Magical Love: Learn To Love In Another World

That night we split up into two groups, Able and I, and then Marsil and Sam, for our lookout shifts. This would leave the two tents occupied with one person each. As for the dead people, I used earth magic to settle them underground. Unfortunately, Marsil was too quick in her actions and we were not able to get any information out of any of them. But with that settled and half the night already gone we were only going to sleep in three hour shifts. Able and I took the first shift since Sam was passing out on his feet. 

We sat in front of the campfire right next to each other. "Rei you can sleep if you want." Able whispered to me. I only smiled and shook my head. I was tired but it was my duty as someone on watch to make sure nothing happened. But I did take this opportunity to lean my head on Able's shoulder. For his age, his shoulders were rather broad compared to mine. The chilly air seemed to go away when I felt his body heat. You could say I felt safe and secure with Able. I knew even if I fell asleep he would not do anything weird to me. Well, at least I hoped so anyway.

"Today is just the first day, tomorrow we will have to travel until nightfall once again. If Sam seems like he is having a hard time, give him a piggyback." I said softly. 

"You are truly kind Rei, you always think of others first before yourself. Although, now that you say this, it makes me a little sad that you are as strong as you are. Because then I won't have the chance to give you a piggyback anytime soon." Able said as he gently ran his fingers through my hair. 

I looked up at Able and smiled as I said: "If you want to give me one, you can. But if you pamper me too much I might become lazy and spoiled. Then what will you do?" 

"If I can not pamper the girl I like then what else should I do?" Able said while taking my hand into his. We interlocked our fingers. I looked up at him and our eyes met. Able's hazel eyes were so deep and beautiful I could get lost in them for hours on end. Before I even realized it, he had already leaned in and took my lips. I slowly closed my eyes and enjoyed the sensation as my cheeks blushed red. It seemed we were getting used to kissing each other since we have been doing it a lot lately.

When our lips parted only a few seconds had gone by but to me, it felt like an eternity. Blushing from ear to ear I lowered my head and snuggled into Able's chest. I guess I ended up getting too comfortable because before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.

Early morning birds' chirping filled my ear. I woke up inside a tent, I was not sure even how I got here. My best guess was that Able or Marsil carried me in. I kind of cursed at myself, since I had even told myself I needed to stay awake but I ended up falling asleep because of how comfortable I got. But a thought came to mind as I quickly looked to my side only to let out a sigh. I did not know why I would think Able would be sleeping next to me. He was too much of a gentleman for that. I stretched my arms and let out a yawn before crawling out of the tent into the cool morning air. 

"Good morning!" I said as I yawned once more. I looked around to see Marsil nodding off by the campfire and Sam was busy adding wood to it. As for Able, he was nowhere to be seen. "Sam, where is Able?"

"Good morning. Able said he would go out and hunt some small animals for breakfast." Sam replied.

"Oh? That is good. Dry meat can only go so far and since we are in the woods it is a good idea to hunt for other things even if it is wild vegetables." We were on a long trip and could only take so much with us.

After I said this and only getting a silent nod from Sam, it got awkwardly quiet. It seemed I did not really have much to talk about with Sam. It was times like this that I wished the system was back. I don't have access to anything or anyone else to talk to when it is not around. Sadly the system was not going to be back for a good couple of weeks and even the stats were not updating, so there was nothing new to look at. I hoped it could come back faster but there was nothing I could do to speed up the leveling process.

It was not long before Able came back with two horned rabbits and a few wild vegetables for us to eat. "How was it?" I asked.

"Not too bad, I am used to doing this so it's fine. Dad used to send me to the forest for a few days at a time with nothing but the clothes on my back. He said it was all for training! So hunting this much is pretty easy." Able replied.

"You can go rest. I will cook them for us. You must be tired. I am sure you did not get much sleep." I felt bad since I got more sleep than Able did and he even went out early to catch breakfast. Although my cooking couldn't be called the best in the world I at least knew how to cook, At least I hope I do… Alright, I admit, this is my first time… it can't be that hard right? 

An hour later…

"I'm sorry!" I bowed my head in apology. The meat was definitely cooked through but it caught fire halfway through roasting the horned rabbits when I turned my back on it for only a second and now they were burnt…

"It's fine Rei…." Is what everyone said but for some reason, they were all covering their mouths and they shivered every time they took a bite.

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