"Asher, you're—"
"Shhh—" I hushed Anna, whispering, "Don't make a sound."
"ASHER!!!" My mom's sharp voice rang out. "I said, what are you doing in there?"
She sounded unnecessarily angry.
I swallowed hard. There was no way I was letting her see me naked—with Anna, also naked, on the same blanket. She'd lose her shit.
"Eyy... maybe he's just sleeping beside his sick friend," Ivy said from the side.
I figured my best move was to pretend I was asleep.
But now Anna had regained consciousness, her eyes fluttering open in confusion.
Before she could say anything, I reacted on instinct and sealed my lips over hers, silencing her with a kiss before she could make a sound.
At the same time, I summoned a wind barrier around the bed, keeping our mothers at bay.
They tried to get close—especially my mom, who was seriously overreacting—but my barrier held firm.
