Chapter 2
Something was flowing down her arm. She can't focus on which arm. Her body was numb and her mind foggy.
A noise bores into her brain. Just after, something warm touches her face, flowing again.
Drops. Water drops were flowing down.
She grumbles.
- Don't move.
She freezes. That deep voice has torn apart her fleecy state. She realizes that she wasn't alone.
Opening her eyes, she shuts them right away.
- The light…
Her voice was hoarse. She heard him move.
- You can open your eyes now.
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Incredibly slow, she did.
The room was almost completely dark now. She couldn't remember how she ended up here. Her mind was still foggy but the numbness began to vanish. Only to be quickly replaced by pain when she lifts her chin up to take a look around. She ignores it. That was a thing she was used to do.
She was lying on the floor next to a bathtub. Obviously she was in a bathroom. The cold of the tiled floor began to register.
She caught a glimpse of light by the corner of her right eye. She turns toward it slowly, clenching her teeth to block the pain. On the floor, next to her, were a bucket of water and a towel.
A little more to the right and then she saw him. He was blocking most of the light coming from a corridor. She looks up always slowly. He was wearing dark blue jeans with a dark colored T-shirt. His posture took her off guard. She'd seen it so many times. For now, he was on the defensive, arms and legs slightly apart, observing his prey. But soon, he will attack. They always do.
She tried to huddle up against the bathtub, as if it could protect her in some way. Her move was too abrupt and she couldn't help the gain of pain which escape her lips. Suddenly, out of nowhere, he was next to her. She held her arms protectively above her head but the blows never come. Surprised but not reassured, she reopened her eyes.
He was simply kneeling at her sides. Looking at his face, she got caught up by his cold blue eyes. She lost track of her thoughts so much that she didn't hear his question at first.
- Excuse me, what did you just say?
He shook his head.
- Where are you hurt?