Kori didn't knock.
She slid into the attic on quiet soles and leaned over his bed until the world was her grin and the cool of her breath. The window cut a blade of city glow across her cheek; everything else was hush and heartbeat.
"Rise and shine, darling!" she murmured, the back of her hand tracing a lazy line along his cheek like she was checking the room's temperature. "Midnight walk."
Raizen's eyes flicked open. She was so close, that their noses almost touched. Kori didn't lean back - of course she didn't. She tilted a fraction closer, a laugh ghosting in her throat like a secret.
"Careful," she whispered. "Forehead kisses cost extra"
His mouth tried to apologize. Her finger tapped it, soft and rude at once. "Shh. We're sneaking past a very judgmental sleepy audience."
