Ara
The first thing I felt was exhaustion. It felt like I had been sleeping all day, and I didn’t feel well-rested at all. My body was sore from lying down for so long. It was how I felt, too—tired from sleeping so long on the bed. I began to blame myself a bit for deciding to stay in a comfortable place for too long; I was too at ease there. My mind was conscious, I could move my fingers, but I was still a little too scared to open my eyes. I could sense that someone was in the room with me. I knew that it was Fabian—he barely ever left my side, and I knew that it was because he wanted to see me wake up—so I did that. I mustered up the courage and opened my eyes, even if it was painful and scary. The light burned my eyes as I blinked several times, trying to accustom myself to it and ope
