To Make Things Right

October hadn't stopped running since she left the forest. She was getting tired, but who could blame her? The mountains were a long way away from the woods. She finally collapsed on her knees, running a hand through her hair as she looked around. She noticed a cave not too far up, and she got a strange feeling in her heart that Tsim was up there.

Pulling herself up using a rock she started up toward the cave. Once she reached it, she stood at the mouth, looking around it, then inside of it. "Tsim?" she called quietly, hoping he was there.

She frowned. He hadn't showed himself. She hadn't expected him to talk, since he never did, but somehow, October knew he was here. "Tsim, please... if you're here, at least let me know..." she said sadly, her quiet voice echoing through the cave. "I want to talk to you." She hadn't passed the pillar he was hiding behind yet, but she was coming close to it.

There were tears coming to her eyes. October blinked to hold them back, though, since crying never really helped a situation. "I'm completely healthy now... please, come out, Tsim! I miss you..." She folded her arms over her chest, looking around. She passed the pillar he was hiding behind, but that made a nervous twist in her stomach, almost telling her that she had gone too far.

She turned around quickly, wondering if he was behind that pillar.

The child put her head in her hands when he wasn't there and rubbed her forehead. This wasn't going to work, was it? She couldn't see him, hear him... for all she knew he could be in some other cave. But who knew how many of those things were around here? October leaned against a rock for a moment, sighing. "I'm wasting my time, aren't I? You're probably not here. Ha, so stupid of me. So stupid of me," she said.

If he was there, hopefully a guilt trip would work.

Her mind drifted off slightly to the memory of the empty rooms and the snowball fight at their first meeting. That had been fun... and really hadn't been too long ago, since it happened in January. She missed those times.

October finally looked up, and noticed something moving near the top of the cave. It didn't take a genius to realize who it was, and the thirteen year old ran toward the wall. She had let go of him once, and she wouldn't again. The young female started climbing as fast as she could, hoping they would just be able to fix everything between them.