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She was finally giving in.
Perhaps it was the nightmares that plagued her mind over and over again at night, reminding her about the events of her past. Perhaps it was the bitter autumn weather that was finally settling in and nipping at her skin no matter how many layers she clothed herself in. Or, it could be something else. Something stirring within her for a while now. Something she didn't really want to admit or even acknowledge. The meaning behind her thought process mattered little to her on this chilly morning as she stood at the edge of Erika's bed, her body tingling nervously with anxiety. This was completely stupid, even she knew that. Sure, cuddling casually was one thing, but sleeping in the same bed before marriage? It was never something she saw herself doing. She was rather innocent and blind to most things, even in her adult age. While most people saw simply sleeping in the same space as nothing too scandalous, this was basically going against everything she believed and stood for.
Her single eyed gaze never left the sleeping Erika's form, hands twitching with nerves, teeth clenched tightly, and sweating slightly despite it being so cold in the room. She was rather cute when sleeping. Of course she was cute when not sleeping too, but while sleeping and not opening her mouth to say some sort of atrocities she was even cuter. It made it even harder to resist the urge she was trying oh so hard to fight.
"You dragged yourself out of bed to do it, so you might as well do it. Stop being so nervous. She's not even awake. You'll just stay there for a while to get a few more ours of sleep and sneak out before she even notices. Come on." She had to psyche herself up to even move, but thankfully for once it was actually working. The elf stepped forward, coming right up to the mattress. That's right, she'd just stay for a bit, enough so she was no longer running on empty. She had to go to the store today to buy some more food, and if she didn't get more sleep she was going to crash in public. Little to say, she didn't want that. But she also couldn't get to sleep by herself these days. It was impossible.
She had to do this.
Taking a big breath in and holding inside of her chest she pushed forward, grabbing the fluffy blanket and crawling into the space the dragon was currently not occupying. It was a little hard to do and she had to do it slowly and softly, seeing as how it wasn't too big of a bed. But thankfully both her and Erika were rather small, so she managed to fit without really spilling over. Once under the sheets and and comfortably laying on her side she looked back to Erika, who actually seemed to be undisturbed from the whole ordeal. Thankfully, Astrid guessed she was a heavy sleeper. The saint let out her bated breath in a quiet sigh, allowing herself to relax now that she no longer had to worry about the dragon waking and making fun of her for being so nervous about sleeping in the same bed. Knowing the thread mage, if she ever found out, she would...
It was actually rather warm, under the sheets. She guessed dragons were warm blooded or something, which was funny seeing as how reptiles and such were cold blooded. The warmth was enough to remind her on how tired she was, which made her yawn. Wanting more warmth she inched closer to Erika until she was next to her chest, pushing her face where the blanket met the dragon's body, snuggling into it. "Thank the Gods dragons are deep sleepers." She mumbled quietly to herself before beginning to give into the pull of sleep.
Perhaps it was the nightmares that plagued her mind over and over again at night, reminding her about the events of her past. Perhaps it was the bitter autumn weather that was finally settling in and nipping at her skin no matter how many layers she clothed herself in. Or, it could be something else. Something stirring within her for a while now. Something she didn't really want to admit or even acknowledge. The meaning behind her thought process mattered little to her on this chilly morning as she stood at the edge of Erika's bed, her body tingling nervously with anxiety. This was completely stupid, even she knew that. Sure, cuddling casually was one thing, but sleeping in the same bed before marriage? It was never something she saw herself doing. She was rather innocent and blind to most things, even in her adult age. While most people saw simply sleeping in the same space as nothing too scandalous, this was basically going against everything she believed and stood for.
Her single eyed gaze never left the sleeping Erika's form, hands twitching with nerves, teeth clenched tightly, and sweating slightly despite it being so cold in the room. She was rather cute when sleeping. Of course she was cute when not sleeping too, but while sleeping and not opening her mouth to say some sort of atrocities she was even cuter. It made it even harder to resist the urge she was trying oh so hard to fight.
"You dragged yourself out of bed to do it, so you might as well do it. Stop being so nervous. She's not even awake. You'll just stay there for a while to get a few more ours of sleep and sneak out before she even notices. Come on." She had to psyche herself up to even move, but thankfully for once it was actually working. The elf stepped forward, coming right up to the mattress. That's right, she'd just stay for a bit, enough so she was no longer running on empty. She had to go to the store today to buy some more food, and if she didn't get more sleep she was going to crash in public. Little to say, she didn't want that. But she also couldn't get to sleep by herself these days. It was impossible.
She had to do this.
Taking a big breath in and holding inside of her chest she pushed forward, grabbing the fluffy blanket and crawling into the space the dragon was currently not occupying. It was a little hard to do and she had to do it slowly and softly, seeing as how it wasn't too big of a bed. But thankfully both her and Erika were rather small, so she managed to fit without really spilling over. Once under the sheets and and comfortably laying on her side she looked back to Erika, who actually seemed to be undisturbed from the whole ordeal. Thankfully, Astrid guessed she was a heavy sleeper. The saint let out her bated breath in a quiet sigh, allowing herself to relax now that she no longer had to worry about the dragon waking and making fun of her for being so nervous about sleeping in the same bed. Knowing the thread mage, if she ever found out, she would...
It was actually rather warm, under the sheets. She guessed dragons were warm blooded or something, which was funny seeing as how reptiles and such were cold blooded. The warmth was enough to remind her on how tired she was, which made her yawn. Wanting more warmth she inched closer to Erika until she was next to her chest, pushing her face where the blanket met the dragon's body, snuggling into it. "Thank the Gods dragons are deep sleepers." She mumbled quietly to herself before beginning to give into the pull of sleep.
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