forum Complete Idiots {Closed}

Started April 25, 2019 by @PrettyLittlePyro

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Kye was quiet for a moment. "Okay. Do you want to see something that I discovered about this cave, probably five minutes after we got here," he took a step backwards looking at her. His heel over the edge of the cliff.

Hunter reached out to grab his arm. “Careful!”

Kye smiled and took that as in invitation to grab her hand. Then he pulled both of them backwards off the cliff and let them free fall into the darkness.

Hunter bit her lip to keep back a scream. She couldn’t show weakness. Not in front of him.
She had started to rethink letting him be near her. She had no idea what he was doing, and was worried that the fall had knocked something loose in him.

Kye pulled her near him and they came to a smooth sliding stop off a slope. Then he let her go, taking a step back knowing she wouldn't want him holding on to her. He had his torch lit so they could see, then he motioned for her to follow. Something in his eyes sparkled, like he knew something she didn't and he couldn't wait to tell her.

Hunter was almost glad as he pulled his arm away, and stuck her arms to her sides. Too late, she realized that she was wearing his sweatshirt, but she couldn’t do anything about that now.

Kye lead her down a dark tunnel. The only light coming from his torch. Then he brought them to a stop, and looked back at her. "I understand that you aren't a huge fan of caves, and I don't expect you to like them just because I do. But I just want to show you another side to a cave, that most people aren't willing to see because they're afraid of what might be down here. Would you like to know why I prefer being in caves?"

Hunter stared at him, standing in the shadows. She nodded slowly. “I guess.”

"Do you trust me enough to let me do this?" he offered his hand to her, the other holding the flickering torch.

Hunter hesitated. She trusted him, yes, but… she sighed. Physical contact. She would never get used to it. She slowly reached out and grabbed his hand.

He nodded and put out his torch surrounding them in darkness, and letting silence settle. His hand gently held hers and gave her the easy option of pulling away. He took a step forwards and waited for her to follow.

She followed, chewing her lip nervously as the torch went out. She was glad, thoug, that the darkness hid her expression.

As they continued, something began to hum in the caves around them, and Kye brought them to a stop. The hum continued and sounded like a song. A light breeze blew past them. Kye smiled but knew Hunter couldn't see him. "Watch this," he whispered. Then he tapped his foot on the ground. Light plumed out under his foot in the rocks, and disappeared.

She gave a slight gasp of awe. “What was that?”

"I haven't ever figured that out," Kye whispered. "But…" he stamped his foot harder and a bluish colored light plumed out around them. "I found years back while I was exploring a cave, that when you walk a cave in complete darkness, and you don't talk. A humming starts and once you hear that, if you hit the rocks they light up."

“Weird,” she breathed, trailing her hand along the wall.

"I find it beautiful," Kye whispered. He walked around, each step creating light from the ground. "There's more, though. Follow me."

Hunter followed him. The misgiving she has had befor seemed to melt away as she ran her hands along the wall, watching the glow trail behind her fingers.

"Can you hear it?" he asked coming to a stop some feet down the cave. "The water?" In the silence water could be heard, it sounded like a water fall. The humming continued and slowly turned into a song that the cave was singing. A few bat squeaks could be heard, and Kye pointed up at the ceiling. Above them glow worms had created beautiful pictures across the ceiling. One actually looked like a girl holding a bow drawn back, and not far from her was a deer. "I think the glow worms know you," in the dim light Kye smiled as he looked at Hunter. "Come on let's go see that waterfall."

Hunter stared around. She hated to admit it, butt it was beautiful. She was astonished that things like this could exist somewhere so horrible. Then again, she didn’t go underground a lot. Maybe she should.
“Lead the way,” she said.

He grinned and began traversing the cave again taking Hunter through what he knew as his world. A place that so many people seemed to fear and hate, all because they didn't understand it. But he knew that some things about the cave was dangerous and there were things that were horrible living down in caves.
They came around a corner to reveal a huge open room. It was lit by the walls, glowing a greenish blue, and the ceiling by the glow worms looking like a full starry sky. Spanning most of the room was a lake filled by a waterfall at the back of the room. The lake itself was surprisingly still for having a waterfall pouring into it. But it reflected the glow worms and looked like glass.

“Holy shit,” she breathed, staring around.

"It's pretty cool isn't it?" Kye looked around and walked into the room. "Even I never knew that a place like this existed in a cave. I've never seen anything like this and quite honestly I wish there were more places like this. It's a good place to go to think and escape." He walked over to the water's edge and gently placed his finger on the water surface. A tiny ripple floated out around it and disappeared.

“It’s amazing,” Hunter breathed. She brushed her hair from her face and sat down next to him, gaze around at everything. Her bright blue eyes tinted from the light of the gloworms, and cast colored shadows on the walls of the cavern.

"What do you plan to do next?" Kye asked, tracing his finger along the ground drawing a little picture on the ground that slowly faded out.