Nicolo and Yusuf have made great progress in their relationship! They've gone from trying to kill eachother three times a day to half-heartedly threatening to kill eachother three times a day, are traveling together and haven't ever talked about that time Nicolo finally took a bath and it turned out he cleans up very well and Yusuf was like ah fuck, or that other time at the market when Yusuf heard something funny and laughed with such joy and so many eye-crinkles and Nicolo was like ah fuck.

So now they're traveling together when they come across an abandoned/lost baby and it turns out they have to take care of it until they're able to return it to its family, who conveniently live weeks and weeks away. And it wouldn't be a problem if Yusuf didn't try to soothe the baby every night with stories and lullabies (slightly off-key but very tender) his mother used to sing to him, and if he didn't get nostalgic and in a moment of appalling emotional vulnerability decided to reminisce about this family to Nicolo. Or if it didn't turn out that Nicolo is surprisingly competent with babies and in a moment of frankly disgusting weakness revealed to Yusuf that he is the oldest and most responsible of six siblings, whom he loves and misses very much.

Anyway it's fine, okay?