Because I Once Saw the Light
"Since you're already up, you might as well come over."
I suddenly heard him speaking to me in the dark, sounding hoarse and exhausted.
I had no choice but to walk up to him.
"Hi, Leo," I said, greeting him.
"Do you play chess?" he asked.
"A little."
"Have a game with me."
I sat down opposite him.
I saw his ashen face by the moonlight, and his forehead was also covered in sweat. He was enduring his pain just like me.
We ended up playing three games of chess.