"What a fun day!" said Eliza as she and Tiffany entered their bedroom. Tiffany was unusually quiet throughout their journey on the Taipei metro from Shilin Night Market back to Blythe's grandma's apartment.
"Right, Tiffany. I'm gonna to take a shower before going to sleep, as it has been a long day today and there's nothing better to wash away your fatigues than a hot shower. Do you wanna go have a shower first, or shall I go first?" questioned Eliza.
Nevertheless, Tiffany just sat in front of the mirror, staring at her own reflection, as if lost in her own thoughts. Then, seeing that Tiffany wasn't paying attention, Eliza sighed, grabbed a towel, her pyjamas and toiletries and headed to the bathroom.
"Right, Tiffany. I'm gonna to take a shower before going to sleep, as it has been a long day today and there's nothing better to wash away your fatigues than a hot shower. Do you wanna go have a shower first, or shall I go first?" questioned Eliza.
Nevertheless, Tiffany just sat in front of the mirror, staring at her own reflection, as if lost in her own thoughts. Then, seeing that Tiffany wasn't paying attention, Eliza sighed, grabbed a towel, her pyjamas and toiletries and headed to the bathroom.
On returning to their room, Eliza noticed that Tiffany had hung up the portrait and was staring intently at the figure inside. Without warning, Eliza seemed to have perceived the figure's mouth curved up slowly into a smile. She quickly rubbed her eyes and reopened them, only to discover that the smile was gone.
"I must be too tired such that I'm starting to have illusions," thought Eliza to herself as she took out the bedclothes, blankets and pillows from the large wardrobe at the end of the room and laid them down on the tatami in Japanese style.
"Tiffany! TIFFANY!" Only did Eliza yell her name extremely loudly did Tiffany snap back into reality and took her eyes away from the portrait.
"Hmmm? Wha?" replied Tiffany, as if woken up from a daze.
"Can you turn off the lights? We need to sleep early tonight as we'll have to rise early next morning to take the High Speed Train to Kaohsiung. Plus, I'm exhausted," said Eliza.
Like a zombie, Tiffany wandered slowly towards the door and turned off the light switch. Then, she laid down on her bed and closed her eyes.
That night, Tiffany tossed and turned in a restless sleep as she was having a strange dream.
~To be Continued~
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