Leal woke up to the sound of soft knocking on her door. She hoarsely muttered ‘come in’ and was expecting to see Izzy poke her head in, but somebody else did. Her eyes widened upon seeing Axel, and she sat upright.

“W-What are you—Oh.”

Memories of earlier today flashed back to her mind. She forgot he was picking her up early every day so they could go to the gym and straight to work together. That was their routine for the past two weeks, which was only broken today.

He chuckled. ...