I'd been fighting to stay awake for a while now, and decided to close my eyes for just a second, which was a mistake, because I couldn't muster the will power to force them open again. I was lost, halfway between being awake and asleep.
I knew Kyra was beside me, his chest rising and falling rhythmically, lulling me even further into the realm of sleep.
I knew where I was, and I knew who I was, but I also knew that I was a bird, flying through the water, beneath a sheet of ice. I knew I had to break the ice, or I'd drown. I flew closer so that I could press my hands against it and let my body heat melt it so that I could breath.
The only issue was, I couldn't melt it fast enough because I wasn't big enough, and I was too cold. Even if I could, I didn't have hands; I had wings because I was a bird.
It didn't matter, I wasn't under the ice anymore. I wasn't even a bird anymore. I never was, I'd always been me, in this room, laying next to Kyra. Nope, laying on Kyra. At least, kind of.
I only realised when I felt his fingers against my cheek, brushing my hair back to check if I was asleep, still. Which, of course, I wasn't.
I lifted my head from his chest and sat up, pulling my hair back behind my ear trying to hide my embarrassment. Did I seriously just fall asleep using his shoulder as a pillow?
"I didn't mean to fall asleep," I apologised.
"It's alright," he replied kindly, tracing his fingers down my spine, "I wasn't far behind you."
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Stardust (Complete)
ChickLit2016. I met a boy with a whole universe inside him, his eyes full of shimmering stardust, like windows into his soul, shining so brightly I could barely look into them for more than a second. His body was like a bridge between the physical and spiri...
