Chapter 52: You Ruined Me

Castian enjoyed his first day of spring break by doing homework right after work and heading to the witch coven when it was finished. He got some of Harmony's takeout as promised and hung around talking to her as she worked.

She probably would have kept working all night if he hadn't reminded her that she should get some sleep. The second day she didn't listen to him and did end up pulling an all-nighter so she was pretty out of it on the third when she came to eat lunch with him as usual.

That gave him an idea. Harmony was determined to make a breakthrough but he was worried about her lack of sleep. Couldn't he make this benefit him somehow?

"I'll be fine!" she insisted. "Go home and don't worry about me."

Castian shook his head and picked her up so she was dangling over his shoulder. "Nope. You can't pull two all-nighters in a row. We're going home."

"We?"

"Someone has to make sure you actually get some sleep. Who else is going to do it?"

Harmony raised an eyebrow. "You're seriously going to supervise me and make sure I go to bed? What am I, fifty?"

Castian didn't respond. He walked her out to the parking lot and buckled her into the passenger seat before driving toward her apartment. She was rather pouty with him about it.

"I'm not tired and I have work to do!"

"Your work will still be there in the morning," he said firmly.

"That doesn't change the fact that I'm not tired!"

"Too bad."

Harmony continued pouting with her arms crossed over her chest when they made it inside her apartment. "This really isn't necessary, Castian. I would have gone to sleep eventually."

"You and I both know that's not true. Go get into your pajamas," he said, pointing toward the bedroom.

She sighed and did as he said. He had never seen her wear pajamas before since all the times he had stayed here she fell asleep without any clothes on. It was a striped tank top and shorts set and she looked adorable in it as she continued to glare at him.

Castian barely managed to stifle a laugh. He turned the light off after she crawled into bed and joined her a moment later.

"You're the worst," Harmony said flatly.

"I know."

She let out a heavy sigh. "…you aren't actually the worst. But why do you have to look out for me so aggressively?"

"Because you won't do it yourself," Castian said half-truthfully.

That was only half the reason. The other half was that he cared about her far more than he should. He wanted her to take care of herself and he wanted to spend more time with her. This allowed for both.

"I'm still not tired," Harmony muttered.

"What would make you tired then? You need to sleep."

She surprised him by scooting closer and nudging her way into his arms. "This might trick me into getting sleepy. I usually fall asleep like this when you're here."

Castian wasn't complaining! He didn't get to do this as often as he liked. Never outside out of the transaction that used to define their relationship. This was the sort of thing normal couples did.

He kissed her forehead and rubbed her arm because those were both things he normally did when she was curled up with him like this. Maybe that would help her get sleepy but even if it didn't he still wanted to do it. He had to take advantage of having her this close to him while he could.

Harmony was out like a light less than five minutes later. Castian let out a small laugh. "Sure you weren't tired."

He went to sleep not long after, feeling perfectly content. In the morning he had to get up earlier than usual so he could go home and change and drop her back at the witch coven since he had sort of kidnapped her the night before.

She didn't seem angry about it. On the contrary, she was rather cheerful after getting a decent night's sleep. She showed up to bring him lunch like usual and invited him back to hang out with her when he was done with his homework as if she wasn't upset with him at all.

It seemed that Harmony was incapable of learning her lesson because she thought that after getting one good night of sleep that she could stay up all night this time and be fine. Once again, Castian ended up forcing her back to her apartment and holding her until she fell asleep. The next day was Friday so he got to stay with her four nights in a row.

He really didn't want to go back to his own apartment on Sunday night but had no excuse to stay with her now. He thought that would be the end of it but on the following Wednesday Harmony showed up at his office at lunchtime looking not unlike a racoon.

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"…what happened to you?"

"You ruined me," Harmony said grimly.

Castian blinked at her. "I what?"

"You ruined me! I haven't been able to fall asleep since Sunday so I ended up doing more research. I'm too unfocused to even make a breakthrough. I got too used to you putting me to sleep when my sleep schedule was already off."

Was this her way of saying she missed him? His heart raced at the implication. This might be just the opportunity he was waiting for.

"There is a rather simple solution to this, you know," Castian pointed out.

"What?"

"Sharing an apartment."

Harmony's dark-circled eyes nearly popped out of her head. "Are you serious?!"

"It's the most logical solution. We see each other every day anyway. It makes the most sense if you need me to be your sleeping pill."

"I don't need it permanently! Just until my sleep schedule gets fixed!"

"But by that point you'll be even more used to it and then your sleep schedule will be messed up again," Castian said reasonably. "I don't see what the problem is. You would get the sleep you need and I wouldn't have to worry about you."

Harmony's brow furrowed as she mulled this over. She couldn't find a fault with his logic. "And you're really okay with that?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because that's the sort of thing real couples do."

Castian shrugged, belying how much he was internally panicking. He couldn't let her know that was exactly why he wanted to do it. He had to tread very carefully here.

"So what? I don't mind if you don't."

Harmony bit her lip. "If you're sure…your place or mine?"

If he had been standing, he would have staggered from his knees going weak with relief. "Your choice. Mine is bigger but yours has more things in it so it might be more difficult to move them over."

"Good point. I guess my place works but hold onto yours anyway."

Right. Castian couldn't get too comfortable. He knew better than anyone that this wasn't permanent. That she could banish him from her life at any time and was, in fact, expected to by fae society at large. He had never cared about fae society less.

He wanted to stay with her as long as he possibly could but he had no right to dream of forever. That was a very, very long time for a fae.

"I'll do that. Get me a key and I can bring some important stuff over later. I don't own much," he admitted.

Harmony took out her key ring and cast a spell on one of them, replicating it. She handed it to him. "Here. You take care of that right after work and get your homework done. I'll meet you there when I finish up."

Castian quickly attached it to his own key ring and somehow managed to play it cool throughout the rest of their lunch despite the torrent of emotions swirling through him. It was amazing he managed to make it through the rest of work, packing, unpacking, and his homework at all.

He still hadn't heard from Harmony around the time he needed to go to bed for the sake of work in the morning so he called her. "You coming home any time soon? I have work in the morning."

"Sorry, I got caught up talking to Hester about something. I'll be there in about fifteen minutes."

Castian was already in his pajamas before she arrived and when she opened the door and saw him she didn't quite manage to muffle a snort. "You're seriously wearing that to bed?"

Last week he had no choice but to sleep in his underwear since all he had on him were work clothes but now he had more options. What was wrong with his pajamas? They were a gray silk button-up shirt and shorts set.

"They're comfortable," he said somewhat defensively.

Harmony laughed and picked up a strand of his hair, letting it pass through her fingers as she walked by.. "If you say so."

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