Chapter 4: The quicksand.
Tahu was doing nonsense stuff and Kopaka was pissed because of the hot sun. But then Tahu went pissed too because he didn't know what to do and he was frustrated.
"HEY! Snowball!" He tried to annoy his brother, but he wasn't successful, because when he was laughing, Kopaka threw him a stone in the head. "Hey!"
"Shut up then"
Tahu growled and dropped his arms. What a boredom!
"Hey, snowball!" He called "No, no!" He yelled when he saw Kopaka grabbing another stone "I just wanted to propose, do you want to explore the island?"
"I wouldn't even do it with Gali, and you think I would do it with you?"
"Hey, I'm just trying to… Wait, do you like Gali?"
"Do you mind? I have more important things to do" And he continued building a sand castle.
"I just want to know" Tahu said, even though he knew he was jealous.
"Nothing of your business" Kopaka said sharply.
"C'mon! I don't wanna coexist with you, but I'm bored! Let's go to explore…"
"No."
Then Tahu began to yell. He knew it would work with Kopaka, because he loved the calm, and hearing is brother yelling was one of the things he more hated.
Tahu continued yelling nonsense stuff.
"IT WAS ICE CREAM HEADACHES AND SWEET AVALANCHE
WHEN THE PEARLS IN OUR SHELLS GOT UP TO DANCE
YOU CALL ME A BAD TIPPER OF THE CRADLE
TIRED YAWNS FOR FAWNS ON HUNTER'S LAWNS
WE'RE THE HAS-BEENS OF HUSBANDS
SHARPENING THE KNIVES OF YOUNG WIVES
TAKE TWO YEARS AND CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE BETTER
TAKE TEARDROPS OF MINE, FIND YOURSELF WETTER…!" He roared hoarsely and singing.
"OKAY OKAY! I'll explore the island with you, but get this: I won't coexist with you" And they began walking.
"This is what I hate about jungle" Kopaka growled, hitting a mosquito in his arm "It's sticky and full of…Insects"
"Ha ha…"
"What are you laughing about?" Kopaka asked sharply and half-closing his eyes.
"Of you, of course"
Kopaka hated to have Tahu making fun of him, so he pushed him to a mud puddle and continued walking.
"HEY! COME BACK HERE!" Tahu yelled, trying to get up but falling over his face to the puddle again.
Kopaka set aside the leaves while he was walking. His feet were suddenly sinking in the mud. He ignored that fact and continued walking, but as he tried, it was harder and harder to walk. Tahu suddenly reached to him and saw his brother.
"Hey, did you notice that…?"
"Is nothing" Kopaka said sharply "I'll get out in a second. But… NO!
Tahu wanted to boast and walked over Kopaka…And he fell to the quicksand too, and began to sink too.
"Uh… Kopaka…" Tahu began to say scared.
"Don't worry, we'll get out from here…"
"HOW?!" Tahu yelled desperate "WE CAN BARELY MOVE!" And he began struggling.
"Idiot! Stop struggling! You'll sink faster!"
"WE ARE GONNA DIE!"
"Shut up."
"WE ARE GONNA DIE DROWNED!"
"Tahu, shut the hell up!" Kopaka shouted. "We just…" He hesitated.
"We just have to work together?"
Kopaka looked at him.
"No" He said and looked around him. He took one of his arms out from the puddle, but he sunk faster "Oh crap, Oh crap…"
Now they had the quicksand on their necks.
"What are we gonna do?" Tahu asked, breathing hard of desperation.
"I don't like it, but we'll have to do this together"
"NO WAY!" Tahu said struggling "I WON'T WORK WITH YOU! I PREFER TO DIE THAN WORK WITH YOU!"
"TAHU, PLEASE, LEAVE YOUR PRIDE ASIDE, WE NEED TO DO THIS TOGETHER… STOP STRUGGLING!"
The quicksand was beginning to reach to their masks.
"This is your fault" Tahu said breathing hard.
"MY FAULT? It was you who wanted to explore the jungle!" Kopaka replied, watching scared how the quicksand was closer to his mask.
"YES,YOUR FAULT! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BORN!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Kopaka shouted angrily. "I hate you!"
As they were yelling at each other, the quicksand was almost touching their mouths.
"This is it" Tahu muttered.
"No, it's not" Kopaka said and took one of his arms off the quick sand, and before he could sink more, he jumped a little with much effort and grabbed a tree's bough. He began to pull himself of it and get his body out from the quicksand. He got out and looked at his brother. Tahu didn't expect to be saved by his brother, after all, he yelled very ugly stuff at him, but he surprised when Kopaka grabbed his nape and with much effort he pulled him out of the quicksand.
Tahu looked at Kopaka with shame, but Kopaka didn't care. He stood up and began walking to the beach again.
The night fell, Kopaka was sitting in the shore, wetting his feet. Tahu made a bonfire and looked at Kopaka, who was far away from him. He sighed, stood up began walking towards Kopaka.
"Do you want to come with me?" Tahu asked.
"No. You know I hate the heat"
Tahu looked away and then he sat down next to his brother.
"Thanks for saving my life"
"I did what I had to do" Kopaka said sharply. "I've never been closer to death."
"I'm sorry, brother."
"No, you don't" Kopaka said looking at the horizon, "You said you never wanted me to born"
"It's because I really never wanted you to born. You're a nuisance"
"SEE?" Kopaka shouted. Tahu saw very surprised that his brother was in the verge of tears, but he knew how to hold them back. "YOU HATE ME! BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I HATE YOU TOO!"
Tahu stood up and stepped back.
"I hate you" He said to Kopaka and he walked away.
They both were away from each other in silence, till they fell asleep, and Tahu saw Kopaka taking off his mask again.
