Thirty-Second Time

Quinn

{'Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.'}

A noise woke me up from my dreamless sleep. As soon as I opened my eyes, I scanned my room and rubbed my eyes from my own drowsiness. It didn't take too long to realize that Risa was talking to Uncle Elric who seemed so upset about something. I sat up and they tilted their head at me once they sensed that I woke up from their loud murmuring.

Risa bent her lips upward, smiling sweetly at me but it looked like she was faking it while Uncle Elric was scowling as he observed the two of us. I must be smiling back at her or maybe I was grinning too much. I didn't know how the hell she got more beautiful in each passing second. Or how she got more gorgeous in each millisecond.

"So what's up?" I started, sitting at the edge of the bed. I didn't realize that I slept for hours because I noticed that the sky was getting darker from my window, hiding the light autumn radiant of the sky from above.

Uncle Elric cleared