𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵

'.Reunited Yet Again...But at what cost?'.

The Incident: Book 6, Part 6.

W/ Julian & Liam.

Setting: In the camp-like community, Now in the more reserved section.

Julian's POV/1st Person:

Who I Saw was definitely not someone I was expecting to see. A Million thoughts flooded my brain as I saw who it was. "Wh- Mya?! How- What are you doing here? How!?" A flurry of words escaped my mouth, just for it to be a jumbled mess. She only stares at me. Makes me feel uneasy. "...I Mean- Don't get me wrong- I'm so, so happy to see you. But how?" I say, as I eagerly take a few steps towards her. Liam's breath hitches. "You shouldn't do that." Liam Warns in a calm manner, and I stop in my tracks. I look back at him in confusion. "What? I- What do you mean?" I ask, confused. There's no way he's trying to stop me from seeing someone I haven't seen in months. My stubbornness kicks in and I Decide to ignore his warning. I turned back to Mya."As I was saying, I'm so happy to see you." I say, running towards Her and ready to hug her. But she does something I didn't see coming. She pushed me away. I knew before we all got separated, she would always pretend to hate me or something.. But it was like a friend, joking matter. But something about this... this time felt different. My heart hangs heavy, as I feel a sense of betrayal, hurt and confusion wash over me. "I- Mya." I say. Liam clears his throat. "It's 'Chief' Or 'Commander'." Liam says. I grit my teeth in frustration. This was all too difficult and Liam's critiquing corrections was really starting to get on my nerves. I just wanted to just strangle him right now. Anyway, I take a breath and pushed down any sort of frustration and whatnot, and glanced back at mya. "So... Where have you been?" I ask. It was a dumb question, but it was worth asking. Its not like she would've answered any other question I would have asked, anyway. I thought to myself before looking at Mya who finally looked like she was going to say something. She glanced at Liam. "You're excused from here, moving forward." She says, which Liam almost immediately nods and Exits. It was just the two of us in this silent and cold room. "It's A Long story. I assume yours will be easier to go over. So you... you explain yourself first." Mya says, getting up from her seat and taking long, cold steps over to me. I gulp. Why did she feel so much like a stranger all of a sudden? Like I didn't have the right to joke around with her anymore. She was still my friend, sort-of. So why did I feel so Antsy? I look at her as I search for the right words to explain myself. "...It's a long story. Listen- So basically after that attack, uh... I had gotten lost, and you know... I woke up in the middle of the woods. I was confused, in pain, and disoriented. Until someone grabbed me." I took a quick breather, before Continuing She only listens with a dull expression. "It was Chad." I say, and A flicker of confusion was even visible in the slightest bit in her eyes. "Is he here too?" Mya queries dryly. I nod quickly, before continuing...

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I had finally finished explaining what happened to me and chad.. And she was... shocked. To say the least. I nod in confirmation, and she turns away from me, staring down. "So you're saying... there were capybaras.. Near here? Because you said that you guys weren't too far from this community, which is why it didn't take you long to find it." Mya asks. I Reluctantly nod, Part of it was true, But I didn't really like how she put it in those words. "And You're sure that None of them or anything else followed you here?" She turns back to me, expression more cold and serious and with a hint of worry. I didn't understand. I sigh and shake my head. "Believe me on this when I say that we were the only two that came here. No one followed us, so we're good. Dont worry about it. There's absolutely ZERO things to worry about." I Desperately attempt to try and reassure her, but It seemed to no avail. She shakes her head, still debating with me on this. I mentally facepalm in frustration right now. "Just because you didn't see it, doesn't mean that it wasn't there." Mya retorts quickly back at me. I blink in surprise. Why was this getting her all worked up like this? "Listen. Since when did you start Being So Paranoid all of a sudden?" I finally snap. She returns the same attitude, her hands curling into clenched fists at her sides. "I Don't know why you don't understand this, but I can't take things so lightly and be so laid back as much as I was before we got separated. I'm carrying an entire community and I don't want to drop the ball and have everything shatter back into a difficult as hell million pieces that'll take forever to put back together." Mya says, and I frown. "And that includes ignoring your friends?!" I argue, and she pauses, almost like if she was thinking. Mya closes her eyes and sighs, burying her face deep into her hands. "If that means if you guys will be a distraction and throw me off... yes." Mya grumbles. Tears form in my eyes as I shake violently. "You're turning into Sgt. Rudo. You loved us, and now you're all closed off! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU?" I yell at her, and feel no remorse for what I say. "You're acting like a rude, self-centered, insensitive, careless and selfish-" I list off all of these things but catch myself. I don't know what happened to me in those few gut-wrenching moments, but I knew that I couldn't take back these words, even if I tried. "Why are you comparing me to someone that's not even remotely close to my personality? I doubt he actually cared about us anyway, so you think I don't care about you guys anymore?" Mya says, snapping at me. I shake my head violently as I bit down another flurry of insults that would've left my mouth if I wasn't in a more slightly cooled off and self-aware state of mind. "No. I'm just saying that I don't understand why you're prioritizing these strangers over your childhood best friends." I say, and I sigh shakily. After moments of excruciating silence, Mya spoke up, voice quieter. "Why do you care so much?" Mya asks. I Swallow, hard. I wanted to say this for a long time but I know whatever some sort of mutual feelings she had in return was long gone by now but now or never... they say.. "...Because..." My voice cracks, and it throws off my sentence, As I Sniffle, tears threaten to fall from my eyes. "...Because I... Really, Really- Love you."

To be continued.

Word Count: 1194