She waits for him to come around. After a few mintues, his does

Shouldn’t that be he does?

But this is very good, Quite a twist in the end 5/5 :D

For some reason, I keep thinking of both King Midas and the story about the man who killed his bird because the bird kept him from drinking water, only to find that the water had a poisonous snake in it. I compare this story with utmost favor to the preceding examples.

Wow! Thank you. And I will change the typo.