Campfire

"Do you want it?" Minho said, giving her that snack.

As Maya was about to grab it, Minho hid it behind his back.

"But before this, you have to forgive me. You haven't answered me yet? Do you consider me your friend? Tell me," Minho said with an innocent face.

"Why? Do you find me special?" Maya said in a light-hearted tone that she was just teasing him.

"Why do you want me to be your friend?" She knew that he was guilty.

"Don't you know?" "You are very special." "I am not saying that you look different because that's why you are special; you are special in a different way."

"Except for you, there is one person who has never hugged anyone," Everyone knew who he was talking about and tried to look at Seola's reaction with their side eyes.

She never says anything about anyone too much. "She always stays silent, but she becomes so vocal for you," said Minho.

Maya was very surprised and started to look around for who it was because all of them hugged her. When Minho looked at Seola, he found her glaring at him, so he went quiet.

"Tell me who that is," Maya asked with a curious face.

"Perhaps the person will tell you later by himself or herself; I can't tell you because otherwise I will be killed; I am sorry," he said, his scared face making everyone laugh.

That night was very joyful and fun; they all loved each other's company.

"It's my first night in three years that I'm spending with some humans; thank you for being my friend and understanding me; it's like a dream for me to sit together and campfire with you guys," Maya said with a sad smile.

"Your lonely day's come to an end, Maya; now it's time to go back home and meet your family; we will help you with this," Jaena said, and everyone agreed with determination, promising themselves they would do anything to find her family.

"I am sorry for my behavior earlier." "I was just so sad that my hopes were shattered so soon," Maya continued with a smile.

"No, actually, what you did was best for all of us; if you don't shut your door in our faces, we will never go back, and we will never catch this serial killer who killed more than 20 people from that village," Daehyun said furiously, pointing towards the village while looking at the serial killer that they bound to the tree.

"I saw him many times wandering around the forest at night. He always had no bags with him, so I ignored him every time I saw him, not keeping an eye on him," Maya had no intention of concealing her crime any longer.

"I only followed those who had bags with them, but not the ones who had nothing with them."

"Oh, Maya! You little thief, I would do the same if I were in your position," Jaena said while poking her finger at Maya's stomach, making her laugh.

Maya was laughing so hard that everyone was looking at her as if they saw a person laughing for the first time in their life; she looked so beautiful when she laughed.

Now everyone was singing or telling stories to each other. Minho and Maya shared a chip bag; they were eating chips as if it were their last meal, and they were looking very funny.

"Maya, why are you eating so fast?" "I haven't eaten more than four chips," Minho snatched the chip pack from her grasp.

"Waa... you lied so perfectly; you just finished half the bag and I ate nothing," she said as she snatched a packet of chips.

As she was saying them, one chip fell out of her mouth, making everyone laugh out loud.

Maya's face was flushed with shame. "If my mother finds out that I eat like that, she will hit me with a spatula," she said with an awkward smile.

She always said to me, "Maya, why are you sitting like this?" "Sit straight!" "Why are you walking like that?" "Do this! And do that! You are a lady! "Remember that," Maya said.

Maya made the comment with a beaming smile on her face, but anyone could see the sense of loss behind her smiling face.

"Give me the bag of chips; otherwise, I will grab your hair," Minho said to Maya to lighten the mood.

Maya just shrugged her shoulders as if she didn't care.

Minho thought that she thought he was just joking and would not do it in reality. He grabbed her hair and tried to pull it, but he didn't know what was about to happen to him.

As he pulled her hair strand, her other hair strand came forward at the same level as his face, and "Paah"...

He got a big, hard slap from Maya's rebellious hair, leaving him with a red cheek.

Minho was dazed for a few seconds before realizing what had happened.

He felt as if his dignity had vanished after being slapped by the hair.

"Why, Maya, you are so funny," Seola said as she felt her wish had been granted.

"Stop making me laugh," Jaena said, who was now rolling on the ground.

Daehyun started to distance himself from Maya, as he was now afraid of getting slapped by her hair.

Jaebin is simply enjoying this chaotic moment in silence.

Maya realized that they all thought she was the one who did this; she waved her hand in the air in the negative direction and told them she was not the one who did this.

Maya said while controlling her laugh, to Minho, "I am not the one who did this; it was my hair that hit him." "I can't control them sometimes; they never listen to me; they do whatever they want to do."

She continued as she combed her hair with her fingers, "Only a few times do they ever listen to me, but most of the time they consider me just an idiot, concluding they are their owner."

"You could have told me this was going to happen, right?" Minho stated flatly, his face flushed with annoyance.

Maya nodded innocently.

Minho gave her a rolled-eyes look and then a smile. "Okay, you won. Now take this bag, and I will buy you another one too. Are you good now?" He tried to ensure that he made Maya happy because he still believed that was Maya's doing.

"Tell your hair not to hit me again; it's hurting me," he said while rubbing his cheek.

Maya giggled and put her arm behind him on his shoulder, as a friend does to his friend.

Minho felt so happy about her action. Everyone was relieved to see that someone other than Seola was there to punish him.