Did You Say Something, Darling?

As Ethan sank deeper into the sea, he felt himself being pulled into a very distant place.

Since he was physically powerless to offer any resistance, he gave up on trying to move and allowed himself to go with the flow.

That was the last thing he remembered before his world got covered in darkness.

Suddenly, he felt something poking his cheek repeatedly, waking him up from his deep slumber.

He wanted to move his hand to swat the annoying thing poking his face like a button, but his body felt as heavy as lead.

No matter how much strength he tried to muster, he was unable to even lift his finger. Seeing his attempts fail, he switched to forcing his eyes to open. But even doing that was a very hard thing to do.

Even so, he persevered, and after what seemed like forever, his eyes slowly opened.

His vision was a little blurry at first, but after a minute, he saw a familiar person looking at him with an amused smile on his face.