She awoke just before dawn, her body aching with a familiar multitude of pains. In fact, every time after being with him, she would hurt, and the following day she'd have to muster the strength to crawl out of bed.
His arm encircled her mightily, her body hardly touching the bed, nestled almost entirely against his chest. She was so petite that she could meld into him.
As a child playing hide and seek, she would always sneakily hide behind his back, curling herself into a tiny ball, while he pretended to read under a tree, Gong Mian unable to find her no matter what...
Even then she knew his body was much, much stronger than hers.
"Awake?"
His voice was right by her ear, lazy with satisfaction. He reached out to touch her forehead, the temperature just right, a faint smile on his face.
"Let me go first, I need to go to the bathroom."
