"Stop staying up so late. I can never fall asleep."
“i don’t mean to stay up, sleep’s just hard to come by for me. i’m not kidding when i say the one who wants me to sleep most is… well, me, ya see?”
he drapes an arm over her side, more for the sake of reassuring himself that she was there than anything else, then heaves a sigh.
“i’m a lot more tired than i let on, but my title of ‘guardian’ means i gotta put up a front. just to others though, but not to you, 'cause you’re special, if i’m gonna be blunt.”
his expression is a tired, borderline-sad one, and after a few moments, he pulls his arm back to his side.
“–sorry for keeping you awake.”
















