Our Other Place In The Sun

Chapter 1 (The Rising Sun)

Rem suddenly latched onto one of Subarus arms, and held it tightly. She was shaking uncontrollably, and was staring right into the bushes

"What's wrong, Rem?" Subaru asked, confused. Rem responded by pointing at a creature that barely made itself visible in the bushes; it was tall and had long antlers. Subaru observed the creature, it looked familiar to him, it didn't appear to him to be a monster of anysort. he approached slowly trying to get a better look.

"Subaru stop please, don't go near that beast" Rem pleaded while trying to pull Subaru away from the creature. Rem being an Oni, she pulled hard. Subaru could feel like his arm was going to get torn off. Subaru stopped and got a better look at the creature Rem pointed to. That's when a moose's head revealed itself , the moose ran away upon seeing Subaru and Rem.

"It was just a moose Rem," Subaru said calmly. He had not seen a moose ever in his life, and was quite amazed at the sight of one. Rem let go of Subaru's arm. She looked at Subaru weirdly

"A...M-Moose?" Rem asked confused at Subarus calm composure

"Yah a moose, have you never seen a moose before?" Subaru asked

"N..No" Rem said

"Moose are harmless creatures; they mainly just run away whenever they see anything they consider a threat," Subaru told Rem in a informative voice. He was trying to hold back laughing at the sight of Rem cowering in fear over such a harmless creature. Rem hit Subaru in the hip, after hearing him snicker at the situation. Subaru fell to one knee rubbing his hip.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR THAT REALLY HURT!" Subaru shouted. Rem stood there with her arms crossed and an unamused expression on her face

"For laughing at Rem, Rem didn't think it was funny" Rem said while looking at the tree line. Kind of hoping to see that moose again. Rem was actually quite amazed by the moose. After learning that it was harmless.

"Where I come from almost everybody knows what a moose is, even if you lived in an area where there was none. So it was kinda funny to see someone get scared of one. Especially if that someone is as strong as you." Rem blushed at the compliment.

"Anyways I am going to go check past these bushes for a trail" Subaru said before he got up and started to make his way through the bushes

Subaru shouted in pain, stepping barefoot on sharp tree branches. Trying to get across. While half way through walking he noticed a barely visible dirt trail leading into the woods

"Hey Rem, good news I found a trail that might lead us back to the mansion!" Subaru shouted back at Rem. He heard Rem struggling to make her way to him. None of them had shoes on so they had to make the journey on bare feet. Hearing her little yelps of pain.

Subaru sighed as he walked back and picked up Rem bridal style and began making his way back towards the trail. Trying his best not to drop Rem. From the added weight while crossing the bushes. Eventually he made it to the small dirt trail. Rem stood back up and clung back onto Subarus arm as they both walked down the trail. Subaru knew that Rem was scared and did nothing to protest it. Rem suddenly buried her face in Subarus arm as she began to sob lightly

"S-S-Subaru im s-scared, what if this trail leads us to encounter members of the witches cult, or whoever dragged us out here" she said, her words somewhat muffled. Subaru stopped walking and so did she. He looked at Rem who still had her face buried in his arm

"What if we return to the m-mansion, and we find everyone dead" Rem continued her sobbing growing louder

"Don't be scared Rem we will find a way out of any problem that awaits us we always do, if you know me best then you know that I am always one step ahead of any problem" Subaru said cheerfully while stroking Rems hair trying to calm her down. Rem clung on to Subarus arm tighter