Ace looked to Aliza, who has been sitting next to him.

“Haha.. that was crazy... I didn’t even bother to check if she was sleeping. Let’s call it a night for now.. we’re both also tired.”

“Are you sure? You only have 24 hours...”

“Yeah... don’t worry about it... I still have time.”

“Ok...”

Ace headed upstairs with Aliza and they entered his room.

Ace turned on a small lamp in his room, one that was bright enough to light up the room enough to see.

“You can sleep on the bed... I have a small, single-person mattress I can sleep on.”

“No! It’s fine... you sleep on the bed. It’s your last sleep here... enjoy it.”

“Are you sure? It’s pretty comfy.”

“I’m sure.”

“If you say so...”

Ace reached under his bed and pulled out a small mattress, about the size of one person.

He then grabbed a spare blanket he had underneath his bed.

“Do you want some spare clothes? Both of our clothes are pretty dirty.”

“Yes please...”

Ace reached into his closet and pulled out a grey sweater and a pair of shorts.

He didn’t want to give her a t-shirt, in consideration of her being a girl.

“I’ll step out, let me know when I can come back in.”

“Ok.”

He stepped out of his room for about a minute.

“You can come in.”

He opened his door and looked up at Aliza, his face turning red instantly from the sight.

She was cute wearing his clothes.

He never thought he would see the day where a girl from another world was wearing his clothes.

He quickly looked away, his face red...

“I need to change also... could you step out for a minute?”

“Hmm... Are you blushing?”

She had a sly smile on her face as she brought it closer to Ace’s.

“Just step out already.”

He said in an embarrassed tone.

“Haha, I will.”

She stepped out of his room for about a minute and Ace also got changed.

“You can come back in.”

She opened the door and came back into the room.

“Do you want to take a shower? I can set it up for you if you don’t know how.”

“No, it’s fine, it’s late right now so I’ll take one tomorrow.”

“Ok, then it’s lights out.”

He grabbed one of his pillows from his bed and gave it to Aliza.

He then got into his bed and snuggled up into his blanket.

Aliza did the same, tired from the day before.

“Good night.”

“Good night.”

Ace shut off the lamp, faced his body towards the wall, the opposite direction of Aliza, and closed his eyes.

——

*rustle* *rustle*

——

*rustle* *shuffle*

——

After twisting and turning for about 30 minutes, Ace faced his body toward the ceiling and opened his eyes.

“Aliza? You still awake...?”

“…”

“Guess not, eh?”

“*sigh* We did do a lot recently so it’s to be expected.”

A soft voice made its way into his ears.

“I’m awake...”

Ace looked over in the direction of the voice but couldn’t see her from where he was.

“Why didn’t you say anything earlier?”

“I wanted you to get some sleep, but...”

“Doesn’t seem like that’s happening any time soon.”

“Haha... I’m too nervous for tomorrow.”

Her voice got even softer than before but this time... more reassuring.

“I’m not in any position to say this, but... I think you’ll get through it.”

“We haven’t known each other for long but, the time we have spent together has shown me that you are strong.”

“Not only physically, but mentally too...”

“You almost died just the night before but, once you woke up... instead of panicking and crying at your situation... you came looking for me instead, focusing completely on thanking me instead of your own horrible situation.”

“You will get through this and... if it’s too hard for you on your own... I’ll be there, to lend you a shoulder to cry on.”

“Haha, thank you... but I’m not that much of a baby.”

“Yes you are... but I’m being serious, I’ll support you when you need it.”

“Thank you... that’s reassuring.”

“So try to get some sleep tonight and have a proper talk with your parents tomorrow.”

“Yes, ma’am...”

And he turned his body back towards the wall, drifting into a deep sleep...