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.

took several

"Let's talk about this…"

***

Crunch—!

flowed down her chin. Throwing the apple in her

"…"

so far from the tree branch she was

Crunch—!

for the nth time,

eyes and cast

you supposed to

"I am."

of the apple

busy, then why are

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

was

this on

started to change. Lowering his head, he

a

"Huh."

had to take a

this planet, and the one thing

day, she hadn't

just the cigarettes, but lately… it seemed like she just likes to make his life more

sighed when he thought that

to leave. If not, I don't know for

was running thin. Well, whatever patience he had since he couldn't even beat her

"Want an apple?"

only for Jin to wave

"I'm good."

I

"Yes."

"How rude."

tree branch and moved toward Jin. Her every movement exuded boundless charm, but it had no effect on

couple of inches

thought

"Again with that?"

stood up from his spot and covered

anything. If you want some, come to earth. If not, be on

and prepared to

"You're leaving?"

My time here

bit relieved that the trip over

energy lingering in his

he wanted it out of his

a bit too

that I

take the news of

for the past four months, I think

"Did you, now?"

her bothering

the constant nagging about selling her the cigarettes,

looking forward to

last look, he waved

we don't see each other

that, leaving Priscilla utterly

"This… t,this…"

very hard against each other as she muttered through her

"Ungrateful bastard."

this his idea

a heartless human. Especially after helping him so much over the last

never been able to control his demonic

main reason he had

I see

her sentence. Turning her head, she caught a glimpse

you have

to it and picked it

It was rather light.

take him for the shy type. He's kind

She stopped halfway.

"…"

she realized