Just ten more minutes. Then I'll get up.

...

Ten more minutes...

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Just a little while longer...

This was the philosophy Blaze lived by for the past few hours as his subconscious waged a mental battle between staying in bed and falling back into sweet, blissful sleep. Through bloodshot eyes, he groggily peered past his blanket and up to the clock hanging crookedly on the wall. He had already slept half of the day away, and yet he still felt as if he had spent the last few hours running a mini marathon.

"Ugh, crap." Blaze groaned as he rolled over in bed, shoving his face further into the pillow in an attempt to gain a few more minutes of rest before he had to...

"Wait a second." Blaze thought aloud, "I don't have to do crap today!" He rejoiced with a swift pump in the air with both hooves to signify his victory. Figuring out that he could just lay in bed all day was the best news he had received all week.

With a smile, he quickly brought the blankets tighter over him, and snuggled up warmly against the soft pillows to fall back to sleep...

That is, if only he could get to sleep.

"You've gotta be kidding me." Blaze said through the pillow, turning over to face the ceiling with an annoyed frown. "I'm not even tired anymore. How does that even happen?" He let out an exasperated sigh and began to lose himself in thought once more.

"Well I'm awake. Might as well do something." He put a quizzical hoof to his chin. "But what?"

Then, as if by magic, the light in Blaze's head suddenly flickered to life and he screamed to the heavens, "I'm home alone! Spark's not here to tell me what to do! I can do whatever I want!!!" He smiled devilishly and looked over to the food cabinet that held all of Spark's "off-limits" snacks."

He tiptoed over to the cabinet as if he was afraid he'd be caught, then slowly opened it to reveal the treasure gleaming treasure inside.

"My God..." Blaze whispered, reaching inside to retrieve one of the small packaged cakes that Spark had purchased from the market. "It...it's beautiful." He took a long look at the packaging that read, "Salt Kakes" It didn't sound like the tastiest thing in the world, but Blaze knew it was like heaven in his mouth. He quickly ripped the flimsy packaging away and stuffed the small cake into his mouth, sending him into a state of pure euphoria.

"These things are like Twinkies for ponies." Blaze said as he finished chewing and swallowed the last of the snack. He was about to reach for another, but immediately stopped himself. "Wait, I shouldn't take too many. I don't want Spark to notice when he gets back." He hesitantly shut the cabinet and turned away from it, attempting to free his mind from thoughts of the delicious treats that lay mere feet away from him.

"What to do now..." He said. Everything he had ever dreamed of doing was already accomplished. "What else does Spark hate that I do..."

"HOLY CRAAAAAP!!!" Blaze screamed as he rode his mattress down the stairs, his voice faltering from the constant bumping. Halfway down, the mattress caught on one of the steps and flipped, taking Blaze with him. Within a split second, Blaze was tumbling town the stairs with a very large mattress throwing him around like a rag doll. When he finally hit the bottom, he skidded across the floor on the mattress with a horrified look on his face.

"That. Was. AWESOME!!!" He hopped off of the mattress and began jumping up and down in pure excitement. "I don't know why I don't do this more often!" He happily cantered over to the cabinet of Spark's snacks and grabbed another Salt Kake. "I'm sure Spark won't notice if I take just one more..."

"My kingdom!" Blaze shouted from the top of the stairs, overlooking the many various bed sheets and clothes that draped over the staircase and floor, creating a pretend castle. He smiled at his hard work, an overwhelming sense of pride washing over him. He had just single-handedly created an entire castle from bed sheets in as little as two hours.

Upon realization of the childish act he just committed, Blaze began to shake his head in disappointment.

"What is life?"

"I'm sure he won't notice if just a few more of those Salt Kakes go 'missing.'" Blaze said as he grabbed an armful of the delicious cakes. He was starving so what else was he going to do? Make food? And besides even if Spark did notice the small decrease in his favorite snacks, they could always get more.

Blaze threw one cake into the air and caught it in his mouth, chewing it up happily. "I'm so glad Spark isn't home to see all this. He'd kick my ass."

Blaze lay on the floor, completely stuffed and covered in empty plastic packages.

"Ugh." He groaned, rolling over and slowly getting to his feet. He stumbled a bit and shook his head, burping immediately afterward. "What time is it?" He looked to the clock, now on the floor, and he was astonished. "I passed out for three hours?" He smiled. "Nice."

He walked over to the fridge and brought out a grape soda, downing it in seconds. "I need something amazing to top this day off and make it the most perfectly counterproductive day ever." He said after crushing the can and tossing it to the side. He thought for a few moments before the idea suddenly hit him. He knew exactly what he'd do; something he loved doing but Spark hated. Something he hadn't done since he was a human...

Blaze began tapping his hoof on the ground in a rhythmic beat to the tune he hummed loudly. He was going to enjoy this.

He began to smile and move his body to the beat he had created, humming even louder as his grand entrance approached.

"I'm not a fan of puppeteers, but I have a nagging someone else is pulling at the strings!" Blaze sang loudly, laughing at his freedom.

"Something terrible is going down, through the entire town, wreaking anarchy and all it brings!" He began moving his entire body even more and grabbed a nearby bottle to use as a makeshift microphone.

"I can't sit idly, no I can't move at all! But I curse the name, the one behind it alllllllllllll!!!" He paused, readying himself for the greatest chorus of all time...

He took a great gasp of air, and-

"BLAZE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?!?" A very loud, very pissed off voice interrupted Blaze's moment, causing him to lose concentration and his chorus to fall flat.

"Crap." Blaze said to himself, looking up to see Spark standing in the doorway with a face contorted in pure rage. He looked to either side of him to see a heap of empty Salt Kake packages and a mattress covered in random bed sheets across the floor. Upon realization of just how screwed he was, Blaze screeched in absolute terror. "Crap!"

"I'm going to give you ten seconds to explain to me what the fuck this mess is all about." Spark said with a huff of anger.

"Well, uh, you, uh, you see, I-" Blaze faltered. He literally had no explanation for anything he had done today.

"Ten, nine, eight..." Spark began counting angrily.

"Okay wait! I was home alone so I decided to have a little fun, that's all! Since you weren't here I was just doing stuff that you usually hate because I could! I didn't think you would mind because you were gone and now you're back and I was going to clean it all up, and, and..." He looked to the still enraged Spark.

"SO YOU ATE ALL MY FUCKING SALT KAKES?!?!?" He screamed.

"Well, uh, yeah." Blaze said timidly. "I didn't think you'd notice if a few went missing."

"YOU RAIDED THE ENTIRE FUCKING CABINET, DIPSHIT!!! OF COURSE I'M GOING TO FUCKING NOTICE!!!"

Blaze looked beside him to see the barren wooden cabinet with cake packages littering the floor below it.

"Okay, maybe I did eat a few more than I thought..."

"FUCK!!!" Spark stomped the ground in anger repeatedly before finally stopping and sighing in defeat. "You know what? It's my fault."

"It is?" Blaze asked, more surprised than anything.

"Of course. I should have known I can't leave you here alone without you doing something incredibly idiotic." He sighed and pointed to the lone mattress. "Like, I don't even want to know what the fuck happened there."

"I, uh...rode it down the stairs." Blaze said simply.

"Goddammit, Blaze." Spark said. "You are a fucking train wreck waiting to happen."

Blaze just shrugged. "Sorry."

Spark sighed once more. "No, it's fine. Just clean this shit up and get ready to go into town."

"Why?" Blaze asked.

Spark simply just picked up an empty Salt Kake package and Blaze got the idea.

"Alright, alright." Blaze said, gathering all of the bed sheets together.

"Oh, and by the way, Blaze." Spark said, getting Blaze's attention.

"I'm howling at the moon and sleeping in the middle of a summer afternoon." Spark said.

Blaze grinned and started, "Discord-"

"Shut the fuck up and get to work." Spark said with a grimace, and made his way upstairs to get away from the pit of a living room Blaze had created.

Blaze just smiled and began picking up all the loose bed sheets and wrappers.

Totally. Worth it.

Author's Notes:

Sorry for the random chapter, I was just trying to get one out since I haven't updated for a while. I promise I'm not neglecting this story or anything I just haven't had the time lately and I'm writing when I can. I greatly appreciate all of you hanging in there for me and I hope I can make this story the best it can be for you guys.