One Direction Preferences

#7 Sleepless nights (his pov)

Harry: I woke up out of my sleep when I turned around and couldn’t feel my other half next to me. And when I took in the time on the clock, I couldn’t keep myself from letting out a deep sigh. My feet got out of bed instantly, stumbling out of the room, going downstairs. And I finally found her in the kitchen, with a cup of tea in her hand, leaning back on the kitchen tile. Her guilty eyes instantly met mine. ‘I’m sorry… Did I wake you up?’ Her voice sounded too awake for my liking. I shook my head softly, coming closer and kissing her warm lips, caused by the hot liquid she was drinking. The dark circles under her eyes became more and more visible every single day and I couldn’t help but feel worried while watching how she slowly turned out to be more and more exhausted. ‘Come with me…’ I muttered in her hair, while finding her fingers and leading her to the living room. ‘I’m not tired, Haz…’ She warned me, like I couldn’t see how the lack of sleep slowly made her look like a zombie. ‘You are.’ I objected firmly. ‘You just can’t sleep…’. It was the truth, she knew it. And she didn’t call me wrong. I placed myself on the couch, and pulled her down next to me, making her head lie on my lap. I turned on the television on a random cooking channel, something she liked to watch. My one hand was still holder hers while the other slowly caressed her hair. And only ten minutes later, I felt her hand go limp in mine. The feeling of satisfaction and relief instantly flew over me. I waited another five minutes, before I turned the television off. I knew her. I knew how I could make her sleep. This was the way. And although I wasn’t able to get much sleep myself like this, I didn’t care. The only thing I wanted was for her to have at least four hours of sleep, because lately… That wasn’t even the case.

Louis: When I woke up at 4 am, I still noticed the night light on the other side of the bed, shining softly through the room. And when I turned myself, I saw my girlfriend sitting there with the book in her hands, not looking sleepy at all, just like 4 hours ago. I watched her for a moment, because I knew she was too much into the story to notice I was awake. I couldn’t keep myself from wondering how she could cope with this lack of sleep she was building up. I wondered if she even noticed it the way I did. I wondered if it ever would get too much. No… Of course it would get too much. I didn’t even doubt it. A human can only be awake for that long. And while I was looking at her, wishing for her to find the piece she needed to get some sleep, I realized I had to help her. So I grabbed her book from her, and didn’t stop when it startled her. I said noting when I laid the book on my night table and heard her complain. After that, I hunched over her, to reach her light and turn it off. And then I pulled her down gently, wrapped my arms around her close to my chest. ‘Louis…’ She mumbled against my skin. But I kissed her forehead to keep her quiet. ‘It’s 4 am. You need to get out at 8. So just please… Do me a favour now, and get some sleep.’ I softly said into her hair. ‘I love you and I want you to be well rested and healthy. So please… Just try.’ I finished. She didn’t make a sound anymore. And I stayed awake until I knew she was asleep. Finally.

Niall: Her moving in the bed made me wake up out of my sleep. She was turning and sighing and it was hardly impossible to sleep with those noises interrupting my dreams. ‘What’s wrong…’ I murmured, still not fully awake. But she made sure to change that, when she suddenly let out a loud and frustrated groan. ‘I can’t sleep!!’ She exclaimed, startling me. ‘And I’m hungry.’ I just could hear her pouting while saying that, what made me let out a short chuckle. ‘You’re even worse than I am, baby. It’s 3 am.’ I smiled while closing my eyes again, because they felt too heavy. ‘Maybe… yes, but that doesn’t change anything about the situation. I’m still hungry!’ She was sitting up now, and I knew that there was no way she was going to sleep until she had something in her stomach. So I let out a sigh, stretched myself out and slipped out of bed, walking towards the door. ‘Where are you going?’ She asked, her voice full of confusion. And I turned around, meeting her sitting figure on bed and I couldn’t hide a smile. ‘Well, you made me hungry. I’m going for food.’ I told her, leaning myself against the doorframe. ‘Care to join me, partner?’ And her lips formed into one of her biggest smiles, when she nodded excited and hopped out of the bed, following my lead to the kitchen. And I couldn’t feel more happy that I had her as my girlfriend. I wouldn’t want anyone else.

Zayn: ‘Zayn?’ I heard her voice call my name, and it took me  a while to let it sink in that it was actually real, and not a dream. My eyes slowly opened, meeting hers right in front of me. ‘I can’t sleep.’ She whispered, so close to my face. And although it was dark, I still was able to see all her features. ‘I can see that…’ My voice sounding low and sleepy, while my eyes were fighting to stay open. ‘Be careful, baby.’ I continued, and while saying it I felt a sting in my heart, because I hated it when she left the house like this. Although it was the only way. My eyes closed again and I felt her lips on mine, shortly but full of love. ‘Will do.’ She softly said, before I felt her crawl out of the bed and tip toe towards the bedroom door. And when I heard her go downstairs, I realized I wouldn’t get much sleep as long as she was away. So I got up myself, suddenly fairly awake and followed her down the stairs, into the garage. ‘Honey, you don’t have to-‘. But I cut her off by placing my finger on her lips. ‘I’m going to drive. You try and sleep.’ I only said, taking her place on the driver’s seat, waiting for her to step in the seat next to me. And off we went. Normally she would drive alone until she felt tired. Driving had this tiring effect on her, what made it easier to fall asleep. And although she always promised me she knew when she had to go home, I still hated the idea of her driving around, waiting to get sleepy. So almost every time, I joined her, at the last moment. And I drove her around, until she fell asleep. And there was nothing better than carrying her sleeping body to the bed, ready to catch another few hours of sleep with her safe and sound in my arms.

Liam: I felt my phone ring in and my pocket. We were just about to start the show. And I was confused to see Y/N’s name light up on my screen. It was in the middle of the night at home. She had to be asleep. ‘Honey?’ I called for her, concern filling my voice. ‘You okay?’ I asked right after. The fact that she didn’t reply immediately, didn’t ease my worries. And then I heard the one sound, I never want to hear. Ever. ‘Are you crying?’ My heart felt like breaking when I heard her sniffling softly on the other side of the line. ‘I… I… Miss s s… y y you.’ She stuttered and when she pronounced the words, the crying even got worse and my heart just sank in my chest. ‘Baby… Honey. I’m home in a week. Just one more week.’ I tried to calm her, but it didn’t really work. And I couldn’t call her wrong here, because even for me a week seemed long now. ‘I can’t sleep without you. I’m tired but I can’t sleep. And I miss you and I just want you here. Because this house is way too big for me alone.’ She blurted out in one breathe. And I longed for coming home to her, so much. ‘And it’s because I don’t sleep, that I’m an emotional wreck like this and I just can’t take it anymore. Two months is too long.’ She cried softly. I saw Zayn searching for eye contact, telling me it was time to go to the stage. ‘Y/N… I love you. And I want you to try and sleep. I want you to just try and dream about us. Dream about us being together. Okay?’ I said to her in a soothing voice. ‘I need to go now, but please… Try and do that for me. I left a sweater in my closet. You can take that one. Maybe that’ll help?’ I was literally trying the best I could here. It was so hard to not be able to hold her and comfort her on moments like this. ‘Okay…’ She sighed and I could hear her voice still shaking from emotion. ‘I’ll try… Have a good show, Li.’ My heart shattered into a million pieces, hearing her quiet and sad voice like this. ‘I love you so, so much and I’m so, so ready to have you with me again.’ I said before we said our goodbyes, just hoping that she would be able to get a couple hours of sleep.