Chapter 1
Raven dropped the woods on the ground, letting out a long and loud sigh.
"We're eating?" Murphy asked, walking towards the group.
"Yes." Indra answered who's still cooking. "But the commander—"
"Lexa." Gaia corrected her, fixing the table where they will all eat. "She wants us to call her by her name, mother."
"Called her commander for years. Of course, that'd be hard." Echo commented who's just sitting beside Gaia.
Indra just cleared her throat, her eyes still focused on the food she's cooking, then she asks again, "She's still not here. Clarke too."
"They've been gone since lunch." Murphy sat beside Echo. "They just took off after they eat."
"I'll look for them." Indra said who halted what she's doing and was about to go when Murphy stopped her.
"Woah, wait." he stood. "I'll go look for them."
"I'm going with you." Raven presented.
"And why is that?"
"Well," she shrugged. "I want to know why they're not yet coming back." she whispered with a smirk on her face.
Echo scoffed.
Murphy just chuckled and shook his head. "Then let's go bust them."
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Lexa caresses Clarke's hair, watching her sleep on her lap. Clarke's hand is also resting on top of her lap, holding onto it.
She looked up to the sky. She knew it's time for dinner, and the others might be looking for them already but she doesn't want to disturb Clarke's peaceful sleep.
So, she just continued caressing Clarke's hair to her arm, while she's leaning against a tree.
Minutes later, she felt Clarke's hand squeezes her thigh.
Clarke moved, lying her back on Lexa's lap, facing her. "I don't want to go back yet." she whispered
Lexa nearly chuckles. "You're not hungry?"
"Are you?"
A small smirk graced Lexa's lips. "No."
A hard, resounding laugh rips up from Clarke’s throat as she put her hand at the back of Lexa’s neck with an urgent hand, pulled her down and their lips met.
Lexa's fingers curled around Clarke's that's resting atop her abdomen, holding onto each other's hand.
A throat cleared from behind them, and they both jolted at the sound. Their faces separate quickly and turned their heads toward the intruder— the intruders.
Murphy and Raven stood in the frame. Murphy's leaning on a tree, his one hand's in his pocket, grinning at them. Raven shook her head, her lips painted with an amused smile. She cleared her throat again, more pointedly, before saying, "You guys are so cute but it's time to eat. And by eat, I meant foods."
Clarke sat leisurely up and let out a sigh that sounds almost like a laugh. She shook her head with it and ran a hand over her hair down to her face. "We'll be right there." she reassured.
"Uh, uh." Murphy shook his head, disagreeing as he steps forward toward them. "You need to come with us now. Unless you want Indra to come and pick you up instead."
Lexa quickly rose to her feet before Clarke can even retort to Murphy.
She cleared her throat, "Let's go, Clarke. I'm hungry." she said before moving past them to leave.
Raven and Murphy turned to watch Lexa walks away.
"She just said earlier that she wasn't hungry." Clarke said, almost rolling her eyes as she walks toward them.
Raven looked at her. "Is she scared of Indra?"
"No. She doesn't want Indra to see her soft side."
Raven laughed out loud. "Why is that?"
"Well," Murphy sighed. "Looks like Indra's not ready to see that side either. She's still calling her 'commander'."
Raven scoffed then turned to look at Clarke. "Just imagine Indra's reaction when she caught you and Lexa red handed."
Murphy grinned. "That should be fun."