It happens to everyone - sometimes, you have nights where you just can't fall asleep, no matter what you do. It could be for a number of reasons, or no reason at all. And this is what's happened now: you've been laying in bed for what feels like hours, just tossing and turning, and nothing seems to help. So what's left to do? Get out of bed and go wake someone else up, of course. If you're not getting any sleep, then why should they?
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o p t i o n s 01 • FEAR. Maybe you're hearing strange, indeterminable noises; maybe there's a severe storm happening outside; maybe you watched a scary movie before bed? Whatever the reason, you're terrified and it's keeping you awake. You just want to wake someone else up so they can protect you from the monster in your closet.
02 • HUNGER. Your stomach is growling and it just won't stop. Or perhaps your throat is so dry you could cough up a tumbleweed? Well, you've gone to the kitchen to remedy this and hey, that was a pan that just dropped on the floor. It was loud enough to wake the dead! Oops.
03 • PAIN. Your body is completely worn out, be it from exercise, battle, sickness, or what have you. Either way you're in enough pain to keep you from sleeping, so maybe someone else has a home remedy or something, or can at least help you take your mind off of it.
04 • SOLITUDE. For some reason, your bed just feels so empty at the moment. You're feeling terribly lonely and really just want someone to keep you company for a while. Maybe it'd be easier to fall asleep if you're with them...
05 • DISCOMFORT. Your room is an oven. Either that or a freezer. Or maybe this bed is just really uncomfortable? Who knows why you can't get to sleep, it feels like it could be anything. Why even bother trying? Maybe someone else can preoccupy you until you feel tired enough to ignore your discomfort.
06 • PENSIVE. Something's on your mind, and no matter how hard you try to focus elsewhere, it's just not going to work. Your body may be tired, but your mind is incredibly busy and it's virtually impossible to get to sleep. Surely, talking it out with someone else will help?
07 • SADNESS. Something terrible has happened that day, perhaps; or you could just be severely depressed. Either way you're trying your hardest not to cry yourself to sleep, and it's not working at all. Better find a way to get it out of your system somehow; you need a shoulder to cry on.
08 • ANGER. You are just... fuming. Who knows why - that annoying dog is barking again, or maybe the people next door are getting busy and keeping you awake. Whatever the reason for your ire is, you'd better put an end to it so you can get some damn rest already! Go wake up a friend so you can complain to them.
09 • RESTLESS. You're far too energetic to sleep right now. Maybe you're just trying to do so out of necessity - you have to be up early tomorrow! But you just don't think you'll be able to fall asleep for a while now, so why waste the time trying to sleep when you could be doing something else? Namely bothering someone else - you're totally jealous because they're getting more sleep than you.
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bakerstreet2012-05-05 11:11 pm
Tifa Lockheart/Final Fantasy VII
4; i hope this is ok!
As comfortable as this inn's bed was, it felt ... lonely to be there. Since when had he become such a wimp?
Getting off his bed and going out of his room, he decided to patrol a little. He went from room to room in case there was anything wrong. Although he avoided Barret's, it was obvious he was sleeping like a bear if his snoring could be heard from the corridor... Then he got to Tifa's room. He didn't knock, but simply poked his spiky head inside. Everything looked fine, and Tifa seemed to be sleeping deeply... Wasn't she? Huh, better check out. Approaches to her and observes close.]
absolutely!
up!
Tifa was jerking up and backward so fast she almost lost her balance, one hand coming dangerously close to accidentally popping Cloud in the chin as she reacted to waking up to find a figure looming over her in the darkness. It was telling that sound only came after her brain had caught up and recognized the glow of blue eyes in the dark.}
Cloud {it was a whispered hiss before the concern overrode it and she was scooting back toward him again, ready to swing her legs off the bed and get up, already starting to worry.} Is something wrong?
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Shakes his head rapidly, before she gets up or something.]
No. Just... [Just what?] I, hmm, couldn't sleep. That's all.
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They all have reasons to have sleepless nights but she can't help but wonder if Cloud might have more reasons than all of them put together. Without words, she shifts over on the bed, folding pajama clad legs under her as she pats the bed in invitation. She doesn't ask why he can't sleep though. All she offers instead is:}
It was a long day, wasn't it?
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Yeah.
[A beat.]
Sorry I woke you.
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No. It's okay. I don't mind. {her own pause before she adds a bit softer:} I'm glad you did.
{it feels nice to be needed and to know Cloud's comfortable enough to come find her like this.}
I'm kind of surprised that we haven't been blacklisted from every inn on the continent though with the way Barret snores.
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[There wasn't a way to know if he was joking or not, maybe he was.]
You should, he'd probably try to choke me with it.
it's true! though... it's usually my pets but still -
He would not! {a beat and then her eyes shift to look at him from their edges.} He'd try to smother you. It's entirely different. {Gentle, she bumps up lightly against his shoulder with her own before straightening again and her voice is softer as she guesses:} You checked on everybody, didn't you?
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He gives a little nod before answering.]
Yeah, I did.
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You're a good leader. {it's said less as a compliment and more as a simple statement of pride. And she is. He's come a long way from the careless mercenary she found at the train station who claimed he couldn't even be bothered care what anyone's names were. He's still confusing though... She's not going to let it steal the peaceful way this moment feels though and so she pushes, again, the worries to the back of her mind and focuses on simply enjoying the fact that everyone's together and safe and she has quiet moments of contentment like this with him.}
We could tell Barret we're equipping him with a magic item. The Pillow of Silence. I'm pretty sure the rest of the team would back us up on it.
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But he wasn't about to say that aloud.]
Wouldn't you miss it, though? Barret snoring.
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His question has her turning her head to look at him curiously though. He has a way of asking the strangest questions sometimes, coming at things from an entirely different angle.}
Maybe. A little. It's been a long time since I've slept anywhere quiet. Not when we're camping though. Tent walls aren't as good at blocking sound as real walls are. {teasing. maybe. a little.} Don't tell me you're getting used to the sound.
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[If Barret was the one with insomnia, it would surely mean that a giant rock from the sky would imminently fall on them, or something ominous like that. Perhaps he was being a tiny bit envious of Barret's ability to sleep no matter what was going on with the world, without having to wake up in the middle of the night from some weird dream, or having a little voice telling him to wake up because he wasn't even sleeping to begin with, but had passed out...
And there he was, letting his train of thought go a little too far again.]
Sounds stupid, doesn't it? [Says, as he rubs the bridge of his nose, looking perhaps a little tired.]
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That's not stupid at all, Cloud. {her voice matches the smile, soft and quiet in the dark and almost she wants to reach out and stroke his hair, offering her own understanding. Things are scary. No matter how much they try to pretend they're not. She's scared sometimes too and when she looks at it that way, she can understand finding Barret's snoring comforting. Grounding. Instead of that though, she nudges him a little, offering the other pillow to prop behind him for comfort. He takes care of them, but who takes care of him?}
It's important to remember that things aren't as bad as they seem sometimes, isn't it? From now on, when I hear Barret snoring I'll remember that too.