Butterflies

Dreams

After meeting Jason, we talked for what seemed like forever. It was getting really late and I was getting tired.

"Jason, I'm tired. I had an amazing time talking to you."

I grabbed my backpack and placed it under my head. I looked back at Jason. He was still just sitting by the trunk of the tree.

"Hey, Jason are you going to sleep?"

"Can't."

"What do you mean? You can't sleep?"

"I just don't sleep. My mind is a dark place."

"What do you mean by that?"

"My dreams, well, they scare me. They make me do crazy things. I haven't slept in so long. I'm not even sure what sleep is anymore."

"Jason you're sleep deprived. I don't need to sleep, I'll watch over you. I'll make sure that you don't do anything."

"Are you sure? I don't want to hurt you."

"Don't worry about it."

Jason's P.O.V

So she was really going to look after me. I really didn't want to put this all on Mai, but she seems so confident. She handed me her backpack to use as a pillow. Thought it was no where near as comfortable as a pillow it would have to do.

It took me a while to finally fall asleep. It felt so nice be lost in sleep. I missed this feeling. Thats when I began to dream.

'It was dark. I couldn't see my own hand in front of my face. Then a light turned on. I was face to face with a creature I had never seen before. It was tall and had sharp teeth that shined in the light. I grabbed the closest thing to me and began to defend myself. I couldn't control my actions. I was just hitting the creature. Then I began to shake. What was this?

Mai's P.O.V

I told myself I was going to watch over Jason. I wasn't going to let anything happen to him.

He had been peacefully asleep for half an hour. Then he started to move around as if he was swatting something away. I grabbed his shoulders in an attemp to wake him but it didn't work. What was I supposed to do? I began to shake him by the shoulders.

"Please Jason, just wake up!"

I didn't want anything to happen to him. I just found him, I can't loose him. He was the whole reason was here. After shaking him for shat felt like forever he broke out of his dream.

"Jason! I thought you would never wake up."

"Mai, did I do anything?"

"No, you did nothing. You're okay."

I could hear sniffling. I looked up at Jason and see a single tear fall from his cheek. My heart broke. He wasn't worried about the dream, he was worried that he might have hurt me. I pulked him close to me like my mother would do when I would cry.

"I thought you said we weren't supposed to do anything stupid. Why are you even doing this for me?"

"It,s not something stupid. I was trying to comfort you."

I pushed him away.

"But if you're going to be immature about it then I won't do it anymore. And why I did what I did, I couldn't let you go through that dream any longer. You looked like you were in so much pain and I couldn't bear to see you that way."

I looked away not wanting Jason to see my face.

"Thank you, Mai, it means a lot. You should sleep now. I've been quite the handfull tonight. You deserve it."

I could have sworn he had said something else, but I drifted into sleep before I could register it.