THE NEXT MORNING Lumi’s POV I turn again, that makes it the fourth time. The bed is too big, that’s the problem. King size, soft in a way that almost feels illegal. The kind of mattress that swallows you just enough to make you forget your own weight. I stretch my leg out, nothing. Still space. I roll again, dragging the sheets with me, half tangled in them now. I slept really well, I had expected to wake up every hour. This was different, the kind that makes you not want to wake up at all. I bury my face into the pillow, inhaling slightly. It still smells like him. That same clean, warm scent I exhale slowly. Remember this. I’m trying to. “Just five more minutes,” I mumble into the pillow. I roll again, fifth time. And that’s when I felt a burning stare. No, I’m not imagining i

