Maya got exposed

"Would you like to tour my home, guys? It's not far," Maya delighted in inviting her new friends to her home.

"Have you got a house? Let's go! I want to see that right away." Jaena exclaimed while jumping up and down.

Everyone agreed since they were all eager to learn how she had survived for three years by herself in this forest.

They all made their way to her house, and when they did, they were all in awe of how exquisitely she had built it using wood and plants, with floral decorations on the windows and a staircase as well.

It was already too late; the sun was setting, and the forest was growing somewhat darker. She turned on her lamp and climbed the stairs.

They requested as to whether it would be okay if they peered inside her home, to which she happily agreed.

They all go one by one to take a look around because the house can only handle one or two people at once due to its frailty.

They all entered with excitement but left with skepticism. Once everyone had finished exploring, they moved away from her and started talking in groups.

Daehyun questioned, perspiring profusely, "Are the rumors true that she kills people and takes their things?"

Although Jeana's heart was beating so quickly and she was very terrified inside, she answered, "No, I don't think so. Look how she appears so innocent, and yet she can kill a person."

"She has powers, don't you know?" Minho exclaimed in fear.

I had forgotten how many people she had murdered.

Seola heard everything that was said and raised an eyebrow while turning to face him and saying, "Shut your mouth, don't you remember she saved Jaebin."

We should ask her before we form any opinions about her, Jaebin said while remaining motionless.

Maya was standing calmly and perplexed by their actions as they all nodded in agreement and turned to face her.

Are they talking about my house, or are they preparing to harm me?

She worriedly thought.

"Hey! Maya! We'd like to ask you some questions; please answer them truthfully." Daehyun spoke nervously and tentatively, his palms sweating excessively.

"What made you do that? Minho was angry and upset because she appeared so innocent, and he promised himself that he would never judge a book by its cover again.

Maya recognized what was going on and realized that they all knew her filthy little secret, so she put her hands over her mouth in astonishment.

"What! What exactly did I do?" She presents herself as innocent.

"Don't you know what you do? Why there are human things in your house," Minho continued, trying to be a little intimate as he saw that she was scared by his statement.

Daehyun poked his finger on Minho's back and tried to stop him. "What if his word provoked her and she became violent and killed all of them," he thought.

"How many people become your victim?" Jaena said with a broken heart, she thought that she could be friends with her.

Hearing this Maya kneeled and started a fake cry while covering her face with her hand.

The reason she was covering her face was that she was not crying at all, on top of that she was not feeling guilty about what crime she did.

She thought that it was not her fault that she become like this, she need to survive, and she need to be safe so that was the only option that came to her mind.

"I am sorry! I just want to survive and that was my only option," she lied dramatically.

"But why? You can ask them for food but you can't do that," Minho said breathing heavily with anger.

"Ho- how can I do that? Let's suppose if I do that, are you sure that they would let me go free." Maya said while her fake cries.

"How many people?" Jaebin asked whose heart uneasy as if his hopes were shattered.

"Almost 50 to 60," Maya replied honestly while wiping his fake tears.

They all knew now that her tears turned into little creatures, and could see that there was no creature formed, so they understood that she was fake crying.

"You felt sorry for your family because lose their loved one, but you can't feel sorry for the victim's family, I am so disappointed in you," Jaena said with tears in her eyes.

She lost her acting and became serious after hearing this statement.

Maya took her hands off her face, got to her feet, and walked directly in her direction.

She said firmly, "Can you survive alone? If something happened to you like you don't even know what you become, and open your eyes in a place that you have never seen before, can you survive alone?"

Maya now had tears in her eyes, she was so hurt by their words, and this time she hurt more than the physical attack that she suffered on her first day at the factory.

Seeing this all, friends felt a little guilt in their hearts because they hurt her, but still, she did things that can't be forgettable, they thought.

"I am falling apart but nobody knows it, I have nobody to talk to, I am all alone while you all were living your best life out there," Maya cried her eyes out, kneeling sobbing very hard, her tears start turning into Minizs.

"But in the end, all l learned was how to be strong alone," said Maya.

"You all questioning and believing me as if I killed somebody, all I do just stole their things."

They all became dumbfounded by her words. What she said was not what they thought could be possible.

"I am sorry, I don't understand what you are trying to say. Did you only steal their things not kill them or eat them?" Daehyun said and felt as if he just did a big crime.

"How can I kill them? I can never imagine killing anyone. Even after stealing their things, I helped them in finding their way out in this dark forest.”

Now all the mystery was solved. She only stole their thing, not hurt them and they thought that she was the one who killed and keep their things with her.

Even though they had no proof of what she was claiming, but they chose to believe her completely this time.

Her face, her body language, and her tears everything felt real to them. They were all very embarrassed.

"I thought after so many years alone in this forest, I found friends, but I think that is not the case now, being alone is not a big deal for me now, inner peace is all I need, you can go back where you come from," Maya said while standing up with no emotion on her face, and turn around to go inside her house.

"Wait! We are sorry, we didn't mean to hurt you. We are just so confused and it is all our fault. Can you forgive us please?" Jaena said with embarrassment and sadness plastered on her face.

Seola shook her head at what they did because, up until this point, she had solely relied on her gut instincts, which were on Maya's side.

But in the absence of concrete evidence, she was unable to support Maya. All she wanted to do at this point was definitely slap Minho.

Maya said nothing and started climbing the stairs. After having so much hope that her all lonely days came to an end, all of the hopes shattered within a few minutes, she became so sensitive by all this that's why she was behaving like that.

"Wait! I'm sorr-," Jaebin rushed toward her hurriedly as if he was about to lose his last train, but his word per cut off by Maya.

"We are not a friend anymore, but I will be here if you need me," she said without making eye contact, opened her door, and went in. Jaebin felt his heartache.