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Abeke searched through the woods to desperately find him. He was gone, it was for sure, but she wasn't giving up so easily. Ever since that day he ran off, she was searching for him. He meant everything to her. But he could be dead.
Rumor has it that he had been living in a forest day and night.
"Abeke," whispered a startling voice, "I found you."
Abeke held her breath. If this was him, this could mean everything to her. If…
"Abeke."
There it was again. Was it her imagination? It certainly was not. So he was alive. After all this time, he was alive!
But an arrow shot to her direction and she tried vainly to dodge. The arrow teared a bit of her sleeve but nothing more. Observing it closer, Abeke found a message carved on it. 'Go. You don't belong here.' She scoffed. The fact that she didn't belong here was exactly why she was here.
Who would even say that to one of the four hero of Erdas'? She had been in many places she didn't belong. Samis, Stetriol, and even the Evertree.
"Come out!" shouted Abeke, finally.
A boy a bit older than her came from behind a tree. "You found me. And I found you."
She let out a gasp. It was him.
"Shane! What were you thinking? You almost got me killed!" yelled Abeke. "Come here, idiot."
Shane obeyed at once.
Abeke punched him in the stomach. "That's what you get for almost killing me."
He coughed and nodded.
Was this truly what she was meant to do? To meet a traitor and befriend him? Maybe not, but this was definitely what she wanted. That was what mattered.
"So, how did you find me?"
"Is this how you start a conversation? How did I find you? Really?" asked Abeke.
"Maybe not, but this is."
"W-"
She was interrupted in mid-word by Shane pressing his lips onto hers.
She ended it by pushing his off her in one violent gesture. He stumbled backwards a little and almost fell.
"Well," Shane said, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "that's how you start a conversation? Interesting, very interesting."
Abeke felt beaten. Beaten by the Devourer, the foolish, idiotic Devourer lunatic.
"But seriously, how did you find me?" asked Shane curiously.
"There's something in this world called maps."
"So you followed a map and chose a random place, and you were just lucky," retorted Shane.
"Yes, exactly."
It was Shane's turn to be loss in words. He sneered and looked away.
"I thought you'd have a girlfriend by now," remarked Abeke, trying to hide the fact that she was relieved.
As if reading her mind, Shane snickered, then said, "Well, aren't you happy that position is still empty?"
Abeke made a tsk and started walking away. Shane grabbed her leg and dragged her back down, as if he were going to eat her. Well, that certainly isn't creepy.
"What," spat Abeke.
"Are you just going to leave me here, now that you found me?"
"You did almost kill me."
"Then you're going to leave me to die alone?"
Abeke hesitated for a moment and sighed. "We have to get out of this world one way or another, and we can't stay alive to do so."
That true statement belonged to her mother.
Those words came out the mouth a girl.
"So maybe you are worth loving."
And these were the true words of one's reaction to life itself.