ENDLESS FROST (GIRL X GIRL)

Chapter 4 Getting to know each other

It's early in the morning as I wake up, I check my alarm clock and it's 7 a.m. I stir and yawn as I get up and I decide to look at the window. It seems like the storm is finally over and it doesn't snow anymore.

"Finally, damn" I mumble to myself.

I hear a loud noise coming from downstairs and I suddenly remember then that I have a guest waiting for me in the living room. I go down and see Aida trying to walk on one leg, she's so stubborn!

"Hey !" I say to her maybe a little to loud.

She gasps then turn around as fast as she could.

"Wow you scared me !"

I finally see her properly for the first time with the daylight and I've got to admit, she's very pretty, she has middle length straight brown hair and she has a very defined and sharp face. She definitely must come from a Scandinavian country, Sweden perhaps ? But she doesn't have an accent, she must have lived here for quite a long time. I then realize that I've been staring at her for quite a bit and she blushes.

"Sorry I didn't mean to. What are you doing ?"

"I was a bit hungry and tried looking for food, sorry that's rude of me, I should have waited for you" she says looking down in shame.

I chuckle "That's fine don't worry, when's the last time did you eat anyway ?"

"I think it was two days ago"

Poor thing, I have so many questions to ask her, but she needs to eat something first.

"What do you think about having some biscuits and a cup of coffee ?"

"You have coffee ?!" she asks in shock.

"Yeah before I went here I took as much supplies as I could, instant coffee, food cans and biscuits included" I tell her as I smile. I barely know her but I feel like I can trust her.

"That's great you're farsighted, and yeah I would love to eat and drink whatever you have thanks"

"Okay let me help you to reach the table"

"That's fine you don't need to"

"Don't be so obstinate, use my shoulder"

"Okay" she says shyly.

I bring some snow from outside and start a small fire to get it to melt and I bring some food on the table. 20 minutes later the water is boiling so I know it's ready, and put it in a water filter.

"You've got to be patient but it's worth the wait trust me"

"Don't worry, I never had a breakfast like that in so long" She takes a sugar and sips at her coffee.

"So tell me, what were you doing yesterday with your horse in the middle of nowhere ?"

She thinks for a moment before she answers " I flee from the city, there are gangs everywhere and it's getting dangerous, everything has been looted and people are getting murdered for anything"

My god it's worse than I have ever thought, in desperate times, humans are really becoming evil.

"how did you manage to survive here?"

"I lived in a house in the outskirts of the city, the horse from yesterday was mine, but eventually violence came from everywhere and I had to pack and escape as fast as I could that's why I didn't bring much with me." She says with sad eyes.

"I'm sorry for you truly, but where are your parents ?"

"They went back home in Denmark to see some of their family and all of a sudden this maunder minimum as the scientist called came down and planes couldn't even take off anymore because of this stupid weather"

"Wait what the maunder minimum ? what does even mean ?"

"I've heard on the TV it's when sunspots become very rare to the point where temperature decreases a lot more than usual, you didn't hear about it ?"

"No I gathered all my stuff and packed as quickly as I can when I saw the weather changing, I heard worrying things on the radio and that's when I made the decision to leave."

"Okay, yeah I understand. Can I ask you what were you doing before all of this happened ?"

"I worked as an accountant, yeah I know not that interesting" I giggle and she does too.

"What about you ? are you born here or were you born in Denmark ?"

"I was born here, my mother is Danish but my father is Canadian so I've always lived here. I went to Denmark sometimes to see my family but I don't really speak Danish if you may ask."

"That's so cool, I personally am just a random and boring Canadian"

She chuckles "It's not true and you know it"?

We just talk about random things for what seems like hours and it's great she's open-minded and pretty cool overall.

"Don't worry though I'm not gonna eat all your supplies, I'll leave in a few days"

"What ? are you kidding me ? You just dislocated your knee to rest more, we'll talk about future later."

"But I don't want to feel like a burden you know ?"

"You're not ! Don't worry, It's been months since I could talk to someone, and you're very nice."

Her cheeks get red for a moment before she answers "You are nice, you acted like my guardian angel pretty much."

"I just tried to act as a human."

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It's nearly midday and I decide to finally skin that poor rabbit, Aida is in the living room under the blanket reading a book that I brought to her she was so enthusiast about me having books she didn't read it's funny.

I use my hunt knife to skin the rabbit and store it properly and I go outside to see if any of my traps worked on other animals but no, none of my traps worked.

I come back to the living room and I ask her "So do you like the book Carrie ?"

"Yes it's amazing, but damn that poor girl, her mother is awful !"

"Yeah she is, so I'm gonna prepare dinner, how does a rabbit with green peas sound ?"

"It sounds amazing actually! Do you hunt a lot?"

"Yes, I have to, If I want to live"

We then eat dinner before it's getting too dark and she enjoys her meal like a child, her innocence is cute honestly and I can't help but glance at her and sometimes she sees it and smiles back.

We call it a night and she insists that she doesn't need a fire to keep her warm because she feels already better.

"Okay, but If you feel at any point bad, you call me okay ?"

"Don't worry I'll tell you, good night Dana"

"Good night Aida"

We've started to get to know each other and it's great, she is kind and so pure, I just want to hug her. God... Do I already like her ?