Aren's eyes flickered, sounds reached his ears. His eyes slowly opened as the light from the surroundings flooded in. Everything was a blur, his eyes stung, but he kept them open.
His head was resting somewhere warm and soft, and a certain sweet scent filled his nose.
As his sight cleared up, he saw her face, Kira, looking down at him. The moment she saw his eyes open, her expression shifted, her eyes widened.
"Aren," she said in a quick and caring tone, and immediately, tears welled up in her eyes.
'What's happening, did I do something?' Aren thought.
He instinctively raised his hand and wiped the tear from her eye with his thumb.
She stared at him with slight confusion and shock on her face, but then it shifted into a smile. "I'm so happy you are alive," she said, her eyes gleaming with happiness.
"Well, you would be sad if I died, so I had to come back alive," he said with a chuckle.
He somehow expected some pain as he laughed, but there was nothing, no pain at all.
