Shreya leaned over and gave Zack a bear hug as she bid him goodbye.

"Good night, Zack. Sweet dreams.." Shreya's voice sounded extremely droopy as if she might fall asleep right there on her apartment corridor if not for him. Zack returned the hug as he leaned down to peck over her head and said, "Good night, baby girl. You can get some sleep, now.."

Shreya reluctantly let go and went into her apartment. It was 3 freaking a.m. in the morning. So, she made to not make a single sound as she went in.

She struggled a little to close the door behind her without making any noise but all her effort came to naught when she found Charan still sitting on her couch, looking droopy but still wide awake.

"Why are you still awake?" Shreya asked moving towards him.

Charan did not reply. He just took her hands in his and led her towards the bedroom.

"It told you not to wait up for me, didn't I?" Shreya scolded glaring at him.

Charan never bothered to reply to her as he pushed her towards the bath.

"Quickly, change and come to bed.. You look tired." Charan said. Resigned, Shreya heeded to him without any more protest. She was really tired after all. She did not even know how she got to bed. Before her head could even hit the pillows properly, she was fast asleep.

Charan laid her down properly and tucked her in before joining her beside her.

Charan woke up when he heard his phone ring the next morning. Seeing Akira's name, Charan untangled himself from Shreya and walked out of the room.

"Good morning, Princess.." Charan greeted closing the doors quietly behind him.

"Morning, daddy. Happy birthday.." Akira said in a high-pitched voice. Her excitement was pretty apparent in her voice.

"Thank you, baby." Charan couldn't help beam. His lips spread into a joyous grin.

"Okay. I am getting late for school Andrew is here.. bye. I will see you in the evening.." Akira said hurriedly.

"Okay.. have a nice day at school.." Charan said and hung up.

But before he could turn around, he felt a pair of hands circle and hold around his waist.

"Why didn't you sleep some more?" Charan asked.

Shreya did not answer but instead just leaned on his back and closed her eyes. She was not fully awake yet. So, she tried to catch some sleep by leaning on him..

So, when Charan turned around when he did not get any answer, she swayed precariously. Charan caught her by her arms just in time.

He picked her up princess styled giving a helpless sigh as he took her to bed.

"Why did you get up if you are so sleepy?" Charan murmured helplessly tucking her in. Just as he was about to go out, Shreya stopped him holding on to his arms.

"Hey, it is not time yet.. sleep some more. I will wake you up after I am done with the breakfast.." Charan said gently ??r?ssing her cheeks. But Shreya was never really awake enough to hear him in the first place. All he heard was her even breathing. He pried her hands away from him and quietly exited the room.

But then again, he was in the kitchen for not even 5 minutes when he heard her door open and Shreya walked out with her eyes closed. Walking will be overstating what she was doing though.. to be more precise, she stumbled around with her eyes closed.

Charan helplessly walked to her and picked her up once again. But this time around he did not bother taking her to her room but instead, he took her to the kitchen and sat her down in one corner on the counter. She leaned over his shoulders and snuggled into his neck.

"Why did you get up if you are still sleepy??" Charan asked once again.

"You were not in bed.. I cannot sleep when you are not in bed. It is too cold.." Shreya mumbled back. Her hands remained limp beside her on the counter as she leaned most of her weight against Charan..

Shreya herself did not know when she got used to having him when she slept. For a person who cannot fall asleep with people in the house, she really changed in a matter of a year.

Somehow she just seems to wake up when he leaves her side without any conscious effort from her.

She no longer had the ability to sleep on her own. Within just a few weeks' time when she got injured, she actually got used to having him beside her. It became a habit by now.? A dangerous habit.. but she couldn't get over it.

Charan started sleeping with her mainly because her sleeping posture su?k?d and he was afraid she was going to end up injuring her already broken arm or shoulder. She actually made it worse once in between when she woke up with pain when she rolled over her injured arm in the middle of the night. That is when Charan started sleeping with her to keep an eye on her. But after she got better, neither of them bothered to point it out or change it..

Charan helplessly picked her up all over again and walked back to her room. He laid her down and joined her. He made sure to draw all the curtains. It was early now and so, there was not much light coming into the room. But pretty soon, it would get hotter.

Anyways, he did not have anything in the morning. He had to bring Shreya over for dinner at his house.. And Shreya needed the sleep. But then, after a while, even his eyes closed. In a matter of few minutes, sleep took over.

By the time they both woke up again, it was already well into the morning.

Shreya was the one who woke up this time around.. She blinked awake rubbed her hands over her eyes and yawned.