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16| Bed Monsters

I sneakily open my left eye and poke my head out of the blankie. Dari had gone to sleep about twenty minutes ago and this was the best time to do this. I gently remove the warm quilts from my body and tiptoe towards Dari's side.

He laid on my tummy with no shirt on. His extremely sculpted back muscles felt magical under the nightlight. His back was scattered with tattoos. I shake my No-No thoughts off and get to work.

Dari never covered his legs. He would just throw the blankie somewhere and go to sleep. Isn't it's so strange? I can never go to sleep without covering my feet even if it's forty degrees outside.
What is the bedtime monster pull me in? No, I can't risk it.

And so, I decide to cover my husband's legs as well because I like him too much to let the monster take him, though he would scare them off but that's a different thing. I'm smart like that. He groaned in his sleepy voice and snuggled into the pillow. I wish I was a pillow sometimes, no reason really.

As I start covering his feet, a warm large hand suddenly wraps around my tummy and I squeal landing on a rock hard chest. Dari immediately turned around and now I laid on top of him, his possessive arm around my tummy and my hands clutching his chest. He looks so angelic from up close. His pure grey eyes, heavy eyelids and perfect nose. His pink plump lips extended in a smirk.

"Hmm. You tryna get sneaky baby?" He rasped in his husky sleepy voice. I immediately blush and shake my head. Dari doesn't remove his hands from my tummy. Instead he pulls me closer and places me on the bed.

He sits up and covers my body with the soft blankie, packing me in a burrito making me giggle. This is our every night routine. but doesn't do the same for himself. I frown,

"Why aren't you covering your feet?" I ask. He gives me a doubtful look but doesn't say anything.

"Do you want to get bitten by the monster?" He still had the questioning look on his face. Why are men so confused always?

"Oh ho! Don't y'know, if you don't cover your feet with your warm cozy blankie then you might get pulled down by the monster living under our beds. Boo, scary I know. But don't worry, you have me. I will punch them in the face for you. Okay?" I grin, my hand forming a fist.

Dari's lips curved upwards and he bumped my fist. He's cute like that.

"My brave baby! But for protecting me , you need to hold me close. SÌ?" He laid back and pulled me close. So close. I could feel his body radiating it's heat to me. He hummed in satisfaction, switching the lights off. Dari put his leg over mine and caged me in his arms.

"Perfetto" those were the last words he whispered before falling into deep sleep.
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'goodmorning little wife. I didn't want to wake you up so I decided to leave this note for you. I am leaving, but I promise to be back soon. Till then, I'm leaving Saint behind to look after you and Theo.
Be safe baby.
-dari'

I want to cry. I couldn't even say goodbye to him. He should've woken me up. I just had the best sleep of my life and now I hear the worst news. Ever since I got married, I had to share bed with Dari and since then my nightmares ended. After our marriage, there was not a single day when I woke up gasping for air of shaking uncontrollably.

I read somewhere that
"People aren't homes, they never will be, they are live rivers, always changing, forever flowing. They disappear with everything you put inside them"

But why did Dari feel like home? Was I just being delulu, or he really was my home. I had become an exception to this? I had never experienced love and so the slightest of affection made me melt.

But whatever he did for me and Theo is nowhere close to bare minimum. He's made me feel happy for the first time in so many years. He's unknowingly healing my inner child and fulfilling all those wishes of theo that I could never.

And now, I'm alone. Alone in this magnificent mansion.  I want My husband. Am I being too clingy? Maybe. Do I care? No. Should I? Hmm.

I quickly open my phone and open messages.

Smarty pants 🩳

Hi! Hawe a safe fliht.💌

Thankyou baby.

Hehe, he called me baby. I love when he calls me little wife or baby. It makes me feel happy. I am his baby. His baby and his wife. Woah. It's so cool.

I think everyone should get married to someone like Dari. They deserve it. Everyone deserves to be happy. Amen.
I wish Zane was here, he would've loved Dari. They could've been besties even. I wish he didn't die, I wish my brother could see me get married, I wish he could see theo
Graduate. I wished.

It's okay. He's an angel now. Maybe he sent Dari for me and Theo after seeing how miserable we were without him. I wish dad could understand that it wasn't my fault that Zane died, I wish mama could understand that more than her white stuff, Theo and I needed her.

Even if it's not the same, I just hope they are okay. I don't want them to live their life in hardship. They are my parents afterall and no matter what they do, you can't judge them because at the end of the day, they are your parents.

I hope they are okay.

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