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I waited until the fall of night to let Ryoko know we were leaving for an adventure.
“Where are we going?” Ryoko asked, her breath leaving clouds of white smoke in the cold air.
“You’ll see,” I whispered. I tugged her along, hidden by the dark of night. There weren’t many places on campus left unguarded and we were taking a big risk breaking curfew, but she was worth it.
“What if someone catches us?”
“Then we run,” I suggested, tightening my grip on the strap of my bag. “Almost there.”
She tightened her intertwined grip on me as we raced past the guards and through the grass. The wind guided us, tugging on my heart as we ran, free and unrestricted for just a moment.
The forest came closer and closer, hiding us in its dark embrace. Even if someone looked straight at us, they proba
