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said, with a smile on his tired face.
     
    Hanna smiled back. “Hi.”
     
    “How’d you sleep?”
     
    “Great.”
     
    “Good—Me too.” Connor ran his fingers gently down the side of Hanna’s face, ensuring that she was real, and not some fever dream. “I’m happy,” he said.
     
    “Why?”
     
    “I just am—It’s hard to believe you’re here with me.”
     
    Hanna smiled. “Why?”
     
    “I’m just not used to getting the things I want.”
     
    “I’m happy too,” Hanna said.
     
    Connor smiled as he leaned in for a kiss. The couple’s lips gently pressed together as Connor’s hand slipped around the back of Hanna’s head. “You’re so beautiful,” he said.
     
    Hanna blushed.
     
    “Really—It’s hard to think that someone can be so beautiful.”
     
    “Now you’re just being sarcastic.”
     
    “No, I’m not. It’s what I really believe.”
     
    They kissed again. Suddenly, Connor rolled his naked body over Hanna playfully. Hanna let out a little scream in surprise, which tapered off into playful laughter.
     
    “Now that I have you, I’m not letting you go!” Connor said, hugging Hanna tightly with his arms.
     
    Hanna squirmed, trying to free herself from the horseplay. “Let me go!” she said, laughing as she played along.
     
    “Never!”
     
    The naked couple wrestled for a moment. Then, Connor went in for another kiss—a much more passionate one than its predecessors. The kiss filled Hanna’s heart with warm joy. She slowly reached her hands around Connor’s body—her fingers sliding across his thick muscles.
     
    Then, Connor pulled his head back. “What time is it?” he asked.
     
    Hanna looked around the room for something with the time. Connor reached over onto his nightstand and checked his phone. “Shit—I should probably get going.”
     
    “Do you have to?” Hanna asked.
     
    “Unfortunately.”
     
    Connor gave Hanna a little peck on the forehead as he rolled off the bed. Hanna admired his naked physique for the remaining moments before he got dressed.
     
    “You should come with me. I’ve got about enough time to stop for a coffee on the way. I’ll buy you one.”
     
    “Um,” Hanna said as she looked towards the window. The sun was up and at its highest point in the sky. “I think that I’ll just stay in bed for a few more hours, if that’s okay. I’m pretty tired.”
     
    Connor walked over to the window. Without any warning, he grabbed the curtains and pulled them open, letting the room fill up with deadly sunlight.
     
    Hanna screamed as the burning hot light singed her naked skin. She quickly rolled off the bed, away from the sunlight.
     
    Her skin was red where it made contact with the sun. Even with as little as a single second of exposure, it burned as if she was sprayed with hot oil. Tears welled up in her eyes as she tried to fight back the pain.
     
    “Hanna?” Connor yelled with concerned. “What’s wrong?”
     
    He ran around the bed to the pained girl. Hanna quickly wiped away her tears and hid her burns with the bed’s blanket.
     
    “Are you okay? What is it?” Connor asked.
     
    “I—I thought I saw a mouse,” she lied.
     
    Connor concern quickly dissipated as he began to laugh. “That’s the sound you make when you see a mouse? I thought you’d been shot by a sniper or something!”
     
    Hanna forced a laugh through her excruciating pain.
     
    Connor held out his hand. “Let me help you up.”
     
    The curtains were still open, and the room was as bright as the brightest day. Hanna was hidden in the only shadow in the room.
     
    “Come on,” Connor said.
     
    “I—I think I just need a minute,” Hanna said.
     
    “You really don’t like mice,” Connor said.
     
    “I’m sorry—I hope you don’t think I’m insane.”
     
    “Of course not. Everyone has their quirks.”
     
    Hanna smiled. The pain was finally starting to subside.
     
    “I should probably get going. I’ll see you at school