Kurumi sort of groaned again, her body now feeling the stiffness of the floor underneath her and then...something warm against her lips? Merlin, was this one of those fairy tale dreams she sometimes had of a certain prince showing up and breaking a spell cast on her with true love's kiss? Kurumi subconsciously blushed and just in time to hear someone else calling her name. Why were there so many people talking to her?

Her faced sort of squished up a bit as her mind officially woke up and her eyelids twitched. Slowly...she opened her eyes and saw...

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WHY WAS GIDEON LEANING OVER HER LIKE HE WAS GOING TO KISS HER?! THIS had NEVER happened in any dream of hers. Nope, her prince had always looked, well, NOT like Gideon. Oh Merlin, what was Selina going to do to her when she found out she had had a dream about Gideon...wait...this wasn't a dream...this was real! Right?

Kurumi's eyes were now wide open, having fully realized that she was awake now, and she saw that Ms. Paton was standing over her too. Well, this was awkward. Taking a few moments to orient herself, Kurumi slowly sat up and gave herself a few more moments before speaking.

"Um...s-s-s-sorry..." Kurumi squeaked, looking at both of them. What else was there to say. "The..um...s-s-sight of blood, even fake blood...was a bit too much..."