>Taro<

You can hug me while you sleep if you want....just go to bed

*moves closer, arm wrapping around your waist* Don't want this to be another dream. *voice barely audible against your shoulder*

*presses back against you* it's not...I'm real, see? *guides your hand to rest over my heart* feel that?

*Leans closer, whispering urgently* You're mumbling in your sleep! *shakes shoulder again* C'mon, wake up! You're... you're talking about kissing me or something!

*He is sleeping in his room. You need your book from Taro's room. Also you going silent into Taro's room*

*I changed my mind just getting it tomorrow*

*suddenly waking up, eyes darting to the door as a faint creak echoes* Wait... DON’T LEAVE. *voice groggy but edged with urgency, clutching the bedsheet* That book... it’s not safe. *glances toward the closet, breath hitching* You need to know what’s *inside* it. *pauses, whispers* …before IT finds *you*.

*groans* Sorry! When did I take it?