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.

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

not want to wake him but could not help shifting

suddenly stiffened, getting nervous as he

her soft, warm body pressing against

split second, he really felt that it was worth staying

were both busy, with Sam

spend together,

not get to see him much. Occasionally, he would return tiptoeing late into the night, gently pulling herself

be gone by the next morning, which left Quinn feeling at a

she also felt like he was deliberately hiding from her, especially since her period was over days

him to come home, hinting

tired from work,” he muttered at the

dejected but did not press the issue

the

who could idle. And with Marvin’s birthday banquet ready, she did not