Sweltering

Beads of sweat formed on the nape of my neck, falling down my spine and causing my shirt to stick to my skin. It was as humid as it is hot, and with the sun beating down upon me like a demon from hell, there was nothing more that I wanted than a cool glass of water.

The sun was high in the sky, shining hellishly down as a few stray clouds did very little to shelter me from the heat. Wiping the sweat from my brow, I squinted up towards it, craning my neck at nearly 90 degrees just to take a look at the sun. It was unrelenting, and eventually I had to look down lest my eyes begin to burn.

Shading my eyes with one hand, I sucked in a puff of humid air and brought my other arm upwards towards my face. On it was a watch with metal warmed by the sun, and on it's face it displayed the time of day, which was almost exactly.....