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Chapter 15: "Friends"?

I woke up to the bright sun on my face and the smell of food burning. I dashed from where I was laying, getting slight head rush and put out the flame on the piece of charred fish. I don't like the smell of food burning, but then again, who does? But seriously, if I smell food burning, it makes me want to hurl, and it's usually not very pretty. What am I saying? It's never pretty.

Anyway, I saw that the man that had called himself Kai was nowhere to be found, which was quite mysterious. I looked around for him, feeling weird as I did so. 'Where the hell is he? What could he have gone to do,' I asked myself as I crossed my arms over my chest, thinking with a straight face. I almost forgot about my wounds until I saw clean, new bandages on my arm and shoulder. I smiled softly, being grateful for his help as I lightly patted my shoulder. Looking around me, I saw a bag that wasn't mine. I assumed that it was Kai's, and I just stared at it. Curiosity was trying to get a hold of me, but I relented it. I wanted to know what was inside, but that's an invasion of his privacy. And besides, he could be back any minute, so it was better if I didn't even look at it.

It was about an hour later that I saw his shadow appear out of the trees. He looked somewhat upset, but that was just from his facial expression. I stared at him, wondering how long it would take for him to recognize that I was still here. I was just watching him, seeing the details of his face and the attitude he holds when he is alone. For a chi user, as he so claimed, he was much calmer and more collected than what I heard.

They were only rumors, but I had heard that chi users were usually hostile towards outsiders. And they never ventured away from the homes they make. So why was he different from the rest?

"I know you're still there, Prim. You can stop staring," I heard Kai say as he lit another fire with the wood he had gathered. I was shocked. Did he have eyes in the back of his head or what? No one has ever, and I mean EVER, been able to spot me or even know I was around, unless I wanted them to see me. I slowly got up and walked over to him, the shock evident on my face. He smiled at me warmly, making some heat rush up to my face and causing me to look away from him. I got slightly irritated with myself for being flustered by his smile.

I heard him chuckle as the tiny flames grew, causing me to look down at the small fire. I don't remember when, but I eventually sat down next to him. I smiled at the growing flames, wondering how something that causes so much pain can be so pretty...

"I can tell that you like the fire, judging by how you're smiling at it," he looked over at me and smiled, stocking the fire to keep it burning. I looked up at him, my smile gone. I'm not gonna lie, when used for the right reasons, fire was great to me. I had a very bad experience before, so it makes me remember more of the memories that I wanted to forget. I put my head in my legs as I had brought them up to my face. I closed my eyes, but whatever effort I made to shut away the demons was for nothing.

I began to tremble and it was pretty obvious. I didn't know at first, but I felt something warm hugging me, and I clutched onto it, without question. I felt hot tears roll down my face as I started to stare at my feet. 'I'm so fucking pathetic... Not even twenty-four hours have past and you're already bawling on the stranger who just so happened to have helped you... Good going, Prim, you fucking moron," I thought as I cried quietly, feeling Kai's hands start to rub my back slowly as he held me.

"Hey... It's okay... Just let them all out," I heard Kai whisper to my open ear. And by just saying that, the floodgates opened. I bawled on him, almost as if he was the only thing that I had to have to keep my sanity.

"I guess we're friends now... I promise to do what I can to help you out, Prim," I heard him whisper to me again. 'Friends, huh? I guess that could work,' I thought as I continued to cry on him. Maybe he was someone I could trust, but I can't be too sure about him. Might as well stick around and see what he does anyways.