#riyangiis

author's note : ANDDD IT'S DONE!!!! hope u guys liked it heheheh

you only think about all of those sleepless nights now, in the hallway that leads to anaxa's classroom.

because said hallway is filled with the students' jokes of their professor's hair loss problem, which would then turn into theories of more problems, a lot of them including snoring. you try your best to avoid the students in order to avoid a full-on interrogation.

ever since hyacine's exposing, whenever his students spot the two of you, they would not stop bothering you!

"how did you find out professor anaxagoras had hair loss?" the curious student asked hyacine, but she stays silent knowing the wrath of said professor.. (he does in fact carry a gun with him for discipline.)

"im curious, [name]. what other problems does he have? does he snore?" the kind student asked you, but you too as well stay silent for you do not want your husband to find the students laughing about it, soon to be complaining and trying to find the messenger. (once again, he has a gun.)

"do you want to find out for yourselves?" you reply,

and that was a very, very bad answer. the clueless you would not think that they would take it seriously.

you walk in anaxa's office to see him working on equations or theories again, with some drafts set aside on his table making a mess. you sigh at the sight of him focused and not noticing your presence inside the room.

you walk over to him and tap his shoulder, "anaxa, you should rest now." he turns to you and opens his mouth to make an excuse, although he was met with your worried and sweet expression that he couldn't bear to say no to you.

neither of you noticed the subtle noises outside while walking to your shared room, the cause of them being the same curious students seeking to find an answer, maybe learning that behavior from their teacher.

when the both of you were preparing to rest, the students leaned closely to the wall, listening carefully to hear any signs of snoring but are still met with nothing. just as when they were about to give up─

very loud snore, from anaxagoras.

victory was theirs, for their questions have been answered.

they tried to hold their laughs at the sound of their strict teacher snoring so loudly, then left the place immediately to spread the message to their classmates.

being the sleepless spouse you are, of course you noticed, and you were terrified to see the anger to be formed inside him for being caught and made fun of for doing what is totally normal. yeah, snoring unbelievably loud that you can't sleep is so normal.

you were prepared to hear the whispers and the laughs inside the hallway, not the terror of your husband finding out that the students did such thing.

walking again inside the hallway to find something, you have created the scenario in your head already.

"hehe, did you know that prof nax snores?"

"he's always doing science stuff, i expected it!"

"no but, he snores very loudly!" giggles can be heard between the two girls.

just how you visioned it.

you freeze at the sight of anaxa walking in the other hallway to the classroom, students holding their laughs, you hide behind a wall to see what would happen.

anaxa gets close to a group joking about the same thing, close enough to hear that is. you watch as he stops in his tracks, head turning to the group,

"what is this talk about me.. snoring?" and there it goes.

heads turn away from him, clearly guilty of doing the same. anaxagoras scans the hallway and notices that most students know about it already, while the others are just finding out as the message is constantly being thrown around.

the group turned speechless and stared at the teacher nervously, "and may i ask how did you come up with such thing?"

one of the students, a brave one, answers. "w-we heard it from a lot of people.." anaxagoras stares into his eyes to see any hint of dishonesty, only to be met with fear.

"hmm, i'll have you know that it is nothing but a rumor. students like you should not believe in absurdity so easily." anaxagoras turns away from the group and goes on his way again.

the crowd stays silent. with proof or not, nobody dares to utter a word about it again. because this is about anaxagoras, and he has made it very clear that he has a gun with him countless times.

you chuckled when he dismissed it as nothing but a rumor, because you know well that you are going to hear those noises again. now you are listening to anaxa's complaints about how they found out.

"my students are too curious for their own good, how dare they share such thing that almost everyone jokes about it?" you laugh at the sight of anaxa stressed.

"really anaxa? a rumor? lying is one way to stop the truth from spreading." anaxa glares at you, "tell me.. were you the one to start it?"

"i only told them to find out for theirselves, and look what they did!" your smile grew wider, remembering the group that snuck out to answer their question.

anaxa sighs and holds your hand, "nevermind, it is not in me to care about useless things. let's go to bed."

in all honesty, you should be the one complaining. you had to deal with everything and you were maybe a little happy that you weren't going to be alone with the knowledge of your husband's snoring. now, he denied everything and said it was nothing but a rumor, leaving the students in fear of anaxagoras' anger.

the both of you lay on your shared bed, anaxa immediately falls to sleep, with you hearing the familiar sound of his snoring and seeing the dromas doll trapped in his arms.

professor anaxagoras does snore.

that was till a sweetheart saved your life─hyacine! she may have been the reason that those rumors happened, but it's not her fault that your dear husband sleeps like a beast roaring.

"miss [name]? are you alright? as much as i believe anaxa, i've been noticing that you seem so much more tired lately.." the word worried is splattered all over her face in bold and italics, have you even checked yourself in the mirror today before you went out? no, you were too tired to do so.

much like her, the word confused is splattered all over your face in bold and italics, "um, im not sure if you've seen your.. eyebags..?" hyacine points out. as much as she wants to believe anaxa, what else would have you end up like this none other than your husband, who you sleep beside with daily?

(yes, you could've slept without him beside you. but unlike you, he can't. and even if you do so, they're very loud, meaning you can still hear him.)

she steps closer to you and whispers, "i have this thing, i hope it helps you sleep!" hyacine hands you something you've never seen before and you stare at it with curiosity, but as the box clearly says─it's mouth tape.

you look up at the girl, "what is this for..? how do i use it?" hyacine smiles and whispers to you again, "it's to prevent professor anaxagoras from snoring so... loud? just put the tape on his mouth!"

you stare at the box of mouth tape hyacine gave you, and maybe, just maybe, your problems would finally be solved. you could finally sleep peacefully in your husband's embrace─with his dromas doll as well.

"anaxa, look what i found!" you exclaimed at your husband─sitting comfortably on the chair and reading something that's no doubt about knowledge, he turned to look at you holding out a box of something called 'mouth tape'. he raised his eyebrow in curiosity, "what exactly is that? is that your creative way of telling me to shut up? so bold coming from you."

with the many years you have been together─you've always known how sassy your husband can be. you furrow your eyebrows in annoyance, "it's to help you with your snoring anaxagoras, i've decided that i need more sleep and i don't want to walk around with huge eyebags!"

you have a habit of calling him by his full name to show you're mad at him. anaxa stays silent and stares at you and the box for a while. "oh, it's worse. although, i can clearly see what you're mad about" he replies while staring at your eyes.

he sighs deeply, closing the book and standing up from the chair stepping closer to you. "i apologize, beloved. i just don't seem to trust this solution of yours. how did you even get your hands on this.. mouth tape?"

"hyacine gave it to me, she said it could help!" you exclaimed at your husband who looks unconvinced, anaxa did go along with your solution since he couldn't bear seeing his spouse suffer because of him.

"so, how do i use this mouth tape?"

and this night, you are finally able to sleep properly. the sweet pink-haired girl works wonders─because now you are able to sleep with your dear husband in dromas pajamas wearing mouth tape cuddling you, also with his dromas doll between the two of you. his snores are only muffled, but tolerable than your previous solution.

a sweet and dreamy moment between a married couple every night, that's all you wished for─and it's slowly but surely coming true.