"Whatever" he just turned away.

"Ive had enough crap for one day." he started pushing through a bush.

"Im going hunting by myself. dont like the feeling of him judging me" and with that he stormed away.

He walked for a while before untensing. He knew hunger was part of his bad mood, but to be fair, the day had been quite stressful.

Dealing with rykers other half wasnt helping things.

Eke sat on a rock and exhaled trying to calm himself down. Way to go, he thought to himself. "Way to act like a petulant teenager" he said aloud.

He was still hungry so he got up and went to the river to hunt, scoring some smaller fish and one medium. He didnt bother with cooking it. too hungry to care and he didnt exactly have a knack for cooking.

After some time, eke came bounding through the bushes.

He tumbleed and looking around widly as if he just escaped something.

He was also soaked. Once stopped he was coughing out water and panting.His heart was still pounding.

There was a noise from the distance from where he came and he scrambled backwards.

He looked for ryker.

He slowly got up feeling a little dizzy from running like that.

"Ryker? brother?" he was in such a panic his sight hadnt focused

He ran over and hugged him, still sopping wet.

"God dang river monster! in the forest river!" he was almost hysterical.

"Stupid thing almost had me for lunch. i ran back as fast as i could. you shoulda seen the tail on this thing!" he looked at ryker then stopped.

"Hey...you okay?" he tilted his head and took rykers hand.

"Did i..did i upset you?"

"Hey...hey dont do that. dont deflect." he looked at ryker.

"Listen i was just hungry and stressed out. i shouldnt have taken it out of you. and im not that tough, just scared for my life" he offered a sheepish smile.

"Seriously...cheer up though.normally it doesnt bother me. He was just really...rude to me and it just piled on top of everything that happened." he didnt like seeing ryker like this.

"No. im not okay. im worried about you. we both agreed to let him out the first time. we BOTH agreed to let him help. its on me too" his face contorted in concern.

"I love you. your my brother..i should have known to expect him to be...well him" he hugged ryker.

"Cmon cheer up...i cant rest easy till you do"

He smiled brightly. he beamed. this was better.

He hugged ryker tighter. "Dont scare me like that. i thought i lost you" he wiped his face.

Now that he could calm down he shivered, then sneezed.

He had been soaking for a bit and now he was cold

He nodded and pulled the massive jacket close to him.

"When do you think that guy will be done?" he asked, ending with a sneeze.

Well that was just awesome, a cold on top of everything. he frowned for a moment but shrugged it off.

A cold was nothing compared to what he just survived.

"As long as he doesnt talk to me...im fine" he nodded. He sniffled and kept walking.

"Cold today huh?" his looked at ryker his hair starting to dry.

"Your not...upset that im getting a cold are you?"

"No it makes sense but the way i see it is, its just a cold." he rubbed his hair trying to dry it off.

"Whats a cold to surviving a death curse and a river monster that looks too big to fit in the river?" he looked over shaking the water from his hands.

"Whats a mere cold to dealing with your other side directly twice in one day?" he smiled then sneezed.

"Its no big deal compared to everything else. its not like im bed ridden from it"