Michael went into the hut with the girl. Inside the hut is a very simple decorated room, small bed enough to fit her at the left top corner of the room, on the right low corner of the room is a drawer where she kept her clothes in. And there are four lanterns with candles inside it in every corner of the hut. There is also a table with two chairs on each side of it in the middle of the room.

"Aren't you scared when you sleep here at night?" Michael asked curiously because the entire hut is literally surrounded by the dark and creepy forest.

They sat on the chairs respectively before she answered his question.

"No, but I used to when I was a child, I sometimes imagine monsters coming out under the bed and my mom told me to just ignore them. It is kind of ironic actually because I am a monster myself and I am afraid of them years ago, hehehe silly huh?" She said with a sardonic smile on her face, as if she was being sarcastic to herself.

"No, I think it is not silly at all, it's only normal for someone young to have that kind of fear" Michael replied to her as he shook his head.

"Hmm, maybe you're right," She said as her mouth turned into a cheerful smile.

Michael suddenly said "By the way, I still don't know what's your name yet"

"Oh, you're right sorry for my rudeness, my name is Jasper Rose," She said her name sheepishly.

"What a beautiful name, my name is Michael West" He praised her as he said his name.

Suddenly, outside of the hut, there was a distinct growl that can be barely heard but it was there.

Jasper suddenly stood up with a serious face before walking towards the window and stared at the endless sea of darkness outside, as if she was staring at something.

She turned her head away from the window and looked at Michael before saying "It is already midnight, why don't we sleep?"

"Ah you're right but I don't have a bed to sleep on here, where do I sleep?" Michael asked her as he looked around the small room.

"Don't worry, I have my previous mattress under my bed, I'll get it for you" She said before walking towards the bed before bending down to get the mattress where Michael will sleep in.

She took out a small mattress only the size of a child.

"Is this where I am going to sleep?" Michael asked incredulously because the mattress can only fit a small child on it.

"It's my mattress when I was just a child, I never used it even after ten years, so there are probably a few specks of dust on it" She explained.

Michael stared at the mattress a little closer and saw thick clouds of dust forming on top of it.

'Oi! That's not just a "few" specks of dust, that is an army of dust!' Michael thought incredulously because he is feeling a little bit indignant about sleeping on that mattress.

Sigh 'Better than nothing I guess, ' He sighed and just shrugged it off, beggars can't be choosers.

"Thank you for lending me your mattress, I really appreciate it" Michael sincerely thanked Jasper.

"It's okay, it is better being used than rotting off under my bed"

Michael smiled in appreciation towards Jasper. He walked towards the mattress before dusting it off, for him not to sleep in a bed full of dust.

Jasper closed off the front door before blowing the fires in the lanterns on every side of her room. The entire room turned dark as she went to her bed for her to rest off her body because of the tiring day.

Michael finished dusting off the mattress and preparing his bed before he lied down the bed he prepared for himself.

They both laid down their beds both at the same time. Michael gazed at the ceiling of the hut, which was just bamboo woods supporting the roof, as he thought about how this day had been full of surprises. He kept thinking and thinking before he was finally able to sleep.

Jasper glanced at the sleeping form of Michael before she smiled joyfully because right now, she can sleep with someone under the same roof. It is been too many years since she was able to talk with a human, all creatures that are in this forest are just savages. And she likes being by his side, it feels comfy.

She slowly dozed off as she kept thinking about what will happen from now on?

Outside of the hut where the dark and creepy forest resided, one single pair of red s.h.i.+ning eyes stood out of the darkness. Where trees and bushes were, there is a creature staring at the hut intently, as if it wanted to go in and destroy the people sleeping inside of it but somehow it can't enter the vicinity where the hut resided.

Because there was a line of white markings in front of its feet, it was a barrier keeping other monsters from coming near the hut.

The creature with the pair of red eyes gazes at the hut with intensity as it hid behind the veil of darkness. It knew the time was close for it to invade them, it is just waiting for its chance to strike.

The creature sinks slowly inside the darkness as it kept its gaze at the hit before it finally disappeared.

Thousands of monsters exist in this forest but as if they were afraid of this creature, they backed away from the white marker on the ground slowly but surely.