Chapter 4

"why do I feel that you always want me dead?" - she asked him full of resentment.

Tangkad chuckle a few seconds and turns back to his original expression.

"because you have to" - he answered calmly.

Now, she really seriously feel ill and feel no much strength, part of her want to believe of his words for the mean time.

"Okay... okay... I should feel honoured to be killed by you then, than Jerome" - she said sarcastically.

Tangkad didn't say anything.

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Few minutes have past they began their journey.

She's now following him like a traveler along her tour guide. He leads' the way to a place she never know but she can't even complain to him because it's useless. She doesn't even had any idea what will happen to her if they keep going, anyway she had nowhere to go but follow him wherever he take her.

"hey! I trust your *ss for now, don't let me down" - she said making their journey light.

"Anyway, you have a nice butt, I just wonder why you wear like that, it must be inconvenient for you to be pestered by so much women drooling over your body because of that showy outfit" - she commented on him without any malice.

Tangkad suddenly stop from walking and face Danica.

"Women here are not like what you think and instead of minding others business, must think first of a way on how you can walk faster and seal your noisy mouth for an hour" - he throw his walking stick to her and continue walking.

Stricken with the unexpected move, Danica tried to catch the stick but clumsily, it just hit her head instead.

"Ouch! you cold blooded caveman, I'll make you pay, just wait!"

She gestured hitting him with the stick but ended up admiring his masculine physique.

His tan skin looks gold under the sun. His long black hair is smooth and flowy. Danica, feel envious with him, touching her dry and frizzy hair.

His movements embodied a real well respected noble man and there's a strong sense of authority in his aura. She suddenly she feel afraid of herself making fun of him a while ago.

Out of her mind she noticed that Tangkad had actually a good built from a back. His breechcloth made him even more hot but she had never notice how wonderful and fabulous his body is, until she looked at him from a distance. How stupid she is for missing such an opportunity to take a good look of it a while ago when she tried to snatched his poniard. She'll sure won't missed it again and should take more advantage with that figure.

*growls*

"Tangkad, I'm hungry" let me eat you he he. Just kidding!.

Tangkad never respond.

"Oy! want me dead like this? Can you even let me die in a coolest way?"

like making me tired and scream with gratitude... I would die happily if that plan never ruined by that gay and that gold digger. Do it for me, help me fulfill my wish my little Tarzan.

"you must have forgotten that it's you who 's eager to kill your self a while ago to escape this so-called 'dream' of yours" - he answered.

She remembered how she sneakily snatch his poniard and act to be like Tanjiro Kamado, and she had regret that she forgot to touch his abs at that moment. At the same time she was struck with this shame because she looks' stupid to him.

Danica was simply dumbfounded in every reply he thrown to her.

"Fine you win, but I'm really hungry! believe me"

Tangkad suddenly stop walking and turn his back, making his way towards her.

"such a nuisance" - he murmurs.

Using his golden poniard he cut a small chunk from the walking stick he just gave her. Tangkad peeled the bark of the tubular stick and gave it to her.

"What I'm gonna do with this?" - she confusedly look at him with dismay.

"want me also to help you eat it?"

"Eh? want me to eat a wood? you just ruined my walking stick" - Danica complained and inspect properties of the stick but she never remember what kind of food it is, but look at it as a mere piece of wood.

"How come such a human never knew how to eat sugarcane" - he wondered with dismay.

"Sugar cane? really? you know I never seen one in my whole life, but I do know that sugar products came from this crop, but I never knew how it look like, aiya! doesn't it need to be processed first before eating like this?, going to machines first and what so ever?" - she smell the stick and take good look at the crop with so much awe.

"What is a machine?" - Tangkad blankly ask.

*kroooo... krooo... krooo...*

"Never mind, just teach me how to eat that, I just hope I won't get diabetes or get fatter"

"Your saying a lot of weird things, humans do have a lot of secrets" - he stated.

"Whatever just give me that wood" - she grab the piece of sugar cane Tangkad had cut for her.

Danica licked the tip of it never asking how to ate it properly. Amazed by its sweet taste she try to do the same but she noticed she's doing it wrong when she worn out her tongue.

Suddenly, Tangkad immediately snatch the sugarcane from her hand and bite it forcefully with his strong white teeth breaking the chunk into two parts. Tangkad use the other half to instruct her how to eat it properly.

"You need to bite it first, mashed it with your teeth and sip the juice" - he said as he act what he said.

Danica gulp a few lumps in her throat because of Tangkad's' alluring bump in his neck that slides up and down as he sip the juice extract from the sugarcane. She definitely can't resist the thirst he stimulated to her with that act.

"Is it that simple?" - she look at him with admiration. He really look handsome to her now. His deep eyes, his wet and reddish lips like swelled by sucking the juice in the crop.

I want to be like crop.

She had to gulp more to erase her lustful thoughts.

"Its up to you, unless you're expecting me to juice it for you ready to drink" - he said.

*instantly blush*

"No, of course not! I'm fine"

actually I really like your Idea but I'm still reserved. I need to be conditioned first to enjoy the moment. Never thought you'd be this hot. I really can't help my self.

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They continue to walk after Danica finished her food, she's still hungry but the sugarcane help ease her thirst and hunger. For almost two hours they never talked to each other.

Danica just followed him all the way. Until she finally get bored and couldn't control herself not to talk to him.

"hey! how old are you?"

No answer.

"Where are we? what place is this? are we in Africa? Bukidnon? Cordillera Valley?"

No answer.

"Ey tangkad, I'm just curious, why do you keep addressing me as human? are you not human? you know you look like our ancestors in precolonial era that I've seen in books, you really had a weird taste. look at my clothes. I'm wearing a fancy pajama I wore on my birthday party but I can't change it now, I wish I had my closet with me, I want to wear that red dress. Oh, I remember, I'm good at tailoring, I'm gonna make you some nice shirts and tux when you help back home, you'll be the next Asia's men top model in Philippine. Your potential is over flowing. I'm going to be your manager. Haha hey say something!"

No answer.

"where are we going?" she just keep on asking him hoping he'd finally answers her question and she have to hear his voice again.

"Bansot, you know what? it's the reason why I don't really want to tell you anything at first, but because your slow than other human I met, I had to explain the difference between dream and reality, and now that you know something, you keep on asking me so much question. Did someone ever told you that your words are much taller than you?"

Is he insulting my height?

"Hmmmm" - she nods' unconsciously.

Yes, he's the only one who insult her height. All boys she met never look down on her. They never make her feel bad by mentioning her flaws. All her life, she's filled with compliments and praise. No one dares to insult her because she'll surely punish them with her hand, but now she feel so small in front of him. She can't fight back and defend herself that she's not what he thinks.

She was hurt a lot with the fact that he never value her beauty and physicality, and worst he never value her life.

Danica never speak any word after that.

Tangkad noticed that she's not in herself. He thinks' it's much better, to let her out of herself for the moment than to hear her complains and absurd questions.

Right now, Danica's mind is in a mess... there's so much thoughts for her to handle. So much questions to answer and she can't even think properly with that state so she let her mind migrated somewhere for the mean time and let it go back on its own later. She badly needed to get some rest and piece of mind at the moment.

She suddenly feel this unknown feeling that there is like something pricking her heart inside.

"Don't think too much, you just died...

must live your new life now, from now on" - he said sincerely.

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