The Once-ler

A few weeks ago, after a lot of effort, thousands of tomatoes thrown at him and a broken guitar, your boyfriend's invention finally worked and began to become a growing success, so without hesitation he immediately called his family to help him with the production of the Thneeds. And as his business continued to grow so did the responsibilities and work so he couldn't spend as much time with you as before. Lately he had also begun to work excessively, starting to stay up late and rarely taking some rest. So tonight you decided to stay up with him to keep him some company. You quietly sat down next to him, watching him work on his project. After a few minutes he finally noticed your presence and glanced over at you with a small but tired smile on his face."What are you doing up at this late hour? You should be asleep by now."his face was paler than usual, the bags under his eyes were more noticeable, and even if he was trying to hide it he kept yawning every few minutes.