They are polar opposites.
He's a billionaire CEO, She's an environmental activist.
He runs a large oil company, she spends her days protesting against it.
Despite their differences, they end up stranded on an island together.
Forced to survive i...
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L e e M i n h o
I saw her struggling to reach some berries on the vines above her. Even going on her tiptoes wasn't enough- that was quite amusing to watch.
Laughing slightly, I stepped closer to her and reached to grab the berries, and she frowned slightly and attempted to jump to reach it- although all she could do was pluck a single berry from the bundle.
I let another small chuckle, looking down at her before grabbing the vine and gently bringing it down a bit. She looked at me, slightly surprised before reaching for the berries and I teasingly let go of the vine, making her pout again at me.
Why am I having so much fun annoying her?
"You're so annoying," She said, rolling her eyes and I shrugged before taking the berries she was reaching for and then ate some.
She narrowed her eyes at me and then, all of a sudden, smiled; I almost choked on the berry I was eating- that smile was literally out of nowhere.
"What?" I asked her, looking away from her gaze as I found it hard to look at her smile.
"Well... sharing is caring," She said softly. Oh, how she sounded so innocent saying that- She sounded like that one time she didn't bring a pencil while we were in middle school. It wasn't my fault she lost hers and couldn't bring her own- why should I share with her?
"Is it, now?" I asked her teasingly, raising both my eyebrows as she pouted and took a step closer.
"Yeah- and I'm gonna be h-"
"Well then, I do not care," I said with a small shrug, before eating the rest of the berries I had with me. Her jaw dropped slightly, and so did her face, but she quickly covered it up with a small half-smile and looked away.
"There's gotta be more vines around right..." She mumbled quietly before walking ahead into the trees as if to find more berries.
Hadn't she had enough already? I know I am full.
Or... was she hungry and hadn't had enough berries yet?
Shit. Did I just eat that while she was starving?
I stood there for a few seconds, thinking about what I had just done. The way how her little smile dropped and formed a fake one... it all replayed in my head. It was the same as years ago; the same moment replayed between the same people but in two different situations... yet gave the same outcome.
She was hurt. Atleast, it looked like she was.
But I am not concerned. Why should I be concerned about her? I don't care.
"Sssss...."
It sounded like the voice in my head making a loud argument with me, but then I felt something touch my right earlobe. I turned my head and came face to face with a green mamba and I almost felt my soul slipping away.
I jumped back before it could snip at me, and I quickly ran in the direction where she had walked.
I followed the footprints I saw on the ground and made it through the forest until I came to an opening. Weirdly, there was a small lake... right in between the island. I didn't know how rare it was to find anything like it, but I still knew it was rare. But then again, this is a huge island.
I searched around, trying to find Hyeji, and it didn't take me a second to spot her sitting under the shade of a tree, her gaze fixed on the lake infornt of her.
I walked toward her and sat down next to her once I reached her. She looked at me once before she turned her gaze to the water and sighed once more.
There was a moment of silence before she spoke.
"What do you see?" She asked softly. I looked at her and then at the direction of her gaze.
"A.. large puddle of water," I said blindly and she smiled a bit, laughing lightly before shaking her head.
I tilted my head a bit as I looked at the water once more. Now what else was it? it looked like a giant puddle of water- Isn't that really all that is?
"what do you see?" I then asked her, turning my head to look at her as she too turned to look at me. Her hazel eyes fixed on my dark brown ones and for an odd reason, I couldn't look away, even when I felt that sudden nervous feeling again.
"I see a natural sanctuary. A home..." She muttered, glancing at the water again, with so much adoration that I couldn't understand even the slightest.
"home!? this place is nothing like home-" I quickly said, and she chuckled once more, shaking her head and turning to me once more.
"Not home for us humans. Home for other living beings" She muttered. "It's so beautiful," She said and then pursed her lip. "If you build an oil reserve here... all this would be cleared away," She said.
"And?" I asked her, raising an eyebrow.
I honestly didn't see a problem with that. This was just an island- What harm would it do to Earth if I just cut down a few trees and removed some large water puddles?
She sighed before answering me with a question of her own "Do you like it here?"
I furrowed my eyebrows at her.
"I hate it here. I feel like I'm gonna die if I am forced to stay here another day" I said.
She blinked a bit as she looked at me. "That's exactly how anything would feel if you force them to leave their home... you know how it feels like to be forced to stay somewhere you hate"
Our eyes met once more and after a few seconds of silence, she spoke again. "So please don't destroy this natural sanctuary"
Her hazel doe eyes had such a grip on me in that moment as I could not even bring myself to open my mouth to say anything to her.
Why should I listen to her? Why should I care about 'natural sanctuaries'? Why should I stop a project that would benefit humanity?
I wanted to say that to her face.. but all I could mutter was a small "whatever" as I turned around. That really was all I could say. No 'yes', no 'no'.
I sighed.
Why was it so hard to talk back to her at that moment!?
