Daisy

Leaves

Here you go, dress up into something" Seulgi,while looking away, offered her a tiger fur skin and some clothes made of leaves.

But then...

the woman started crying.

"Hyaaaaah why why stop crying stop"

the latter pointed at tiger's skin.

"Why why why??" Seulgi panicked, not knowing what to do as the woman kept crying.

"No no. It's dead. I found it in the field."

slowly she calmed down.

"Oh thank God, that's it. Were you scared?"

She just blinked while pouting again.

"Okay, wear these leaves instead."

Seulgi was about to leave the tree house when the woman kept following her and so Seulgi stopped, making the woman suddenly bumping at her back.

"What is it this time?" Just a little,Seulgi is really pissed right now.

But the woman replied nothing.

"If you aren't gonna talk then, sit here, stop following me."

*blink blink*

"Okay, whatever. Sit, like this, okay?"

The woman politely followed.

When Seulgi was about to leave again, the woman tried to stand and follow.

"Oops no."

*blink blink*

"Yes, like that, sit, I'll be back."

Later that day,

"AHHHHHHH" 

Seulgi was trying to cut a banana tree down when she heard a scream at her tree house's direction. 

"Oh no." She ran as fast as she could.

And saw a butterfly on top of the woman's head.

"Wow." Seulgi clapped and clapped and clapped.

"Great. That was it?? Seriously???"

*blink blink*

"Okay fine come with me" Seulgi offered her hand.

While they were walking, they haven't noticed they were still holding each other's hand.

"I've set aside few fruits that we can eat later except for bananas, since yeah, unfortunately some girl was screaming out of nowhere...

I dont know if you're just acting that you cant talk, but I'll keep talking to you anyways. We are near, we just have to cross this river."

Both took few steps in each rocks to cross the river. 

"Slowly."

When Seulgi reached the other side first. The woman removed her hand from Seulgi.

"Why? Are you scared?"

The distance from the last rock to the other side of the land was quite far...

Seulgi took a step, sharing and standing the same rock as the woman, a sudden blush happened between them...

she then turned around and offered her back. The woman wrapped her arms around Seulgi as she was carrying her.

Seulgi lightly smiled.

They reached their destination, a spring.

Seulgi took off her clothes and the other followed what she was doing.

"NO!"

And so she stopped.

"I'm taking a bath, you stay there."

She complied.

Few minutes, as Seulgi was enjoying her bath. The woman cant take it anymore, she soaked her self in the spring too and approached Seulgi who was on the edge with eyes closed.

Seulgi felt the touch of the other person.

"HYAAA" seulgi was shocked when the woman suddenly appeared in front of her in the spring.

"water" she replied.

"Ok, water, fine, you need water. Just don't scare me again like that...

You keep showing, the moment I open my eyes."

Seulgi knuckled her hands after putting the fruits, clams,and fish she harvested earlier, all in her big basket.

"Sun's about to set. I'm gonna lit a fire for us, it's quite cold at night."

*blink blink*

"Will you keep communicating with me using those eyes."

*blink blink*

It made Seulgi smile.

"Ok fine." Says seulgi after finally preparing a campfire.

It's been quiet between the two. They were sitting one meter log away from each other. Seulgi stretched out her arms closer to the fire to keep herself warm.

"It's cold isn't it? I've stayed almost a month here. Do you have an idea why? "

Seulgi looked at the woman.

"You seemed mesmerized by the fire."

"sunlight" she clapped.

"No, no. That isn't a sun. It's called 'fire', .FA-I-RR'"

"fa-i-r"

"Yes, fire."

"fire."

"It'll keep you warm in this cold night, just like how you searched for the sun in the morning and...

how you're longing for a hug in the coldest days of your life"

"warm"

"Yes, warm"

"hug" the woman said while still being drawn by the fire.

"Yes, hug. Have you-"

*blink blink* she shifted her eyes from the fire to Seulgi's eyes.

Seulgi was caught off guard. she found herself looking at the woman when the latter stared directly on to her eyes. She scratched her head and ignored it.

"I'll teach you it some other time." Seulgi blushed.

*birds chirping*

The woman opened her eyes and Seulgi greeted her.

"Good morning. I'm going to the field today. Do you want to come?"

She nodded in response.

The way to the field is easier to find, it is as if it used to be a road, wide enough for vehicles.

"Do you know how to run?"

Seulgi turned at the woman as she was ahead of her leading the way.

The woman blinked in confusion.

Seulgi smiled "Catch me. I'll show you something." And Seulgi suddenly ran.

Seulgi had fun while running when few steps, she noticed no one was following her.

"Aishhh" she looked back and returned... Hurriedly grabbed her hand and ran with her to the field.

The woman's sobbing and almost a tear about to flow turned into a smile.

When they reached the field. Seulgi was catching her breath and so she rested first by laying on the field. The woman laid beside her too. Both looked at each other and smiled.

"It's foggy isn't it? Sooner you'll see a magic."

The sun was slowly rising.

"sun"

"Yes, it's the sun. You love it, right?"

Seulgi laid facing the woman and saw a daisy's petal on her hair.

"Irene?" She asked.

The woman faced her. 

*blink blink*

"But how?"

*blink blink*

A month ago at a bridge in Seoul, South Korea.

Seulgi was standing there, listening to her surrounding, the vehicles' horning, the river's waves, and the breeze. 

"This feeling seems good, going out of my room, I felt alive for the first time. But I have nowhere to go now." She thought.

She heard a step beside her and someone started talking.

"Do you know what's the scariest in this world?"

Seulgi didn't respond.

"Humans"

"But you're a human too?"

"Exactly. I'm scared of myself." The woman handed her a seed.

"What's this?"

"A thank you gift? You just saved my life today. Seems like there's a lost soul who needs it more than me. We were standing this same bridge for the same reason, right?"

"What?"

The woman held Seulgi's hand and closed it.

"Keep that seed, plant it, keep breathing at least for the days that plant is alive."

"Irene, look" Seulgi ran and pointed at a pile of green leaves beside the tree near the river.

"Do you want to play with me?"

Irene nodded.

"Whoever's leaf comes first on this mark, shall win and will be granted a wish by the loser one. Deal?" Seulgi made an ok sign and Irene copied her.

"I'll pick this one"

Irene took a smaller but more curved one.

"Heyyy, take this bigger one." Seulgi said.

But Irene's brows furrowed making Seulgi back out of her evil plan.

"He he fine" she jokingly laughed.

The river was flowing in favor of Irene's leaf making her win and jump in excitement.

"Yey!!!!"

Seulgi looked at her with a bead of swear drips, she slowly turned around to escape from Irene but doing so... She received a sudden...

hug from Irene.

"Wish" Irene said.

"Why?? What?? Which one?" Seulgi asked.

"Hug. Teach. Hug."

"This." Seulgi held Irene's hands.

"You're doing it right, this is called backhug."

Seulgi turned and faced Irene.

"But an embrace is warmer." Seulgi wrapped her arms around Irene's waist and buried her head on her neck. Seconds after, Seulgi started crying.

"I miss this."

It was one Sunday afternoon when Seulgi first set foot in the jungle. She's wearing a full navy green shirt tucked in a khaki military pants, equipped with knives and tools strapped around her thighs, enough for her survival in this jungle.

She purposely left her phone and only kept a compass along with his father's journal where the map of the jungle is drawn. Her first goal was to find the old tree house her family used to built when she was young.

Later that afternoon as she was walking, she accidentally fell into an animal trapping pit and wounded her knee.

"Ouch"

Flock of birds suddenly flew away.

"Huh, terrible turn of events." She chuckled in disappointment but still had that time to make fun of her situation.

"Why are you so clumsy? Why can't you easily do the most basic any human can do? You just have to pass by this, why did you have to fall?"

Trying to be positive, she tried finding a way out. On and on, she fell, her wound in the knee became worst.

 She boxed the big rock next to her

 "Sh*t that's it, fine. I'm givING U- NO WAY"

She continued punching the rock til blood drips out of her fist. Later that moment, she's in tears and the rain came along. 

Seulgi looked at the sky pouring rain. 

"What else do you want from me??" She shouted. "I'm tired." She continued while crying her eyes out.

"Ain't my pain enough for you to hear me screaming for help? Please-" 

The rain lasted til night, Seulgi cried herself to sleep. She was sitting at the corner of a pit, alone in that cold night. 

Morning came, the heat of the sun woke up Seulgi, as if it was welcoming her. She blocked first the sun's rays directly pointing at her face. She tried to stand up but felt the pain of the wound she got yesterday making her fall to the ground and then...accidentally saw a seedling.

She found her seed's pouch open beside it, making her conclude,

her daisy started growing.

*blink blink* 

Irene looks at Seulgi making a small boat made of bamboo.

"Hey" Seulgi cheerfully called Irene.

"You can actually help me here. Come." Seulgi signalled Irene to approach her.

The moment Irene took a step on the boat made by Seulgi, it flipped. 

"HYAAA" Both were thrown out to the river.

They were laughing and throwing water at each other. 

Seulgi tried to be mad at Irene and show her angry expression and pointing at their boat. The bamboo are floating away from each other, slowly separating by the waves of the river.

"How can we sail now? I want to explore more and do fishing." Seulgi pouted.

Irene on the other hand hurriedly swam and the reached for each. There, Seulgi saw roots coming from Irene's hands tying the bamboo. She finished building the boat in few minutes.

"Where- where did those come from?"

"SAIL! SEULGI SAIL!! SEULGI FISH!"

"Ah ah okay. We will sail." Irene interrupted Seulgi's processing of what has happened. She's trying to understand but every happy moments she had with Irene compensates the confusion she had, making her ignore them instead.

Irene sat by the boat and Seulgi was left standing to maneuver the boat. 

Hours passed, they haven't reached their destination yet and it's getting dark. Seulgi started humming a song. Unfortunately, they heard a growling sound somewhere behind the trees.

Seulgi swallowed a lump in her throat. She took the long bamboo stick she's been using to push their boat and used it as her guard at the same time her weapon. She stood in front of Irene.

"Hold my waist. Hide behind my back. I'll take care of this" Seulgi assures Irene in all bravery that she will protect her. 

"Shhhh" she said. They must be careful. The only lead they have on where the beast or whatever was growling were the sounds it was making. They must be quiet as much as possible.

A bird suddenly flapping its wings passed by scaring Seulgi that it made her drop.

Irene tried to help her but she insisted she's fine.

Quite embarrassed but she stood in front of Irene again... Then the beast took this a chance to attack them. It was a big wolf who tried to jump at them. 

Seulgi closes her eyes and attacked it with her sharp bamboo stick.

After their surroundings starts to get calmer, Seulgi opened her eyes again.

"I did it!" She was proud and happy for protecting Irene. "See that?"

Irene nodded, knowing she slapped the s**t out of the wolf with her roots coming out of her hands. She smiled at Seulgi and patted her head.

"You've learned a lot, now you're the one patting me. In times like this, I'd teach you the words 'Thank you.' It's what you say after being grateful of the other person,okay?"

"Thank- you-" Irene tried speaking.

"Yes, like that. And I will respond with 'You're welcome'"

"Thank you, Seulgi"

"You're welcome, Irene."