Ethan POV
..Continuation of chapter 20..
I close my eyes, awaiting death until I hear..
"Ethan?" A voice calls from below.
It's only Denis. I let out a breath of relief, my rapid heart beat now slowing down a bit.
"Oh my gosh, Denis! You scared me!" I call, still panting.
"Haha, whoops. I am pretty scary, aren't I? Anyways, I believe you've dropped something?" He says, holding up my flashlight.
"Yep," I admit.
"Gotta learn to get a better grip on that thing, huh?" He jokes again.
"Yeah. I thought this would be a good hiding spot, but as you've demonstrated, I can see it's not that easy to hide behind the leaves," I admit.
"Nope. Especially since you dropped your flashlight. You wouldn't be a very good spy. I suppose I'll help you down though," He says, shining his flashlight on the tree.
I step down from branch to branch as Denis moves his flashlight to the areas of the tree I'm stepping on. I slightly slip off one of the branches, but luckily catch myself before falling down the entire tree. Gotta be careful.
I slowly move down the tree, getting closer to the bottom. Climbing down a tree is harder than climbing up one. Finally, I reach the bottom and walk towards Denis as he hands me my flashlight.
"You're pretty alright at tree climbing though," He says.
We both chuckle. I'm glad he's joking around a bit in such a serious situation. It lightens up the mood a bit from being so tense. I suppose we all do that though. It's kind of our way of easing anxiety.
Even though it's not really ideal to make a joke out of something serious, I think we could all agree that it can relax you sometimes.
Denis and I continue walking through the forest until we hear a strange noise in the distance. I almost completely forgot about Mors.
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Live or Lose
Fanfiction[UNFINISHED] The Pals (and Ethan) sit down at the table, ready to play the board game that Denis has just brought. Everything seems normal about the situation, right? But the real question.. could you be more wrong?
