Surviving the Beastworld

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It's official.

I hate traveling through the jungle. Between the bugs and this damn humidity making my hair go fuzzy, if not for my hairbrush and braids, I was close to vowing never to set foot in a jungle again.

Ahi's cold body was the only reason I wasn't sweating buckets everyday. And honestly, if it weren't for the fact others may see me, I would have probably lost the clothes and wrapped my naked body around him just to keep cool.

Of course, Ahi had been the only living creature I'd seen these past few days, except for all the plant life, but I knew there were others hanging around.

They were just very quiet, Ahi's presence likely scaring them into hiding.

It made things much easier travel wise and according to Ahi's estimates, we'd reach the village outskirts by tomorrow. I couldn't be more thankful for that.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy hiking and camping in the wilderness. However, this whole jungle thing was more of a game of survive against the predators than a relaxing time in nature. Not exactly my idea of a fun hiking trip.

Of course, it could just be the weather getting to me and I needed a more moderate climate.

Ahi suddenly came to a stop and set me down on a rock a few meters away from the river. He then moved back and held out a hand. It took me a few seconds to realize what was going on.

"Here." I said as I handed him my water bottle.

He nodded his head in thanks before slithering off to the river. I sighed, setting down my bag, as I wondered to myself why I thought telling Ahi about bacteria was a good idea.

If only I hadn't spoken about the filter in my water bottle, I wouldn't have been banned from going near the river. But my big mouth had to make bacteria sound so bad that Ahi wouldn't let me near river water.

He was even boiling water so I could bathe which meant I was stuck with sponge baths until we reached the village. I was seriously not built for long-term life in the stone age.

I flapped the front of my t-shirt back and forth, trying to dispel the heat, as Ahi took his sweet time carefully filling the bottle with some fancy left bowl thing used to normally hold water.

I don't know what kind of plant it was, but it's definitely some cheat code for this world.

"Gosh this damn heat..." I muttered to myself, wondering if I should lose the shirt.

I was wearing a sports bra underneath so it would look like I'm wearing a gym outfit with my leggings. And it wouldn't look so weird because females here wore tube tops if my beastworld knowledge was correct.

The only thing was I'd need to put a lot of sunscreen on, which was the other reason I stayed so covered. I only had one bottle and wasn't sure what I was going to do when it finished. I get sunburned quite easily, which is why I was being so careful.

But maybe it was the heat getting to me, but I decided to lose the shirt. If I got sunburned, I could always just use that boiled cabbage method.

With that in mind, I dug into my bag to find my sunscreen. I placed it on the rock next to me and removed my shirt just as Ahi was making his way back to me.

"Your water..." Ahi murmured as I was about to stuff my t-shirt in my bag.

I noticed a slight blush on his pale face, but decided to ignore it and instead took the bottle from him. If we were going to end up together, he'd have to get used to seeing me like this.