When Pillow Talk Gets Dark

(I am chatting over webcam with my long distance boyfriend. I’m half-way through describing how much I love him.)

Me: “…sorry, sweetie, I have to stop. I’m going to ask you a weird request.”

Boyfriend: “Right…”

Me: “Can you just pick up the pillow directly to your left, and then fluff it, and put it back.”

Boyfriend: *does this, looking at me like I’m crazy* “So?”

Me: “No, put it back. Then I’ll tell you.”

Boyfriend: *puts back the pillow very carefully and precisely, and then looks at me nervously*

Me: “It’s just it was folded in such a way that it looked like a demon baby face, and I was trying to ignore it but I couldn’t. It was just THERE and I’d try looking at you but my eyes kept looking at it!”

Boyfriend: *rolls around in tears laughing at me for at least 30 seconds* “Oh, I think I love you even more!”