Sleep

Part 28

Huffing loudly, I tried to tilt my neck again, only to result in the same shooting pain I'd been experiencing all day. It was comparable to when you sleep really wrong and simply can't tilt your head in a direction, except that it was for every direction.

When I'd woken up, I also had excruciating pain from every movement, fire shooting up and down my spine with every shift.

I'd grabbed the phone next to my head, and immediately send a message to Delirious, hoping he'd see it.

"LunaLirious- I'm fine, bit of discomfort in my neck. Don't show your face just cos I'm a little uncomfortable man, I respect your privacy."

Tears where sliding down from the corners of my eyes by the time I managed to complete it and send it off, and when I dropped my phone to my chest I laid completely still, praying I wouldn't need to sneeze.

Hours passed and no sound came from my front door, nor my phone, but I took that as a good sign. I respected Delirious' privacy, and he hadn't shown anyone yet for a reason. I didn't want him to show me just because I landed this sucky situation.

There was also the worry, the not wanting to meet the man and stress about the feelings that would cause my speech to jumble and heart to flutter.

How silly that I was developing feelings on a guy I'd never actually met, a guy I realistically knew only little about.

But he was so nice, so caring. Funny and happy, and even just hearing his voice could lift my mood. It was one thing enjoying his content on YouTube, but a whole other to know that his personality was genuine, his humour was real.

Eventually I got sick of my thoughts and forced myself to my lounge room, where I was currently sitting on the couch.

Id gotten a message earlier for a job interview in two days, but the shifts were through the day. Not night ones. Savings could only go so far though, and I wasn't planning on turning down employment. I'd work around it.

Delirious had said he could record through the day anyway, so maybe it'd work out fine, I could work and sleep and it'd all be ok.

The morning eventually came, as did a message from Delirious, saying that he was glad I was ok. 

Smiling, I decided it'd be best to talk it through with him about my job and see if it really was ok for him to work through to day. Probably better for his sleep schedule anyway, right?

"LunaLirious- so... I got a job interview tomorrow, it's day shifts."

Leaving it simple, I rolled my lip into my mouth and started chewing, noticing that speech bubbles popped up in record time. He must've been waiting for my reply.

"H2O Delirious- so I'll record during the day. I'm sure you'll go well"

"LunaLirious- sure that's ok? You don't have to, I can keep looking and find somewhere with night shifts."

The edges of my mouth were tilted up, but my brows were furrowed in slight guilt.

"H2O Delirious- it's fine xD tell me how it goes!"

Letting out a breath I didn't know I was holding, I finally let myself smile again. Delirious was too kind.

"LunaLirious- I appreciate it man, thank you a heap."

"H2O Delirious- you're welcome. Anyway wassup?"

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The following day, I was sat in the cafe i'd been looking at that allowed performers throughout the day. I figured if I couldn't sing, I could at least see if they wanted waitresses or anything.

The whole room was bright from the large windows on the front, and was themed with a dark and light brown, soft pink scattered around in the form of a single stripe centre of the walls, dividing the light brown at the top from the dark at the bottom, and pink swirls and patterns on the tabletops.

To my luck, they'd just had someone quit due to moving. The older woman who'd interviewed me was very nice, and the guy and girl who'd been working were laughing and smiling.

The air was filled with quiet chatter and a delicious aroma, fresh coffee and cookie scents filling my nose with each inhale. Needless to say, it seemed like a good place to work.

Now, I was just sat, watching a guy on the small stage strum a song on an acoustic guitar. A gentle tap to my shoulder startled me and I spun, blue eyes catching with the soft brown of the female worker.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." She said in a quiet voice, smiling to me in a calming way. "Can I join you?"

Giggling softly to myself at how I'd jumped, I nodded to her.

"I'm on break, so I figured I'd get to know our new worker. I'm Alessia."

"Luna." I smiled at the friendly girl.

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I know, short. I'm sorry. But I didn't know what else to put here to make it longer and didn't want useless stuff. It was kinda a filler? Like I needed it but I couldn't put the next part in here too. Idk.

Sorry for being so slow!

And also, yes, she's fine. I just left that cliffhanger cos I'm evil. Although, I was serious in that it's coming to an end. Another few chapters and we shall see the end of the book!!