With my last swing, I pushed all my body weight into it and on my way back up I yanked my daggers from the clutched of the tree and its sap; I threw one of my daggers away and with my now free hand latched onto the spike's body, avoiding the glinting tip.
I pulled myself up, balanced myself on the spike, and stabbed my dagger into the tree. I glimpsed towards Ralph, his legs wide open with my dagger lodged in the tree inches away from his 'jewels'. His were saucers as he stared at me dumbstruck, his body visibly shivering and pellets of sweats creating a trail to his chin. "Mind tossing me back my dagger?" I asked, ignoring his visibly shaken frame.
"You want me to pass your dagger after attacking me?" He flicked the sweat off his forehead and plucked the dagger out of the confines of the tree and twirled it on his finger.
"Don't be petty, just pass the dagger to me kind Sir?" I reached my palm out ready to catch the dagger.
"If I do, I want something of you," He smirked, two dimples forming at the end of his upturned lips, and two creases formed beside his vivid ocean blue orbs. My lips instantly down-turned in disapproval seeing his face dripping arrogance outshining his beauty.
"No thanks, I'll be fine," I looked back to the tree and resumed climbing. Once I got to the top, I yanked ten fruit off one by one and chucked them in my bag. Just as I turn around to figure out how to get down, it met me; a pair of rich blue eyes staring straight into my jewelled sky blue one. Before I could react, the palms of his hands crashed into my stomach crushing me into the Afru tree. The viscous liquid moved as if it was alive, fastening against my skin and holding my body against it with a death grip. I wiggled trying to free myself from its grasp but that served no purpose and instead made the situation worse by spreading the sap further upon my skin pulling me in more and more.
"What the hell!" I yelled, gnashing my teeth together in anger.
"This is revenge for almost rendering me sexless," A mischievous grin tugged at the corners of his lips.
"I didn't aim for there deliberately! Stop being petty!"
"How about this, I'll release you, but on one condition," He poked my nose and chuckled.
"Fuck you," I spat in his face and turned my head away with indignation.
"Girl," The surrounding temperature dropped, and the air stilled more than it already was, if that was even possible. "Just hear me out," He strained, I peeked back to him seeing a frown etched on his face, his eyebrows furrowed and his forehead covered with creases.
"Give me a good reason,"
"I mean if you have an interest in staying glued to a tree and wait for your decay then I'll be happy to comply,"
"What do you want?"
"I want to have a match with you,"
I raised an eyebrow at his request, "Why that,"
"The same reason you refuse to take off your eyepatch,"
"Fine, but the match has to be in private. Now help me,"
"Magic word,"
"Don't you dare," I warned, uttering my words through grit teeth.
"Fine, fine," He raised his palms in surrender.