Long Day

Sapphire POV:

As I lean back onto my hands and stare up into the now dark, starry sky, I notice the constellation of the Wyvern prominently displaying itself for all to see. I don't normally take the time to gaze at the stars, but it's strangely calming, feeling the wind on my skin as the stars and constellations make themselves known to me.

"Yawn," I let out a long tired yawn, and I feel my eyelids become heavier.

Great both tired and hungry, how wonderful. I guess now I have something to distract me from the hunger I've accrued from unknowingly skipping dinner, I guess. Regardless, I'm not eating tonight, so at least the exhaustion will make it easier to sleep through the night.

I feel exhaustion flood in like a tsunami, and it seems like all the culminating fatigue from this overly long and trying day hits me like a truck. I feel as if I could just lay down and close my eyes here without another care in the world, but, fortunately, the want for a soft bed overwhelms the immediate need for sleep.

I laboriously pull myself off the side of the cliff and stand; everything seems to take so much more effort when you're tired. With my only motivation being to sleep till tomorrow, I slowly trudge back to the dorm building.

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After a while I finally found myself in front of my team's dorm, so I pulled out my scroll once again to unlock it, and find respite in the form of a comfy bed in the middle of the room.

As I reach for the door handle, I freeze, what if the rest of my team are already in there? I don't know what to do? How would I face them? What would I say?

No, calm down. There's no point in worrying about it now…

I just want to sleep…

With exhaustion overpowering my social anxiety, I fully put my hand on the knob and gently opened the door, revealing a dark room; an empty dark room.

"Haaa," I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding, as I realized that I was the only one here.

I don't even bother turning on the lights. I just close the door and throw off my shoes before collapsing onto my bed. The lul of sleep almost seems too much to resist, but subconsciously I let out a few words.

"Good night," I groggily spoke out, but my words were only returned by silence.

The silence of the room almost seems crushing, and lonely. I don't remember falling asleep alone feeling this…suffocating, but here we are. I guess I was more reliant on the team than I had realized…

Where are they anyway? At that question, I groggily pulled out my scroll once again in order to check the time.

9:45

It's late, too late. They are usually here sleeping by now…

I better...check...on...them...….zzz.