i slipped away underneath the soft blanket that brushed against my skin, my eyes blinking open to find the taller boy already awake.

"colin, did you fall asleep last night?"

"nope."

worry tinged my heart as i sat up, my body shuffling over to him to peer at his activities.

"what were you doing then?"

colin pushed his glasses up his bridge and rubbed his temples. his lips parted out with a croaking sigh.

"hacking."

i shrugged and moved closer, my hands lacing his blotchy arm. this boy had such terrible acne, but what do you expect at age 16?

"well, as long as it wasn't silly."

colin raised a brow at me. "silly?"

i blinked again and shuffled. "y'know, stupid."

he rolled his eyes and placed his phone on the nightstand and twisted his body over to my direction, landing a soft, wet kiss on my black bed of hair.

"how did you sleep?"

"decently."

colin gave a confused stare. "why decently?"

i didn't want to recall the night, particularly because..well, a dream (even) that i never wanted to recall came again over me.

i wish i had my wings back;