"Pillow Buddy" ✔

I Slept For 4 Hours

Chapter twenty-three: "I Slept For 4 Hours"

It took us about 2 hours of him tutoring me, he was really good at teaching, to be honest, but I won't say that to his egotistical face. He closed the book and stood up to stretch, his shirt went up a bit and I saw his lower abs "You're staring Angel" he smirked

I rolled my eyes and cleaned up the books before putting them back in the library, he was standing again at the terrace looking up at the stars. I walked and stood beside him trying to see what he is looking at in the sky
"You don't get to see a lot of stars in the city" he spoke quietly and I nodded in agreement with him

"Back at home, you can see a few of them" I told him as I gaze up, you can only see a few from up here and this is already a penthouse, pollution in the city is harsh

"It must be nice if you live in a rural area, it will be quiet and there will be a lot of stars to see and amazing scenery" I added before going in straight to the bedroom, before going there I purposely brought my life-sized hot dog pillow. I have a habit of hugging something when I sleep so when me and my family were at the mall one time I was super excited when I saw it

Cloud was not yet in the bedroom so I peeked out while hugging my pastel yellow hotdog pillow, he was looking through a telescope. I got curious so I crept up behind him as he was still focused on looking through the telescope, he was startled when he saw me next to him. His eyes went to my pillow
"A hot dog pillow?"

"Yes, don't judge me, I like to hug something when I sleep" I told him, we both went to bed and it was super awkward and hard to sleep beside your frenemy, I can sleep beside Alice but Cloud is a different story

He closed his eyes and was sleeping on his back, I turned to face the other way and slept. I woke up in the middle of the night because I got thirsty which is a bit weird thing that I sometimes do, I shrieked when I open the kitchen light to see Cloud at the corner with a book beside a lamp light

I didn't notice him at the corner of the living room, he was wide awake
"I thought you are asleep!" I told him loudly, he shrugged at me
"I can't"

I raised a brow in confusion "why?" I strolled and stopped to sit at a chair across from him
"I have insomnia, Angel"

Nothing came out of my mouth but there was this sudden realization
So that's why he gave me an offer, I am going to be his helper to help him fall asleep

"I was supposed to ask you but you instantly fell asleep, I just wanted to close my eyes a bit" he closed the book and put it under the night lamp on top of a desk beside him

"Sorry, I was just that easy to fall asleep" I was feeling really bad that I just slept without giving my side on helping him

I grabbed his hand and pulled him to stand up, he was gazing at me as I went behind his back as I push him lightly to the bedroom and made him sit on the bed
"Alright so how is this insomnia been going on for?" I asked him as I lean at the wall behind me

"5 years already, it's rare if I can get at least 5 hours of sleep" he told me and my jaw dropped, he has had insomnia for 5 years!?
How is it even possible for him to be alive right now!?

"But you don't act like you have one"

"Angel, I am a good actor and I don't need the pity of others"

I sat a bit far from him on the bed and he turned his body around to face me "have you tried anything?"

He nodded his head "I did everything the doctor and the internet told me but it only helped me get at least 2 more hours of sleep, back then I could only sleep for 1 hour when I was at my worst state" he sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose