I leaned back against the cold, stone wall of my room, cradling the communication device in my hands. It had been a long, exhausting day, and the weight of everything was pressing down on me in a way I wasn't quite used to.
Between the mission, Ignis, and the constant pressure of training to become the future demon commander, it felt like I hadn't had a moment to breathe in weeks.
But more than anything else, I missed Lydia.
It had already been a week since we last saw each other, and the ache of that distance felt sharper with each passing day.
We'd exchanged messages, of course, but it wasn't the same. I missed her voice. Her laugh. The way she always knew exactly how to calm me down, no matter how chaotic everything else felt.
