Author's Lecture: If you can't act mature, skip downwards to the horizontal rule. If you can, insert Carry On movie reference here. Also yes, this is a political stab at the social taboo around nudity.
The shower room looked like your standard public shower, with white and grey tiles, and silver nozzles.
"Here, that should keep the bandage from getting wet. Do you need anything else?" said Simon
"Your not going to alone, are you? Not with those... things outside?"
"You...you want me to stay?" said Simon blushing.
"Oh come on, it's not like you've not seen me naked before."
"I... uh..."
"Besides, Alvin or Theo will probably follow you when you come to get a shower, and you don't want them to see the cuts on your arm, do you?"
"I...I can't..." said Simon nervously, fidgeting.
"Why?"
"Be...because...I...uh..." he said, gesturing downwards.
"I've seen you naked as well, you know."
"That's not it...it's uh...hard."
"What's har...oh. Right." she said, blushing, "Silly boy, I don't care. Unless of course, you can't control yourself."
"You...your right. I'm being stupid. Stupid social taboo."
"Hay, Theo, what is the food packs today?" said Alvin.
"Meatballs and pasta, apparently."
"Why apparently?"
"It just looks like lumpy mush. Almost fancy trying the food in the tins Simon found."
"What? The 16-year-old food? Yuck."
"Anything is better than these packs. 'Just add water and self-heating packet', ha!"
"True, they do taste nasty. Oh, look who it is!" said Alvin, as Simon and Jeanette walked in.
"You look a lot less... red." said Theodore.
"Something smells good..." said Jeanette
"Meatball and Pasta mush, apparently." said Alvin.
"I'm so hungry, I could eat anything."
"So, uh, Simon... how are we going to get out of here?" said Alvin, sticking a spoon in his pack.
"I don't know... If they destroyed all the entrances, we'll have to somehow make our own... Which will be loud, and those things will probably flock towards us. Ideally, we need something that would keep them away."
"And how do you suggest we do that?" said Alvin
"I don't know. I think it's best we try and get that laptop..."
"You mean, run back towards where those things came from?" asked Theodore, fear in his eyes.
"Uh... yeah. I really don't like it, but I don't see another way."
"Sounds awesome to me." said Alvin, looking excited.
"I'd rather you didn't get yourself killed Alvin. This isn't a game."
"Yeah, whatever. I'm the one who can shoot, remember?"
"Something you want me to tell Dave?"
"That's blackmail!" exclaimed Alvin.
"Something you usually do very well."
"Ugh, fine!"
Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter. Not feeling great. That last chapter I promised is coming tomorrow, along with another one. Unless I suddenly feel better tonight. Anyway, arigato, sayonara!
