The Author's POV

Thump—!

A silver steak tore through the air and directly pierced through one of the targets that were located some distance away.

"…One more."

If one looked closely, one'd notice that next to the arrow, were several other arrows.

They were all distance just about the same distance from each other and covered each one of the rings above the bull's eyes mark.

The only spot left was the bullseye.

So long as she got that, she'd get the perfect score…

Khhhh—!

Amanda drew her bow.

It was a big bow. Significantly heavier than any bow she had ever used before in her life. It was also a great deal more powerful than the majority of them, with the exception of her current bow.

A gentle breeze flew past the area around her, bending the grass ever so slightly.

She didn't pay attention to her surroundings.

Her sole focus was the target in front of her. More specifically, the bullseye. The only area that she didn't fill yet.

…Her OCD was flaring up. She needed to hit the target and fill the empty spot.

She couldn't afford to miss.

"Huuuh."

She inhaled deeply and focused on bringing calm to her mind. As time passed, everything that was once moving around her became completely still, and the only thing that she could see was the target.

The wind blew once more, scattering her hair lightly.

She paid it no mind.

She was waiting for the breeze to subside.

The wait didn't last for long. The surrounding turned still, and her fingers raised.

The arrow was about to leave the string. It was just an inch away…

Clank—!

"Amanda are you here?"

Someone suddenly entered, and Amanda's concentration broke.

Thump—!

A whistling sound arose.

The arrow flew through the air at a tremendous speed and struck the target dead on.

Only that…

It didn't hit the bullseye.

Amanda blankly stared at her bow before looking back at the target.

"Oh, it looks like you're training."

Ren, who had just walked in, turned his attention to the target, totally oblivious to what he had just done. A storm was brewing.

"Looks like you've improved a lot."

He was rather impressed.

"Anyways, I'm here to tell you that we're about to leave soon. We need to leave in a couple of hours since it'll take us a while to get to the right plac—"

Bang—!

Amanda abruptly smashed her bow against the ground.

"Damn it! Fuck!"

She let out a string of curses before turning her gaze to Ren, who looked at her with a combination of utter dread and horrified fascination.

several

"Let's talk about this…"

***

Crunch—!

apple in her

"…"

so far from the

Crunch—!

nth time, Jin's left eye

and cast her a

you supposed

"I am."

bite of the apple and further

then why are you

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

was rather

this

expression started to change. Lowering his head, he

over a dozen apple

"Huh."

had to take a

five months since he had arrived on this planet, and the one thing he deeply regretted doing was

since that day, she hadn't stopped

it seemed

he thought that

god I'm about to leave. If not, I don't know

running thin. Well, whatever patience he had

"Want an apple?"

for Jin to wave his hand and

"I'm good."

I

"Yes."

"How rude."

Jin. Her every movement exuded

a couple of inches away

you finally thought

"Again with that?"

stood up from his spot and covered his

If you want some, come to earth. If not, be on your way;

prepared

"You're leaving?"

time

feeling a bit relieved that the trip over

had learned and improved quite a lot here. Especially with the demonic energy lingering in his body, which increased his

was, he wanted it out of his system as

was a bit too much for him to

only now that I learn

didn't seem to take the news of his sudden departure

the past four months, I

"Did you, now?"

was her bothering him for the past

sound of apples being bitten or the constant nagging about selling her the cigarettes, she'd

looking forward

last look,

hope we don't see each other

that, leaving

"This… t,this…"

hard against each other

"Ungrateful bastard."

idea

a heartless human. Especially after helping him

for her, he would've never been able to control his demonic energy as

was the main reason he had improved so

I see

head, she caught

like you

to it and

It was rather light.

the shy type. He's kind

She stopped halfway.

"…"

box, she realized there