I opened my eyes to the sound of someone knocking. And by all means, it was quite the rude awakening.
Blinking my eyes, I could feel my panic growing as I couldn't quite get a handle on reality, all the while the incessant knocking continued, making the need to shake my drowsiness off more and more urgent.
One time after another, I continued to blink my eyes, hoping that by doing so rapidly, I could clear them of whatever made them so sticky and hard to keep open.
Bit by bit, my consciousness fought off the drowsiness, slowly bringing me back up to the world of the living…
Only for me to realize that right now, neither I nor Claire was in any state for anyone to walk in on us.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I trained too hard and ended up falling asleep here," I called out toward the doors, hoping to delay whoever it was that continued to keep knocking.
Finally, the knocking stopped.
"Good, I was about to burst through the doors!"
