Love Unspoken

Quinn wasn't really feeling the whole eating thing, but the smell was just too good to pass up, so she took a bite.

It wasn't amazing, but hey, it beat that bird from earlier. Still, she couldn't eat anymore.

"Done with this," she said, shoving the fish away. The forest was getting darker, and she just wanted to get out of there, even if it meant heading back to the cave.

She turned to Alexander and asked, "Can we still get outta here?"

Alexander paused, looked up at Quinn, and said, "Yeah, we can."

Quinn pressed her lips together, thinking about all the dangers. She wasn't doubting his words because she thought they couldn't get out, but because she was scared they might not make it. She stood up and touched the drying cloth strips, which were still kinda damp. Using them for bandages would probably just make things worse.

"We crashing here tonight?" she asked.

Alexander glanced at the sky. "Looks like it. This spot seems pretty safe for now."

Quinn thought about the two snakes. Safe? Really?

"There's gotta be a ton of snakes here, right?" she asked.

Tigers and wolves couldn't climb trees, but snakes could. And nighttime snakes? Way scarier than wolves.

"Snakes? Most of 'em won't mess with us. Don't worry. I got this," Alexander said.

For him, snakes were a piece of cake compared to wolves.

Quinn gave a half-hearted smile and didn't say anything else. It was getting dark, and who knew what kind of trouble they'd run into if they kept moving.

She noticed a bunch of grass around, which probably meant there were some edible wild veggies. She was so over meat.

"Look over there. Those wild veggies should be good to eat, right?" Quinn said, pointing to the dense patch near the river.

Alexander nodded. "Yeah, they should be."

Quinn got up and headed to the river to pick the wild veggies. There were some bugs in the grass, but after all the craziness of the past two days, bugs were no big deal. She brushed the bugs away and kept picking. In no time, she had a big bundle.

She then washed them in the river, hoping no creepy creatures would pop out this time.

She brought the cleaned veggies back and laid them out on banana leaves. This was dinner.

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Quinn put away the almost-dry cloth strips and bandaged Alexander up, using some mugwort juice first.

The mugwort also kept mosquitoes away, so she put some on herself too.

As it got dark, she sat next to Alexander, tossing the wild veggies into a pot to cook. Using these makeshift pots felt like playing a childhood game, kinda fun in a way. She cooked the wild veggies, sprinkled some salt, and tasted them. To her surprise, they were pretty good.

"Try this. It's not bad," Quinn said, giving him a big portion in a mud bowl with leaves underneath to keep it clean.

Alexander took the bowl and couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

Quinn was totally into her cooking. After a day of running around, her hair was a mess, looking kinda funny.

Noticing his gaze, Quinn glanced back at him, asking, "What are you staring at?"

"You. You're beautiful," he said.

Quinn was taken aback. She knew what she looked like without a mirror, so she didn't really buy it.

But she couldn't think of anything to say back.