So Close Until I can feel You Against My Lips.

Normally, exhaustion from long hours in the lab would pull Xion into a deep, dreamless sleep.

However, tonight, he could not seem to find the familiar feeling of floating.

The muffled sounds from downstairs were easy enough to ignore at first.

He pressed a pillow over his ears, trying to drown out the noise. Yet the distant murmurs soon turned into loud, drunken jeers.

Xion frowned.

"Are they having a party or something?" He mumbled while scratching his already tousled hair. "They could have invited me, at least. It was not like I was going to really come."

His gaze drifted to the window where the rain was just as mercilessly falling.

He suddenly missed his mobile phone. At least, he would have online games to pass the time.

With a quiet sigh, he swung his legs over the bed. His bare feet fell on the ground as he walked toward the door. He hesitated for a moment before slowly cracking it open, just a tiny slit.