take it day by day

Lark wasn't really in the mood to argue her words. As far as he knew, she had suddenly woken him up, even if she was trying to convince him otherwise. Still, her persistence was amusing in his muddled mind, and he laughed gently at her. But she still said it again, so very certain that he'd only been laying down for a moment. Oh well; whatever.  His brow furrowed as he averted his gaze to the rapids for a minute.

Normally he would've been more observant of her suddenly caring nature. She'd looked at him quite fondly a moment ago, and now she seemed genuinely sorry for interrupting him, even offering to leave. But he shook his head, jaws parting as he panted softly. He hadn't realized how warm he was until now. The river was probably really refreshing right now, but he knew jumping in was stupid. He hadn't forgotten the last time he'd come here with Lillie, not yet at least. "It's okay," he offered with a slow shrug. "You should stay." It'd be better to feel like shit with a friend than alone, right? And if he wasn't feeling better tomorrow, he'd probably go find Starling or Sparrow..