59. Sleepover

Venla is already on bed when Ilari comes back from bathroom. 

- Mind if I take shirt off? Ilari says, holding his tootbrush. – Not used to sleep with clothes on. 

-Um… 

- No worries, I'll leave boxers on, he chuckles after seeing Venla's face. He comes to sit by bed. – You look nervous, he states. 

- It's the wind. It's hard to relax. 

- Wind, Ilari says and isn't convinced. 

- I'm just nervous, Venla mutters. 

- I meant it. We can just sleep. No pressure. Ilari says. 

– I'd prefer that. For now, Venla says and let’s out a long sigh. She didn't even realize she was holding her breath. Why an earth she's so nervous about Ilari. This hasn’t been problem before. 

- Oh. You're warm! Venla gasps when he lays next to her. They get comfy and Venla crawls into Ilari's side. Somehow it feels more intimate being close like this than just having sex. Not like she wouldn’t want it, but Venla thinks it's too early for it. - You are like a human radiator.

 – You have cold feet, Ilari notices. 

- Sorry. Venla yawns. – I might snore too.

 - Don't make me regret this, Ilari smirks and puts his arms around Venla. – This is comfy, he says. 

- Mmhm, Venla mutters. – I could get used to this. 

- Maybe we can? 

Ilari wakes up little before alarm is on and closes it. Venla is still fast asleep. He gently lifts her arm and gets up. Ilari hardly got any sleep. This time he wasn’t worried of Venla's condition but was so turned on he couldn’t rest. He wanted Venla so much but knew better not to push. One night stands were Iiro's trademark, not his. He wanted to wake up next to her many more times. 

Ilari felt a wave of happiness just looking at Venla sleeping in his bed. He checks the time. He wants to wake her up by kissing her everywhere on her beautiful body, but time is against it. A quick run with Lucky, shower and then he needs to get to work. He’d rather stay here, but work is work. No excuses. At least it's friday and when he's getting back home they have all the time in the world and Venla isn't far away. 

Venla can't stop smiling. When she woke up, there was happy Lucky with wildly wiggling little tail and short handwritten note from Ilari. Pain wasn't so bad today and surrounding darkness felt a bit lighter. So she decided to reward herself with some new evergreen plant while waiting Ilari get back home.