He didn't turn back and went into his room before I could ask him anything else. My hand slowly raised and reached for the medicine he had applied on my face, as I bit on my lower lip. The gesture might have been small but it caused a sudden ache in my chest as the first tear dropped from my eye, staying on my cheek and drying up there getting consumed by my face like every emotion I had been feeling. My legs stumbled a little, but I was lucky to have the stone wall just behind me. I shook my head, I didn't have to think about anything, or I wouldn't be able to sleep and I had to sleep alone. I preferred passing out due to being tired or beaten up somehow rather than sleeping with the pain in my heart. The room got dim and I knew Cedric must have blown off the fire in the lantern. The

