Slapped them.

"Stop!" "Please stop; they can't hurt you; they're small," Maya hurriedly exclaimed as she knelt down to gather them all.

"Who or what are they?" Watching her gather them, Minho remarked, "I have never seen this before in my whole life, not even in the movies."

"They are tears of mine." Maya explained to them in a serious voice, "They are called Miniz, and whenever I cry, my teardrops transform into them."

"Are you sure I'm not dreaming?" "This is so hard to believe," Minho remarked, thinking to himself, "Pinch me."

"I believed that such a thing only existed in a fantasy world, not in the real world," Jaena murmured, astonished to learn that these were Maya's tears.

Maya smiled and replied, "Yeah, me too, but my identity is itself a big question mark, so I think anything is conceivable." However, they all picked up on the hints of helplessness and misery in her tone.

Jaebin, who only listened to her and did not say a single word except to ask her name earlier, wanted to know all of the answers to her queries and how to return to her human look so that she could have a regular life once more and be happy.

His heart had been shattered by her melancholy, but he could not yet comprehend these new emotions.

"Can I touch them"? Minho asked. "Do they bite us?" One after another, he questioned, "Are they dangerous?"

"Yes, of course, but I can't promise you they won't bite since I've never given them to anybody else and this is the first time a human has expressed an interest in holding them," Maya responded hesitantly.

Finally, Minho grabbed a Miniz. Miniz gave him a suspicious look before settling on his palm and appearing to be at ease.

As Minho saw this, his heart melted. Minho fell in love with these creatures right away.

"They seem to like you," Maya replied with a little smile. "They've got a good feeling for you if they lay down on your hand."

They all took one or two in their hands and began interacting and playing with them. Like they had discovered an adorable baby in the woods, their gaze softened. Miniz were hard to resist.

"Can we bring one or two back home?" Minho inquired sweetly, blinking as if a kitten was staring at her.

"I'm sorry, but I'm unable to grant you permission because all of them belong to me and require my care in order to survive." Maya hesitated before saying this since she felt a little bad for not giving him what he wanted.

"No!” “No, it's okay," he apologetically said.

They continued to converse about the outside world, what was happening, who they were, and where they belonged.

They all had the impression of being longtime friends. They rapidly grew close, and they exchanged many details and insider knowledge with her as if she were a close friend.

Without any reservations, they had entire faith in her.

They all also remarked that, whereas she used to be extremely quiet when they first met, she now talks quite a lot.

Since Maya hasn't had a conversation with anyone for the past three years, it isn't her fault.

She was someone that was difficult to ignore, and they all thought her personality to be quite enticing.

Her beauty, grace, and delicacy were all quite admirable, especially her eyes and hair. They were all taken aback by how attractive someone could be.

***

Boy 1 laughed mockingly and remarked, "It appears as if someone escaped."

With a cunning smirk, girl 1 speculated, "Perhaps she was kidnapped like previously."

Boy 2 mocked, "Or maybe some animal ate her whole."

When Hoor crossed their way at the market, all of this had already been said. She used enormous self-control in order to remain silent, but she finally gave up and approached them.

"I heard you had something to say about my sister; just tell me where you think she is," she said as if she didn't know about her and asked for their assistance.

Boy 1 spoke to her earnestly as if he were trying to help her: "Don't you know your sister had an affair with a boy from her class; perhaps she ran away with him?"

However, Hoor was a very irritable young lady, and she smacked him so forcefully in the face that her imprint lingered there for so long.

"You too! "I believe you mentioned my sister when you were talking about her; is that correct?" She yelled and snapped her fingers in front of the girl's face with a forceful voice that could have brought anyone to their knees.

Girl 1 said, now frightened, "No, I didn't say anything; you must have heard something different; I didn't mean anything."

"But you still need something, so here, take it," she said while slapping her as well.

When she turned her face around to look at the other boy, he ran away, and both of his friends did too.

Just because of these people, she had to delete her sister's social media accounts and block everyone from her phone.

She tried to do anything to save her sister from the rumors.

"This is my final warning to you all; never come to our house again, and do not talk to us," she yelled out loudly so that everyone in the market could hear her.

"If I heard anything about my sister, any rumor, I never let someone go easily," she said. Everyone shook due to the strength of her voice.

One elderly man approached her and politely asked, "Daughter, do you need any help from us?" "We can assist you. Is your mom doing well right now?" "Visit my clinic; I'll give her some complimentary medication."

"You didn't come when we needed you, and now that you're asking me if I need help, no thanks!" She said, "You can go on your way, and let me go on my way," before turning around to head back to her house.

Maya and Hoor had opposite personalities compared to each other.

Hoor, who was younger than Maya but more mature than her, was a very bold and strong-minded girl who didn't stand for any nonsense, whereas Maya was a really sweet, idealistic kind of girl.

Their parents never worried about her because they knew she could survive alone in the event of an emergency, but if something happened to Maya, they weren't very sure, and the past incident made them worry more about her.

When Maya was only three years old, she was abducted. For more than two weeks, she was locked in a pitch-black chamber with no windows and no lighting.

Thankfully, her parents were able to locate her, but this tragedy nevertheless traumatized her.

After that, her parents would never allow her to go anywhere by herself. However, they had now lost Maya entirely, and unlike the previous time, she left no traces behind.

She was scared of being alone and in the dark because of this, but what they didn't know was that her daughter had mastered this phobia of her and that she was now surrounded by animals and radiated with a natural glow.