Chapter 4: Progress?

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Your New Best Friend

Chapter 4: Progress?

(Y/N)'s POV

Ugh, this is way too early for me to be dealing with a pink gem that's possibly trying to kill me but still, I need to thread carefully. This girl is a living time bomb.

"Okay, okay. I'll give you all the answer you want." I said hastily. "But first, you need to calm down."

I touch the girl arm in order to remove it and only then, I realize how cold she still is. I look at her face and see that even her breathing is getting heavy from moving too much.

"You're still in no condition to move around so much." I remind her. "Why don't we both take a seat?" I gesture toward the chair near the dining table.

She reluctantly let me go. Even then, she is still looking at me warily.

"Thank you." I said as I take a seat and gesture toward the seat in front of me.

After a few moments of intense staring, she finally took a seat.

"So, what do you wanna know?" I ask her.

"Just tell me everything that happens after you left for the second time." She replies, averting her gaze from me.

So, I tell her everything from the blizzard to the search for her and ended with her being carried into my cabin. I did leave some details such as her nightmare this morning but I don't think that matters anyway. She goes silent in thought for a while.

"Why?" She starts. "Why did you save me?

"Umm..." I try to form a coherent answer. "I guess it's just obvious that I can't just leave..."

"The problem is..." She interrupts me. "I never wanted to be saved, you idiot!" She slams her fist on the table.

"You called me an idiot?" I rebuke, standing up. "You don't know anything about me!"

"You don't know anything about me!" She exclaims, also standing up.

The atmosphere is very tense and the situation is getting out of control. I lost my head for a second there. I need to get the situation back under control.

"You know what?" I start. "You're right. I don't know anything about you and I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. Let's just sit back down and be calm about this, okay?"

I sit down again and she follow suite not long after. I let out a deep breath.

"Let's try this again, my name's (Y/N)." I introduce myself. "What's yours?"

It took a while but she finally replies. "It's spinel." She's still avoiding my eyes.

"Okay, Spinel. What's your story?"

She stays silent and it's not the comfortable kind of silent.

"Okay then." I said. "I understand if you don't want to talk about it."

I stand up and start brewing two cups of hot chocolate. I put one down on the table in front of her.

"Drink this." I offer "It'll help with the cold."

She merely shakes her head slowly. I take a seat in front of her and took a sip out of my drink.

"Aah..." I sigh in delight. "This drink sure is delicious! It feels so warm. I'm feeling so cozy and comfortable."

I observe Spinel from the side of my eyes, hoping that she would relent. She looks at me then at the cup in front of her, its smoke waving seductively. She takes it reluctantly and takes a small sip out of it. Then, she starts gulping down the whole cup greedily.

"Aah... That felt good. What are you looking at?" She scolds me who is watching her in surprise.

"Nothing." I said as I stifle a laugh.

The rest of the day goes by with nothing interesting happening. Spinel didn't eat anything with the excuse that gem doesn't need to eat. I still leave some food for her though, just in case. I try to chat with her but she would ignore it, barely reply or just straight out snap at me. She slept at the couch most of the time while I uncomfortably try to go on my daily business. It's really hard to read a book when an unstable person is in the same room as you.

To be fair, it isn't that bad. Spinel didn't cause any trouble. She's just not really helpful either. Before going to bed, I check on her one last time to find that she's sound asleep. Tomorrow is my day off so I plan to get some groceries so I make a grocery list and went to bed.

The next morning came and I wake up early as usual. I eat Spinel's sandwich from last night and brew some hot chocolate for both Spinel and I. I was just about to bring it to her before finding out she was still asleep. I decide to leave the drink on the dining table. She'll find it I guess. I finished my drink before getting ready to go to the market. I open the door and take a step outside.

"Where are you going?" A familiar voice croaks. "Are you just leaving me here?"

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