Chapter 54: Sunlight and Shadows
Added 2025-07-25 15:27:37 +0000 UTC"Ah..." Kenji groaned as sunlight, bright and insistent, washed over his face, piercing through the heavy curtains. He turned, burying his head deeper into the cool, soft pillow, desperately trying to reclaim the fading remnants of sleep. "Why, sun, why..." he mumbled, his voice muffled, a desperate plea against the inevitable.
He tried to ignore it, to pull the covers higher, to disappear back into the comforting darkness, but the sunlight was relentless, a persistent, unwelcome alarm. Nature, it seemed, was a cruel and unyielding clock.
