runner got it wrong or a lot of crews got it wrong. some mix up that got everyone basically. its all good." Mack says hanging up. Doc puts his phone up and shifts.

"who was that?" Lightning slurred, lifting his face from the drool spot he's created on Docs chest.

"Mack. we got the wrong date for the race. its tomorrow. go back to sleep." Doc murmurs. Lightning sighs happily and curls up more.

"good. a day to relax." he mumbles. Doc snorts softly.

"let me up kid, I need a shower." Doc murmurs.

"m'kay." Lightning mumbles, letting go.

"you going to get one with me?" Doc ask.

"no. m'gonna try and get one later." Lightning mumbles. Doc nods at him and gets up.

"okay, well if you change your mind, feel free to join me." Doc murmurs, kissing his head. he gently runs a hand through the youngers hair before heading for the bathroom. Lightning curls himself back up under the blanket, burying his face into Docs pillow happily. Doc showers, taking his time, before getting out. he trimmed his beard down, before walking out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist. Lightnings bright blue eyes are watching him tiredly. "hey baby, why don't you go a head and get up. go a head and shower, then we'll take Bolt out for a walk. that coffee shop you like is a 10 minute walk from here." Doc murmurs.

"mmm, real coffee?" Lightning murmurs, burying his face in the pillow.

"yup. the place that grinds it in front of you." Doc chuckles. Lightning grins slightly and gets up, stretching. he walked over to Doc looking up at him. "what baby?" Doc ask.

"come down here." he murmurs. "come to my height." Lightning pouts. Doc snorts and ducks down a little.

"yes?" Doc ask. Lightning grabs him and pulls him into a kiss. Doc kisses him happily, before pulling back. "go get a shower." Doc murmurs.

"I'm going." Lightning snorts softly, heading for the bathroom.

"and shout if you need me," Doc says