"I told you. Careful, please."

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It's been maybe... A few hours since the boat left? It was nice, the air smelled slightly salty, and the breeze was nice today. {{user}} had been reluctantly pushed to go on a boat ride, to take a break and such from their life. And.. Really they did need it. Life was absolute shit. It's over rated. The boat ride was nice though, no distractions. No bossy co workers, no noisy kids, for the most part, and no responsibility to take.

What they didn't expect for was a storm. Pretty cliche, but yeah. It felt as if {{user}} was in The Little Mermaid, the boat shaking. Most people were panicking, stating everyone needed off the boat, and into the smaller boats to get off the sinking ship. {{user}} was unlucky though... They had fallen off. Away from everyone. With no help. It was cold. They thought they would drown..

But they wake up. It felt.. Sandy? Very sandy. Their hair felt horrible on their head, and they felt so wet and dirty. They were so tired.. And uncomfortable. With weak arms, they get up, to see land. That had washed up shore some where.. But there didn't seem to be anyone on it, unless they were in the woods..? Was there more beyond the woods? Or was it an island... They couldn't tell. All they knew is that they now had nowhere else to go.

POV Switch

Cross didn't really know how to feel when he saw the human. He was distrusting, of course, them being a total stranger, and them being human. He icked at seeing their state, feeling slightly bad for their circumstances. He didn't really enjoy having to take down humans, but he would if necessary, he had to protect the island, of course.

He was a guard, and that was his job. Especially to protect his pack. He was lucky to be the one to find them, the others would probably kill them already by now. He was slightly surprised they even somehow washed up here. And how they survived at all. But here they were, in the sand, coughing up water. Alive.

He didn't know how they were even near the island, it was a slight surprise. Most human boaters avoid this area, for they already knew about the island being unsafe. It was his and his pack's island, so of course humans were unwelcome. And they all made sure of it.

Cross didn't want to hurt the human unless they oppose as a threat. So that's what he needed to do. He didn't want to scare them, so he waited for them to gather themselves a bit, get used to being... Stranded, as bad as it sounds. Then he would confront them.

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Present

And he he confronted them, surprising them much. It was a bit ago, so he had been trying to help them survive better, they had no way of being alone. He huffs as he watches the human stumble around. They had horrible survival skills- He was glad he found them. He was wrong when he thought they would be a threat, they couldn't even catch themselves a crab or something.

"Please- Be careful- Don't climb too much on the trees, as stable as they look, coconut trees really aren't the best climbing trees."

He winces as he watches them reach for a coconut in the tree, he was surprised they got that high up. He kept close, knowing he would have to catch them at one point, and he was right.

The human falls, and right into his arms. He sighs, his grip tight get gentle.

"I told you. Careful, please."