The Quiet Commonroom

[Xaver]

Xaver mumbled something in a low grumble as he began to rise from the floor, opening his eyes slightly. He blinked at her.
"Whajadoin?"

[Ginny Weasly]

"Shuddup." Ginny said, brly moving her mouth. She kept him close to the floor until she reached the bed, then rose him only high enough to put him ontop the covers. She pockted her wand and smiled.

[Xaver]

Xaver grumbled something. He already missed being next to her. However, his eyes were closed the instant he lay upon the bed. He shifted slightly, stretching out on his stomach, the tense, athletic muscles in his shirtless back knotting, and then relaxing.
"Love you," he said softly, before completely falling asleep.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny smiled and stepped close, pushing his hair off his forhead.

"I love you too, Xaver." She whispered, though she knew he was already asleep.

[Xaver]

Xaver was still for a while, his body calm and his mind blank. That was, before the nightmares began. At first, he just occasionally shivered, wincing. Soon, though, he was mumbling and muttering out loud, twitching and thrashing.

[Ginny Weasly]

Ginny opeaned her eyes and stood up from where she sat by the wall. She walked to the bed, realizing her was having bad dreams. She wasn't sure if she should wake him up, or extract the dreams.

[Xaver]

Xaver called out, cursed out, shouting nothingness in both English and his own language, twisting painfully, his eyes squeezed tightly shut. Suddenly, he became violently cold, and began shivering, trembling through a long pause when the dreams shifted. He was curled up on his side, knees tucked close to his chest, an arm draped over his face, the bend of his elbow concealing his features.
He didn't notice she was near, for his regular senses and shields were chained down in the shadow, fiercely held at bay while the nightmares he regularly had, but never told about, ravaged his mind, and body as well. Sometimes he sleepwalked..
As if on cue, Xaver uncoiled, his still shivering body slithering from the bed. He stumbled over some of the bed covers, and finally fell flat onto the ground with a dull thud, something that would definitely ache in the morning, but he didn't seem to acknowledge the fall as he lay on his stomach, looking around. He was not at all awake, though his eyes were open and he was still mumbling under his breath.

[Ginny Weasly]

(I have a sister that sleepwalks, it's creepy.)

Ginny knelt, not touching him.
"Xaver, get back in the bed, okay?" She said lowly, knwing that sometimes a voice will make a sleepwalking person move.

[Xaver]

(I do sometimes. It's weird, lol)

"Yes, back to bed.." he replied, his eyes locking with hers, but not really seeing her, or anything in particular.
He rose, backed up, and sat on the edge of the bed, staring at her.
"Did you know I've never had chocolate before? I have a friend dragon, too. His name's Narja. I haven't seen him in years. He left the same year I did. When I was little. He was my friend."
Xaver yawned sleepily, stood, and walked to the door, trying the handle, but fumbling with it. He couldn't keep his mind on one particular thing.
"I let Kylie die," he whispered, stopping, pressing his forehead against the door. "I could have stopped it... I could have... I should have thought it through. I should have paid more attention to her than Xences.. she was more important... It's all my fault.. If I would have.."

He fumbled with the door again.
"Ginny.. I don't want her to get hurt.. ... ... all my fault.."

[Ginny Weasly]

"Oh, Xaver." Ginny said, forgeting the rules she had learned stating to never touch a sleepwalking person. She grabbed him in a tight hug.

"You didn't kill her."

[Xaver]

Xaver had nearly gotten the door open when she grabbed him. He went rigid and tuned in her arms to face her. His eyes first became unnerved and almost scared, a shiver running through him, the cold after-effect of it pooling in his belly. Quickly, though, as he blinked, he regained some of that nervous calm, for the first time ever through all the times that he had sleepwalked. She was close to him, and that calmed him quicker, and more efficiently than anything.
He knew. In the back of his mind, he knew, somehow, what he had said.
He squeezed his eyes shut, and touched his forehead to hers, another shiver echoing through him.
"I did.." he said hoarsely, his voice sleepy, but restless. "I should have protected her... I shouldn't have drawn you into this entire mess..."

[Ginny Weasly]

"You didn't draw me in, and you didn't kill Kylie." Ginny said, defiantly.

[Xaver]

He finally opened his eyes, watching hers.
"You are so sure?"

[Ginny Weasly]

"Absolutly positive. Never so sure about anything before." She said, without missing a beat.

[Xaver]

Xaver watched her for a long moment, before he softly sighed. He may not have felt it was his fault, as much, then, but he would subconsciously blame himself for years.
"Sorry for waking you."