Jax x Reader ~Enemies to Lovers~

We were walking for a long time, to the point that the constant trees, animals, and flowers that I thought was pretty in the beginning now felt like a total drag, and it wasn't an environment I wanted to be in any longer. On top of that, we had no clue where the other three: Pomni, Ragatha, and Zooble were.

"God, this is so boring," Jax finally spoke up after a few minutes of deafening silence. "Seriously, Caine needs to get better with his adventures."

"Agreed," I spoke with a sigh.

"I-It wasn't bad in the beginning, but..." Gangle's voice faded away, her eyes darting to the ground with a slight solemn expression.

"Come on, guys. It isn't that bad..." Kinger tried to reassure us. "Besides, there's beautiful butterflies everywhere!"

I didn't know what "butterflies" he was talking about, besides the first butterfly in the beginning of this adventure. But at this point, should I even question Kinger? I feel like he's already losing it, so should I believe everything he says?

"Uh huh. Butterflies. When was the last time we saw a butterfly?" Jax hissed, his ears flopped over as his eyes narrowed.

"Don't...don't be so negative," I heard Gangle mutter under her breath, which thankfully Jax didn't hear. Or if he did, he decided to ignore it.

"How long are we going to be walking?" I muttered with a cold glare at the floor.

"We can always take a break," Kinger mentioned. "Besides, maybe if he stay in one spot, the others will come to us instead."

"In another million years, maybe," Jax grumbled. "But fine, I guess we can take a break for a moment. But only for a moment. We need to be on the move, just in case something bad happens while we're just sitting around."

His voice sounded annoyed the entire time, a slight growl within his tone. One of my eyebrows raised as my eyes glanced over at him. He meets my gaze for a moment and his expression softens for a bit. Only for a bit.

"I agree with Kinger," Gangle spoke softly. "We should just relax. Or maybe wait until the other three stumble upon us. That's usually the smartest move when you're lost, after all." She looked at Kinger with a smile. "Nice thought, Kinger."

Kinger didn't respond right away, silence rang throughout the environment until he spoke...with a 30 second delay. "What thought?"

I mentally face palmed, but the other two didn't seem phased. More like they predicted that he would forget his idea after five seconds. Which also made me wonder if I've just been blind when it came to Kinger lately. Or anybody besides Jax, actually. I haven't really been speaking to the others all that much, besides Ragatha when it came to the first couple of days. Maybe I should probably change that eventually.

We all collectively decided to take a break and sit around this one big tree that had a pretty thick stump in comparison to most of the trees in this forest. I was silently hoping that Pomni, Ragatha, and Zooble will stumble across us, like Gangle has stated might happen, rather than searching for them when I knew they were probably on the move as well.

As we were finally relaxing from walking for around an hour or two without any other breaks besides this one. It felt nice to give my legs a long needed break from walking for so long. While sitting, I noticed that Jax's hand was lightly resting on mine. Whether he noticed or not, I didn't really know. But did I hate it? Well...not really. But I wasn't going to say anything about it, in case he hasn't realized and then suddenly realizes.