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The Drive

Penulis: Anna Mae
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-08-16 18:46:00

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Later that night, sleep didn’t come easy. The silence in my room wasn’t comforting, it felt too quiet. The kind that doesn’t calm your mind but gives it too much space to wander. Every second stretched longer than it should, each thought louder than the last. I lay curled under the covers, unmoving, eyes fixed on the ceiling like I was waiting for it to say something, to give me answers it obviously never would.

My heart felt strange, full and heavy at the same time, like it had too much to hold but no place to put any of it. I thought of everything.

And just as my thoughts began to spiral, the door open.

My body tensed slightly, a reflex I hadn’t learned to unlearn. I turned my head, slowly and there he was again.

Kyle.

He didn’t speak at first. He just stood there at the door with damp hair, like he’d just stepped out of a shower. His shirt clung slightly to his skin at the shoulder

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