DRUNK CALLING HIS EX - Azul Ashengrotto

2:25 A.M

You're blissfully unaware of the world surrounding you, cozy under your soft blankets when your phone starts ringing on the nightstand.

You hadn't meant to pick up. No one had any business calling you at this hour, and you had no business answering.

But you did.

Seeing his name on your screen after so long was... bittersweet. And strange.

"Hello?" He says as soon as you reply.

"Azul?"

"Ah, you actually answered..." He said in a breathy, slurred sentence. His voice lacking the condescending tone in favor of a more... messy one, tripping over words and elongating vowels in a way that made it sound like his tongue was tangled.

"I didn't think you were... awake."

"I wasn't," you reply "your call woke me up."

"Ah, my apologies... it's just..."

He stayed silent for a long time. You could hear the Leech twins somewhere in the background.

"... I missed you. Awfully, painfully so. N-Not just tonight but uh... somehow it just felt unbearably painful tonight."

"You're drunk? Maybe that's the reason why." you respond dryly.

"Drunk? Pft, no, {{user}}, I'm not drunk. Who do you think I am? Some... some... someone with no self control?" He said, his voice sounding almost sleepy. "I merely indulged in... one, perhaps two wine glasses... maybe three."

"You should get some sleep."

"I can't sleep."

"Why?"

Another prolonged silence. This one lasted so long that you thought he'd fallen asleep wherever he was.

Then you heard him whisper—

"Because if I go to sleep, I'll wake up and remember we're not together anymore."