“I see you finally decided to honor the world with your consciousness.”

She smiled and watched him stumble around in the bathroom. His black pants were hanging on his hips, his chest was bare and his damp hair was a black mess that was pointing in different directions.

“Dreamworld just couldn’t get enough of me.”

“And still they let you go.” He watched her approach him in the mirror and smirked.

“I told them that a god would sue them if they cut him off sex for more than twenty-four hours.” She wrapped her arms around his naked torso and squeezed him against her.

He shook his head in amusement. “You immediately pulled out the big guns.”

“Oh no.” She shook her head and pressed a kiss between his shoulder blades. “They said that they totally understood the fact that you can’t miss me.”

“You know.” He started applying shaving cream on his face. “There was a time when I thought you were innocent.”

[from “Love stronger than time” by 0123Hope, ch. 7]