The two of them looked out the window, only to see the city all around them—a replica of what they had imagined to be the same outside.
"The view up here looks nice, doesn't it?" Katherine murmured as the orange sky illuminated the capital in the distance.
"Yeah..."
The two sat in silence as the Ferris Wheel began to descend until it returned to its starting point.
"Let's go back home now."
Alex nodded again, taking the initiative this time as he grabbed her hands. The sunlight shone from behind as they exited the Ferris Wheel.
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"Alex, Alex, wake up. It's Wednesday morning already."
"Hm?"
As Alex slowly opened his eyes, Sophia was shaking his arm as she stood by the bedside, already fully dressed.
"Come on, we still have school today." Sophia hurried as she started shaking his arm even harder.
"Okay, okay. I'm getting up."
Just as Alex got up from the bed, he could feel a slight cramp around his leg. Something that didn't surprise him in the slightest.
