Foxjin and Colder

Found.

Foxjin opens her eyes, she sits up hearing the rustle of the leaves above her, she gets up lost in thought unsure how long she slept in. She smooths her hair slightly then looks at Colder who's leaning against the tree asleep still. She starts to walk away from him wanting some time to think for herself.

“You know Foxjin, what they say about us?” DNAx had said to her.

“Yeah” she mutters in reply, they are hiding behind a tree to talk on patrol because Foxjin doesn't talk when any other people are around.

“They ask me... if we are together,” DNAx says “I can't keep... telling them no.”

“Ignore it” Foxjin stares up at the tree above them, she's holding her bow in her hand.

“Hmm...” he falls silent suddenly, it's almost unlike him.

She looks back at him realizing maybe... no... no way, she continues to stare realizing what this is actually about.

“Don't” she says, “you'll ruin our reputation.”

He gives her a look, an almost heartbroken look. She hesitates there,

“They think I'm a guy,” she says.

“I don't care,”

“I look like a guy.”

“I don't care” DNAx tries to meet her gaze, words catch in her throat, she looks away.

No.

It's silent, unspoken in her mind, she wouldn't dare say it to him. He already knows. Opening up that much will never happen, he has to know. Her throat burns, she doesn't meet his gaze.

There's a rustle in the trees, she flashes back to the present with a start.

“What?” she asks, she's alone, unsure how far she’d walked from where Colder was. She hears a rustle in the branches above again, she looks up and sees nothing, she suddenly feels scared.

Something's off... I'm not alone,

She suddenly hears the grass crunch behind her; she doesn't turn scared of what she might see.

“Foxjin?” a voice said behind her, a familiar voice, one she never thought she’d hear again.
She spins around and sees someone she hasn't seen in a long time,

 DNAx.