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Monday April 13, 2020
Maan woke up before six in the morning feeling something heavy on her. She moved slightly from lying sideways to lying on her back and removed the heavy burden on her body when she felt an arm around her waist that gently pulled her closer to body beside her. She heard a soft groan from Gil beside her. Then she remembered what happened last night.
Flashback
After doing their respective nightly ritual before going to sleep, Maan went to Gil’s bedroom carrying her own pillow and blanket. She saw him fixing the bed. Gil sat on the bed when he saw her coming in.
“Why do you have your own pillow and blanket?” Gil asked, surprised.
“Of course, I don’t want to fight with you over a pillow and a blanket when I have my own.” Maan replied and went to the other side of the bed.
“If you don’t want to share my blanket with you then I will be the one to share wih your blanket. I will not allow sleeping with different blanket wi
This is just a work of fiction and the dates, events, places and names are just a product of my bored imagination during the pandemic last year.
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