forum We're All a Little Mad // OxO // Closed

Started November 01, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

tune

Hatta nodded, and went into the tent, crawling into his sleeping bag.

Aliana stepped into the tent and laid down in her sleeping bag. She closed her eyes and let out a slow breath.

Hatta snuggled down into his sleeping bag and sighed softly.

Aliana glanced at Hatta opening her eyes for a moment before shutting them again and falling asleep quickly.

Hatta fell asleep after just a few minutes.
(Timeskip?)

(alright)
When Hatta woke up in the morning, he was curled up in a ball with his back to Aliana.

Aliana shivered slightly as she awoke with a shot up her mind just having gone through a new nightmare. She had been almost killed not once, but twice before being dragged by Hatta into the same old same old from the past two nights. she held herself and glanced over at Hatta glad to see he was fine.

Hatta himself hadn't slept all that well either, his dreams a confused, tangled mess that even he didn't dare try to decipher. He had learned a long time ago that the more he stifled the madness in the daytime, the worse his dreams were.

Aliana was very quiet as she asked Hatta, "Hatta, are you awake?"

Hatta sighed, and shifted. "I guess." he mumbled sleepily. "Why?"

"I, I was just curious," Aliana came up with a quick excuse She really wanted to make sure he was alive but felt it would be wrong to touch him.

Hatta grumbled sleepily. "Mm. Alright." he rolled onto his back, looking at the ceiling of the tent.

Aliana laid back down and snuggled herself into a little ball on her side facing Hatta. She let out a sigh and closed her eyes.

Hatta looked over at her. "Really, you're going to wake me up, then go back to sleep?" he complained.

"No," Aliana said as she opened her eyes to look at him. She glanced at the ground and felt her voice trail away, "I just didn't know how to continue the conversation."

Hatta nodded. "Ah. Alright." he replied with a slight shrug.

Aliana glanced at Hatta, "So, um what now?"

"I don't know." Hatta replied with a shrug, putting his hands behind his head.

Aliana gave a shrug and curled up further on her side, "Okay."

Hatta looked at her quietly.

Aliana couldn't look at Hatta and started to play with her hair, "Um, is something up?"

"You're just…acting a bit strange, I suppose." Hatta replied.

"I am?" Aliana asked quietly shrinking back into her sleeping bag.

"Yeah. I don't know." he said slowly.

"Oh," Aliana stayed shrunken in her bag. She felt bad and wondered what cued him off, "I'm sorry."

Hatta shrugged a little bit. "Don't worry about it. It's fine."

“Are- Are you sure?” Aliana asked with some hesitation.