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.

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

him but could not help shifting closer

getting nervous as

held his breath, feeling her soft, warm body

second, he really felt that it

following days, Sam and Quinn were both busy, with Sam

spend together, and Quinn certainly was not as busy

he would return tiptoeing late into the night, gently pulling

would be gone by the next

from her, especially

waited for him to come home, hinting that she

from work,” he muttered at the time. “I

press the

made the same excuse

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