Chapter 8: Secrets of the Camp Fire.
Yukari returned to her camp site to find Cye cooking something. What was he doing? She walked over and he blinked at her wounds as he stood.
"You okay? They did a number on you huh?" He noted, looking her over with clear eyes.
"What are you doing out here...?" She asked, evading the question. Whatever he was cooking smelled great. She hadn't ate all day.
"Figured I'd give you alittle help..." He blushed slightly. "I made you some soup...Sage gave me some stuff to put in it that will build your strength back up for your fights tomorrow."
"Thanks..." She murmured, she didn't want him here. She didn't need any help and this was breaking one of the rules the Seasonals had set for this 4 day camp out.
"I guess I'll be going then..." He said, alittle downed by her expression. She clearly didn't share his feelings.
"Wait..." She said with a sigh from where she sat next to the fire, a blanket over her shoulders. "I didn't mean to be rude...It's just been a long day..."
"I understand..." He continued walking.
"Cye?" She sounded scared for a moment.
"Yeah?" He turned at this. The tone in her voice shook him.
"The day at the lake...it was you wasn't it..? That pulled me out of the water..." She stared to the side, not looking at him. He couldn't tell if it was from sitting next to the fire or not, but face was slightly red.
He nodded. "It was me..."
"Thank you..." She lifted her gaze and it pierced him even more. She reminded him of a caged tiger. Angry and hurt on the inside, but broken on the outside, but still hostile when she wanted.
"Anytime..." He smiled and she dropped her gaze back to the fire. He had built it too. She thought he had left but she felt him sit down next to her looking at the fire. She felt better after she ate, but Sage must have put something else in the herb mixture, for she fell asleep against Cye's shoulder only a few minutes later.
She awoke in the middle of the night to her head on Cye's chest. He was leaning against a tree, half asleep, but stroking her hair fondly. He had braided a few pieces loosely.
"Hey...did I wake you?" He smiled at her. She gasped and scrambled back from him. "What's wrong..?" He asked worriedly.
"I think you better go..." She wouldn't look at him agian. He cursed him for having not left eariler. He knew she was frightened of getting close to people. The pain had showed itself in her dreams again as she had slept earlier. Things she surpressed, trying to forget. He walked home slowly. Dais watched him for a moment before walking over to him.
"She got skiddish of you...?" He asked.
Cye nodded. He didn't like doing this stuff behind the girls back. "She's scared to get close to people..."
"I wonder why...?" Dais sighed. He couldn't understand the girl. Cye knew, but kept his mouth shut. The secrets she had revealed to him through her sleep would stay there by the camp fire.
Yukari returned to her camp site to find Cye cooking something. What was he doing? She walked over and he blinked at her wounds as he stood.
"You okay? They did a number on you huh?" He noted, looking her over with clear eyes.
"What are you doing out here...?" She asked, evading the question. Whatever he was cooking smelled great. She hadn't ate all day.
"Figured I'd give you alittle help..." He blushed slightly. "I made you some soup...Sage gave me some stuff to put in it that will build your strength back up for your fights tomorrow."
"Thanks..." She murmured, she didn't want him here. She didn't need any help and this was breaking one of the rules the Seasonals had set for this 4 day camp out.
"I guess I'll be going then..." He said, alittle downed by her expression. She clearly didn't share his feelings.
"Wait..." She said with a sigh from where she sat next to the fire, a blanket over her shoulders. "I didn't mean to be rude...It's just been a long day..."
"I understand..." He continued walking.
"Cye?" She sounded scared for a moment.
"Yeah?" He turned at this. The tone in her voice shook him.
"The day at the lake...it was you wasn't it..? That pulled me out of the water..." She stared to the side, not looking at him. He couldn't tell if it was from sitting next to the fire or not, but face was slightly red.
He nodded. "It was me..."
"Thank you..." She lifted her gaze and it pierced him even more. She reminded him of a caged tiger. Angry and hurt on the inside, but broken on the outside, but still hostile when she wanted.
"Anytime..." He smiled and she dropped her gaze back to the fire. He had built it too. She thought he had left but she felt him sit down next to her looking at the fire. She felt better after she ate, but Sage must have put something else in the herb mixture, for she fell asleep against Cye's shoulder only a few minutes later.
She awoke in the middle of the night to her head on Cye's chest. He was leaning against a tree, half asleep, but stroking her hair fondly. He had braided a few pieces loosely.
"Hey...did I wake you?" He smiled at her. She gasped and scrambled back from him. "What's wrong..?" He asked worriedly.
"I think you better go..." She wouldn't look at him agian. He cursed him for having not left eariler. He knew she was frightened of getting close to people. The pain had showed itself in her dreams again as she had slept earlier. Things she surpressed, trying to forget. He walked home slowly. Dais watched him for a moment before walking over to him.
"She got skiddish of you...?" He asked.
Cye nodded. He didn't like doing this stuff behind the girls back. "She's scared to get close to people..."
"I wonder why...?" Dais sighed. He couldn't understand the girl. Cye knew, but kept his mouth shut. The secrets she had revealed to him through her sleep would stay there by the camp fire.