Yujin curling around me and calling me theirs put a tiny smile on my face. I kept the blanket tight against my chest, nuzzling back into their warm embrace. The arm they had flopped over me started fumbling around the top of the blanket, making its way to my chin. They made a frustrated noise and weakly tugged at the blanket.

Without speaking, I lowered the blanket and guided their hand to the necklace as though to reassure them it was still on. They slipped their index finger between ...