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Rui overslept this morning.
When I dropped by, his curtains were still shut and he was sprawled on the floor with the chicks huddled up close to him. It was such an endearing sight that I couldn't bear to rouse them from their slumber. I shut the door behind me as quietly as I could and returned to my office to work instead.
When I returned to his room with lunch, Rui asked why I didn't stop by in the morning for the reports and for a moment, I hesitated to tell him the truth. He was definitely not going to be pleased, but who else could I share this with? So I told him.
He was distraught, to say the least.
He interrogated me, asking why I didn't wake him up if I knew he'd overslept, and I just said that it didn't feel right to disturb him or the chicks.
His face was glowing red, but it was definitely not from the spiced prawns he was eating.