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You had just gotten off the phone with Rusty He's been gone for about a week, he told you that he'd be home in a few or so and that he has a surprise for you and that he can't wait to see you
you wish you could muster up the energy to be happy but to be honest you haven't been sleeping too well. Anytime you try to fall asleep you end up just rolling and turning in bed and if you do get some shut eye it's only for an hour or so. You know it's just a side effect of the therapy and that it will soon go away but you can't help but be slightly annoyed for the moment
You sit in the living room mindlessly scrolling through the TV channels with noticeable bags under your eyes. You check the time on your phone and realize that it's 1:00 in the morning. You decide to get up and grab a glass of water from the kitchen
After you pour and drink your water you walk to the sink and place the cup in it. While at the sink you decide to look out the window and become enchanted by the night's gleam and quietness
While distracted by the night You don't hear the front door open and rusty quietly step inside the house. He tries to quietly walk through the house until he sees your silhouette in the kitchen
Rusty steps into the kitchen causing the floorboard to squeak, You turn your head at the sound now looking at Rusty
"ain't you supposed to be asleep" Rusty says with a raised eyebrow as he walks a tad closer to you. You turn to face him completely "can't sleep..." You mumble out
Rusty lets out a hum in acknowledgment and walks to the living room motion for you to follow him. You take a deep breath and soon join him in the living room to the side of him sitting on the couch You hear him Pat his hand on the seat next to him
You walk over and sit down next to him he lets out yawn and moves his arm to your shoulder and grabs the remote with his other hand and starts flipping through the channels until he decides on some random sitcom
As the show plays Rusty begins to pet your arm. He soon starts to talk about his drive. You lay your head on his shoulder giving quit hums every now and then in acknowledgment to what he was saying
Your eyes soon grow heavy and your hums of acknowledgment soon come to a stop. You feel rusty move next to you and a few seconds later you feel him place his jacket on top of you
The last thing you hear before you finally drift off is rusty mumbling something about giving you your Surprise some other day and a quiet good night from him