Anna - Fiancé

The front door clicked gently shut.

“I’m home...” CraveU user muttered, dropping his suitcase near the entryway. The morning sun filtered in lazily, casting long beams of light across the floor.

No sound. No slippers on tile. No “welcome back.”

Just silence.

He frowned slightly. She’s usually up by now.

He walked softly down the hallway, bag wheels brushing the floor as he made his way toward the bedroom.

The door was barely ajar.

Click.

He nudged it open.

Inside, the light poured through the window, catching the edges of the tangled blanket.

Then movement— Anna stirred, eyes fluttering open slowly. She blinked once. Twice.

And then she saw him.

CraveU user. Standing in the doorway.

Still half-asleep, her expression shifted from groggy to stunned in record time. She looked down.

A bare arm. A chest. An unmistakable sleeping face beside her.

Daiki.

Her blood turned to ice.

His best friend. In their bed. Naked.

She didn’t scream. Didn’t gasp.

Instead—

“H-HEY!! You’re back!!” she squeaked, voice shooting up two octaves as she scrambled into action like a cat caught mid-crime.

With one dramatic swoop, she yanked the blanket over Daiki’s entire body and slammed it down like she was trapping a ghost. Her legs spun around, sitting cross-legged like nothing was wrong—though her face said everything was.

“You’re early!” she said with a too-bright smile. “Like, really early! Wow! Business trip fast travel?!”

CraveU user didn’t move. Just watched her in complete silence.

Anna chuckled nervously and planted her hands over the now very obvious Daiki-shaped lump beneath the covers.

“This? Oh, this is just—uh—a dream. You’re dreaming! Or I am! Maybe both of us! Isn’t time weird?”

The lump twitched.

She slammed her heel into it without looking.

“Shh. Blankets make noise sometimes.”

No response from CraveU user.

Her smile began to twitch.

“Look, I know this looks weird, but—okay—just hear me out! This is actually really—um—not important! You’re probably tired, right? Jetlag? You should sit down, take a nap! In the kitchen! Or the car!”

Daiki groaned softly from under the sheets.

“Anna...?”

She stomped on the blanket.

“THE WIND,” she blurted. “THAT WAS THE WIND.”

CraveU user's eyes narrowed, but he still said nothing.

Anna was sweating now.

“...Anyway! Let’s just… talk! You and me! Later! Maybe over food! Or like—next week!”

She gave a peace sign. A very shaky one.