"i cant lose you again!" -benrius

-8-

They sat down at the top legs dangling off the side of the cliff.

"It's buetiful!" Awed Ben.

"Mhm..." Darius replied, although he wasn't looking at the stars. Instead, he was too busy admiring the boy next to him.

Ben turned his head to look at darius.

"Uh.. darius?" He questioned, snapping Darius out of his thoughts again.

"Oh.. uhm. Yeah?"

"You haven't answered my question.."

"Oh... Well, after it happened, I felt like you would be angry at me, you know? And that time we talked, you said 'you never did anything-' so I thought you were angry at me! And when Keni said that he didn't care about my 'Death'... I thought none of you cared.." Darius answered truthfully.

Ben placed his hand on Darius's.

"Darius,believe me, I waited day and night for you to come back, hoping you were okay!" Said Ben, staring deep into Darius's eyes.

Darius felt his face heat up, but Ben didn't seem to notice.

"Oh. I'm sorry," replied Darius, hiding his inner celebration of the fact they were now holding hands.

-------------with the others--------
Third person:

"Ben should have been back by now!" Complained Sammy.

"When did he go out?" Asked Brooklyn.

"He told me he was going to go for a walk." Answered Yaz.

"Do you think he's alright? There was a lot of roaring.." Asked Kenji.

"I'm sure his fine, right?" Said Sammy.

"Yeah, we should look at the brightside, the roaring is gone." Shrugged brooklyn.

"Yeah, but that could also mean..." Kenji begun.

"I can go look for him?" Suggested Yaz.

"But what if you get hurt?" Asked Sammy.

"I'll be fine, if you want, you can come with?"

"Okay," agreed Sammy.

"Me and kenji will play lookout, here, take the walkie-talkie." Brooklyn tossed the dino walkie-talkie to Yazmina.

Sammy and yaz nodded and ran into the jungle.

"Where do you think he went?" Asked Sammy.

"Not sure," yaz began, Sammy frowned.

"Although," She continued, "he does believe Darius is alive.. so he could have gone to the cave."

"Cave? What cave? What has this got to do with darius?"

"We- well- he found a cave with a warm lantern that doesn't belong to us, so he could be there." She explained.

"Good idea! Let's go!"

The two headed of in that direction for a while.

Yazs pov:

God, Sammy is so kind! She is always so positive and happy, so amazing and talented...

"Yaz?... I wanted to talk about something.."

"Huh? What's up?" I asked, concern growing.

"Well, you see... I-" She was cut off
By my gasp.

"LOOK!" I whisper-yelled pointing at a cliff.

On top of the cliff, sat Ben, with someone else.... Darius?

He's alive!

Ben was right...

I shouldn't have doubted him..

They look kind of cuple-y.

They're high up, so me and Sammy can't see them properly.

"Oh.. my.. God..! Darius is alive!" She whisper-yelled.

"They look kind of.. in love? Don't you think?I can't see them properly, but look! I think they're holding hands!"She continued.

"Best not to disturb them, Ben will come back unharmed." I reassured her, nodding to the way we came.

"Yeah, let's go" She said excited.

"We are totally going to confront him when he gets back" I laughed.

"Yes!!!" She squiled.

God, Sammy is so cute when she's excited.

------------with brooklyn and kenji-------
Brooklyns pov:

Siriusly kenj? Falling asleep right now? Our friends could be dead.

"BROOKLYN!" I heard Sammy shout as she the gate opened.

"Yeah? Is Ben alright?" I asked.

"Better. DARIUS IS ALIVE!" She announced.

"Really?!" I asked astonished.

"Yep! And Ben is in-" She was cut off by yaz shushing her.

"Shhhhh!! She can know when Ben comes back!"

What? Know what? What are they hiding?

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I'm so sorry guys, gals and nonbinery pal's (and ofcoure what you identify as)

I've gotten really busy recently, school is getting more complicated and life in general is taking up a lot of my Time.

So updates will take longer.

Again, I am so so sorry!

Hope you enjoyed this.

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