Emerald Eyes

11 - Asleep

A little while later, Martijn came back from the kitchen and said: "Okay, now you really need to grab your stuff, because I don't have any food in the freezer, except for.... Well beer haha. That means I'm taking you out to grab something to eat, beautiful." Just seconds later, we were on our way out. He led the way to another – who would've guessed it – Italian place in the mall next to his apartment building. "Are you fine with ordering takeout? We won't get disturbed in my place, you know?", he suggested and handed me their takeout menu. "Yes sure! That's no problem!", I replied and checked the menu. "So what can I get you?", he asked me before we went up to the counter. I decided to get some vegetable Lasagna and Martin ordered a simple peperoni pizza for himself. "Do you just live on pizza? You never order anything else.", I asked him jokingly. "Nooooo. Never. It's so much more than that. Pizzaaaaaa and chocolate and beer and..... well, scrambled eggs, I guess.", he admitted and played the ashamed little boy. "You're crazy.", I laughed and gave him a hug. When our food was ready, we picked it up and went back to Martijn's apartment. We sat down on the balcony and enjoyed our food, while I was admiring the view he had gotten so used to already. After we had finished our delicious food, Martijn took me back inside. "So, what does a world famous DJ do at home, when he's not touring or sitting in the studio upstairs?", I asked curiously. "Well. Play the guitar in the living room haha.", was the first thing he came up with. "You really live and breathe music, don't you?", I asked and he nodded proudly. "And except for that, I like to watch TV series or movies ooor... hmm well I'm not home too much all by myself, I like to invite friends over and just talk over a beer or two, or go out and party.", he added. "Okay, I'm in for a movie."; I decided with a smile, "But you pick. And you better choose a good one, Garrix." He picked the newest James Bond movie, which we both hadn't seen yet and then plopped down on the big and comfortable couch next to me. We watched the movie for a while, sitting close to each other. Halfway through the movie, Martijn started resting his head on my shoulders and closing his eyes for a few seconds each time. When he yawned, I asked: "Did you get any sleep at all tonight, Garrix?" He shook his head and instead of an answer, he yawned again. It didn't take long, until he was fully asleep on the couch, with James Bond still running in the background. His head was leaning against my shoulders, so I carefully decided to make it more comfortable for him and gently bed his head into one of the fluffy cushions. Martijn continued to sleep until the end of the movie, which I only half-heartedly finished. He looked incredibly cute how he was laying there, all curled up on the couch, getting the much needed rest in. I only now realized how gentle his face was built, a little brown dot besides his upper lip and those wonderful eyes, which had already fascinated me before. I sat down a little closer to him and first hesitated a little bit, but then I allowed my fingers to gently run through his brown hair. I simply couldn't resist. A few minutes passed by, until Martijn finally opened his eyes again. I pulled my hand back, he rubbed his eyes and said: "Oh, I'm so sorry, I fell asleep, right? How long was I...?" "You look beautiful, when you're asleep. Don't worry, it's fine.", I said with a smile. "Ohhhhh only when I fall asleep?", he asked and poked me in the side. He started to tickle me and I was winding under his fingers: "Hey, Garrix, stop it!", I laughed. "Hahaha, only when you admit, that I'm always beautiful, not just when I'm asleep.", he smirked and continued to tickle me. "Heeeeey!", I screamed, "I surrender!" He immediately stopped tickling me and put on a dead serious face: "Okay sweetie, go ahead and say it." I sighed, because he actually was right, I just didn't want to admit. And he was calling me sweetie. What the fuck was happening here? I still couldn't believe it. Only when he threatened to tickle me even more, I got out the words: "Okay, okay, okay. You're beautiful, Garrix, and that not only when you're asleep." And I felt the words, definitely. I jumped up from the couch to flee from his attacks and Martijn ran after me and said: "Thank you, thank you. I know." He chased me through the whole apartment until I ran up the stairs towards his studio. Martijn was close behind me and demanded: "Oh no. Not the studio. Stop!" I smirked and at that moment, I knew I had won: "Go ahead and make me stop, Tijn."