The trio were walking in silence pim was holding Nalin's hands while fire was walking besides pim, this continued for a while untill the mighty fire got bored, so it simply went besides nalin and started a conversation with nalin.
"Hey your name is nalin right?" Fire said.
"Yeah, what's the matter?" nalin said.
"Nothing I just wanted to tell you that once a beast forms a bond with it's master, it is able to perceive the other's emotional fluctuations." Fire said
"Yeah, what about that?" nalin asked with a look of confusion written all over her face.
"Well the fact that you are holding hands with my master, it's making my master's emotions be in chaos, see I mean even as we are speaking my master is so distracted."Fire said with a sly smile if it's master won't take action then it will.
"What does holding hands got to do with her chaotic emotions?" see even now our naive goddess has no idea.
"Let me tell you a secret for her to feel all sorts of emotions means she likes you."Fire said
"Yeah I know that i like her too she is like my elder sister?" Nalin said with a clueless smile.
"I had it with you. You know what I can't make it clear to you anymore than I have done. My master pim loves you so much she wants to be your fiancee." Fire got so irritated that it began to shout but it's loud shout woke pim who was in a daze and it's words made nalin dazed.
pim crouched down and picked fire by it's back neck and said in a low voice "Do you believe me when I say if you keep spouting nonsense I will freeze you in ice imbued by my celestial energy and we will see if your fire is strong enough to melt the ice hmm?" pim said with a wicked smile. A certain mischievous beast shivered and timidly looked at pim who was holding it and nodded it's head with that pim threw fire at the side even so she made sure it won't get hurt badly.
"is it true what it said?."Nalin who had already gotten out of her daze asked. with that question pim visibly stiffen and turned to make eye contact with nalin.
"it's just a beast I got to know for a day, what does it word account for it's just bored so just ignore it."Pim brushed the question off.
"Oh so you don't want to be my fiancee you don't like me."Nalin asked while blinking her eyes looking so cute pim almost gave in and confessed but she knew she couldn't it will ruin the friendship it's not worth it.
"Your my younger sister of course I love you." Nalin heard that phrase many times from pim but somehow this made her feel a dull pain as if her heart is being squeezed by an invisible hand so painful she couldn't breathe she struggled to figure out why she felt that pain but she couldn't so she brushed it off.
"Really? but why would it say something like that?" Nalin asked.
"I don't know I told you probably it was bored." Pim said.
"hey there is the volcano" Fire timidly pointed at a large volcano.
"That? you want us to climb into that? again the dragon king's lair looks like a better bargain." Nalin said.
"Relax if it happens and you slip into the lava just protect yourself with your celestial energy and don't worry I will also protect you." Pim said.
The trio stood silently and looked at the volcano each wondering if they will survive the trek well Nalin and fire were wondering, pim was just thanking her ancestors that fire's nonsense didn't ruin her friendship with Nalin.