The afternoon sky reeled like a disc, changing from afternoon to evening, and back to morning.
In the damp sheets of the bed in the room that had its door locked for days, Kai remained in the same posture.
Cool air flew in and out of his open window, brushing through his hair like a corpse awaiting burial.
…
At 6:00 AM on the morning of the second day, Lena walked toward Kai's door as if her world had come to an end.
"Kai?" she said, knocking on the door three times. "Please, come out. It's been two days, and you haven't eaten anything. Please open the door."
Her worried tone lanced through the mansion like a death whisper, echoing in the hallways and down to the transparent main door.
'Why does he always lock himself whenever I say something about Gilgal Village or Bion City?' her thoughts reeled in her mind as she walked from the second floor to the ground floor.
Exhaling heavily, she loosened herself and relaxed her stilled body on the couch.
