Sloth Or Koala

Austyn paused mid-stride, looking a question at her. ‘What?’ ‘I have something to ask you.’ ‘What is it?’ She was about to ask if he was still mad, but the words that came out were, ‘When did you get back?’ ‘Noon.’ ‘I was sleeping on the sofa downstairs, but I woke up in the bedroom. Did you carry me up here?’ ‘You sleepwalked.’ ‘Then why were you next to me in bed when I woke up?’ She remembered getting rudely roused out of sleep by a hard pinch from the man. Austyn shrugged. ‘I was walking past the sofa when you stood up in your sleep and hung on to me like a sloth to a tree. I couldn’t prise you off. I came upstairs to take a shower, but you refused to let go.’ Kira puffed out her cheeks, offended. If he had to use an analogy, couldn’t he have said she looked like a koala? They were so much cuter than sloths! ‘Did you stop me just to ask these inane questions?’ ‘Um…’ ‘If there’s nothing else, get out of my way.’ Austyn stepped around her. Staring at his naked back, Kira blurted, ‘Ar