They went back to the village when it was past noon.
"Brother Dan, brother Kani, play with me now.",Kamiru said. He was really excited.
Kanibora didn't want to ruin his excitement but she wanted to leave for Tirana then.
"Kamiru, how about we play next time? ", She asked him praying that he agrees.
"NO!! You said you'll play with me when we have reached home!"Kamiru cried.
Dan sat down and wiped his tears," Now now, don't cry,Kamiru. Fine, we'll play with you.Stop crying."
Kamiru's face lighted up in a blink.
"YAY!!!!" Then go hide. I'll find you.", Kamiru said.
"Im counting, one....two..."
Danachi immediately grabbed Kanibora's hand and ran. They ran for a couple of yards when she tried to stop him. It wasn't necessary for her to hide.
"Wait, you should see for yourself. I don't want to hide. I can just vanish.", She told Dan.
" COME ONNN. Are you going to decieve that innocent child? Play fair , will you?" He grabbed her hand again and they went behind a house.
"I don't think we should be playing right now. I think we should leave.", She said. It was going to take time to reach Tirana if they didn't leave now.
"Shh-" Dan put his hands on her lips and said, "Be patient, it'll be over soon."
Kanibora keep getting shaken up by him. Even now, when his face was close to her,her heart started beating fast.
At that moment there was a woman coming out of the house infront. Her eyes fell on them and she was starled for a bit to see them in that position.
Kani hurriedly pushed Dan's hands away and put her hands on his shoulder," WOAH....TODAY IS A GREAT DAY!!!! WHAT SAY MATE?? WANNA GO FOR HUNTING??",she said at an unusually loud voice.
The lady seemed to be relieved and she went away.
After she was gone Kani slapped Dan's head hard.
" I TOLD YOU TO STOP MESSING WITH ME!!" She said." At least think about your own reputation. I'm in the form of a man now. What will the villagers think if they saw you behaving like this around?"
"Oops- I got a bit swayed. But I don't care.",Danachi replied. He honestly wasn't seeing her as a man,but constantly seeing her as her own form.
"Yay! I found you!!", at that moment Kamiru came from behind and caught them.
" Brother Kani and brother Dan are really bad at hiding."he said.Looked like he was expecting the game to be a little more hard.
"Oww. I'm sorry,Kamiru. How about this, a few days later, we'll play all day long. I promise I'll be better at hiding by then.",Kani said to Kamiru.
"Okay,you promised." Kamiru put a big smile on his face.
Kamiru held out his pinkie. Kani put her pinkie around his and stamped their promise.
"Shall we leave now?", Kani then asked Dan.
"Yes, otherwise it'll take a while to reach Tirana.", He replied after just realizing it.He said exactly what kani was thinking.
"Let's go then.", She replied.
They sent Kamiru home and headed to the mountain.
" We were walking all day. Aren't you getting tired?", Dan asked.
"My magic is replenished again so I feel a lot better. Usually I don't tire out. Speak for yourself, aren't you the one who's getting tired?",she asked back. He did look like he was starting to get tired.
" Huh, don't underestimate me. I can walk for three days in a row.",Dan replied.
At that time, something interrupted them.
" Hey, Young lads. Do you think you can get away stealing our money?", They met the men who they had got 50 eangs from.
"What stealing? You gave us the money yourself.",Dan said to those men.
The man with a beard grabbed Dan by his collar and said," Don't try to mess with us Danachi."
"Hey, easy. ", Kani said getting between them.
" Here, have your money back." ,She said while handing over the 30 eangs.
"We're keeping the rest. The rabbits were worth this much.",she added.
The men seemed satisfied.
"Hmm.This time we're letting you go only because we know you Danachi. But you won't get away after doing it a second time.", Said the man with a ponytail.
They left the place. After a while, walking up by the narrow path to the mountain, Kanibora came to her own form after making sure there was no one else. Danachi looked irritated because she gave the money back to the men. He didn't talk to her for a while. But not for long.
"I can swear that those rabbits were worth 50 eangs.", He said after a while, still looking irritated.
" I know. In fact, they really did sell them to the villagers in 50 eangs.", She replied.
" Did you read their memory?!!" Danachi asked, looking surprised. He wondered if it was another ability he didn't know of.
"No. I can't see people's past or future. They are beyond me. There controlled by another goddess. I can only sense the present."she replied.
"Oh. Then why did you give them your money? ", He was still making a irritated face.
"STOP SULKING, WILL YOU?",she started to get irritated too.
"It wasn't your money. And I didn't want to waste anymore time so I gave them the money and put an end. I've already delayed my time.", She added .
Danachi seemed to be taken aback.
"Sorry," he said.
And then for a while, they stopped talking about it.
" This is for the better.", She thought. She was used to quietness. Though she had Ratil by her side as her only friend,who is also talkative like Danachi, she herself was used to talking less. But after she had met Dan, his continuous questions pushed her to speak more. But weirdly, now that he was quite, it felt like something is missing.
" Are you hungry?", She decided to speak up.
" Not really.",he said and went silent again. But his stomach started growling.
"You haven't eaten anything since morning.", She said.
"Wait for me.", She added.
There was a vineyard on the left. Wild grapes were hanging around. This place was created by her .It was specially for the the birds that had babies. It wasn't good for them to feed them worms. That was why she had created this place. Most of the birds nest of the mountain were located around here. She took a bunch of grapes and gave them to Dan.
" Eat them.", She said.
He took them and started eating. After eating half of them he handed over the rest to her.
" You can have the rest.",He said.
" I don't need to eat,have it back."she gave them back to Dan.
Without saying anything else, he finished the rest of it. It had been hours and he wasn't saying anything and it was driving her crazy.
"Dan, are you angry that I shouted on you?" She asked.
"I'm not.", He said.
"Then why aren't you talking to me?", She asked again.
" Bora.", He looked and me and started," You're very patient with me. But I realized I might be annoying to you. I constantly interfered into your business. But you never raised your voice at me, until now."
" Dan," she looked into his eyes. " I admit you were annoying at first. But now I feel more bothered if you don't say anything at all. I am always alone in Tirana. Meeting you made me feel how it is to have a mate."
He smiled.
" I'm relieved to hear you think of me that way." , He said.
Her ears went red. " Wait- no- you misunderstood. I didn't mean in that way."
"It's okay. Lets go now." He took her hand and they started walking again.
Kanibora could feel the warmth of his hands. She was relieved that they had made up again. Because during that short amount of time, she was afraid she would lose a companion.