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the temperature in the cave seemed to lower as the night dropped. nobody had found us yet. the storm seemed to be getting stronger. beomgyu had kept me close to him the entire time. but no matter how warm his body was, i was still cold. my shivers increased and my shaking as well. so much that my teeth began to shutter even more.

beomgyu pulled back and cupped my face. i couldn't see his face in the darkness of the cave. or maybe i was too feeble to. 

"soyeon, you're turning with a fever."

he said with a concerned tone. he laid me down and took off his big jacket placing it under my head as a pillow. then, he began to look for something in his backpack. his hands moved fast while searching desperately. out of his backpack, he pulled out a little bag of dummies and a bottle. it had a purple cap.

"here. i need you to eat this soyeon. it'll help you."

he helped me sit up for me to eat the gummies. i had no appetite, but i still ate them. i felt bad eating in front of him. i took a gummy and offered it to him.

"no. you have to eat them all."

"b-beomgyu, you h-haven't e-eaten either."

"don't worry about me and eat it."

he shoved it in my mouth gently and began to pour the liquid inside the bottle into the purple cap. beomgyu placed the cap on the floor while he removed his other thinner jacket and his shirt. i could hear him grunt a little. the top half of his body was nude, and it was freezing inside the cave. he ripped his shirt apart into long strips. i watched him bewildered as i ate the last gummies.

"drink it when you are done." he said putting his jacket back on.

 i frowned at him. beomgyu was so unpredictable, i didn't even know what to think.

"beomgyu, w-where a-are you g-going?" i asked before drinking the liquid. it was really bitter with an even worse aftertaste. he seemed like he was preparing to leave the cave.

"lay down and rest. i'll be back." he said helping me down. before he left, i grabbed his jacket and didn't let him go.

"y-you're not g-going o-out there. a-are you?" he removed my hand from his jacket and placed it down.

"it'll just be a second, don't worry."

and he left. a tear slipped out of my eye. i was scared, but i was too weak to even say a single word.

just like he had said, beomgyu came back in a flash. he placed some things on the floor and began to go through the bag. from the bag, he pulled out a flashlight and turned it on. i could see that his lips were purple and that his nose was really red. he did not look good at all. 

"b-beomgyu-"

"did you drink it?"

"y-yes...but b-beomgyu-"

"good." he said putting the flashlight in his mouth and reaching for the items that he had brought. 

beomgyu twisted what looked to be the strips of his shirt between his hands. water soaked out of them. when he was satisfied enough, he placed the rag over my forehead. as soon as it had touched my skin, shivers ran down my spine. it was really cold.

"b-beomgyu..." he took the flashlight out of his mouth and placed it on top of the backpack.

"i know, but it will help bring your fever down."

"it's c-cold..."

he grabbed my hand in his. his hands were cold. they made me shiver too.

"you'll feel better, soyeon."

"w-what a-about you?"

with his finger, he slowly traced the shapes of my face. his finger slowly tracing the perimeter of my lips.

"i'm okay." he said trying to hide the cold shuttering in his voice.

"d-don't lie." i said a little angry. he didn't have to suffer because of me.

"i'm not."

"y-yes, you a-are."

he pressed his lips against my cheek for a bit and moved next to my ear.

"just fall asleep and dream about me."

i blushed a little. his words tickled my ear and gave me goosebumps over my legs and arms. 

"i'll tell you a short story for you to fall asleep."

i nodded. i knew it was pointless to argue with someone who was not only going to beat me in the argument, but also convince me his words were right and that mine were wrong.

"okay. there was once this boy and girl. at first, they didn't like each other very much. well, they didn't like each other at all."

i laughed lightly. that sounded a lot like beomgyu and me. he laughed too when he saw me laughing.

"one day, the girl had the courage to pour all her feelings and thoughts to him. she was mad and hated him. after blowing up, she stomped away and left him alone. after that day, something changed in the boy. he began to get this feeling. a feeling that people say only comes once in a lifetime."

although i wanted to keep hearing, my eyes began to close slowly. beomgyu was too concentrated telling me the story he probably didn't notice.

"one day...everything changed...he was sorry...the girl was everything to him...but..."

i would only hear chunks and bits of it as i slowly drifted away. the last words i heard from him were, "from day to night, he was a prince of steel and she was the princess."