"I'll take her to her room," Jayden said when he managed to lift Apple a few inches off the couch so easily, without so much as frowning.
Seeing this, Pyro only became more irritated. He then pinched Apple's thigh hard enough to make his daughter wake up in shock.
"Heck? What happened?" she asked nervously, clutching her sore thigh from her father's pinch. "Ouch, it hurts, what is this?"
Apple was still not aware of her surroundings and still looked confused because she was still sleepy and in pain.
"You shouldn't be sleeping on the couch! If you want to sleep, go to your room over there!" Pyro rebuked her. He stood up and folded his arms across his chest, in an authoritarian manner that was so horrible that Apple quickly forgot the pain and rushed to her room.
She didn't even get to look at Jayden anymore or ask what the two of them had talked about.
