Hey Sunshine

Goodbye World! Goodbye Family!

"THE SNOW'S STOPPED."

Wylan groggily lifted his head up (from Jesper's chest - he blushed) to see Nina peering out the window curiously.

"Are we still stuck inside though?"

She tried the door. "Yep."

"Then let me sleep." He rested his head back against Jesper's chest and decided not to think too hard about it. Moments later, darkness flitted back into his eyes and he fell silent once more.

#

"Wake up merchling." Two large hands were on his shoulders and they were being shaken. Groaning, Wylan fluttered his eyelashes and twisted around to see Jesper's familiar grin. "The door's still jammed, but on the bright side Paja made coffee and gave us all membership cards."

Wylan gave him a confused thumbs up as he crawled off the other boy's lap. "Coffee?" he mumbled tiredly, stretching out various limbs that were stiff from the sleep. As his hands grasped vaguely in the air, his shirt rose and Jesper gave his partly revealed waist an interested glance. Turning red, Wylan immediately dropped his position.

"Coffee," Wylan said instead, and shuffled his way to the coffee counter as fast as he could. Thanking Paja, he desperately grasped his coffee between both hands and drank deeply, taking in as much as possible without burning his mouth. Finally pausing for a breath, he tilted his head backwards and finished it off with a single swig.

Low applause filled the room when he was done. Wylan sheepishly lowered his head and gave them all a smile as Nina showed him the picture she had taken of him drinking the coffee.

"That." Matthias said with no little respect, "was impressive."

As Wylan was learning, the word 'impressive' for Matthias was synonymous to him finding a golden unicorn that doubled as Matthias' nephew in the Saharan Desert.

Muttering a thanks, he shot a grateful look to Paja as another cup of coffee made its way in front of her. This one he drank slowly, giving the cup of coffee a look not unsimilar to worship.

"You look like you just discovered religion," Jesper said promptly and caused Wylan to almost spill scalding hot coffee on himself.

"Jesus!" Wylan said jumping, quickly putting the cup onto the counter. "Jesper you almost made me spill this on myself."

"I'd give you my shirt to wear then," Jesper said flashing him a wink. Wylan gave him an exasperated look, which he was pretty sure looked more fond than anything else. "And then-"

"-do not finish that sentence," Wylan interrupted Jesper. "There are others in this room."

"Thank you," Kaz said, once again appearing out of nowhere. Wylan inhaled sharply, but aside from that kept still. I'm getting used to it, Wylan thought triumphantly. Beat that mafia!

"Anyways," Jesper shifted his focus, peering anxiously at the door. "How long have we been in the Dime Lions?"
Nina shrugged, pulling out her phone. "Um... Inej you have anything?"

Inej checked her watch, "Around sixteen hours in total, but we spent nine hours in the main building," she explained, "and we just slept for roughly four hours."

Wylan quietly let out a curse. "My sleep cycle is completely screwed up," he muttered under his breath. "And for once, I can't blame college. What time is it anyway?" he asked, raising his voice.

Matthias slipped out his phone. "Three o'clock in the morning," he said making a face. "But hopefully we'll get the all clear sign and be allowed to leave this place soon."