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Reyna

"Today, we'll be getting to know each other a little better by performing trust exercises" Chiron announced cheerfully once everyone had sat down.

Reyna groaned along with the rest of the group. She was tired, upset, angry, and had a major migraine from crying so much last night, not that she would admit that to anyone.

"Now, there's no need for that attitude. It will be fun and you all might make some friends." Chiron assured them with a smile.

Reyna rolled her eyes. Chiron was way too happy for her liking and she couldn't wait to get out of there.

After Chiron told them they would be going outside, he wheeled himself out of the room with the others following slowly. Reyna stayed towards the back, hoping that maybe no one would notice her and she wouldn't have to participate.

"Hey" said a voice right next to her. Reyna snapped her head to the left and saw the last person she wanted to talk to; the kid who was late, Leo. Sure, he hadn't been that late, and Reyna was probably overreacting, but she was definitely one to hold a grudge. Until he proved himself worthy of her forgiveness, she would ultimately hate him.

"So, uh, how are you?" his weak attempt at a conversation was almost amusing, but Reyna didn't laugh.

"Leave me alone" she answered shortly. They had just reached the front door and Reyna stepped outside, breathing in the fresh summer air. She quickly walked away from Leo, trying to get as much distance between them as possible. She didn't want to talk to him, or anyone else for that matter, and she made an effort not to pay attention to the hurt look on his face.

As Reyna took in her surroundings, she noticed just how beautiful the garden in front of the building was. There was a large willow tree to her right, its boughs hanging over a small pond. There was also a bench in the shade of the tree and Reyna was pretty sure she saw some fish in the pond. To her left was a large flat area of grass, trees scattered across it. A gravel path wound its way through the tall trees, blotches of sun colouring it in random places.

"Alright everyone. Our first activity will be the trust fall" Chiron's voice brought her out of her musings. "If you're not familiar with it, I shall explain. First, you'll need to find a partner. There are eight of you so that shouldn't be a problem. Then, one of you will stand in front of the other and fall backwards. The other has to catch them. It's simple, but you need to trust that the person behind you will catch you. Any questions?" Chiron asked, the smile never leaving his face.

Since no one had any questions, Chiron instructed them to find a partner. Reyna realised that Leo was walking towards her and she frantically went in search of someone else to be her partner. But everyone she asked would say that they already had one. After asking everyone else to be her partner with no success, Reyna turned around to face her pursuer.

"What do you want?" she asked harshly, even though she already knew why he was following her.

"Will you be my partner?" he asked, blinking his chocolate brown eyes.

Realising she couldn't really say no, Reyna sighed and nodded. Leo smiled slightly, as if he had just accomplished something. Reyna didn't know why he was so persistent to talk to her, and she didn't really care, but a small part of her sort of liked the attention.

"Alright, everyone ready?" not waiting for an answer, Chiron instructed them to stand with one person in front of the other. Reyna studied Leo for a few seconds and noticed that despite his scrawny body shape, she could see he had some muscles. But she still didn't trust him to catch her, so she grabbed his shoulders and spun him around so that his back was facing her.

Noticing the anxious glance that Leo sent over his shoulder, Reyna rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, I'll catch you" she assured him.

After looking at her for a few more seconds, Leo nodded and mumbled "You'd better."

After a frustrating countdown from 3, Leo nervously started to lean backwards until he finally lost his balance and Reyna slipped her arms under his armpits. She then lifted him back up to a standing position where he turned around and stared at her in wonder.

"You caught me" he sounded shocked, as if he thought that Reyna would drop him.

Reyna rolled her eyes. "Well, I wasn't going to let you fall and knock me down as well, was I?" she asked sarcastically.

Leo nodded, still looking at her in astonishment. Reyna snapped her fingers in front of his face. "Hello? Earth to Leo?"

Leo blushed and, after muttering a quick apology, moved to stand behind Reyna, getting ready to catch her. Reyna didn't know if she trusted Leo to catch her, but she knew there was no way to get out of it and decided she had better get it over and done with.

After making sure he was ready, she started to lean back. Suddenly, she felt slender arms holding her up. Leo was reasonably strong and helped her get back into a standing position.

Once she was up, she turned around and looked at him. He offered her a small smile, which she tentatively returned.

But, of course, that happiness couldn't last.

Leo

Leo was shocked. After Reyna had been hostile towards him when he tried to talk to her, he had honestly expected her to let him fall. But she didn't, and he considered that as progress in his mission to befriend her.

The next activity that Chiron said they would be doing was called 'Land Mines'. He explained that he would place items in random places around the trees and they had to pretend that they were land mines. Still in the same pairs, one of them would be blindfolded and the other would have to guide them around the landmines only using words.

After Chiron had finished explaining and had put random items all around the trees, Leo turned to look at Reyna.

"Do you want to be the blindfolded one?" he asked her. Reyna shrugged and walked up to Chiron to get a blindfold. After Leo was sure she couldn't see anything, he led her close to the first object.

"Okay," he started. "Step once to your left, and then forward." Reyna did what he told her to, and she avoided the land mine easily.

They continued like this for about a minute, and they were doing well, until Leo started to get a little distracted. He could hear birds chirping and was reminded of his childhood where he would go outside with his mother to enjoy nature. While he wasn't paying attention, Leo was giving Reyna random directions like "Left, right, forward."

Suddenly, he was brought out of his thoughts by a loud bump. He looked up and cringed, his random instructions had led Reyna to walk right into a tree. She ripped her blindfold off angrily and Leo saw the beginnings of a bruise on her forehead.

"S-sorry" he stuttered, but Reyna was seriously pissed off.

"You idiot!" she yelled. "How could you let me walk into a tree? How hard is it to give me simple instructions? You're so stupid! Argh!"

Leo stared at her, shocked that she was so angry. He noticed that the others were looking over to see what the commotion was. "I'm sor-" he tried again, but Reyna was on a roll.

"I don't care if you're sorry, that won't undo it! I'm gonna have an even worse headache now, and it's your fault!"

Chiron rolled over to them and spoke to Reyna gently. "Reyna, are you sure you're not overreacting?"

Reyna glared harshly at him. "No, no I'm not. If it's alright with you, I'll be going home." Instead of waiting for an answer, Reyna stomped away from them angrily.

Leo sighed. He'd just ruined any possible chance of friendship with Reyna, she really hated him now.

'Don't give up' said a small voice in the back of his mind. Leo took a deep breath. He wouldn't give up. He would try and talk to Reyna in their next session, and, if that didn't work, he would try again in the one after that. He wouldn't give up on her, even if it killed him.

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