Some Unfinished Business

The next couple of days passed in a blur, with the newly formed party of three finding solace among each other's company.

It was far more than just cultivation holding them together: a strong mutual attraction had formed between the three, in such a short period, with them spending all their time in the day practicing their chi or going on walks through the monastery grounds. 

Occasionally, an elder would give them trouble for being derelict in their duties, and they would simply take off running away; laughing like a group of delinquents until they disappeared into the wheat fields. Where they, with their young hearts pumping adrenaline, would cultivate freely. Sometimes for hours, if the mood was just right.