[ A night in the frigid confines of a basement freezer
meant no sleep. Which meant napping in class.
No wonder he was failing chemistry. He’s out. In a
slumber so profound that he does not hear the
dismissal bell sounding around him. ]
“Hey. Hey, hon, you need to wake up now.”
[ Her voice was soft, and she brushed her hand against his shoulder. The boy was clearly exhausted, but if he didn’t wake up he might get locked in. She’d just come by the school to see about borrowing a book from the library that the university didn’t have, but she couldn’t just leave him there like that. ]
“Come on, chiyu, wake up.”