Love Unspoken

At the crack of dawn in the forest, Alexander woke up. He blinked his eyes open and saw Quinn.

She was wide awake, her eyes clear, but her cheeks were a bit flushed.

Alexander reached out and touched her forehead. "You feelin' hot. Got a fever or somethin'?" Quinn didn't look at him, just swatted his hand away and looked elsewhere, mumbling, "Maybe." "Let's get down first," Alexander said.

He grabbed the tree trunk, made a few jumps, and finally caught a branch, then hopped down to the ground.

Quinn wasn't as nimble as him and had to climb down slowly. There were two branches that were far apart, and she wobbled her foot for a long time but couldn't reach them. Alexander stood below, sneaking a peek up her clothes.

What he couldn't see clearly last night, he could see clearly now.

It was black.

Quinn struggled a lot; her toes finally touched the trunk. But as soon as she let go, her toes slipped, and she fell from the tree.

Alexander, quick-eyed and deft, took a big step forward and caught her, and then they both tumbled to the ground together.

Quinn landed on him, heard his groan, and quickly scrambled up.

Alexander, who was

on your wound?"

a moment, then slowly sat

head back to the cave," Quinn

was dawn inside, it was at least nine

and whether they

walked slowly with

how long they had walked, but

was a bit delighted, she pointed at the stream, exclaiming, "There's water. Let's

grabbed her and reminded, "Be

not sure if it was the reflection of the

a pool of stagnant water. There were many branches hanging in the water, whose surface was covered with many leaves and some miscellaneous things.

was very soft, and she almost sank

at the stream, "Do you

but there are definitely snakes," Alexander

you know?"

gun

pointing at. There was a snake, lighter in color than the branch, hanging on