TF Chapter 70 A Slap

"Besides, we have far more important things to discuss, like this rain here..."

"What do you mean?" I asked, truly puzzled by her change of topic.

"The forest floor is a dangerous place during the rains. Plants become the masters of the jungle, and any creature that doesn't come up the trees is devoured, except of course, those that dwell underground."

"I still haven't understood what you are really talking about."

"During the first time that it rained, I had set up a shelter somewhere close to the ground, that's when I managed to get a glimpse of the true terror of this forest. When it rains, its like the plants are given a shot of adrenaline...and I also have the belief that most of the dangerous plants only truly bare their fangs during a time like this."

Thunder roared and lightning illuminated her face through the gap. The expression upon it was partly serious and partly fearful. It looks like she wasn't joking around.

"She is right. Believe her on that." Danny chimed in, earning a disapproving expression from her.

"Danny hadn't woken up at the time, so I had struggled with fending off the creatures escaping the forest floor, while also making sure to protect you. It had been very hectic!"

"Oh! Interesting! This means that the tables get turned during the rain, huh!"

"That's why we are this high up. Those creatures taking refuge in these trees don't dare to get this high up...well almost, so we are temporarily safe." Danny continued.

"Safe...that's a word that shouldn't be uttered lightly. Aren't there monkey-like creatures here?" This had been bugging me ever since I had arrived here. There were tall trees here, so if there were no such creatures, it would be very puzzling!

"We don't know. Danny didn't allow me to explore." Bora's teeth practically grinded, with those words, like she wanted to devour Danny whole, not to mention the death stare directed towards him.

"Before we get to that, have two months really passed?" Waking up and realising that such a long time had passed was really unbelievable to me.

"Yes, that's how long you were unconscious for. And your body naturally healed itself, with me only providing minimal assistance. It is really a miracle that you healed from such devastating injuries." The surprise in her eyes was genuine. Even though my mind had been in a muddled state after that battle, I had still been pretty sure that my chances of survival had been slim, even with someone working to save me.

I flexed a bit of my hand, amazed that the fracture I had remembered happening to the bone, gone entirely.

I directed my gaze back to her when I thought she wasn't looking, and found myself staring into those beautiful purple petalled pupils of hers. I had been caught, but instead of averting my gaze, I forcibly held her eyes with mine. Acting bashfully now would only expose the fact that I was starting to find her attractive, and possibly girlfriend material. But if I let her catch on, our future interactions would all become very very awkward.

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"So...did you craft all these stone bowls and collect all these plants?" I schooled my expression into one of seriousness and asked a question I didn't really want an answer to at this time as I was sure it would just be boring.

I was even starting to curse at the rain for its bad timing. I had all this energy within me and yet I had to sit here and wait for it to let up.

"I had nothing to do, so I tried some things..."

Was she being bashful now? Embarrassed? Why?

"...I am not very good at practical stuff as you can see."

She was right about that as the stone bowls were weird looking, as if someone with absolutely zero talent in art had tried to create a painting.

"There is no need to be embarrassed. Even I don't think I could shape rock successfully. And it was even your first time."

"Now that I am awake, what are your plans?" I changed the topic, as I had discovered my eyes trailing her tender juicy lips, imagining how it would feel if I were to kiss them.

All the desires I didn't know I could even possess were showing themselves. Its interesting that here and now, I had become attracted to the opposite sex.

"I want to explore our current location, map it out and then start collecting spirit cores."

"I had found one where my pod had crashed, but it was destroyed during the altercation with that creature."

"Senior Nat, there is something I am wondering about. I have been extra vigilant ever since I woke up, due to the fact that the creature discovered your true appearance, meaning that there should have been an attack, yet none has happened so far-"

"Danny! Why didn't you inform me of this?" Bora interrupted with pursed lips. She was most definitely fuming.

"Danny, why can't you get along with us very well?" I sighed with building frustration. This guy... was he really intent on acting like this?

I tussled my hair, passing my palm through forcefully, wanting rip out my hair or something.

***Bora***

This was starting to get on my nerves. I had tried to calm myself repeatedly but now, I was slipping. I wanted to kill him, to punch him so hard, his jaw dislocated, or to even serve him to the creatures of this forest. Danny was that infuriating!

Even Nathaniel appeared to be exhausted from trying to get us to work together. Poor guy! Danny wasn't going to change, why? Because he had been born privileged, just like my brothers and sisters. There was this superior mindset that could never be removed from them, something that some didn't even know they had, but this guy knew it very well. The only reason he was even interacting with Nathaniel and I was the fact that he needed him for something...something we didn't know. He was very secretive about his goals. What was he really after?

An impulse overtook me, with my body moving before a coherent thought could form, and the next thing I knew, was my palm smacking something both hard and soft, Danny's cheek.

I should have been angry, enraged even, but surprise was the only feeling I felt as I was shocked at the fact that I, Bora had actually raised my hand at someone!

I caught the raw disbelief within Nathaniel's eyes as he gaped at the both of us, well, mostly me as if he had just seen a ghost in broad daylight. The howling wind and the thunder had covered the sound produced by the slap, but the visual couldn't be covered up.

I had let my emotional quotient overwhelm my IQ. This...had never happened before. What had he done such that I had slapped him? I tried to remember, to comb through my previous words and feelings, finally managing to capture the moment where it had all went wrong. I...had superimposed Danny with my siblings, causing my emotions which had always been in control to passionately gush out and take over, causing this very scene.

"I do admit to deserving that...but if you ever try to lay a hand on my body ever again, I swear that you won't love the outcome, Ms Kim Bora."

Those blue eyes contained a glacial cold that seeped within me and caused even my burning emotions to freeze. Such strong murderous intent had never appeared from Danny before. He was most definitely enraged beyond reason, only holding back because of Nathaniel. I didn't have any definite evidence of that, but my instincts as a woman were never wrong.

I scooted away, back to my place and looked at my palm, the one that had slapped the guy.