But it was to no use as she was too tired to do any harm. “ WHAT! What the hell are you doing? Put me down.” She shrieked flailing her arms. She was startled by the sudden action as her eyes widened in surprise, now settled in his arms bridal style. He grunted, at this rate they’d reach it till next morning, clearing his throat he hunched down sweeping her off her feet. It made Toby eye her watching her hunched form drag her feet while walking. “ Almost there, finally I can rest.” The girl announced dramatically, sighing. In the distance, they could make out the cabin, relief washing over both their bodies like a title wave. It wasn’t noticed by the girl standing next to him but he didn’t mind. So much so as a small smile crept up his lips. He hadn’t felt this clam in a while, he enjoyed the feeling. It’s frust-rating.” He finally finished his thought, looking back at the road and softly closing his eyes as he walked, admiring the cool night air. The assumption wasn’t unprompted either, as Toby didn’t seem to like most people. The girl was intrigued by his answer, she assumed he despised him as they were the polar opposite. Very few a-a-and in between but st-still there non the l-less,” He answered simply glancing at her direction as he did. I te-nd to avoid that blab-blabbering idiot but h-he has his moment at ti-times. Toby was hesitant with answering the question, as he took a moment to think of the right response to such a subject. “ So…do you and Ben get along or…?” She said trying to further the conversation while they walked to the cabin. Her eyebrow raised, why was he so interested in the necklace all of the sudden. “ Interesting.” He said to himself not wanting her to hear him but she still managed to. He gave it to me almost two weeks ago and I usually wear it most of the day.” She answered honestly softly smiling as she looked at the pretty plant inside of it. “ D-di he tells you wh-why he gave y-you it?” He asked in his usual bored tone. “ What about it.” Her eyes widened a little, not expecting him to bring that up as she looked at him pulling it out from underneath her jumpsuit and holding the tiny bottle between her rough fingers. “ Ab-about the necklace.” He continued still trying to put his thoughts into words. “ Um yeah.” She sighed out, looking ahead both hands in her large pockets. Her thoughts were cut off as she looked at Toby, who had now slowed down and was walking in since with her. This was a drastic change from what she was usually used to with the others, especially Ben.
Toby was a man of few words, always keeping to himself, there would be days where they would only say two words to each other. The walk to the cabin was beginning to feel longer than usual, the air now becoming tense from all the silence, but the girl still didn’t bother to speak up as she knew it was futile. Toby on the other hand wasn’t paying any attention to anything around him, with his hands in his pockets and head down, eyes focused on the patchy road ahead. The sky was littered with beautiful stars and the girl couldn’t pry her eyes away from them, looking up in amazement like a child on Christmas day. The walk was peaceful, the night sky illuminating from the dense array of trees as the crickets chirped their lullaby. Both tired from the long day of training, Toby walking in front of her as they went on their way. As nightfall came they began to clear up and head back.
He hadn’t seen that kind of behaviour in a long time. Toby had observed her staggering improvement and powerful determination to learn. Four days had passed since their first brawl.