Clementine:
"She’s right. So who’s gonna stay behind?" Yorick asked first.
"How about we do rock-paper-scissors?" Troy suggested. Haiden shook his head.
"I’m really bad at that game. I never have good luck," he complained. The others just watched him.
"So what exactly do you mean by losing? Do you want to go or stay?" Yorick asked, giving him a knowing look.
"Isn’t it obvious? I want to go after my mate," Haiden admitted confidently and shamelessly, preferring to come with me. I noticed Troy and Yorick glance at me, and I instantly felt shy. I didn’t want them saying things like that out loud.
"Fine then. We have to do something." Yorick suggested, "Let’s do this, whoever calls for the index finger when Clementine holds it up gets to go with her. The other two will stay behind." It was a good idea. The two staying behind wouldn’t be alone, since I didn’t trust the white squad.
The three of us turned around. I lifted my small finger, and both Haiden and Troy lifted theirs. "Okay, for this," I said, holding up the index finger. I watched as Yorick raised his hand, and it was decided.
"Damn it! We should have stuck with rock-paper-scissors. This was such a stupid game," Troy complained, glaring at Haiden.
"And you said you were only bad at rock-paper-scissors," Troy continued bothering him. Haiden had his hands on his hips, staring at me as if I were lying. However, Yorick wore a very satisfied look on his face.
"Okay, kids, you all go back inside while we continue our journey. We don’t know when those guys will come back, so we need to find Valerie before the train returns and we are ready to leave. I don’t want another delay once one task is over and Valerie is still missing," Yorick explained, detailing how things could go wrong if we didn’t hurry and finish all the tasks together.
"Whatever," Troy hissed, dismissing Yorick with a wave of his hand.
"Please take care of yourself," he said to me before turning around and leaving. He sounded so upset.
And then there was Haiden, who kept staring at me before he suddenly stepped closer and kissed me on the cheek. My hands were awkwardly clutched between our chests. Once he pulled away and walked back inside, I turned and saw the wide-eyed Oriana.
"He’s gonna get you in a lot of trouble one day," Yorick commented, hissing as he started walking with me. We began walking together. It was just Oriana, Jessie, me, and Yorick at this point.
"Where are we going to find her?" Yorick asked.
"We’ve looked through the woods and didn’t find her, so probably the village, maybe near the station area. Or we can move forward," Oriana suggested, letting us know they had already cleared the area.


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