He was awake, but only in the most technical sense of the word. His eyes were open. He was sitting up in bed, leaning against a pillow. Yet, all he wanted to do was close his eyes and fall into the deep, silent, tranquil, perfect darkness.
It was an enormous effort to turn his head even 90 degrees to look at her next to him. "Was I under?" he asked. His voice sounded like he had just woken up.
"What do you think?" she responded. She didn't even look up from her knitting. If she hadn't been wearing a negligee (the navy one, with lace -- his favorite), she would have looked very prim.
"I think..." His voice trailed off. That was the problem, wasn't it? Thinking was very difficult. Thoughts drifted through his brain slowly, like tumbleweed rolling through the streets of a town in a Western movie. However, he couldn't catch them, no matter how slowly they moved. He just didn't have the energy. Instead, he let them roll past.
"Is it hard for you to think?" she asked, without raising her eyes from her knitting.
"Yeah," he drawled. That was exactly it. It was hard for him to think. In his boxers, something else was beginning to get hard. Normally, he would shift his weight to get more comfortable. Right now, he couldn't. He was just too tired.
His head lolled on his shoulders. Why was it so difficult to stay awake? It should have bothered him more, being so tired. It was... what time was it? The clock said 7:30 PM. It was kind of weird being so tired. He couldn't get worked up about it, though. It was just one those things, one of those things you passively accepted without questioning or thinking too much. Thinking was too hard for him now.
He felt her hand stroking his thigh. When had she put her knitting down? He wondered idly. It was another thing that didn't bother him too much.
"You're really tired, huh?" She leaned closer and breathed the question in his ear. The heat of her breath sent more blood in the direction of his boxer briefs.
"Uh huh," he grunted.
"Why do you think you're so tired?" she asked. Her hand was now playing with his chest hair. He enjoyed it when she did that. If only he weren't so tired...
"Dunno," he answered after a moment. He had no idea why all he wanted to do was to go to sleep.