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To K, a forest was a forest. She did not like having no internet, no friends, and no city comforts. Overall, she hated the outdoors (except maybe the air). To K, the only thing dangerous there, were the bugs (and maybe the trees). So...
K knew she would look dead if she looked into a mirror. She was as good as dead anyway.
She had woken up not long ago, and she lay behind the rock, not knowing what to do. She did not know how she currently felt. It was as if she had no emotion. She lay there, contemplating the meaning of life, and watched the sun rise.
K couldn't remember if she'd ever seen a sunrise in person. So she focused her attention on the sun, and watched it rise slowly above the horizon. It's warmth was strangely comforting, and it somehow dulled the pain engulfing her. She watched it float, and rise up, up, and up, and loiter above her head. She stared at it for a long time, until it became too hot to rot there.
K groaned, and pushed herself off the ground with a lot of effort. Her head, neck, back, and skin, were killing her. Several of her wounds were swollen, and she knew that the sweat mixed with dried blood and dirt on them didn't help.
She groaned, and stretched, trying to soothe her aching body, but it didn't help. Instead, her stomach growled louder in response. She paused, stupidly remembering a meme, before shaking her head at herself. She attempted a laugh, but could only manage a dry throaty sound, and a scratchy cough. Gosh, she needed water.
Why had she so stupidly finished that bottle of water yesterday? DAMMIT.
she sighed. She staggered forward and caught herself on a nearby tree trunk. At least no shark had come after her, when she'd been knocked out. Yay. She stumbled around, clutching trees and vines for support, in attempt to find her way back to Rosemary. She wanted to talk to Rosemary badly. Butshe doubted she would, because this part of the forest was different; she could tell. She was lost, and she knew that it was the horrible truth.
K, wth? Do you even hear yourself? The voice in her head clicked its tongue disapprovingly. Haha, yea that's right. I want to talk to a tree, and I'm speaking as if I wasn't already lost before I fell off the path. Haha.
She continued moving through the forest, swatting at bugs and stray leafs. She wouldn't have been here if it weren't for those stupidsleepover girls. She swatted at a bug more forcefully, and stamped the ground a bit too hard. And this trip would have been fun too, if it weren't for those blasted terrestrial sharks. She thought out the last sentence with so much force, that even she realized that she needed to chill. But how could she?!
She paused and massaged her eyebrows, getting a headache. She heard distant sounds of flowing water, and she stopped. Was she just imagining it? She listened again, and she heard it. She jumped up, and ran as fast as she could, over the rocks and branches, running toward the sound. She didn't hit anything as much, and her feet seemed lighter and able to avoid things now. Even all the burning pains of her wounds seemed to have dulled down.
The sound of water grew closer, and soon, she burst into the sunlight, and onto the bank of a glorious, shiny river. She stopped, and gaped at the water, flowing steadily along in glittery waves. Was it the same river from before? Ah, who cares!
K almost cried with happiness. She walked to the water's edge, letting her feet sink into the soft mud. It was quite a shallow river, and the gentle lapping of the water against stones was so gentle, she was surprised she'd even heard it.
The cut on her face burned with sweat, and K couldn't hold back anymore. She ran into the river and laughed when she fell into the water. She drank as much as she could, not caring how filthy it was. Her throat had finally stopped burning, and K smiled. She washed her face and wounds and her hair, relishing the feel of water on her skin. She floated on her back for a while, her muscles finally willing to relax.
After a while of floating around and admiring stones in the water, she decided that she needed to eat something desperately. That would get rid of that sunken feeling in her stomach, and then her mental health would recover enough for her to think properly.
She waded out of the river and stretched, and then spotted a berry bush. She recognized the little cube shaped blue-and-white striped berries immediately. Candy berries! They were her favorite! She virtually ran over to the bush, grinning like a madwoman.
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"Today must be my lucky da-aayyy!" she sang as she plucked a particularly bright-colored candy berry. She'd always had a knack for picking the best candy berries, and no one knew how. She popped the berry into her mouth, and it exploded into a sweet, sticky mess. Oh, heaven, she thought, smacking her lips. She really was the best at picking the best candy berries, huh?
Her stomach growled for more, and she picked berry after berry, shoving them into her mouth as fast as she could. A small part of herself was a bit disgusted, but she ignored it. She did not even care anymore. She continued eating, and after she'd eaten her fill, she felt very contented, and she lay down by the bush, feeling very accomplished for what was probably the first time in her life.
- - - Sorry for not updating for so long. I had exams😞 also, life seems to be going well for K, huh?
