"Death stick."

That was Ari. He knew without looking.

He was smoking again, this time alone in the place where he had left that irritating girl before.

But for some reason, although his heart was jumping he refused to look at her direction. What on earth was she doing here? How on earth does she know of this place?

"I'm surprise to see you here." She voiced out his thoughts. Unlike the previous days, she did not jump on him to give him a hug. Rather she stood some distance away, as though she did not want to scare him off. Maybe that was the case since the last time they met outside, he literally took off.

He finally turn to look at her, his curiosity winning. She looked different, in fact so different that he coughed. He had forgotten how to smoke. If he had not known her voice maybe he would not have known it was her.

A good minute later, he was still coughing and Ari was petting his back and laughing her heart out.

"I did not mean to scare you. Do I look that scary?"

Kai wiped the tears that had escaped, with his sleeves and took a deep breath. This was a different side of her, a side which he could never even imagine.

"What are you doing here?" He asks, his eyes squinted a little in suspicion.

"I'm exploring!" She replies, her eyes brighter than ever. "I haven't been able to come to this side before so it is actually exciting. No one lives in this area. But you'll be surprise to hear that o