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[ today...really has been a Day. maybe it's best if they both just get some rest. ]

Can I...check on you tomorrow?

[a nod.]

Yeah, that's fine.

I'm coming to visit, okay?

[ ann...does not wait for his answer (???) before coming over and knocking on his door again. this time she has some banana bread from the cafe they visited a few days ago! it's really good. even if mako doesn't like sweets. bolin can eat it or something. ]

[honestly, Bolin needs to start answering the door, because he is too tired for this. So, g...ive him a minute. Or five.]

[ ...okay this is taking too long WE'RE GIVING IT ANOTHER KNOCK ]

Mako? Bolin?

[there it is again-- fine, he's getting up, and opening the door.... He kind of looks like a zombie. I'm sorry.]

Hey.

Mako...

[ that look on his face...ann knows he hasn't been sleeping. she steps in, leaves the food on the counter. ]

Do you want me to stay over? Even for just a little while?

[honestly... He doesn't know what to say? He's been trying to sleep, but it keeps getting interrupted or just... not coming at all. He shuts the door behind her, and leans back against, partially from habit, partially because he's so tired.]

I... don't care.

[he's reached the apathy stage of sleeplessness]

[ ...okay then, mako. ]

I'm staying, then.

[ she's going to...guide him back to his bedroom, if he's tired enough to where he'd let her do that. ]

You need to sleep.

[it's pretty easy to guide him. At least she's not dragging him... that would be harder.]

I've tried.

[oh look, frustration. Tired frustration, but it's still there.]

I keep waking up.

You have to keep trying. No offense, but you look like a zombie.

[ it's blunt but he needs to hear it, she thinks??? ]

Can I ask what's waking you up?

Thanks?

[he sits on the bed, and leans forward, rubbing his face]

Nightmares. Or I keep thinking too much.

[ ah. it's that bad, huh... ]

Would it help if I stayed here? I could...I don't know, try to help you sleep.

[he glances up at her, and then back down at the ground]

I don't know?

Let's give it a try. It might help to not be alone.

[ slowly, she reaches for his hand. this is okay, right? ]

I'm here for you.

[he looks at her hand for a moment, like it's slowly sinking in? but he's so exhausted. He just squeezes her hand weakly.]

Thanks.

... I love you, I really do. I'm sorry that this is happening right now.

[ it makes her happy to hear him say that, but... ]

Don't worry about it. I...know Retrospec isn't exactly kind when it comes to giving us memories.

[ she would know.

she's going to... get him to lie down on his bed before she settles in next to him, pulling out her laptop. ]

I have some homework I need to finish. Is it okay if I work on it here while you rest?

Yeah. Don't let me stop you from that.

[he's actually gonna turn towards her, and try? to sleep? It's nice, feeling the weird of her next to him, honestly. Knowing she's there...

He focuses on that when he feels himself start to think too much, and honestly.

He's out cold in five minutes.]

[ several minutes pass and ann turns to check on him--he's sleeping.

that's good. she had a feeling it would help. she smiles a little, but resists the urge to touch him, because she doesn't want to wake him up among other things.

then, she puts her laptop down on the bed, slowly sneaks out, and retreats into his bathroom to cry.

it's been a stressful week, and ann's reaching her breaking point. she sits in there for a good fifteen minutes or so before washing her face, hoping that her absence hasn't woken him up. ]

Edited 2017-09-16 23:38 (UTC)

[just this once, probably a testament to how tired he is, he's still asleep when she comes out. It's too early to tell, but it might be the most peaceful he's slept in 3 days.

Thanks to her.]

[ oh good, he's still asleep. she moves and quietly slips back into the bed, getting back onto her computer. more typing, editing, and revising of an essay... and then once she's done, she realizes how tired she is from all of that crying.

she finally lies down next to him. not cuddled up or anything, just...there.

she falls asleep pretty quickly. ]

[honestly, with her there, and just natural transitions, eventually he was going to end up curled against her, his arm thrown over her protectively.

That... had to happen eventually.]

[ ann feels that in her sleep. it's nice. really nice. she doesn't move, but it's warm and honestly? she was afraid that she wouldn't get to experience this again, with how mako was acting.

but it's good. ]

[GOOD. Unfortunately, the problems he was talking about strike, but much, much later.

It was nice, because he really isn't dreaming. Or wasn't. The images are slow at first, but he shows the growing anxiety on his face outside.

But it doesn't take long for the explosion (with the nice overlap of the sound of gunshots) to happen, and for him to shoot up straight, trying to catch his breath and get his heart rate under control.

It's... only 3 am.

[ it's that sudden movement that gets ann to stir a bit in her sleep. she wants to fall back asleep, but she can hear mako trying to catch his breath. it worries her, and she forces herself to wake up, slowly rising. ]

Mako? You okay?

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