Doing A Good Job.

Thunder rumbled in the distance, lightnings flashed in the sky, and the rain droplets pattered on the window, rousing Shikera from her sleep. After Ethan had followed her to her room the previous night while warning her to stay there for the night, she had fallen asleep immediately and only just woke up.

Rising sleepily from the bed, she remembered Ethan's last words the previous night.

"Come see me immediately you wake up. Immediately, Shikera," he had said.

As his words resounded in her ears, she slipped her feet into the indoor slippers placed beside her bed and walked out of her room. Shuffling her feet down the hallway, she passed five more doors before finally arriving at his.

"Knock, Knock!" Tapping slightly on his door, she inwardly prayed that she would not get a reply so she could use that as an excuse to get back to her room. However, the prayer wasn't answered as she heard his familiar voice.