Confrontations

I woke up the next morning with negative percent will to leave my bed and go to school. My eyes were still slightly swollen and felt like they had shrunk and sunk into my head. My stomach rumbled like an angry storm, yelling at me to fill it with something.

I should just pretend I'm sick and skip school, but the heroine's parents will be in big trouble if I do. Ugh, dammit.

I savored a few more minutes in bed before forcing myself out of the warm and cozy cocoon. Right as I stood up, my phone let out a sound. I blinked, confused as to who that could be, before reaching to pickup the device.

Aki: Yo, you awake yet?

I stared at my screen for a solid minute, rubbed my eyes thinking I was hallucinating, and then stared at the message again for another minute.

Eh?

I took a bit longer to respond, wondering if I should bring up what happened yesterday, but decided not to and went with the flow.

You: Yeah, just woke up