Chapter 16
I woke up feeling warm and comfortable I hummed in my throat so glad I was on Christmas holidays; I could just stay in my bed all day…! I woke remembering all that had happened in the last 24 hours. I tried to sit up, I noted that Dabi was between Hawks and I seeing as he was so warm, Hawks had his wing over the both of us and we were all spooning one another, arms, legs, wings and all everywhere, this tent was far too small for all three of us; especially with an extra set of appendages. "So heavy," I groaned trying to pry myself free but a hand clamped over my midsection pulling me in more and a face nuzzled into my hair. I could tell from the sound and the feel of staples that it was Dabi of course; he was the one in the middle. However his hand was pressing on my bladder which was really bad. I tapped his arm, "Dabi, wake up" I tapped a bit more harsh "wake up," one eye peaked open slightly dazed. "Let go of me, I need to pee for crying out loud," he grunted letting go as if reluctantly and rolling over only to face Hawks who was also now awake considering I had to move his wing and unzip the tent allowing the sudden cold to smash into us, the boys now awake.
I noted it was toasty warm in our tent and guessed sleeping together in a dog pile wasn't so bad after all, there however was a line up for the outhouse, I groaned and looked off to the tree line. "Where are you going?" Spinner asked "I need to piss like now," I snapped and headed off to relieve my bladder. As I walked back so much happier now I watched Dabi and Hawks practically fall out of the tent seeing it was so short we had to crawl into it, "dude get of me," "sorry," Hawks mumbled as he flapped his wings and got of him like he defied gravity easily. "Morning Bambi, how did you sleep," I flipped off Dabi "handsy bum you are," some of the others seemed surprised to hear my words but I supposed I had to get used to them, so they could get used to me too.
I stood in the kitchen using the breed, bacon and eggs we got from the food yesterday, everyone looked far more rested if only a little annoyed with the cold weather. "Hmmm bacon, god it's been too long," Spinner mentioned and Twice nodded "I love it," "throw it out…its gross." I hummed now seeing what Dabi was referring too, Giran and Shigaraki spoke about business something about him going back and able to claim all the contacts of Re-Destro's and so on, I plated up the full 1 kilogram of bacon, dozens of eggs and toast, "enjoy," many grabbed theirs eating it out of their hands and leaning or sitting on the floor and or random furniture.
After breakfast I cleaned up, Toga was kind enough to get a bucket of fresh water from the stream so I could clean everything, no one helped, instead they planned their day "Compress you will watch over the camp grounds with Bambi, the rest of us will continue in our training and forcing the beast under our command, be prepared to heal any and all injuries when we return, we typically rotate around in shifts taking breaks as needed, seeing it doesn't sleep for such a long time." Shigaraki had voiced the end of his sentence towards me and then mumbled out the info about the big guy I looked to the others as they got ready and left.
Slowly but surely I cleaned up the kitchen, tidying up and seeing what needed fixing, I made a checklist and went around the small cabin and then out into the colder air and checked and tidied up the tents. I was well aware it would be harder with the heavier snow fall of winter which was lightly obvious with small white patches of it on trees and in areas. It would only get worse from here, I rattled things off in my head that we would need to survive through winter, and it would be far harder as food in winter was sparse. "What are you thinking about?" I looked up onto the roof where Mr. Compress sat, "ah another thing to check," I mumbled aloud, "just making a checklist of things to do and get just so we can make it through winter," I called up to him.
"You really thinking ahead for us hey," he chuckled "so what's on your list so far?" "A generator, basic tools and what not to cut down trees for firewood plus any repairs, more warmth and tinned food, fuel and so on, hunting items…pots, soil, seeds and a shed, lights and chargers, batteries, cleaning supplies…" "Wow your only missing the kitchen sink…" he spoke but that reminded me "oh thanks for that, we need many buckets, especially if we have no shower or anything, a bucket each would be good, hey while you're up there can you check the roofing and make sure there are no holes that can leak water inside?" He sat silent looking at me "ah sure, but the wood inside is already badly damaged with rot and water damage."
I nodded "I know that will need replacing first…the walls, roof and floors, then we can tidy up and get proper furniture and…" "You know we may not be here that long…" "possibly but I would rather be prepared for winter then not at all, plus this would be a good little hide out base to keep up to date don't you think?" He shrugged to me, "sure but we have no money," "who says we intend to pay?" I could tell by the light movement of his shoulders that he was chuckling "fine, but go over it with our leader, I don't understand why you care so much." I shrugged "someone has to make sure that yous are healthy, clean, warm, dry and well feed, so I decided that I will, I don't mind, typically my mother and I took care of each other, its natural…so let's get too it, the roof and everything won't fix itself."