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had already added something in. “I think I might live forever if I work hard and train right.”
    The boy was ready to nod in understanding at the last of her words. He was about to say some comforting words after hearing the sadness in her small voice. He was about to do all those nice things, yet, when he heard her close the lid over the ceramic teapot, all those good intentions obliterated. It occurred to him that she had unknowingly placed random tea leaves into the teapot that he already placed his own tea leaves into.
    “What are you putting into the teapot?!” he shouted, causing Soo Jin to jump in surprise, completely knocking her out of her solemn thoughts.
    As quick as they were to open up to each other about their fears, the two children were also quick to be distracted when their hotheaded personalities came into play.
    Pissed off at him for scaring her, her eyes burned with rage. Her fear of training to become a God was long gone. All that existed was her bitterness towards him.
    “Don’t yell at me!” she cried back, not even processing that she was adding some other random stuff into his tea until it was too late. Though she should’ve paid attention, the jerk didn’t have to react so dramatically. Annoyed, she threw the remainder of the random tea leaves into the pot just to piss him off some more. “What’s so special about your teapot that I can’t add things into it? I helped carry all of this here, didn’t I?”
    “Those were our last tea flavors, smart one,” he argued back, outraged with her behavior. “We haven’t enjoyed any of the tea. Now you’ve ruined our chance of enjoying these last two. Good going.” To dramatically make his point, he threw a touch of German rock cane sugar into the teapot as well. It was like he was saying, “ Since you already screwed up the tea, I might as well screw it up some more. ”
    “I hope you enjoy this last tea because we have no more to taste-test after this mutant one.”
    “Do your worst,” Soo Jin retorted bravely, lining up two teacups beside the teapot that was now immersed with mutant tea. Though she was nervous to drink this tea mix, she wasn’t about to chicken out. She participated in helping pollute it; it was only right that she learned how badly it had been messed up. “But if it tastes bad, it’s because you added that weird sugar cube thingy.”
    The boy rolled his eyes at her shady attempt to take the accountability off herself. With no more delay, he began to pour the contents of the teapot into the teacups. When the tea filled to the brims, they picked up their respective cups. They gazed nervously at one another, and with much hesitation, as if whispering prayers to not die after drinking this tea mix, each took a sip and then . . . something heavenly happened.
    All the synapses in Soo Jin’s brain sparked up as the taste of this blissful tea graced her tongue and swam down her throat. Her eyes illumed as the most delicious thing she had ever tasted lit up every part of her body. She eagerly gazed up and saw that the hunky one had the same reaction. Staring dumbfounded at the teacup, he smiled incredulously at her. Their smiles confirmed it all: this mutant tea was the most delicious thing they had ever tasted. It tasted like heaven.
    Already getting over their nonsensical bickering, the two children were now lost in a peaceful state as they quietly drank from their teacups and stared out into the beautiful, panoramic view. There was a companionable silence that surrounded them in the hushed ambiance. Although Soo Jin hadn’t known this boy for that long, she couldn’t deny the connection she had with him. They knew when to be serious with one another, they knew when to honestly share their feelings with one another, and they knew how to distract one another from the dark possibilities of their scary futures.
    “If you had a choice and you could go anywhere,” the boy suddenly prompted, still gazing at the majestic