(WARNING: This chapter contains depictions of sexual harrassment that may be upsetting for some readers.)
"Hello, why you leaving so quickly?"
A woman's voice suddenly appeared behind me while I was getting off of the boat.
"What's wrong? You dizzy from the boat ride?"
I turned around to face her, looking quickly into her eyes and then going back to walking. Once she saw me ignoring her, she ran quickly in front of me and blocked my path with her body.
I sighed, annoyed by her gesture.
"What's wrong? Can't you hear me?" the woman said while holding my chin. I quickly slapped her hand out of my face and took a step back.
She frowned at my act, trying to understand why I wasn't answering any of her questions. "Oh, maybe you're deaf!" she said while speaking to me in sign language.
I watched her hands moving and making different signs, not knowing what each one of them meant.
"Well? What's wrong?" she said while holding my chin and making me look at her again. My eyebrows moved and made a disgusted expression, causing her to rapidly move her hand away.
"What's wrong is a particular person who's not allowing me to walk peacefully" I said as I took her face and removed her from my way.
She quickly recomposed and started to follow me. Her light feet didn't make a sound while she was going behind me, but I could still feel her eyes locked on to me.
I kept walking, trying to ignore her, but then she reached her hand and touched my back. At first I didn't care too much about it, but then she touched Dom and I freaked out.
"Aww, what a cute axe" she said before being met by my eyes. I brought out Axie and put her above her shoulder, threatening to hurt her if she touched any of my companions again.
She giggled when she saw my face, poking my cheek repeatedly while saying "boop".
My face changed from an annoyed one to a frustrated one. Should I just kill her? Or maybe scaring her off is a better option?
With Axie on her shoulder, I started to slightly pull back. "You know that if I pull it entirely then you'll stop having that arm, right?" I threatened while moving my axe.
I expected her to run away after I told her that, but her response was quite different.
She opened her arms and let herself fall on my chest while saying "Well, if I do this then you won't have the need to pull anymore, am I right?"
The woman nuzzled against me, claiming that she liked my smell. Meanwhile, I was completely paralyzed, not knowing what to do.
I tried to swing my axe to hit her, but she quickly turned around and made us fall back against a tree. In the moment of the impact, I let go of Axie to cover myself and avoid getting hurt.
"You alright up there?" the woman asked while blushing.
I opened my eyes and saw her smiling beneath me. Since I used my arms to avoid hitting myself with the tree, it looked like I was pinning her against it.
When I realized how the scene could be misinterpreted I tried to pull myself back. She spotted me trying to get away from her and decided to avoid that by hugging me.
With all the strength in her arms, she brought me closer to her, pressing her body against mine.
I don't know why, but my body didn't try to react. Instead, it just allowed itself to be dragged towards her.
The woman looked at me from beneath and giggled. "Why are you trying to escape?" she asked with a smile on her face.
We stared at each other. Both of our bodies were completely frozen and the only thing that could be heard was her harsh heartbeat.
My mind wanted to get her away from me, but for some reason my body didn't comply.
She looked at my completely immobile figure and pulled my head closer. As I was going down to her height, she wetted her lips and leaned in for a kiss.
At that moment, I recomposed and pushed myself away from her. I quickly broke her hug and then took a few steps back.
The woman looked at me with a frustrated expression, but her eyes also showed a strange desire. I didn't know what she wanted, but whatever it was, it made me consider her dangerous.
"What's wrong?" she asked me as she picked up Axie. I looked at her with contempt and yanked my travel partner out of her hands. "Just leave. I won't repeat myself" I said before turning around and going back on my way.
She looked at me getting further and further away, and after a minute, she decided to chase me.
This time, neither her breathing or her steps were silent. Each second that she spent trying to get closer, a really loud noise followed behind me.
I started to get tired of her following me, so after a few minutes walking, I decided to run and try to get away from her sight.
I got Axie out of her spot (which is a part of my belt) and started to run as fast as I could. My head turned around and couldn't spot her anywhere, so I thought I lost her at that moment.
But then, out of nowhere, a knife flew close to my face and then got stuck to a nearby tree. Just as I was about to sigh in relief for avoiding the knife successfully, a rope tied around my body and caused me to fall to the ground.
My head slammed to the ground, making me get dizzy because of the impact. With the hand that was not holding Axie, I cleaned off the dirt from my face and tried to get up.
Just as I started to recompose from the fall, the woman that was following me before yelled at me from afar. "Be careful!" she yelled right before pulling a rope in her direction.
I watched the knife that almost hit me earlier being withdrawn quickly and getting tied around the woman's arm as she was getting closer to me. "Hello, honey, you alright?" she asked while leaning down and offering me her right arm to help me up.
My middle finger raised once she was done with her question. "If you're gonna kill me, just do it already" I said in an annoyed tone, putting my arm behind me and trying to reach for Dom.
"Oh, baby, I wasn't thinking of doing that" she told me with a wide smile on her face. Once more, my eyes gave her a disgusted stare just like before.
As we looked at each other, I got up and wiped off the dirt from my clothes. The moment I started doing that, she got close and helped me with it. Again, I wasn't sure of her intentions, so I just allowed her to help me without hesitation.
Her soft hands moved around my body while quickly taking out all of the dirt that got on me. In the beginning, she did it calmly and without making me feel uncomfortable, but as she progressed, her hands began to move to more "specific" places.
I tried to hold her arm to move her away, but something got my attention before I could do it: the shine of the knife tied around her arm.
"Sooo… Are we gonna keep playing dumb or…?" she said in a sultry voice while touching my body. I looked down at her and saw her hand trying to intrude under my shirt.
My hands moved quickly and caught her hands before she could lift up my clothes. I looked at her flustered and then yelled "What exactly do you want?!"
The woman smiled at me and then opened her arms, trying to wrap them around me. "Let's just say we can help each other" she told me before rushing in and hugging me. "That'll only be the case if you decide to cooperate, of course," she then added.
I watched her nuzzling against my chest and sniffing on what she called "my scent". At first I thought of killing her and taking her weapon, but after a few seconds, I gave up and allowed her to hug me without a problem.
"Fine… I'll cooperate" I groaned frustrated as I reciprocated the hug.