STUBBORN HEARTS<3 (complete)

The River Nymph

I chose to play innocent. “So, are you trying to say that he’s some. . . some sort of bodyguard?”

“Seohyun” a voice said in warning. The girl sighed.

“Why don’t you just tell her the truth?” the girl asked/

“Yeah, why don’t you just tell me the truth?” I seconded, turning to the pest.

“Come with me” he said. Eh? I thought he wasn’t going to be easy. Did he change his mind?

Grr! I really can’t understand him. He’s got a lot of mood swings!

“Okay” I answered anyways and followed him as he turned to leave. “So, are you going to tell

me now?” I asked.

“Maybe” he shrugged.

“What does that mean?!” I exclaimed.

“You’ll see” he said.

Stupid pest! Ugh! What’s he up to now?! Grr. . . My frown deepened as he didn’t changed

direction. He turned right, into the forest. There was a tiny trail that weaved deeper into the

wilderness.

“Ya! Where are we going?” I asked.

“Just follow me” he said.

“Are you planning to prank me again?”

“If ever I do, I won’t tell you” he chuckled. “Do you want to see a waterfall? Or swim in a river?

The river’s crystal clear here”

“What the hell are you talking about?” I asked and stopped on my tracks. He must have sensed

that I stopped because he stopped too and turned to me.

“I have a dare. If you win, I’ll tell you what you want to know about me” he said a playful and

confident smile in his eyes and lips. “Scared?”

“Of course not!” I denied. “What do you think I am, a coward? Huh! Well, lead the way then”

I was grumbling the whole way. Then, I started hearing something.

“What’s that sound?” I asked.

“Waterfalls” he called back on his shoulders.

Soon after, the trees lessened and we stepped into a clearing. I squinted my eyes as I saw the

waterfalls from up ahead. We continued walking through the rocky steps. Then, the pest stopped

just at the foot in the left side of the falls. He ran a hand on a hanging ladder then turned to me, a

playful smirk on his face.

“If you can dive from the falls down the river, you win” he said.

“Easy” I grinned. “Get out of the way” I snapped then went to the hanging ladder. I hold on to it

and looked at the pest suspiciously. “Is this safe?”

“Of course” he answered.

“Why don’t you climb first?”

“Okay” he shrugged and started climbing up. When I was sure that the thing was safe to climb

on, I started climbing, too.

I was only halfway up but I’m already panting. Gah! How high is this thing? Aish! I’m not really

used to physical things like this. But I guess, if I didn’t live in the farm, I wouldn’t even reach