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It had gone a week... and I had somehow gotten used to Taehyung's jokes about my shyness regarding nudity, as well as him sleeping naked under a blanket... I just reminded myself that there was indeed a piece of fabric in between us, so nothing was wrong.

Taehyung had however been called to travel to their alliance-clan, the snakes... and he of course wanted me to come along with him... I wasn't too sure, but I suspected that it was because he wanted to shock me with their even more extreme nudity which he had mentioned my first day there...

"I don't want to... they're gonna shun me" I mumbled, putting my head against the fabric of the bedding, burying my head and I could hear his deep chuckled from where his clothes were usually laid out neatly.

"Come on princess, you'll do good with some more friends"

"I don't do friends"

"Well, I could get you another sapphire if you come along?" he tried bribing me... because he knew I had built up a certain form of fascination for the blue crystal and I groaned into the blanket.

"I hate you" I muttered and he chuckled as he understood that we had a deal.

"No you don't, you adore me princess" he mused as he blew a small puff onto my neck and I shrieked loudly at the sudden action, jumping into the air, my back pushed onto the clay wall beside the head of the bedding.

"Stop it, I'll go along, so just let me mope around for a while" I grumbled as I laid back down, but I felt how my body was suddenly floating and when I opened my eyes I realised he was carrying me out of the hut... well, so much for trying to sleep longer...

"We gotta go now though princess, the snake clan's chief is waiting for our arrival, or mine - but we're a bonus deal now" he rambled on and I groaned as he just kept on carrying me, while he walked us towards the exit of the camp... upon closer inspection I noticed that he had already strapped a bag on his back, I however didn't know whatever could be inside of it. 

"I can walk by myself you know" I mumbled as I shifted around in his hold, but he dismissed me, continuing to walk through the lush forestry environment. The trees there were a lot different from the north's.

"Tae" I tried to get his attention and he hummed, although kept on looking ahead.

"Are you sure that there aren't any new survivors from any of the northern clans? None whatsoever?" I just barely managed to whisper out my question and if it wasn't for the tightening grip around my body, I wouldn't have realised he'd reacted at all.

"I... no, I'm sorry, some of our most skilled hunters ventured close up there, 'm-not sure if it was yours specifically, but the camps were crawling with death" Taehyung explained in a solemn tone, his eyes a bit darker than before and I nodded understandingly. "Okay then..."

"Did you have family? I mean, who were they?" he eventually asked me and I looked up to meet his black orbs and I caught my breath in my throat, gulping... none of my new friends knew of my previous status... mainly because it had never come up as a subject to speak about, probably because they felt awkward speaking about my dead clan.

"They, my mom was the strongest person I knew, she had this aura which made everyone respect her, but she would always love me more than anyone else... as you know I'm a lot smaller than most northerners, so my dad practically shunned me for not being big and strong" I started, my vision falling down to the pin that held his fabric closed, not wanting to meet his eyes any longer. It felt weird doing so while speaking of my family.