So, The Runaway Couple won the third prize in Star Gazing awards. I am so happy!! Anyways, read the author's note in the end for the (trashy) explanation...

Odilia's point of view:-

I have officially lost it. These last few days in the cave with a guy has made me lose my mind.

I almost had sex with Elias.

And that is not the worst part. The worst part is that Elias doesn't even care that I almost kissed him. When he whispered oh-so lightly, I was ready to mother his children. His voice was so sexy.

When I kissed him, I almost drank him like he was the last drink on Earth. His lips were rough, but soft at the same time. His lips were like a coconut; coarse in its texture but the softest once you bit it. I kept kissing him with determination and instead of kissing me back, he bit my lip softly, making me lose it.

Only if he had not stopped...

Just thinking about how experienced he would have been in the bedroom made me hot. But I certainly couldn't bed him. It was a shame he was handsome. I possibly couldn't entangle him in my web of lies.

You just break people's hearts, Odilia.

Just let me know why you keep on saying utter crap. Why are you so hell-bent on making my life an absolute mess?

I signed up for this.

Well, I certainly didn't! You are the worst sub-conscious anyone could ask for.

I am not your sub-conscious, Odilia.

Who are you, then?

That's one secret I can't afford to slip.

Huh?

'Imogen! Where should I keep these fishes?' Elias shouted from a distance, holding a huge gingko leaf full of fishes. He can stick the fishes up his...

'HELLO?! I AM ASKING YOU SOMETHING IMOGEN?' Can he not say my name, well fake name. It sends chills down my spine. How he bit my lip and grabbed my waist...

You reek of desperation, Odilia.

Please die.

Not before you do.

Huh? Who is this woman?

He came towards me with smelly fishes in his hand and looked at me intently. I stared at his eyes, as clear as a stream, and took a deep breath instinctively. He neared my face and kept staring at me. Suddenly, he gave a toothy smile and shoved a packet of berries in my hand.

'I thought that you would like to eat something different.' I opened my mouth to ask him if it was poisonous and as if he read my mind, he replied, 'I know for a fact they are not harmful. My mother eats these a lot. She says it helps her with headaches.' I nodded wordlessly and sniffed them.

They were definitely wonderful in smell. Hoping not to make the atmosphere around us uncomfortable, I skipped towards the cave and dug around one of the shelf-like area for my book.

Elias followed me inside the cave and gave me a strange look. I popped a berry in mymouth and offered some to him. He took them with a slight nod and wehad a meal out of it.

'Aha! I found it. See, when you asked me for Jewel Weed, I tried to find some of the ailments that can be healed by this. Turns out, you had probably sniffed or touched Belladona flowers.' I showed him the royal doctor's writing. They were definitely a life saver, since they gave me their personal book for me to carry.

He scratched theback of his neck and yet again, gave me a strange look. 'I have no clue about what this Belledonner-'

'Belladonna flowers.'

'-What you said. I don't what they look like. May I remind you this is most activity Ihave done in the forest since I was born. Do you have a drawing of some sort?' I nodded and flipped the pages to show him Maria's rendition of the flower. The beautiful flower had hues of yellow and red and was definitely good looking. It's touch, on the other hand, was nothing less than a burning acid.

He scrunched his nose and shook his head. He took the book from my hands and flipped through the pages. While he was busy in being fascinated by Maria's drawings, I kept thinking about her. How she would have been when she realized that I ran away like a little coward? She would have definitely ransacked the entire castle to find me.

Like that one time when you mixed a yellow coloured powder with the castle's laundry?

A small chuckle escaped my lips and I shook my head. I can still see father's face from when I acted out. Suddenly, I hear the voice of Elias coughing.I turn around to see him coughing his guts out. I pat his back harshly and give him water. After sometime he replies the absolute last thing I wanted to hear.

Blaine's point of view:-

One moment I amadmiring the paintings of poisonous plants and the next, I am choking on the berries I brought for Imogen.

'Are you alright, Elias?' She asks after giving me water. I shook my head and pointed to the very painting of the fruit we were eating. Her eyes widened like a new-born child and gagged. I guess she was also trying to get it out of the body.

'You absolute fool! You told me that they are not poisonous! They are hallucinating berries for the love of God!' She screamed at me while I tried to avoid her eyes.

'Hey! It's not like we ate too much...' I pointed to the still full basket of leaves inwhich lied the berries. She flipped the pages quickly and showed me the symptoms and dosage.

RAFFLESSIA ARNOLDII- PLANT/FLOWER

Dosage

Skin of the fruit triggers the reaction. Advisable to use cutlery to consume it.

Take one and a half fruit for numbing the pain while a doctor stiches the wounds. Three and one-fourth of the fruit is used to make alcohol.

Also used for truth serums. The serum have at least the juice of at least 12 fruits.

More than 5 fruits lead to hallucinations. Can last from three hours to an entire night.

'Okay, this is not bad. I mean, we have definitely eaten at least 10 of those but it can't be worse.' I tried to reason. She gave me a glare and threw the book somewhere. I flinched at her reactions because... Well, I am definitely scared of her.

'Elias, I am getting a headache and it is all your fault. I never asked for your stupid berries!' She screamed at me whilst holding her head. I winced at the volume becuase even I had a painful migraine at the back of my head.

'You want some fish?' I offered her to divert her mind. She gave me what I would call an incredulous look and showed me her middle finger.

Well, I deserved that, not gonna lie.

'Imogen. Everything will be fine. Why don't you have a walk out-'

'My mother left me.' She cut me off with a loud sigh and walked away.

Ouch.

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I am back and I apologize deeply that I haven't updated earlier. I got my exam results (aka board percentage) a week back and they were not the best. They were pretty much average and my parents gave me a lot of shit for it - in a calm and nonchalant manner, obviously. They are Indian.

Plus, Glitchpad deleted my drafts and again, I was very sad and angry. I took a hiatus of some sort and tried to write the chapter exactly the way I had written earlier. The updates would be somewhat slower than before because all my drafts were deleted. 

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-a person who needs to sleep.