Chapter 193: waking up
Riven’s eyes flickered open, the rays of sunlight pierced through them.
’I’m alive,’ he thought. Looking around, he could see a ceiling he was familiar with. He tried to move, but he couldn’t. He felt a weight on his body, so he looked down and saw Sofia lying beside him, her head resting on his body.
"Talk about déjà vu," he muttered. ’This is the infirmary ceiling. That means I’m back at the academy,’ he thought.
Footsteps began approaching. He shut his eyes as if he would be punished if caught awake.
"Cut it out already, I know you are awake," Miss Ariel said as she stood there. She stared at Riven as he slowly opened his eyes.
She flashed him a smile and then walked to Sofia and tapped her twice, waking her up from her sleep.
Sofia groaned and stretched. Her eyes slowly opened, and the moment they did, she saw he was awake. She leaped from her seat, throwing her arms around him without care.
"Riven!" she called out while burying her face into his body. His body stung with pain all over. He grimaced, but he didn’t say anything. He simply gritted his teeth and took it. She was worried about him, he wasn’t just going to ask her to let go because he was in some pain.
Ariel looked at him. She understood that he was in pain, but she said nothing, simply smiled at him.
"I thought I had lost you," Sofia said while her head was still buried in his arms.
"I’m not that easy to kill, Sofia," he said. He tried to raise his hand to pat her head, but he stopped, not wanting to do too much.
"She has been with you ever since yesterday when you were brought back to the academy. You were in terrible shape, your entire body was burnt up badly. Even with healing magic, I still had to bandage you for you to heal up completely.