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Stanley smiled brightly, "Yeah, hopefully I'll around sooner this time," he said admitted. He carefully massaged the muscles in her back, focusing on the spot that she hurt in.

He knew that he probably wouldn't be around tomorrow, that wasn't how it worked with him.

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Kass couldn't help but let out a groan as Stanley worked on her sore spots. Everything was slowly becoming less tense. "Oh that already feels a lot better." She mumbled a bit before burying her face into the bed.

After a while, her back started to relax and her muscles were unknotted.

Stanley could feel as she relaxed more, and her muscles become unknotted. "Almost ready to go to sleep now, Kass?" he asked her gently. He stopped his massage, and sat beside her on the bed.

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Kass gave him a little nod as Stanley sat down on the bed besides her. Slowly, she shifted closer to him and laid her head on his lap. Now she was completely calm. Her body was untense and relaxed. It felt like the perfect time to just fall asleep.

Stanley looked down at her, she looked so peaceful. He closed his own eyes drifting off into a relaxed deep sleep. Stanley never had issues with falling asleep.

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As the night went on, Kass fell into a deeper and deeper sleep. Somehow, through the night, she had managed to wrap herself around his body. Though, once morning came, she shifted in bed and let out a small groan, not quite ready to be up.

'Arthur' woke slowly at his usual time. The sun shone through the curtains casting a line of light across the bed. He stretched his arms, attempting to wake up the dead muscles in them.

It was unclear who Arthur had woken up as this morning, at this stage still. But when he recoiled away from her when he noticed her, it would of been obvious if she noticed.

Micheal carefully climbed out of the bed, and ran from the room, barricading himself in the on-suite silently. Micheal had issues with females, the cause of his fear of them was still unclear. Today was likely to be a bad day for him, having woken up first, with Kassidy next to him, it went better if she wasn't close to him when they realised it was Micheal.

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Kassidy woke up a little after Arthur had left the room. She turned in the bed, reaching out for the other body. Though, when she did not find one, she slowly opened her eyes. It was unusual that Arthur would wake up before her, but it happened at times. However, since Arthur was not holding her close, cuddling her, Kassidy could assume that the real Arthur was not out today.

Slowly, she sat up in the bed, rubbing her tired eyes before moving her feet over the edge and standing up. It was best to go find out where he had gone, and who was out today. She walked through the house, opening up doors and checking them as she looked for him. Though, once she got to the on-suite, Kass found that she could not open it. "Hello? Are you in here?"

Micheal was panicked and scared. He was curled up in the bath, the door locked firmly from his side. He heard her speak through the door, and looked up, "go away, leave me alone," he snapped back.

The tone of his voice, and the context of hiding in the bathroom, should have been enough for her to piece together it was Micheal.

His major issue was with being touched by females, and Kassidy seemed to be the only one he was willing to listen to, usually if he wasn't in a panic.

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Kassidy pressed a hand to her head once she realized who was inside, Micheal. This was going to be difficult. With the way the morning had started, she understood why he was panicking right now. Normally she was the first to be awake, but unfortunately, that was not what happened today.

"Micheal, please come out." Kassidy said softly through the door. "I am sorry about what happened this morning. Please come out and we can talk."

In times like these, it was difficult to get Micheal to listen. Sometimes it would just take a little bribing and reassuring. Though, other times, it felt like he locked himself away all day. "Please Micheal. We can go to your favorite restaurant if you come out."

Micheal stayed firmly in the bath, he wasn't in a mood to be coaxed out today. He sighed, "Why were you in my bed? I told you I don't like sharing a bed," he snapped.

Micheal was clearly scared, and expecting a decent explanation. He didn't know about any of the others, and it had taken him ages to trust Kassidy at all.

He sat up in the bath, considering her offer for a moment.

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Kassidy let out a small sigh as Micheal asked her why they were sharing it bed. Unforunately, Micheal did not know about the other personalities, so she couldn't explain that the bed was also hers. At times, Kass wondered if it was best if he knew, but she never took that action with him. So, instead, Kassidy had a long running lie with him. "I'm sorry Micheal. I got really scared last night and I didn't want to be alone... My nightmares were making it impossible to sleep."

As far as Micheal knew, Kass had horrible insomia and nightmares. "Please come out."

Micheal climbed out the the bath and headed towards the door. It seemed he was satisfied with her answer for now. "What were the nightmares about tonight?" he asked softly.

He moved towards the door unlocking it with a light click, but he still didn't open it

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Kass heard the door unclick, but she did not move to open it up. It was best for Micheal to come to her, if that was possible. She rather that he come out instead of her going in, but she would have to wait and see if he was wiling. But, in order to give him a chance, Kassidy took a few steps away from the door.

"I dreamt that I was chained down, unable to move while I was being tortured." Kassidy said gently to him. She often took scenes that she had read or seen from TV as her inspiration for the nightmares. "I was afraid of being alone when I woke up."

Micheal opened the door a crack, "Oh, that sounds dreadful," he admitted. He came out of the bathroom slowly, "I'm sorry I freaked out," he admitted lightly.

He struggled to define their relationship, he didn't understand why he would live with a female, but he never really bought it up.

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"It is okay." Kassidy said softly as she took a small step back. "I just got scared and I didn't want to wake you up." She looked up at Micheal gently. All of this must be rather confusing to him, but there was not a lot she could do for him except for try to keep him comfortable. It actually wasn't too often that Micheal came out to play. Which was probably a good thing. She liked Michael, but she also liked being close to Arthur, even when he was not himself.

"Did you want to get breakfast?" Kass asked him gently.

Micheal thought for a moment, and moved towards the wardrobe wanting to change, "Yeah breakfast sounds good, where were you thinking?" he asked lightly.

Micheal looked back at her, "what should I wear?" he asked.

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"I was thinking that we would go to the diner down the street, Jimmy's." Madeline said as she walked into the closet and pulled out a sweatshirt.

"And you should just swear something comfortable. Like some jeans and a t shirt?" Madeline came back into the room.

Micheal watched her as she walked away, it made him more comfortable. He listened to her, "okay that sounds good, I Like Jimmy's," he said lightly.

Kassidy and Arthur, whoever was out, had been to Jimmy's diner a lot. It was like their go to, too lazy to cook eatery. The waitresses all recognised the pair, and were careful not to greet Arthur until they were either told or figured out which alter it was. Micheal liked it because they always got a male waiter, when they went.

Micheal made his way to the dressers and pulled out some clothes to wear, he made his way into the bathroom and changed.

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Once both of them were ready to go, Kassidy and Micheal headed on their way. It was close by, so it was a rather convienent place to go to. Plus, Kassidy and all of Arthur's personalities liked something on the menu.

When they arrived, they were quickly greeted by the hostess, and Kassidy was ready to respond. "Micheal and I would like our regular booth, please. If it is available that is." She smiled widely at the hostess and the woman nodded and brought them to their table.

Kassidy always let the waitstaff know who was out today, since sometimes it changed where they sat. For example, it was essential that Micheal had a male waiter. Which meant they would be seated where Ryan would serve them. And, Kassidy had even assured that it was somewhere in the back of the resturant, a little more quiet and less foot traffic walking by. If Kassidy could avoid a female reacting with Micheal, she would do it.