'Why do I feel like I am talking too much? Mom said, I need to keep quite around boys. He is good looking but why is he so cold? For instance , that "Zeno" is welcome in another language. But his behavior is pretty unwelcoming' Natasha thought to herself.
"Excuse me? Earth to partner!" Zeno said.
"Natasha, told you before." Natasha replied mimicking Zeno.
"Let's go look for some clean towels and fresh clothes. You look like a drenched cat. And I had to jump into the water because of you too"
"Okay" Natasha nodded.
Zeno stared at Natasha and averted his eyes. He coughed to clear his throat and told Natasha to walk behind him.
"Why should I walk behind you?" Natasha huffed.
"Because..." Zeno glanced at her again and this time he was looking at her chest. He gestured towards chest area and turned his head. His ears unwillingly turned red.
Natasha looked down and was immediately embarrassed. Now that she saw it she remembered, she went to sleep in a thin cotton t-shirt and wasn't wearing any bra. Her breast outlining was clearly visible. She hurriedly covered her chest with her hands and turned as red as a beetroot.
"Let's go quickly" Natasha briskly started walking after saying this.
They started to explore the mall in search of towels and clothes. This place was a little bit chillier than the real world.
They both were silent while they walked. Which was boring by the way.
"So, you new in school?"
"Yeah" Then there was a moment of awkward silence. But eventually they found a clothing store. Hopefully they will find clothes that fits.
Natasha found some clean towels and handed one to Zeno and took one herself. They chose their clothes and went towards opposite directions to change.
Natasha found a turtle neck bottle green shirt, greyish pants . Whereas Zeno chose a black high neck shirt with blue denim jacket and jeans.
Well, not gonna lie, but Zeno was sending glances her ways. After all she is the girl he was staring at today at the cafe.
Zeno was lost into his world when –
"Hey! Your arm is bleeding!"
"Zeno"
"Shut up!" Nat being Nat, a panicked ass, she grabbed his hand and examined.
"How did you hurt yourself?" Natasha was worried.
"It looks like an old injury and somehow you opened again" She thought a little and
"Oh, No! Tell me, you didn't hurt yourself while trying to save my life, did you?"
Zeno freed his hand and said, "No,"
"We need to quickly find the first-aid box and treat these wounds" Natasha grabbed his hand and started walking God knows where.
"I'm fine. I don't need treatment"
"How can you say that you are fine when it's bleeding so much. NO you are not fine at all. We need to be quick"
"Do you even know where to find the first-aid kit?" Zeno said.
Natasha stopped and looked at Zeno sheepishly. He was right. She didn't know where the first-aid kit might be.
"Let's go to the washroom and clean these wounds with water first" Natasha said as she dragged him to the washroom. She cleaned those wounds as much as she could with water. Thank God she had grabbed a small silk handkerchief from the shop a while ago. She wetted the hanky and wiped Zeno's wound carefully.
Zeno was looking at the girl who was so concerned and concentrated on helping him. This was the first time in a while that he felt this concern. No one but his relatives and friends cared about him. Not even his dad. Getting this care from the new girl bloomed warmth in his chest. Zeno quickly shook his head. 'No I can't get distracted. This girl is a total distraction.' He thought.
"These look like cuts from a paper knife. You need to be careful when using those. Those things can be pretty sharp"
Zeno snapped out of his thoughts and was stunned by her not judging him. She didn't even question him if he self harmed himself.
"You know, we need to find the exit. And what place is this??"
The hologram glows again.
It says
"FIND THE FIRST AID BOX. THEN FIND THE EXIT. NEXT QUEST COMING SOON"
"You see this too?" Zeno asked, "It's like fulfilling what we want."
"Yes, I'm seeing this but we need to treat you first"
"Please stop! I don't want it. Besides, I don't want to stay in this place. It's a very creepy place"
"But I think we should-"
"No! I don't want to stay with creep!" Zeno cut Natasha off.
"What?! I'm a creep? Okay then. You can leave. I will finish my quest. And I won't treat you either"
Zeno rolled his eyes while saying "I didn't want you to trat me anyway"
"I was just showing my concern for you cause you helped me. Since you don't want it then I won't care"
They separated their ways and went into opposite directions.