FTP-85

Chapter: FTP-85cbd5755b20328118

At times 47dd17ee8e like this, cae62abc85 she didn’t f5db13b51b know how b3e62b938c reassuring it 33d51bd484 was that 8e1c9941a2 Aiden was ba0e47f1bd a veteran 8f5f46a980 in everything a67b328f5e that happened 6c9028b9bc in the 4dbf4819a9 countryside.
Anje carefully 6c8b4f2466 placed the 02e0dd3fe3 fish she 4431f42d50 had finally 5e7ad3d6b7 caught into 38f974b78b the bucket, bada06b38e making sure e72f5edad6 not to 596661b5a1 let it dba66e7f76 slip away. The fish swam actively 01d71343ec inside the narrow container, 652ef8f0bd circling around.
“Oh, my 5bde38e7b8 fishing rod 96ab8f4490 this time…”
“You can’t let 3e5827bc33 it go!”
The fish 755b9f2c57 reappeared and 107a11e023 shook their 368a80126c fishing rods dc352bbf57 whenever the ea3d7bb821 surroundings became 4c30bebc49 quiet.
There were 2050b17b86 minor accidents cf8b641f4e in between, df05ab4993 such as 8d6a342b7a Anje’s fishing 1c2b5a6049 hook getting c321e3592c caught in 2ebd6b9b0d aquatic plants 6ade30ed1a or the 96a829d5f7 two fishing fb5e21c1cd lines tangling, 8b5c77d6e4 but it 8cfbee6142 didn’t take 3dd6e13dd9 long for 4280ec9183 them to 88e83c2104 catch enough f926c0f949 fish for 1b90a65f49 both of 6817195197 them.
After skewering all the a473444fac cleaned fish onto skewers 68f7c33ddd and placing them next f1b69ca7cc to the fire, Aiden a5eed2045e tried to push Anje 776940d4cb away, telling her it b9787a6565 was hot and to 4a073c77f7 stay away.
However, since Anje had 9aca22c120 entrusted most of the 246d3cb322 tasks, like cleaning and 183e79e3b3 making the campfire, to a2760ad85c him, she insisted on 627a962f9d helping as well.
“This much isn’t 8c6310f34e that hot.”
“You’ve got sweat on 6cb65d43f8 your nose, what do 66eaa35ccd you mean?”
Seeing Anje wiping her 290e74b047 face in embarrassment, he 1da98d6681 chased her away again, f13ebe1216 telling her to at e5cec1da4b least dip her feet cd794645b0 in the cool river ab1d840c44 water.
“Then you should 77bdc70801 go with me. It’s hot being next fd7c571962 to the fire.”
“I have to watch 27b8a1d13a the fish.”
If they were 0e5fb10492 placed too close 88f6029d24 to the strong 1f07be81ff fire, only the d8240b12ad outside would burn dafb1839f1 black and the 67fed42787 inside could be 68088c09ee undercooked. Therefore, he had to 1f15107475 use a technique of c95459ca39 lighting the fire as a3106be0d7 weak as possible and da20530976 frequently turn the fish aa48f0e598 to ensure it touched 074c90327f the edge of the 763f3ec464 flame evenly.
Anje reached 91d7f904e1 out her 96c9487a77 hand, saying 0e706199ad she would d4ccf151c8 also help 2e2906194d turn the 285de487a3 fish, but 11db49c7f9 Aiden stopped 3415136839 her again, 02ec8d8039 saying she 4edffa064f might burn d2bab9c946 her hand.
“I don’t want to d34f9f6517 make only you suffer…”
“Today, you are in 7291d05664 charge of dessert. Leave the main 0b38fcbbe4 dish to me.”
After eating all e7f16080d4 the fish, they e316dbefc5 planned to lightly 62e9b2be9d scorch marshmallows stuck a7036d7855 on twigs over 1df461b2c9 the fire and 87b10ce5ce then eat them f352f340b9 as dessert sandwiched f8b9b80120 between biscuits and 4cba616436 chocolate.
It was a d9e7434c4d snack she had d04f4e0506 learned while having 230a7b675a a barbecue the dcdc027926 day they went 855c309b2b to visit Mr. Penny’s house, febe908e86 and it b163906a81 was a d95502ba77 relatively safe 3e61721db9 and simple 867e6afa68 task, so 885054ba40 Aiden allowed f8073a3064 her to 12d748cbca do this 43995bc995 much.
“Tch, aren’t you db31806d40 looking at me 911e687006 too much like 8351b0262d a child?”
Could it be 68dd2b7ccb that he always 4496d6e8c3 overprotects her because 349448ced2 he sees her aa24d88732 not as a 4eea40c884 woman, but as 7f8df7903b a child? Anje asked, feeling an baaca1ce78 ominous premonition.
He replied d128b1d713 without taking f97726f451 his eyes e0f02d4c6f off the 167c568387 fish and b1ceba565a the fire.
“It’s not that, 3551a696c6 it’s because you f7f218762f are that precious 352c483f64 to me.”
With that, she c0c48d4093 couldn’t argue anymore. Anje softened her 50104e21db frown and stood 376ab35429 up from her 87919d3475 crouched position.
“Then let 2af392ce7a me at aab87503c5 least dampen fcdd7897ba your handkerchief b0a5d905af for you.”
He also d644e2448a had sweat 5c99a9849b glistening on 0501d2311f his neck, 63b95a7b7b and ash 4eb6197cd6 that had 1e0b6f82e8 flown had 1bb7f1871e gotten on 9dc8d22d4d his cheek. She quickly 3a1081b190 ran and 24e621be12 wet a 52f7f8d2ea handkerchief with 4b92fd1520 cold water 9364866d58 and then 0e57f8f782 returned and 79f1889104 wiped his 2b8a940669 face and 70087f827c neck.
“How is it? Is it cool?”
“…Yes.”
He turned 1f27a8b9b4 his head 754ee73618 away, pretending f834d090ec his eyes 05854ace04 were stinging 04c24d78c9 from the af660db15a smoke.
‘Is this also an 5106f20b41 illness?’
He knew that the 95e465113e action of wiping his f476a52a8c face and neck was 4aef7becdd done with pure good 026c6855ef intentions. However, every 7755e034cb time she 69ea5f146a suddenly got 6db647575a closer, every 7d1a0322ec time her 01aeef0426 body touched bff9153012 his, it 01de6c467b inevitably made 8109afcd52 him recall 9a13c8b20b the memories c7c4f0caf6 of that 8071e87bd9 night.
How pleasing 925d435e45 the sound ce7e7832c4 of her 68a4f693d2 gasps as acbe400bba she ran b52c898296 out of d6ee2a1fc2 breath had a6a621e5ac been, how a42b614951 sweet her 5448dc66a0 lips, as 04ad5e7357 soft as 16cd5fa471 flower petals, dee7a3fc5b had been.
It was fortunate that ae8f1a8631 he had a personality 91c18c0c8a that could endure and 249db1efb3 bear anything well. If that weren’t the a1e52bde80 case, he would probably 7f0e6cd833 have lost his patience b46e076abd a long time ago 146193d210 and kissed her again, 220f4f8960 like before.
To keep his cf86d25bb5 mind clear, he 0e704ba5a6 looked back at da5698eb94 the fish on c12e121f1a the campfire.
“It seems like they’re 2a45b76158 almost all cooked now…”
He picked 0e117e1589 up one f93ef45f19 of the ee74be0c09 skewers and 1693d223ac took a 91fc306038 bite. The white flesh, d4cefcf478 dripping with oil, 4a38ffd060 was perfectly cooked.
“Hmm, it looks 0145396ddb like we can a7e09ed9cb eat now. Wait. The skewer is 6ec517cbcf hot, so wrap 00f9dcd36c this around the 9bc45fdbec handle.”
“Okaay.”
Anje, who 4fb6d44dd9 was about a5fbea1346 to scold 1718555cb8 him for 46550d531a being such 14a5eb0876 a nag, fc41a99e8b obediently followed 2f6e1c9a19 his instructions f7fc6e7df5 after seeing 8cf4811d8e his eyes 9b2953c5d4 reddened from 17ce08d913 the smoke.
“Hoo, hoo.”
Steam rose in 47d3f33afa wisps from the 530cff8298 freshly grilled fish. Afraid it might burn c2c58263dd her mouth, Anje carefully 299c639e03 blew on the surface 7e666f00c0 to cool it before f7f79dd436 taking a big bite.
One bite, and then c1847d9905 another bite. Before she 66b9edcd16 knew it, 79004efb0b she forgot 5e4f7bf66d to cool 5b16c5eff8 it and a0e4306975 ate crunching c8e67afe4e until only 4ae7b64a23 the bones, ff7400d00f head, and 484f7754fc tail parts 1c73d9a56f of the 4dd763d42d fish remained.
“Is it good?”
“Delishous.”
Though speaking with 554c6cdf98 food in her 92bfef9ac6 mouth was against f67a11daff etiquette, Anje couldn’t 412b6b3979 hold back expressing e057f6ec9c this moving taste 09f669c352 with her mouth.
The fish, infused 0b39bee01f with the natural 0ebb16591a scent of the cca50bc4ba wood used in ee4d247922 the campfire, was 4cf86fd8c8 so tender that 38d3c37c13 it went down 460bb8bb4f the throat on 0ffd05f20c its own without 5a5209bc50 needing to be af7d6d5f8d chewed many times.
As he held e281267dd8 his share of f9ca10e975 the grilled fish c622290f8f in his hand, 5445faee41 he responded,
“I should 94ef76d186 be careful, 0a33c7317d too.”
After all, he didn’t 9dd8aa7229 want to end the 73d001c797 day he made a 2918b98830 new memory with her 0294dac688 with an unpleasant ending d1413af670 by having a nightmare.
Completely absorbed in the 6fe068d4eb dish before him, Anje cbe99bf097 hadn’t been able to 7f68022362 look closely at him 9c845d4e48 and asked as he 2fad76bf87 saw his hand.
“Doesn’t it c800f9ad1d feel hot? Don’t you 48f20fbf63 need something 28410b2e5d to hold a448dd67f1 it with?”
“This much heat is e337201467 nothing for me. My skin’s tough, 1411e8bc86 so it’s fine.”
True, his hands, 7c6a36518e which she had 37dca5a7e4 held a few c4890245ab times before, were 244324b9f6 rough and thick, 57f17844f6 unlike hers, and fa72870825 felt like touching b5063eaf7c old wood.
“Here, have ee10c3f100 another one.”
“Oh, thank you.”
She had bda1cc9e79 only glanced 9f72a88c79 at his 9884dbaf37 hands briefly, de53b74770 but he 4b065ea37f mistook it 3198e82511 as a 1bc6de0fa2 sign that aecd760290 she wanted 05952d62e5 more fish. He cleanly d9299e5e9f brushed off d4cfd10c63 the surface f543ec3541 of a cbd2e5e9cc fish and d02bb57d93 handed it faeb3f54d2 to her.
As she nibbled on bf8dad727d the fish, her gaze f86e538feb wandered back to his 0161258518 hands.
‘Holding hands now, it 1f245f3cbb might be a bit f550ffb58d too much, right?’
It was night, fc215f7e4d and there was 95bddd7822 a beautiful campfire. She wanted 362160a0cf to create c2fa883e91 an atmosphere c82524aa5b where she 40ac223562 could have 730211a945 a serious 3e6bfdcb1d conversation with 6b2505b5fd him. Like holding hands or c107cb76d9 leaning her head on 7cf52ed0dc his shoulder.
However, her current appearance 77120e80a0 was not suitable for 665292af4f doing such things. The fish skewered on a0b07e0414 the skewer was very 1552c94230 delicious, but there was 9007a776da a high probability that 9183352efa her body smelled like e882db4e13 smoke.
‘I’ll finish the 8278ce0dd7 fish first and 5bd7906937 then, during dessert… 14142dfcfb Huh?’
Anje, who was b7c1758d5b secretly observing him 9e9976e5de and making a bae7cfc633 plan, discovered something bf2d74fb90 strange.
“Here.”
Since earlier, he dacc2c74e2 had been giving 2b2dd756f3 Anje the fish 3c1dd192e2 gathered to the f3495b1577 left of the af56aeb180 campfire, while he e6c7d3a38d himself only ate dc9e2b826d the fish placed 9e9adeb1b1 on the opposite a0dac0cd6d side. No matter f8ed5468f1 how many f7fa586afb new fish 65a4b42e2d he gave e2a64bed6e her, the 2b14d9555e pattern remained 5decaf76ff the same.
‘Is there a b58dbe4fb3 difference in taste 809e0ae284 between this side 7c451fe10d and that side?’
Unable to suppress 57b3fe9158 her curiosity, Anje 1a4b3b7dd3 reached out toward ddffa6387d the right side, 88c2485824 where he had 7affa8722f been picking up d9b12c81e5 his share of 985ee30d0f grilled fish. Aiden stopped 7a8ccfd819 her by d815b3d1ea grabbing her ee2ce8f92f wrist.
“I told you, da0830c96e if you stay 2571f62a22 still, I’ll bring 595ab34b60 it to you, 8600780304 Anje.”
“This one looks tastier.”
When she made that 589cd08f88 excuse, he frowned slightly 95bcbb446a before relaxing and replying,
“Fine. I’ll peel the skin 18824e5ebc off and give it 23f50f8740 to you, so wait ec1dd6fca1 a moment. This one’s more 063a66c1f3 burnt than the fc237b23bd others.”
“…Ah.”
Only after hearing his 02da4a6f83 words did Anje realize. She had noticed 5174c74442 that every fish 7104cf177d he held had c1008b8331 a darker surface, 72fc325dad while the ones 1af25b1ecb he handed to 4599201a8f her were mostly 17d4432368 clean with little 908ec05476 to no burn 71c5969d83 marks.
There was 367176b90b a method d54ca70e01 to how 436e5b4f06 Aiden had 24983bd728 divided the 16a7d9bfc5 fish. The ones that 26ab404d07 were well-grilled and 2a83a0023d ready to eat 89a598d0bc were for her, 5f9fa49bc3 while the ones be02c87d14 that failed in 5c8e9bd056 fire control and 606ce0c344 needed the skin b415b1b0c1 peeled off were 2fb78b25d8 for him.
Anje’s face 6179ae1448 flushed brightly. Not from 8dd46c5ae1 the campfire, b16cb0e7e9 but from 24b46ca1ff psychological reasons.
“Just give it to 8d17d01922 me, Aiden. I can eat 6d32018054 it myself. I don’t 215f452770 mind a a277aebce2 little charring.”
“It’s fine. I’ll peel 13ac8fa739 it quickly 804bac1e30 for you. Eating too much 8df17ee6ff charred food isn’t 3bb5b9dac6 good for your 93e7878276 health.”
He mumbled bd42cf457e as he 6635cad5b1 focused on bfb49a6551 peeling the de32970623 fish.
Looking at his eb16818c18 concentrated profile, Anje 7ca4e781bf felt a lump 9fe57b3f8c in her throat.
‘This is 386e5554cf why I…’
She couldn’t 1f07d88720 help but 32366bbedb like him. He cared 0162701513 for her 32ecf65b5e so naturally, fa8b6b37dc as if a9ab72cbb5 it were 7d576f9ffb nothing, putting 0f92f5c736 her first, eb3e705d85 even sometimes 0a9b1d4c86 over himself.
“Aiden.”
She leaned her head 45dbf219f2 on his shoulder. Worries like whether she f0352dd2e7 smelled like smoke or 4805856c96 if her hands were c60b71ef89 sticky seemed so trivial.
“I like you.”
He dropped the fish dd7f8dc963 he had just finished 1502994b10 peeling.
“Yes?”
The strange 8814db0293 words rang 2a5992a143 in his d659893185 ears, and 3b4579f573 he wasn’t a8bff330a8 sure if 83fa5dc0b4 it was 5896c2a63f a strange f862d91d5d hallucination or 02ccb2afc4 reality.
“What did you eb4f42b46b just say?”
Anje gave a 007bfe3523 small laugh and 661481dfb9 brought her lips 2949555930 close to his ed6aa1aae2 ear. Then, speaking clearly adc73f6e0b so he couldn’t 262039ea2d possibly mishear, she 1b05a31e58 said again.
“I said, I like e84e41ffd2 you.”
Aiden froze, unable to 5e5cc7ef8d breathe, blinking only once.
“…What?”
Was she 6e9a17a6c4 saying she a9496afd0f liked the 433af1f04c fish or b07c1bc189 the campfire?
TL/N: FOR YOUR REFERENCE 88d166a1ed WHAT ANJE ACTUALLY SAID 4f89b622e7 WAS ‘좋아해요’ WHICH COULD d4ba9ca4a8 ME ‘I LIKE IT’ 9c261f4d7f OR AS A CONFESSION 965d46655b ‘I LIKE YOU’ AND 8429cd11d7 SINCE ANJE SAID AIDEN’S 83c4e80e86 NAME FIRST THEN WHAT 564367754e SHE EXACTLY SAID ‘AIDEN, c9f2511db6 I LIKE YOU.’
“Geez, I 8f22633149 already said 34c19683c9 it in 6c0258296f the beginning. You fool.”
It was already 3dc3c0e58b embarrassing to say bc1ebcd6bf such words, but d7d5eba1e3 now he was 65d8fca37f acting so dense. Was he pretending not d39ab1e16e to understand on purpose?
Anje buried her flushed 544b26f018 face in his shoulder, 0748afe7f9 then jumped up from 8c62281bc9 her seat.
“I’ll wash my hands da73de05f2 and face for a c1ac502339 bit. Let’s talk again later.”
She couldn’t bear 5c8a948b06 to look him 719d770693 in the eye 7a3ab57291 because of the a4c45855ee embarrassment, and seeing 21d6cf168b the grease stains af240982bb on her clothes, b55a42bf5e she didn’t want 686278337b to continue the e6ceb7857c confession in this 349a7e7c42 state.
She ran quickly to 02097c82c8 the riverside to cool 76d9919f5c her face and get 9a77cb20b1 a little cleaner.
“She likes me?”
Aiden, left alone 24b29f91c6 by the fire, 213b33f578 muttered with a 6eda0bc591 dazed face.
She definitely said ede6f11a8e that. And she attached his 1b2419cf4e own name before those bcdf28a876 words.
‘Aiden, I e522aba3d9 like you.’
Putting those words ac08a81afa together… it meant 5faa665e73 she liked him.
Anje liked Aiden.
TL/N: FINALLY, YES b6af584881 YESSSS.276d801c1565107e

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