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chp.6. The hug

The first day of training wasn't what I expected...we really just prepared our bodies for the rest of training. We did lots of stretching and muscle endurance and strength, that was the hard part. I'm flimsy and flexible so the stretching wasn't to bad but running up a hill whilst holding a rock that's almost as heavy as me? That's another story. After training I slipped away from dinner and walked down towards the grove of trees not far from the camp, I sat down on a rock and took a deep breath. Resting my head on my hand, I stared up at the sky. I guess I has fallen asleep because I opened my eyes as I felt someone shaking me, I opened my eyes and saw Ling Hua standing in front of me looking relieved.

"Have a nice nap?" He asked with a chuckle.

"No not really," I answered with a slight smile, I looked up and saw that the position of the moon hadn't changed much so I hadn't been asleep long.

"I've been wondering where you were," He said as he sat down next to me,

"My apologies, I didn't mean to worry you," I said watching him sit down,

"It's ok, there's no need to apologize," He replied with a grin.

I smiled back nervously, he looked so pretty in the light, so so pretty.

Ling Hua's P.O.V

I felt jittery inside,very jittery but also worried. Qu Qian always seemed on edge, especially now this morning before he woke up his expression was one of fear and sadness. I wanted to ask why he seemed this way but I aslo didn't want to pry. I shoved those thoughts into the back of mind and snapped back to reality where we were sitting on a rock,in the woods, at night.

"May I ask, why your all alone in the woods?" I asked him studying his beautiful green eyes which sparkled like emeralds in the moonlight.

He thought for moment."In all honesty, I don't know..." He answered tensing up."Truthfully I hate everything to do with the woods," He smiled, but it wasn't a happy smile it was a scared,sad smile.

"Really?" I hadn't expected such an answer. "Why is that?"

Qu Qian paused before answering hesitantly."When I was a lot younger I was playing with a my cousin in the woods and he went missing, that night they found his body...they guessed he had fallen..." His breathe hitched." Sometimes I feel like it was my fault," He chuckled as teats welled in his eyes.

It made me sad hearing this and seeing him cry, I hesitantly reached out a hand to touch his shoulder or some shot like that to comfort him and I pulled back unsure, would I be to forward if I did that? I heard a soft sniffle and looked back to see him crying trying to wipe his tears before I could see. I couldn't bare seeing him like this without thinking I pulled him into a hug.

Qu Qian's P.O.V

I felt a set of arms envelope me and pull me in. As Ling Hua hugged me I broke no matter how hard I tried not to, it was to soon to cry in front of him! We barely knew eachother! But I couldn't stop my tears flooded out of my eyes as he held me, silently comforting me as I sobbed. Though only a few minutes passed it felt like hours before I stopped crying, for the most part.

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Usually I'd give yall a cliffhanger but I've working on this long enough sorry this took so long😘