Hi there! I'm super excited to write this chapter. Cat fight, kyaa!
Bouquet's POV
First day of the journey…
Sahlia and I just kept walking to the cave. Like everyone ells, we'll get to our destination in a few days. I feel like crying because I got paired up with my rival.
"I wonder what my darling is doing right now…" I murmured. Oops! I was supposed to think it in my head, not out loud! Oops…
"Shu isn't your darling!" Sahlia shouted.
"He is!" I shouted back.
"Shu's mine!" Sahlia shouted.
"He's mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"I told you, he's mine!"
"No, he's mine!"
"But he obviously likes me much better."
"What did you say! I'm much prettier than you!"
"Appearances aren't everything. And besides, I'm much prettier than you."
"No, you are not!"
"Yes, I am!"
I sighed in exhaustion and we stopped bickering. I took out a map and Sahlia took out a compass.
"Umm…which way is the cave again?" I said.
"It's over…here." Sahlia said while pointing at a small brown dot in the map.
We continued to walk for awhile. I think we've been walking for a few hours now. My legs are going to snap any seconds now.
"Let's take a break there." Sahlia said while pointing under a big tree.
"Finally!" I said, collapsing to the ground.
"I told you, over there!" I heard Sahlia say.
"I…can't…walk…anymore. I…think…I'll…rest…here…" I said while huffing.
I heard Sahlia sigh. I saw her opening her bag and she was searching for something. She took out a bottle of water from her bag and gave it to me.
"Here, you should drink something." She said.
"Thanks but I already have my own water." I told her.
I took out my own water from my bag and drank it. I was unbelievably tired. Sahlia sat down next to me and drank her water. After the break, we continued to walk. No!
"I hate walking. My dress is dirty and my feet hurts!" I complained.
"You really need to stop being so…um…girly?"
"Girly? Well, I guess you're right. But unlike you, I'm not so good with other things than being cute."
"And it's the other way around for me. I'm never good with boys or anything like that. But when you do it, it looks so easy. I'm actually jealous of you."
"But you can talk so easily when you're around Shu. I can't talk very good with him. I'm the one who should be jealous."
"So…we're actually talking without bickering?"
"Huh? Oh… yeah. If we're like this, it really looks like we're good friends. You know, when the conversation isn't about Shu."
"Yeah, you're right. Well, how about it?"
"What do you mean?" I was really curious. Sahlia reached out her hand to me as a sign that she wants to shake hands.
"Let's be good friends. If we talk about Shu, we won't freak out or fight. If we're around him…um…" she trailed off and started to think. She put her index finger on her chin and continued to think.
"If we're around him, we'll just act like friends and let him chose in the end." I suggested.
"Yeah! But don't you think we should make a schedule so we won't fight over him?"
"I agree! So…when I'm working, you can hang out with him. When I finish working, it'll be my turn."
"Ok. It's a deal then!" she shoved her hand closer to me and I accepted it.
"But under one condition!" I suddenly said.
"What?"
"I can still call him 'darling'."
"Oh…fine."
"Alright, it's a deal!"
We shook each other's hands and it was a deal. I'm really wondering…will our friendship really be better now? Well, I hope so. I guess it would be fun if we're both friends rather than rivals for 24 hours.
It was finally getting dark. I was so tired and my feet were killing me. I really need to rest.
"Let's camp out here. I'll go make the tent; you'll go find some firewood." Sahlia said.
"What? I don't want touch dirty wood."
"Would you rather make the tent?"
"Oh…fine!"
I sighed in defeat and started to pick up some firewood. My skin really crawled when I saw some worms.
"Kyaa!" I shouted.
"What?" I heard Sahlia ask.
"W-W-W-Worms!" I stuttered.
"Oh, come on! They're just worms. And trust me; they won't be the only ones you'll see in this search."
"What!" I'll see more of them?"
"Yup."
"Noooooooo!"
I felt like crying. I can't believe I have to be part of this. I really want to sleep on my soft bed. I finally finished picking up the wood and Sahlia finished making the tent. I placed the wood in the middle of camp and made a fire. I took out some dried food for the both of us.
"Here, eat this." I said while giving the dried food to Sahlia.
"Thanks." She said.
Thanks to the campfire, we weren't very cold anymore. After we ate, we crawled into the tent and fell asleep. The ground was hard and cold but I guess this isn't a fancy inn or hotel. I really, really hope that we'll get home soon.
That's it! I'm sooo sorry that this chapter is awful and confusing. I really didn't have many ideas for this one. This is an 'Andropov and Kluke' story. I only have good ideas for them and not for the other ones. I really apologize!
