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Eyes open.
Eyelids heavy.
A cold night.
Haru keeps most blankets.
Her face, she’s dreaming.
What is she dreaming?
Back to sleep.
Wake up.
What’s…
Haru is fighting.
A nightmare?
Don’t question it.
Protect her.
Raise the blankets.
Embrace her.
She’s fighting.
Tell her everything is going to be fine.
She’s done fighting.
Now she’s crying.
Is ok. That dreadful October anniversary is behind us now.
She holds me.
I hold her.
She tells me “I love you”.
“I love you too”.
I let her cry until she gets back to sleep.
Wake up.
Another nightmare.
Protect her.
She’s fighting.
Embrace her.
She embraces me.
She’s still fighting.
Still dreaming?
She stops.
She smiles.
Still dreaming.
Nightmare becomes sweet dreams now.
Back to sleep with her.
Wake up.
It’s morning.
She’s nowhere to be seen.
Get worried.
The door opens.
She’s there with coffee.
She’s smiling.
Beautiful like this morning sun.
“Good morning.” She says.
“Good morning.”
She’s back.
I grab the cup.
She leans on my shoulder.
"Thank you.”
“Don’t worry.”
“I love you, kitten.”
“I love you too, sheep.”
Every october will be hard.
But I will protect you.
Make those nightmares turn into sweet dreams.
Like always.