Chapter 3 - Chaotic Place (3)

Tik, Tik, Tik.

From the outside of the tree house, the rhythmic sound of the water drops can be heard.

The sound spread throughout the house, causing the man to awaken. The man slowly opened his eyes and looked at his sleeping wife, and he had never seen her sleep so peacefully and comfortably.

This strengthens the man's resolve, he will try harder, work harder, and strive even harder.

In order to prevent his wife from waking up, the man got up slowly with a new resolve in a new day and new land.

When he emerged from the tree, the fragrance of the earth, trees, and wildflowers greeted him, clearing his mind. With a new sense of determination, he believes his future will be bright and compelling.

The sun had not yet risen, and the sky was a deep dark blue that was neither dark nor bright.

When the man looked around, he was astounded by how nature manages itself. The order of the colorful leaves lined up on the lake's edge, combined with a light breeze that causes the leaves to sway left and right.

When he looks at this, the man goes into a trance, as if he has entered an illusion, an illusion in which a little fairy is chasing and giggling at each other on top of the lake.

"What are you doing husband?" Suddenly the man was startled by the woman's hug from behind.

When the man turned around to see his wife, he was surprised to see her face brighter and more radiant.

'She is happy and worry-free, it was obvious that her face would look brighter like this.' he thought while smiling inside.

"Nothing. "I'm just waiting for you to wake up," the man said as he kissed the woman's forehead.

"Let's have breakfast and we'll be leaving soon." The man said while pulling the woman back inside the tree house.

When they enter the house, they begin to walk toward the tree's wall, where a different type of fruit hangs. To be more specific, they are the same type of fruit, with just a different colors.

The husband and wife start plucking a fruit from the plants on the wall.

The fruit has a slightly oval shape and is covered in tufts all over the skin, similar to dragon fruit. The husband chooses green, while the wife chooses red.

When they eat the fruit, they experience electric shock followed by euphoria throughout their whole bodies. a tingling sensation starts to spread from the toes to the knees, from the knees to the waist, and from the waist to the head.

On the man's pants, some white liquid seeps through his pants, while on the woman, a clear white liquid slides down from her thigh to her knee.

Mmm...!!

When the euphoria fades, the man and woman look into each other's eyes with shock, clearly painted on their faces.

"what… was that?" the wife asks while still basking in the pleasant feeling she has never felt before.

"I… don't know. But what I know is that I feel very energetic and healthy." The man mumbles to himself while looking at the ceiling. "and it feels so good."

The man and woman were still breathing heavily and had a blank expression. When the euphoric feeling wears off, they reeks of sweat and the smell of something they recognize, it's a smell from when they procreate, something they do only at night before going to sleep.

When the husband and wife inhale the pheromone smell from their liquid, they begin to look at each other's eyes with clear lust, lust that begins to cloud their mind and judgment.

"I… think we need to go shower, husband." The woman says with a rush tone.

"I think so, too," the man said as he pulled her toward the lake.

…

The man still can't believe there's something so good out there, and when he thinks about what they've just done, a smile can't help but resurface to his face. It feels like this is the first time they know their own body. Their bodies are only covered by skin, bare naked while embracing each other.

The man looks at her bulging belly, and rubs it with affection and love. While looking at his wife from head to toe, he smiled brightly. He saw it over and over again, never getting tired of looking at his lovely wife, until he realized something was off about her.

If the woman previously had a sunken cheek with no meat in it, her cheeks have now become slightly chubby. If the woman's body used to feel like just bones wrapped in skin, she now has a slightly curvy body, if she used to have a flat chest, people would think of her as a malnourished man if it wasn't for her femininity, then now she has a slightly full boobs, not that big but not that small.

When the man looked back at the previous tree, something clicked on his mind.

'That was… a miracle tree!' The man trembled with excitement when he thought of this.

'Wait! If I'm not mistaken, there is a different color of fruit in there; my wife eats the red one, and her malnourished body becomes like this, and I eat the green one, so if they have the same effect, my body should have changed by now.' He looked at his body from top to bottom, but it was no different from before.

'So, if they have a different effect than the red one, then what benefit does it give?'

The man looks back and forth between his hand and the tree. He clenched and tightened his fist, wanting to feel if something was different than usual. But there is none, nothing was different. He feels like his usual self, just healthier and more energetic.

Wait…

Healthy and energetic?

Come to think of it, my headache is gone! I feel nothing. It's completely gone!'

He put his wife aside softly and stood up, he looked at his reflection in the water. Aghast at what he sees, a young man in his 20s with a slightly handsome countenance, long black hair up to the shoulders. Thick eyebrows, sharp nose and thin lips. With a broad shoulder, he looks like a mighty general.

Unfortunately, with his skinny body, he just looks like a slightly attractive twig that will break if blown by a little wind.

'Is this me?' he touches his face with his hands with a shocked expression.

'Then the green one gives me a handsome face?' the man thought while still touching his face.

"wife! WIFE! wake up! We have some serious problems!" the man shook his wife until she opened her eyes.

What she thought the first time she opened her eyes was who the hell is this man, until her eyes focused again.

"husband…? What? how?" the woman's confused voice was heard.

"There's no time for it, just look at your reflection in the water."

The man pulled the woman until she stood up, then pointed to the water for her to see.

The woman's expression hardened, she couldn't recognize who was in the reflection. This smooth hair, chubby cheek, and a slight full body, who is this? is this her?

"Can you explain what happened?"

"Let's get dressed first and talk in the tree before I explain anything." The man spoke as he dressed and dragged his wife out of the water.

They wear clothes quickly and silently, in a hurry, they run to the tree, and stand in front of the fruit hanging on the wall.

"This is it, the reason why our bodies change." The man pointed at the fruit while looking at it with an intense gaze.

"Did you realize that this fruit has seven different colors? You eat the red one, and your body gets changed, I eat the green one, and I become handsome, maybe? I still can't be sure though if this green fruit is just about the outer appearance." The man says and shakes his head, still not sure about the effect.

"isn't this impossible? How can there be something like this out there?" the women ask in high pitch notes.

Then she remembered that yesterday they just talked with a talking tiger, and now they live in a weird tree, then she resigned.

Once again she needs to remind herself that they are MORTAL! A mere mortal cannot fathom what a god thought about.

The woman took a deep breath to stabilize her heart. To harden what she hears so she doesn't have a heart attack.

"Okay, so this is not a normal fruit, but a fruit that comes from the god?" the woman asked in a trembling tone, while looking at her husband.

"No, this does not come from god. As I already said yesterday, we can't believe in something so vague again. There is no such thing as God! We only need to believe in ourselves because we are the only ones who can save ourselves."

"And because this tree and fruit are impossible in and of themselves, I named them miracle trees and miracle fruit. AND the miracle itself, which will assist us in realizing our dream! The place for us to live without threat and worry!" the man pointed at the fruit with closed eyes and a smile on his face.

"A good name, impossibilities, and miracle." The woman nodded and a warm smile pestered on her face.

"Let's start our planning on the 'first step on how to realize our dream'" the man says while plucking seven fruits of different colors.

The fruit was placed on top of the table by the man. He set aside the two fruits whose effects were already known and turned his attention to the five others, the effects that were still unknown.

They try to lift and weigh each fruit, but they come up empty-handed.

The weight of the fruit was the same, with nothing different. Even the details are the same. The turfs, the shape, and the inside are the same. The difference is just the outer color.

"Wait, husband. I think before we start our experiment, we need to know first what happened to our body, so we can know what differences our body makes after we eat the fruit." The woman stops when she sees her husband wants to eat the other fruit.

When he heard his wife's words, the man's eyes lit up. He nodded at her, and started walking outside, where the place is rather spacious with only weeds.

"Let's start with you, wife. what do you feel after eating the red one?" the man circles the woman while asking, he looks up and down at the woman.

"Nothing, I don't feel anything."

"Are you sure?"

"On a second thought, I feel kinda heavy?" the woman answered with a pondering look.

"No, it's only because you gain weight." The man replied while shaking his head.

"So? Did you really not feel anything? Maybe a slight change in your body?"

"Yes, I didn't feel any."

The man was silent for a while, thinking if the fruit really just enhanced her body.

"Then let's start with me first" the man says.

"I just feel healthier and more energetic than before, I even feel better than ever." The man said this while jumping up and down and running around before returning to his wife. "However, I didn't even feel tired, perhaps the green one also improved my stamina?"

The man put on a pondering face while looking at his wife.