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Hyeri sat up abruptly and started coughing, her cheeks red from embarrassment.

"Are you alright?" Dara asked noticing her quick change in behavior.

"Y-yeah and no. I don't look at you lips. It's just that I would really appreciate if the both of us could bathe. I hate going on without cleaning myself." She said avoiding eye contact.

"I'm sorry you have to go through all this, limited food, no water and endless walking." Dara said laying down again.

"It's not like I have something better to do." Hyeri said and looked at the sky.

"I would love to have a meaning, where my days are not worthless." Hyeri said and pressed her lips in a thin line.

"I kept myself busy all this while, first with these tests then taking care of you and now helping you but I don't know what I'll do after sending you off." Dara felt bad for her, really bad.