~VANNIE~

She woke up to the dark depths of Sin's eyes.

He was unabashed, smiling like she hadn't just caught him watching her sleep. She felt her own lips tentatively move to reciprocate, but she knew it was a sad version of the original. "Isn't it funny? The minute you regain consciousness, I lose mine."

He laughed. "Yes. We have to stop doing that to each other."

She turned to lie on her back, wondering why waking up beside him like this wasn't strange at all, as ...