Alexis stared at the white horse in front of her while Oramis pulled a black one with a white mane beside it. "Why horses?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.

"Would you rather walk?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"No....but I've never ridden on before.."

"You haven't!?" He looked at her.

She stared at him blankly. "Why do you sound so surprised?"

"I thought the adventurous Alexis would have ridden a horse before, that's all.."

"Are you teasing me?"

"Maybe.." He grinned.

Alexis sighed. "Show me how to get on."

Oramis walked over towards her. Holding out his hands, he boosts her up on the horse and helped her get comfortable. "Make sure you don't kick the horse when moving or it will run." he warned as he got on his.

Alexis hummed in reply as she secured her bag. As both started heading away from Oramis' house, Alexis questioned Oramis about himself. "I have lived with you for a little while now so I think I should be able to know."

"I don't enjoy talking about myself. I find it unrelatable to our mission."

"Why do you live by yourself? Could it be that you got kicked out of your previous house by a girlfriend you cheated on!?"

"Don't assume such absurd things."

"Ah right, you have to be good enough to have a girlfriend, to begin with.."

"Why do you think I'm not good enough!?"

"The sky looks so pretty today Oramis."

"Don't change the subject..."

(TIME SKIP: 2 hours later)

"My butt hurts Oramis." Alexis complained

"Suck it up."

"Can we take a break?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

Alexis puffed her cheeks. "I am still a girl and so I also need to be treated as so.."

"..." Oramis sighed in annoyance. "I guess we can take a little break, but we can't stay for too long."

"Yay!" Alexis cheered.

Oramis couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he helped her off of her horse. Alexis stretched her arms and legs as she watched Oramis give to horses water.

"Where exactly are we right now?" Alexis asked as she looked around. Her eyes soon fell on a river not far from them.

"That's the Midori river. We are in Yakushima right now." He said, following her gaze.

"Is it okay if I look around for a bit?"

"Just as long as you're back in 30 minutes."

"Thanks!" She said, running to follow the flow of the river.

Alexis weaved her way through trees as she tried to keep the river in view. After about 5 minutes of squeezing herself through the overgrown vines that swung from tree to tree, she found herself on a cliff looking above the river that appeared rougher. Making her way to the edge, she looked down at the green-tinted water. As soon as she was about to walk back to Oramis, the under her crumbled, causing her to fall into the water.

Alexis came back up coughing but was soon pushed back down by the rough waters. Struggling to keep her head above the water, Alexis sucked up as much air as she could, worried that each could be her last. It didn't take her long to find out why the waters were so rough, for she could hear a waterfall behind her. Turning around, her fears were correct. She was approaching the waterfall fast. Kicking her legs, Alexis struggled to swim to the edge but was too late. She plummeted down with the water. Closing her eyes, she braced for what would be her last few moments but instead felt a pair of arms surround her and was pulled into a hard chest.

Looking up, her blue hues met brown ones. She was carefully set down on the ground by the river.

"I am really starting to think its fate between us." Tristen teased.