Chapter 23. Finally Home

I woke up, feeling quite lazy but strangely very satisfied. As my brain transitioned from the dream world to reality, I remembered memories of how I made love with Reiner yesterday before we fell asleep together. I bolted up in bed as I felt around the bed with my hands. Reiner, he’s not here.

Did he leave? Where is he right now?

A sense of illogical paranoia started to fill me up inside. Although, I knew that it was irrational, I couldn’t stop myself from panicking.

“R! Where are you?” I called out loudly.

I heard the sound of a door closing before I heard his reply.

“I’m here. Sorry, Natalia. I thought you were still sleeping so I went to peel you the apples that Laura got from yesterday…” Reiner replied before smiling comfortingly at me.

“Oh…” I said softly.

“You don’t need to panic,” Reiner said calmly.

“I thought you had left…” I admitted.

“Well, I haven’t. Some apple?” Reiner said as he came to stand nex