A Life Debt Repaid

Sam lay in bed, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.

He somehow dozed off earlier as he merely stayed there, but now that he was in bed, he was wide awake.

He waited for Quinn, but she was not coming even after a long while.

As such, he quietly got out of bed and peeked through the door slit to find her still watching TV with a serious look.

He tiptoed back to bed, inwardly relieved.

He was not impatient—he was just worried Quinn would not return to his room.

Still, he tiptoed back and forth for a while to peek at Quinn, until he finally saw her turn off the TV.

Startled, he scrambled back to his bed to pretend to sleep.

Quinn returned to her room to wash up before heading into Sam’s room.

movement quiet seeing that he was asleep, pulling up the blanket to lay

him but could not

getting nervous as he usually did

held his breath, feeling her

a split second, he really felt that it was worth

the following days, Sam and Quinn were both busy, with Sam at work and Quinn helping

did not have much time to spend together, and Quinn certainly was not

get to see him much. Occasionally, he would return tiptoeing late into the night, gently pulling herself into his arms

gone by the next morning, which left Quinn feeling

from her, especially since her period was

waited for him to come home, hinting that she was ready

at the time. “I need to

not press the issue since

made the

of bed since she was not the type who could idle. And with Marvin’s birthday banquet ready, she did not have