Chapter 10

Damn, it feels good. I slept straight for twelve hours. It's been more than a month since I last had proper five hours of sleep.

Maybe it was the medications or the pain, I don't know. It worked fine.

I waited for her in the auditorium for fifteen minutes when she came, tucking her hair behind her ear. She sneezed, pressing her eyes shut and then exhaled a dee breath.

“Bless you.” I chuckled.

She didn't say anything just nodded. She wasn't in her usual chirpy self. Her face was also pale.

She came to sit on the bench. “Can we skip the dance today?” She whispered in a barely audible voice.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

“Mhmm.” She coughed, resting her head against the seat. “Why were you absent yesterday?”

“Had some work.” Work as in to go to the hospital and get stitches and blood tests done. Also, not to mention the training for next match instead of attending the school.

“How do you know about it?” I asked, c