Dante stirred awake to Titan licking his face.
"I'm awake, I'm awake," he whispered as he opened his eyes.
Still a little groggy from sleep it took him a while for his eyes to readjust to the light in the room. The black-out curtains blocked out most of the light, but a gap in the drawn curtains allowed a ray of warm sunlight to stream in.
Dante turned to his side. Laina was sleeping facing him. Her eyes were closed and her hands were beside her face as she continued to sleep soundly. Titan attempted to climb over him to lick Laina's face but Dante quickly picked him up as he sat up in bed.
He carefully lifted Titan off the bed and placed him on the ground.
"Don't wake her up, Titan, let her sleep," he whispered to him.
The dog was huge and heavy, but he did not weigh anything to Dante. Seemingly able to understand what he said, Titan sat on the ground and leaned his head down on his paws.
