Gage knew that the girl inside the hut would be so much afraid, her being alone and aware of her environment is reason enough.

He saw a bear walking around the hut tiredly, it seems like a pregnant female bear, he threw a stone at it and it hopped away.

A big bag hung on his back, it contained things he thinks he or Sky would need, for as far as he is concerned, their leaving the forest is by miracle.

One, Tyrant will stop at nothing to find them, two, a boat hardly comes around this side of the sea.

And the way out of this forest is either through Badlands to an old airport to board a plane flying to your direction or through the sea.

However, he won't tell her, less she dies before he figures a way out, he will keep making up stories to keep her calm.

His worry is that Tyrant might find them though it's hidden, and he won't spare them if he does.

He diverted his attention to the girl inside the hut again when he heard quite sobs.

He flashed the torch light he borrowed from a friend and took a step forward.

He didn't see the stick in time and it landed on his forehead.

"Fuck!" He cursed staggering backwards as his free hand flew to where he got hit.

He looked at his hand and saw the blood...

"Oh God! What have I done?!!" Sky cried out when she realized who she just hit as she ran to help him aready.

"Get your freaky hands off me! I think I actually deserve this!!" He glared at her.

Sky shivered in fear, she withdrew her hands from him and moved backwards slowly.

She was shocked, maybe she got a wrong impression of him though she knew he must be one of them but she thought he was different.

"Am sorry, I..." She started but he raised a hand to shun her, her lips became sealed.

"Yes, I know what you want to say, so you can't differentiate between an animal and a human being, my head just got broken!"

He touched his head and brought it to his face to see the blood that gushed out from the wound again and that got him angrier.

"Eh, I..."

"Shut up! You know what? Have this!!" He threw the bag at her and made to walk away.

He stopped abruptly and tossed a lighter and the torchlight to her face.

"Who told me I could save an idiot!" He snorted and walked away angrily.

Sky slumped to the ground and clutched her heart as she fought for air, it was a mistake.

She hurt him by mistake and apologized for it and that's all she gets?

She was very wrong about her thoughts again!

First of all, she made a wrong decision to come to a far place to meet a stranger she thought might be a way to free herself and get to see new things.

Second, she believed this guy was good and nothing but sweet with all his good looks and smiley face.

She's nothing but a complete idiot! Which person if not an idiot would be in a forest instead of her beautiful home.

She sobbed for a while before she gathered the courage to stand up, go into the hut and pretend nothing happened.

She will pretend to be alright and stay warm so she won't die of cold if the guy isn't planning on killing her.

She refused to open the bag, she kept it one side including his lighter and torch before she returned to her former position.

Gage sat down beside the cold water and listened to it's clapping in deep thought of what he did.

He didn't have any reason to get upset about what she did because it was clearly a mistake.

She obviously thought it was the animal that was coming into the hut and she did the only logic thing every other person would have done.

He used his blue handkerchief to tie round his forehead to stop the bleeding.

Fortunately, it wasn't a deep wound because the stick she used was very light and the stick surely has enough strength than her.

"Hot blood" he murmured.

He has been running away from home because of it, he is so quick to anger and has been wandering around the world to discover himself.

He blames himself for a lot of things especially...

"Mom, am sorry"

A tear rolled down his left eye, he stood up and went to right his wrong.

He just has to admit he is wrong and maybe... Just maybe it will help him be the man he wants to be.

"Sapphire?" He called her when he got into the hut.

She only glanced at him and looked away as if she made a mistake by looking at him in the first place.

He took a few firewoods that he had left in the hut months ago and started a fire.

He broke the firewood into tinier pieces and threw it into the fire bit by bit so it would last a little because it will definitely finish before morning.

When he's certain the fire is okay on it's own and won't die down, he faced her again to apologize.

Her eyes were shut but tears endlessly streamed down her face, she's crying silently and it breaks his heart to see her that way.

"I'm sorry, Sapphire. It was my fault, I could have called you so you would know it's me" He took her hand.

He expected her to shove his hand away and maybe spit on his face as his sister or mother does when he angers them.

But she didn't do anything at all, when he said, "I was unnecessarily harsh on you and I said unpleasant words, please, forgive me"

She opened her mouth widely and cried with all her might, she allowed him hold her as she spilled her soul out.

"Sapphire, I'm sorry" Her cries broke his heart, more because he's new to that kind of reaction and he doesn't know what to do.

"I'm very stupid, I only wanted a Christmas getaway, oh God!" She sobbed.

"You will be fine"

"I don't think so, I'm better dead"

"I'm sorry for making you think like that, I was just in pain and..."

"No, I am the reason why you are here, if I hadn't made a horrible mistake, you wouldn't be here right now" Sky mumbled.

"No one is above mistakes, Sapphire, I'm sorry for being so selfish" he pleaded.

Sky wiped her tears and brought back her beautiful face as she looked at his face.

"Why did you save me?" She continued when he didn't reply immediately.

"If you saved me because you wanted me for yourself and by so doing, you betrayed your gang, I think I understand"

"Is that what you think of me?" He finally asked gazing into her eyes.

"I don't know what to think, I mean..."

"If that's how you see me, fine, I think I actually did but I don't fuck preposterous girls, not even ones with sexy body" he said and moved away from her.

Hot tears stung the corners of her eyes as she watched him open his bag to unpack the things he brought from wherever he went.

Rejection is the worst kind of bullying Sky has ever received and she has to admit she will see more of it were this guy is concerned.

He just irritates her but she can't comprehend what her heart is feeling, it's all mixed feelings and that has never happened to her before now.

She wants to believe he is a bad person but when she thinks of his smiley face that has suddenly turned stone face because of anger, she thinks otherwise.

Another thing, he doesn't fuck stupid girls, he said? She just wants to slap him in the face and yell at him for calling her that.

Why did he save her then? To simply call her names and remind her that she is foolish?

"I hate you" she was surprised to hear herself say that because that's a far cry from what she feels inside.

Gage laughed lightly raising a flask to her face, "we are even on that, fair enough, eat before it gets all cold"

"Nothing is funny, and I don't want anything from you!"

"Nay, you might want food because it's a very long night" he mocked throwing firewood into the fire.

She decided to keep quite but he sure knows how to snap her attention back to himself.

"Anyway, my phone is still available"

"Oh thank goodness! Please, were is it, help me"

"You haven't meet up with the required condition, Miss!"

"You really got nerves, don't you think? I heck don't care about your useless phone"