When they made it back to her apartment, she staggered into her bed and let out a huge sigh of relief. Xue eyed her with a raised brow but she said nothing else and allowed the silence to permeate their entire room. She couldn't muster any energy to say something. Her legs were twigs and her flesh was a shivering pale leaf that trembled if she tried to get up. Closing her eyes together, it felt wonderful to submerge into the inky darkness of nothingness and pull herself away from every emotion that had her engulfed the entire day.
Until a guttural growl wrecked the silence.
"Miss Chan Lee?" Xue's voice sounded so far away and she wanted to sink deeper and deeper. The land of Nod was beckoning her, its sweet nothings a lull melody that pulled her eagerly into its clutches. "Are you asleep?" He continued, steps sounding closer but also so distant. Even the growls of her belly couldn't pry her eyes open for once.
And there she lay.
He let out a soft sigh.
