《》Insomnia
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I am continuing to struggle with insomnia lately. I can't friggin' sleep to save my soul. Let me tell you, it is dang annoying.
So I woke up at 3:30 a.m. this morning, and thought, "Fine, fine, I'll update this book with a new scenario as long as I'm awake." Right?
Couldn't think of a scenario.
Oh wait. Okay! (Snapping fingers) When they have insomnia!
-Gon is a middle-schooler who runs around and goes to the gym every day and does shit like control his Nen or whatever the hell he does for hours on end with his muscles tensed and teeth clenched, so suffice to say he doesn't have insomnia very often
-When he does, he calls up Killua and wakes HIM up and convinces him to play Apex Legends or something
-Same as Gon, but he's a tortured soul and has been trained since birth to hold a rope so a rock doesn't fall on his head while he sleeps, so he wakes up a lot more often
-Wants hot chocolate
-Doesn't know how to make hot chocolate
-Wishes briefly he were still living at home, because then he could just call whatever butler is on overnight duty and make them do it
-Tells himself "Mind over matter" and tries a few meditative exercises
-If that doesn't work, he sighs, gets up, and decides to get a jump on work for the day
-Tosses and turns stubbornly for a while
-Finally gets up and starts studying Gray's Anatomy
-Passes out over his schoolwork into a dead sleep five minutes before it is actually time for his alarm to go off
-Wakes you up
-"Well, isn't it your lucky night?!"
-Gets up
-Gives himself a manicure
-Gets up
-Goes and finds the dictionary and reads it in an attempt to bore himself back to sleep
-Bonus points if that doesn't work: He finds his old copy of Strunk & White's Elements of Style and tries that one instead (Author's note: Little professional editor's joke there)
-Goes outside and hangs upside down from a tree branch like a vampire bat
-No, just kidding. He either reads one of his Trevor Brown books, or goes and sticks Phinks' hand in a glass of warm water
-Decides this is a good opportunity to go party
-He's in big trouble with Chrollo in the morning
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