"Those two really are cowards."
The long-haired girl shook her head.
Sunlight streamed in through the window and fell warmly on her. She couldn't help narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Cowards."
The short-haired girl grinned and tapped her cheek. "Even if you didn't open the door, you could've at least pulled back the curtains and taken a look."
Compared with boys, girls did have to be more careful.
Most girls locked the doors to their balconies at night when they went to sleep.
If the door was locked, what was there to be afraid of?
This was a school, after all.
Their neighbors were all fellow students.
One shout would be enough to wake the entire dormitory building.
It wasn't some remote place in the middle of nowhere.
"All right, you two, stop."
Hui Hui rested her head on the desk. "We know we made fools of ourselves."
"But given what happened yesterday..."
"Some emotions just aren't under our control."
"We probably scared ourselves. The more we thought about it, the more frightened we got."
Xi Anya gave a wry smile.
The bright sky outside made the shadow cast over her heart by yesterday's unexpected incident melt away like snow beneath the sun.
She reached out, and her palm filled with pale golden sunlight.
Her eyes curved slightly.
"So you do know."
The long-haired girl shook her head. "As long as you've figured it out."
Seeing the gloom fade from her two friends' faces, the long-haired girl's expression softened. "You should've seen what you looked like when you first woke up this morning."
"Like your souls had left your bodies."
"Scared out of your wits."
"Was it really that bad?"
The short-haired girl protested. "We just hadn't quite recovered yet."
"If it weren't for us, would you have come