It was a bright sunny morning in Ponyville. The birds were singing, the town was awakening and in Twilight's castle, the purple bibliophile princess just finished her third book since last evening with a yawn.



"Wow. That was so worth it. Mmm. W-what time is it?" she said with a confused voice.



"It's past seven." Spike replied with a stern voice from the door frame, arms crossed.



The surprise awoke the pony slightly. "Spike?"



"Ugh! You did it again? You know that you're not a student anymore Twilight?" he said with a fatherly tone.



She let a sigh. "I know Spike." She began to stretch by raising her fore hooves in the air.



"And yet you break your sleeping cycle over and over again." he said while approaching the purple mare with uncrossed arms.



"Wait! What do you know about sleeping cycle?" she asked, sounding half asleep.



"I know that it's not good for you and I read it in one of your book." Twilight rolled her eyes. "Also you drink coffee so much that I had to buy a second bag yesterday. And that's for a month!"



"Sorry Spike. But I need my coffee to stay awake."



"Sorry about what? I told you it's not healthy. And the book said so too." Spike said with a concerned voice. "I bet if princess Celestia was in touch about your bad sleeping habits, she would put a spell on you so you would fall asleep at the same h...". He interrupted himself, scratching his chin with a claw. "Hmm. Not a bad idea."



"Don't you dare!" shouted the purple alicorn. "She is not longer my teacher! I'm my own princess and..." she yawn again.



"Dare what?" the dragon replied innocently. "That I would send a letter to your mentor so you would sleep at night like everypony? Except princess Luna, of course."



"Spike! I love reading! You can't stop me doing something that I love!"



"Hey! You keep stopping me doing what I love too!" he replied with a irritate voice.



"Really? Like what? Flexing your muscles in front a mirror?" He blushed. "Or maybe finding how much ice cream you can eat before getting a tummy ache?"



"What's wrong about eating a bit of ice cream?"



"A bit? You ate the three gallons of a very fancy brand Rarity bought me from Manehatten!" she shouted.



"Uh... yeah. Um. Sorry about that. But it was sooooo good and..." Twilight glared at him. "Ahem. Like I said you keep stopping me doing things I love. Like... uh..."



"Eating gems doesn't count, Spike." she cut him. "Reading books is my passion. Not some frivolous things you like to do. A passion may make you do things against your own reason, but..."



"Like fighting against your sleep to read some chapters?" he interrupted her.



"Exactly. And...". She yawned again and smacked her lips.



"But your passion won't stop your body asking for your soft pillow, your warm sheets and cushy bed." he said with a grin.



"N...no. But..." She yawned again, shaking herself for attempting to awake herself. "But a strong coffee could maybe." she said with a tired smile. Spike let out another sigh. He took a nearby cushion and thrown it at the alicorn who caught it with her magic.



"Take that while I go prepare your wakey-wakey drink." he said while heading to the kitchen. He paused halfway and turned to face her friend, pointing her with a claw. "But I swear that I will personally send a letter to Celestia if you keep fight for your sl..." He stopped mid-sentence once he saw the spectacle of a alicorn princess sleeping upright held by the cushion on the side of her head with her magic. He chuckled. "Told ya." She was softly snoring. "I better put a couple of cushions around of she won't get hurt like last time when she woke up." He looked at the clock which was showing 7:16. "Welp, gonna be alone this morning. Time for ice cream, then."



Lovely work