Chapter 303.1
Eugene could already feel her weariness as soon as she called his name. She realized that she only had a moment before she fell asleep again. There was no time for explaining, she had to tell him as quickly as she could.
“I’m having an important dream,” she said, already feeling drowsy. “It’ll take a few days. Don’t wake me up.”
Kasser frowned. “Eugene,” he said, but she was already closing her eyes.
“Don’t worry,” she told him. “I’ll pet you when I come back.”
He stared at her as she mumbled and fell back asleep. She must be talking in her sleep, he thought. Then, it hit him. She never talked in her sleep. She only kicked her blanket away at night—he always made sure to put it back on her—but she never talked in her sleep.
And, now that he thought about it, none of what she said seemed like sleep talk at all. There seemed to be some truth to it.
He chuckled and smiled to himself. “What a woman.”
“Kasser.”
She had called him by his name. He realized that no one called him by his name, not even his parents. The more he thought about it, the nicer it seemed to know that she could call him by his name. He liked it, he really did.