TIFU by sleeping next to my boyfriend.
(Not a native english speaker, also on phone. Formatting and wording issues may be present.)
This happened a few months ago. I had just traveled to see my boyfriend for the first time in another country, the travel was rough but he met me half way so it became easier to handle when closer to the finish line. We had never physically met before and had discussed that we would take it slow, see how we feel when together, maybe sleep in separate beds if that makes us more comfortable.
Well all those plans flew out the window in the first ten minutes. We got along insanely great and everything just clicked into place as if it had always been like that. We reached his apartment in the late evening, both very tired after laughing and messing around all day, yet somehow our clothes ended up on the floor and things quickly lead to another. Exhausted from traveling and now with a ton more of happy chemicals in our brains we fell asleep quickly and comfortably, safely tucked in a cuddle.
Were both light sleepers, me more than him. I woke up to his phone ringing, feeling dazed and confused as one does after just waking up unexpectedly. I got a quick glance at my surroundings, trying to locate the root of the annoyance that woke me from my slumber. Still trying to figure out what year it is and where i am, i see my boyfriend open his eyes, waking up to the commotion aswell.
While most would romatically maybe blush alittle and say good mornings awkwardly... well, not us. All hell broke loose. His eyelids ripped themselves wide open and he began screaming. So. Loudly. Picture night terror, but only after youve already woken up. The loudest screams of fear filled the whole apartment. He would only stop to gasp more air, just to continue the bloodchilling noise again. You see, in his sleepy haze his brain had told him i'm an intruder whos there to attack him, and his not so effective or controlled smacking and pushing were his panicked attempts at defending himself.
And what did i do to diffuse this situation? I screamed back. I kept screaming back and felt like i was in danger now aswell. There we are, two idiots just screaming at the same time at eachother for no reason whatsoever. He got me pretty good on my jaw, which was enough to rattle me fully awake. "HEY!! HEY, hey, hey, its me, its me!" I began to chant. He slowly calmed down, and came back to our reality aswell. He wouldn't stop apologizing at first, said sorry over and over, looking clearly ashamed of himself. I just found out he didn't even realise he was flailing his arms and legs the way he did.
The evening we were already laughing about it, and joking about how the next morning will turn out to be like. (Note: there was alot less screaming.)
We woke up silently every morning after, with my jaw remaining free from pain.
TL;DR: boyfriend thought i was an intruder when he woke up, screamed and flailed to defend himself, and my solution was to scream back.