Hera gently tapped on the keys of Bryce's laptop as she tried to figure out and navigate her way through the website. She had asked him for it and, after trying to figure out what she needed it for countless times, he had given up and had no other choice but to give it to her.
He had even suggested trying to help her with whatever she wanted to use it for, but she only asked him to teach her how to use a search engine. After that, she didn't say anything more. She ended their conversation by saying that she would do it herself.
Each time he walked in on her using it, she shut it down and discarded it completely, covering all traces of whatever she was up to online. Somehow it bothered him. Was she trying to hide something from him, or was she planning not to let him figure it out at all? Well, since she wouldn't let him know what it was, he wouldn't pry or force her to tell him, even though it was eating at his curiosity.
"Maybe she was texting Ben," he thought to himself repeatedly. But then again, they hadn't heard from him for a while now, and Hera had promised to keep her distance from him. She doesn't lie, so there's no way in hell she was texting that monster.
Just as Hera logged into the website, she heard preceding footsteps and hid the laptop under her pillow. She knew it was Bryce. He was the only person who came into her side of the bedroom.
The door gently pushed open, and he stuck his face inside. "Can I come in?"
"Of course."
He opened the door fully and let himself inside. Hera noticed that he looked rather paler than usual, and the usual smile and excitement that lit up in his eyes whenever he got back from work weren't there anymore.