Lukas slowly woke up, a yawn blooming inside of him.
He sat up with a hand covering his mouth, blinking at the light streaming in through the window.
Based on the angle and the fact that the rays were tinted with orange, he could tell that it was already evening. Somehow, he'd slept longer than he intended.
He turned his head to find Melody and Akira seated at the small table across the room, with a deck of cards spread between them.
None of them had even noticed that he was awake. They were focused on the cards in their hands, arguing about something. Or rather, Melody constantly prodded at Akira and kept her arguing back.
Then Melody glanced over, her gaze meeting his.
"Good evening," she said, her voice light and sweet. "Look who decided to join us in the land of the living?"
"It was a hard battle, but I won," he muttered, dragging a hand down his face.
He stood with another yawn before walking across the room towards them, pulling up a chair and dropping into it.
