When Severo Laris was so mean to her, Paula Rouco screamed indefinitely, her tears rolling down her face.
All the negative emotions that had been building up for a long time exploded in a moment.
Paula Rouco clenched her little fist, arched her thin, snowy neck and choked, “I’m the one who keeps provoking and provoking, okay! Is it wrong that I like you? I won’t provoke you anymore! Now you’re free! I won’t bother you again!”
The girl in front of him was crying with reddened eyes, her thin little nose twitching as she cried, the teardrops seeming to become daggers that stung Severo Laris.
Severo Laris bowed slightly and turned his back to her, crouching down in front of her and patting her shoulder, “Come up here.”
Paula Rouco clenched her little fist and wiped her eyes, her voice foggy and hoarse from crying, “What for?”
“You can stay here and dry off if you don’t want us to get eaten by all the wolves out there tonight.”
Paula Rouco’s watery eyes widened at the word “coyote” and she peered warily into the dark forest. “Are there really coyotes here?”.
The tone is naïve and silly.
For a moment, Severo Laris’s temper, surprisingly, fizzled.
The girl climbed onto Severo Laris’ back and wrapped her arms around his neck, her almond-shaped, obsidian-black eyes glancing around nervously and urging Severo Laris onward.
“Come on, Severo.”
Severo Laris: …
Not even a little tantrum at the sound of a coyote?
If I’d known, I should have scared it off sooner.
“Severo, the wolves here must be very fierce, so go quickly.”
“… Can I fly?”
Paula Rouco puffed out her little mouth: “…”
Severo Laris carried her on his back as he found his way back through the big forest.
Paula Rouco, her little face dirty from crying, now wide-eyed, leaned over Severo Laris’ shoulder and asked, “Do you remember the way back?”
It was already dark and even Severo Laris, with his excellent sense of direction, wasn’t sure of the route.
“I’m not quite sure.”
Paula Rouco searched the area with her eyes, patted Severo Laris with her small hand and pointed to the path on the right, “I remember coming from there.”
Severo Laris carried her on his back and headed down the path to the right.
After walking for about ten minutes, there was no end in sight.
Paula Rouco muttered, “…. I distinctly remember it coming from here.”
Severo Laris kept silent and turned around to go back, not being nice enough to be mean to her.
Paula Rouco got fierce with her little face, “Why didn’t you analyze it and listen to me?”.
Severo Laris: …
Are women that unreasonable?
Carry Paula Rouco on my back through the woods for about half an hour.
In the faint moonlight, he saw the thin sweat trickling down the side of Severo Laris’s face.
The tip of the heart, soft and painful.
“Am I heavy, why don’t you leave me on the ground and go ahead and find your way?”
Severo Laris cast a slight sidelong glance, his voice still subdued and calm, “Leaving you here alone, aren’t you afraid of wild wolves?”
“…”, he bit his lip.
Paula Rouco gazed raptly at his neat side and asked, fearful and expectant, “You … and Engracia really aren’t together and you’re not going to America together?”
Severo Laris lifted the small body, which had slumped a little on his back, upward and propped his legs on his large hands.
In response to her question, he emitted a faint “hmm.”
“So what you’re saying is that you’re single now?”
Severo Laris says, “I don’t have time for a relationship.”
He has lived an always intense life and hasn’t wasted a single minute.
Rufio says he’s a 24-hour robot, Lastra says he’s a money printer.
In his life there are only two words, make money, and he couldn’t be more realistic.
Paula Rouco throws herself on the back of her neck and chokes out under her breath, “Am I really that bad when the guy I like would rather be single than with me?”
Severo Laris shakes his chest.
She felt very aggrieved, and when she said it, her voice was soft and clingy, with a hint of anguish, like that of a small child who doesn’t get candy.