I slowly opened my eyes right in the middle of the night.
'It's pretty unusual for me to wake up like that,' I thought, staring at the roof of the room riddled with holes that allowed me to peek into the ruins of the room above.
Even after all the time I spent in the town, even the building that was repurposed and used the most in the entire town was in such a state.
'There is way too much stuff to do and way too little hands to complete it, huh?' I thought, trying not to move at all so as to not alert Mia.
'Right, Mia…' I thought, gently moving my head to the side, to where my love rested her head on my arm and slept soundly.
'I know I must be repeating myself for the thousandth time… But just how in all hell did I end up with such a beauty snuggling up to my arm?'
The question was a bit more complex than it appeared to be on the surface. On one side, it was about how fate brought me and Mia together. But its other meaning was far more straightforward and practical.
