Honey, have you ever had chickenpox?

After 3 years of being married, I sometimes get entertained at night while watching Mat sleep. There were some nights where his sleeping posture looks so funny that I had to laugh by myself in the middle of the night. One of his legs will be up on the other leg in the air and he’s still able to sleep soundly. Sometimes half his body is on the floor, and still sleeping like a baby. Sometimes I get to hear him mumble in his sleep. When I ask him a question, he can sometimes reply back, but with a mumble that I can’t understand.

Two nights ago, he talked in his sleep again. But this time it was LOUD and CLEAR! His sleep talk was sooooo clear that it felt real.

I was sound asleep. Suddenly, Mat shook me awake and started asking me a question.

Mat: Honey! Have you ever had chickenpox?.
Me: huh? (I replied sleepily)
Mat: Have you ever had chickenpox?
Me: No. Why you ask? (I was thinking to myself, he knows that I never had chickenpox)
Mat: My friend’s friend has chickenpox.
Me: So?
Mat: I just want to know.
Me: ?????

Then Mat got up and went to the toilet. This time, I was more awake and started thinking to myself why he asked me such a bizarre question. Was he sleep talking? Couldn’t be. His speech is so clear. So when he came back from the loo…

Me: Why did you ask me whether I have chickenpox or not?
Mat: I don’t know.

Quietness…

My mind was still deciding whether he was sleep talking or asking me for real? Because his voice sounded really urgent. Then I looked at him again after a few minutes.

He was sound asleep.

@_@

So when morning came…

Me: Do you know that last night, you asked me whether I had chickenpox or not?
Mat: Did I?
Me: Yah, you did. Very clearly, no murmuring, somemore asked me twice.
Mat: Did I????? I can’t remember asking you that.

Ok… I think it’s another, one of those nights, where bizarre moments happen without a reason.