After consuming the fruit, Victor coughed.
The girl stood up and handed him the water.
"I simply collected some water from the river.Filtration has been done with small stones.It’s clean.Drink it."
Victor stopped momentarily as he inspected the water as if suspecting it was poisoned.
The girl didn’t seem to grasp Victor’s thinking.She persuaded Victor to drink the water.
"Quick.There is no need to be worried.For the past few days, I’ve been drinking the water.My bowel movements are normal."
"Thanks,"
Victor mumbled as he took the water.
"We’re in the same boat.We both got lost in the forest.Humans have a built-in tendency to give a hand to each other."
She nonchalantly waved her hand.
The sun was blazing.
"Then again, we can’t stay here for long.There has to be a way out."
Rather than drinking it, Victor quietly set the water down.
He was extremely thirsty, and he had been injured.
However, he was skeptical of the person in front of him despite the fact that his body needed water very badly at that moment.
"Hey! What’s your name?"
The girl shifted her attention to Victor.
For a fleeting moment, she caught a glimpse of the water jug.She could tell he hadn’t drunk the water.
Pretending not to see it, she shifted her attention elsewhere.
"Vic."
"Van?" she asked since she didn’t heart it clearly"
Observing her, Victor paused before nodding in agreement.
"What about you, then? What is your name?"
"My name? Shelia Davis."
Shelia’s two deep dimples were clearly visible as she smiled.
can call
"Shelia.."
whispered
"That’s a pretty name."
I chose the
against Victor, she crossed
say the name you
it sounds and because
with a branch that she
out how to spell Shelia’s name until
about it
thing that set Shelia apart from other girls was
she was like a boy Shelia added the word "Van" to the end of her
your
Victor was his name.
for some reason, he didn’t correct her and just
names, we can call
of friendship, Shelia extended
once again! Hi, my
"Pleasure. I’m Van."
to Shelia and
the soil on her body after she had thrown away
you to stand? To avoid being stalked again by
that they wouldn’t
and stood slowly with his hand on the
"Let’s get going!"
the darts in a cloth bag, Shelia returned to Victor with the bag tied
the jar of water that he hadn’t consumed, surveyed the area, and
"Let’s take this route."
gaze remained fixed
watched Shelia deftly stow the darts.He gave her a thoughtful
have lost
to save him from
was apparent that she wasn’t
guard
Shelia led the way.
as quickly as
for about forty
upwards into the
used her hand to block out the sun as she wiped away
do I feel like we’ve
too, came to
third time we’ve come across this tree,"
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