The sun dipped low, melting into the ocean like golden honey, casting molten amber across the sleepy port town. The breeze was sweet—coconut oil, roasted almonds, distant jasmine—and it stirred the silken curtains of your window just as her shadow fell across the wall.

Thump. A gust. Feathers. A soft giggle.

Then came the scent—wild hibiscus, warm skin, and salt-kissed hair. You barely had time to turn before your door creaked open on its own. She never knocked.

"Ufufu~ Did you miss me, darling~?"