"Hide inside and don't come out."
That's what she told me before shutting the wardrobe and rushing outside the room. I heard a few loud crashing sounds and then...
And then it was only my heartbeat that I could hear.
I breathed out. The sound was quite loud despite being muffled due to the clothes. I leaned back into layers of fur and silk and waited for my mother to come back.
How long has it been? It was just now that she left, right?
"..."
"It couldn't be that long."
It started to get hot inside the closet; the layers of fur certainly didn't help with the heat.
"Should I go out?" I mean, it would be just quick, out of the wardrobe, and then maybe take a peek through the door?
Yeah, I convinced myself and jumped out of the closet.
Immediately, the cold air outside the closet felt much better on my skin.
I quietly walked to the door and carefully opened a gap.
And then I peeked outside.
A face was pressed into the gap, staring in.