“Would I have known?” Mineko questioned under her breath to particularly no one. “No, I wouldn’t.” She answered herself briefly. She continued covering herself with makeshift bandages with the usage of long leaves and braided string.
Indigo somberly laid down, on a dank rock, before her and grunted as his response, either from his annoyance towards her or his agitation from the leeches that caught him.
“You can just shut up, Indigo.” She snapped then sighed audibly out of frustration.
It was rare for the pair to be infuriated towards each other. They have resolved most fights through communication and compromise but if it is about a subject that relates to Mineko’s fragile pride resulting in idiocy and winning stupid prizes, it shuts out Indigo completely, he tends to avoid conversing with her in this case. And Mineko is not oblivious to it. Inseparable years together, she has read him well and so has he to her.
‘Again, I didn’t fucking know.’ with furrowed brows she wanted to scream that to him to bring some clarity in her mind but that would only deepen her frustration further, she knows it to be true. She continued to aid herself but this time with tougher exaggerated movements than what was needed and kept splashing the itch on her wounded legs with water, by the pond.
The leaches marked their bites into Mineko and Indigo’s limbs well. Blood still oozed out some of their bitten marks, it made Indigo slowly weary.
‘I shouldn’t have done that. I know now.’ she also wanted to plead out. The longer Indigo kept his silence, the more she became frustrated; felt as though she was on the brink of falling into insanity, but, in reality, she was on the verge of tears. Yet she has also kept her vigilance and suppressed her frustration within her. No nice words would fix their current situation, or so she thought. She shifted her focus into something else, looking into the distance, away from Indigo.
Mineko and Indigo glanced their eyes every now and then to see if the other one is looking at them. Mineko massaged her legs and Indigo licked his wounds. After moments, Mineko finally gained the courage to break the silence, she swallowed her spit and cleared her throat yet her brows still arched than usual.
“Indigo,“ —He lifted his head and looked up to her spontaneously— “I am—“
A loud growl from the other side of the wood halted her words. Flock of birds collectively flew away from its noise. She looked at Indigo and their eyes met with the same shock almost terrified expressions on their faces. Another growl called out, louder than its last. They turn their head to it’s direction. A bear, probably. From its volume, it must have been considerably close to where they were. Both of them were readying themselves stand up from their places until they heard another cry but this time…
“Help!”, by the sound of it, a young woman wailed out into the distance, almost matching with the bear’s volume. Indigo abruptly stood up and barked at its direction.
“Indigo…” with a finger raised, she gave him a warning look. He looked back to Mineko, enraged. With his fangs out, he gritted his teeth. “I am tired!” She contorted “Look at us. Badly hurt. And you want to be a hero right now?” She yelled to him with her voice conceding in disbelief and frustration.
He gave her one last bark before he leaped out of the rock, disregarding his hurt body, and ran towards where the sound came from.
“Indigo!” She yelled, left her panting for her breath and out of anger.
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Indigo somberly laid down, on a dank rock, before her and grunted as his response, either from his annoyance towards her or his agitation from the leeches that caught him.
“You can just shut up, Indigo.” She snapped then sighed audibly out of frustration.
It was rare for the pair to be infuriated towards each other. They have resolved most fights through communication and compromise but if it is about a subject that relates to Mineko’s fragile pride resulting in idiocy and winning stupid prizes, it shuts out Indigo completely, he tends to avoid conversing with her in this case. And Mineko is not oblivious to it. Inseparable years together, she has read him well and so has he to her.
‘Again, I didn’t fucking know.’ with furrowed brows she wanted to scream that to him to bring some clarity in her mind but that would only deepen her frustration further, she knows it to be true. She continued to aid herself but this time with tougher exaggerated movements than what was needed and kept splashing the itch on her wounded legs with water, by the pond.
The leaches marked their bites into Mineko and Indigo’s limbs well. Blood still oozed out some of their bitten marks, it made Indigo slowly weary.
‘I shouldn’t have done that. I know now.’ she also wanted to plead out. The longer Indigo kept his silence, the more she became frustrated; felt as though she was on the brink of falling into insanity, but, in reality, she was on the verge of tears. Yet she has also kept her vigilance and suppressed her frustration within her. No nice words would fix their current situation, or so she thought. She shifted her focus into something else, looking into the distance, away from Indigo.
Mineko and Indigo glanced their eyes every now and then to see if the other one is looking at them. Mineko massaged her legs and Indigo licked his wounds. After moments, Mineko finally gained the courage to break the silence, she swallowed her spit and cleared her throat yet her brows still arched than usual.
“Indigo,“ —He lifted his head and looked up to her spontaneously— “I am—“
A loud growl from the other side of the wood halted her words. Flock of birds collectively flew away from its noise. She looked at Indigo and their eyes met with the same shock almost terrified expressions on their faces. Another growl called out, louder than its last. They turn their head to it’s direction. A bear, probably. From its volume, it must have been considerably close to where they were. Both of them were readying themselves stand up from their places until they heard another cry but this time…
“Help!”, by the sound of it, a young woman wailed out into the distance, almost matching with the bear’s volume. Indigo abruptly stood up and barked at its direction.
“Indigo…” with a finger raised, she gave him a warning look. He looked back to Mineko, enraged. With his fangs out, he gritted his teeth. “I am tired!” She contorted “Look at us. Badly hurt. And you want to be a hero right now?” She yelled to him with her voice conceding in disbelief and frustration.
He gave her one last bark before he leaped out of the rock, disregarding his hurt body, and ran towards where the sound came from.
“Indigo!” She yelled, left her panting for her breath and out of anger.
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