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Being stealthy was something he was still working on. Especially when it was late at night. Sure, sneaking out was oddly easy for him but sneaking back in? That was going to be an issue for him. His mom could- no, would be home. And if she was still awake?
There was going to be a lot of explaining to do.
He slid the door close as softly as possible. Carefully, he tip toed deeper into the darkness of his own home, doing his best to not allow the dirt that had clung to his jacket to fall upon the carpet. A flicker of light. A figure by the doorway. A sheepish grin formed upon his face.
“H-hey, Mom. I, er, didn’t think you’ll be awake still,” a small pause, brain worked on trying to work out how to get out of this one, “I... I heard an odd noise outside so I... went to investigate it. Nothing serious happened. You can go back to bed now.”











