The Beginning of Summer

Part 7 - Unable To Sleep

After dinner and a couple of hours of gaming, everyone crashed in the cot that I set up in my bedroom. Everyone was immediately asleep, while I can't.

The memory of me hurting someone because of my shallowness kept popping up in my head and I am unable to sleep because of this.

This usually doesn't bother me at night, but tonight, my head keeps reminding me of that moment.

I quietly got up and left the bedroom to clear my head.

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Hajime POV

I woke up in the middle of the night. I looked at my phone and saw that it was 3 AM already. I was asleep for 4 hours. I look around the room and saw that Kyo was missing. I got up and went to look for him.

I saw him in the living room, looking at a window that overviews the dark street with dimly lit street lamps.

"Kyo?" I silently call out to him.

He turns his head and looked at me. "Oh hey. You can't sleep either?"

"I just woke up and noticed you were not in bed, so I decided to check up on you."

"Oh, well, thanks."

I walk over next to him. "Is something bothering you?"

"I think so," He replies as he stares at the stars in the sky. "I guess I'm still bothered by that event in junior high school."

"I can understand that."

I looked at where he was looking. The night sky tonight is pretty relaxing. The stars twinkle bright and the moon was visible. I can see why he looks at the sky while he's unease.

Kyo took a deep breath. "Doesn't this seem relaxing? The stars shine bright in the night sky while the cold breeze hit against your skin."

I chuckle. "I agree."

"I still can't sleep though."

I stood there and thought of something to help him sleep. "Here, I have a way to help."

I made my way to the couch and sat on the far right. He turns and looks at me.

I softly slap my lap. "Try sleeping in my lap."

He seems confounded at first. "You sure?"

"Yeah!" I replied. "When I was a kid, my mom would ask me to sleep on her lap whenever I feel uneasy or scared, and she would talk to me until I feel at ease as I fall asleep."

He stood there, confused. Oh, maybe he thinks that I'm doing something and he's processing my intentions. "It helped me, so I thought this might help you. It's okay if you don't want to."

I don't want to suggest to him that I have intentions. He'll probably be more confused if I explained that. I honestly don't have any other intentions than to help me sleep.

He smiles. "Sure, it can't hurt to try."

He makes his way to the couch. He sat down and lied on the couch, resting his head on my lap. He faces the ceiling and stares at it.

"You know," He says as he stares at the ceiling. "I regret that I didn't clear things up between us. There were a lot of opportunities for me to do it, but I let it go for so long that she left without me clearing it."

This issue has really got him messed up. "When there's an opportunity, you should definitely clear things up with her. I don't know when that time will come, or if that time will actually come, but when you have a chance, do it."

"Well," He pauses as he stares at the ceiling, then smiles. "Yeah, I'll definitely do it."

His mood shifted and he looks happy. "You're right. This is relaxing. I feel like I'm...... about.... to...."

And he drifted to sleep. He honestly looks like a cute puppy that I can't help but rub his head. I immediately realize what I have done and jerked my hand back to my side.

He's soft asleep. Looking at him, I can't help but smile. I sat there until eventually, I fell asleep.