After Tesha raided my bag of its snacks, we continued to sit in the dark. The sunlight coming from the vent slowly dimmed into a more orange color. We couldn’t tell the time, but we at least knew evening came. Soon, the light would leave completely, and be replaced by the moon’s silver light.

The temperature dropped to the point where we needed to sit shoulder to shoulder. My senses heightened, being so close to her, but I settled down after a little while. I never noticed until experiencing complete silence with her, but Tesha breathed very quietly. If I didn’t know I dragged her in the shed, I could even believe she didn’t exist. Weird how she could be so loud yet so quiet simultaneously.

“I used to have a friend,” Tesha blurted.

“Huh? What?” I turned to her as she broke my attention. She continued looking forward, eyes closed as she leaned her head against the wall.

“We knew each other for the longest time,” she continued. “I really liked him.”

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“O-oh…”

I stayed silent, waiting for her to continue explaining, but she never did. She stayed still, but her shoulders relaxed. I assumed she fell asleep, so I turned back to the rest of the shed. Earlier, I brought old sacks from the shelves to use as blankets. They worked horribly, as they were made to be very airy.

Suddenly, Tesha added on to her little spiel, “...Why did he ever have to meet me…”

As soon as she finished her sentence, she leaned her head on my shoulder.

“Huh? Ah? Tesha?” I turned back to her, but she didn’t answer back.

Her breathing slowed from its already slow pace. This time, Tesha fell completely asleep. I stayed as still as possible, with the head of the killer on my shoulder. I didn’t want her to wake up due to my movements. I was smart enough to know better than to irritate a murderer.

As I kept myself motionless, my eyes began to grow heavy. My energy left me, and I let my head rest on Tesha’s. I wanted to try to move, but my drowsiness overpowered me.

I fell asleep.