Sleepless Nights
Sleep does all sorts of things to different people. Too much of it and you wake up with a throbbing headache feeling cranky and dizzy. Too little and you become tired and cranky. Either way you're cranky and easily agitated. When you're Levi – who is constantly cranky and easily agitated, you need to sleep well to not be so ….Levi. But that was not going to happen tonight all thanks to a little devil child who appeared to have a personal vengeance against Levi and his precious sleep.
It was 12:48 am, while the rest of the country was fast asleep, snug in their cosy, comfortable beds; little patters of feet were walking around in the Levi household.
Had Noah eaten half a dozen sweets before he brushed his teeth – yes, yes he may have. Was this keeping him awake? Maybe, who knows?
After sleeping for as long as he could he decided to pay a visit to his dear mother and father, lightly tapping on the door before sneaking in.
"Daddy, are you awake?" he quietly whispered. Of course, Levi being Levi, conscious of any noise late at night (he learnt a lot after Noah was born, that child never stopped crying in the middle of the night) heard the child, grunted "go to sleep" and went back to his rest.
Noah whined and stood there for a while taking in the new world under the cover of darkness. Exploring seemed like a good idea right about now.
First he went to his room, playing with as many toys as he could find or feel in the darkness. Next the bathroom, which was the only room where he could reach the light switch, so several flickers of that fast enough to induce epilepsy attacks everywhere and then he'd be off. Noah was a smart kid, although it may seem hard to believe at times but he was, he was smart enough to know not to play on the stairs in the dark, or go downstairs for that matter. Who knows what monsters lurked down there?
Having conquered most of the rooms upstairs and creating a mess big enough to blow Levi's mind to shreds, next on the circuit was his parent's room. Noah had to admit though; this wasn't as fun as he'd first thought. It was kind of sad, no one was awake to enjoy it with him, but it's not like he wanted to stay up. He felt tired and he wanted to sleep but he just couldn't, everything was either itchy or irritating and just keeping him up. So what was he supposed to do?
Levi, who had heard all the light footsteps plodding around the rooms, chose to ignore them hoping that his mantra of "shut up, shut up, shut up" would be enough to stop the maddening child and his antics. Unfortunately, it wasn't.
The door quietly opened, followed by the sound of creaks from the carpeted floor. Rummaging sounds and childish snickers quiet but loud enough to wake the short-tempered man, were driving him insane.
"Oi brat what are you doing!" he hissed.
Said brat, walked up to the corporal's side of the bed rubbing him eyes.
"Daddy, I can't sleep," he sobbed.
Levi massaged his eyelids, "What did I tell you about eating sugar before going to bed," he said in his menacing voice.
The child sniffed and groaned as he rubbed at his eyes. He was obviously agitated and regretting his dietary decisions, getting ready to cry but Levi was is no mood to comfort him – cos that would mean leaving his warm bed.
"Argh just shut up and come here," Levi snapped quickly picking him up and putting him under the covers, right in the middle between himself and Mrs Levi.
Noah playfully chuckled and wriggled in between them to get comfortable.
"Now shut up and go to sleep," the man groaned in his sleep deprived voice. He quickly glanced over to the clock, 2:13 am, mumbled some deep inconspicuous curse and closed his eyes.
"Daddy, why are you and mummy not wearing any clothes?"
It suddenly occurred to Levi that he wasn't tired anymore.
No, fuck it; this was a problem he could deal with another day.
For all the people that have reviewed and messaged me- hopefully you know who you are. Oh my God. You guys are THE greatest fans a girl could ever ask for. I CANNOT THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH! I am just at a loss for words...tearing up...give me a minute.
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OK i've calmed down now.
I seriously love you guys, all of you who read my story, just thank you. I'll stop being such a crybaby one of these days, just not today.
THANK YOU ALL
ps: i have college starting soon so i may not be able to update as regularly, but know that i have ideas..sort of..planned and will try to make them awesome for when i do write them up.
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