The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. Mark returned back to his spot in the window. Jack spent the rest of the day doing his best to stay hydrated and rested while he could. He was doubtful that he hand found a permanent place to stay, but another part of him was hopeful that this wasn't the case. He had a roof over his head, food, running water, and maybe even a family.

After about an hour of cleaning, sharpening, and reorganizing his supplies, he turned to Mark to ask what had been on his mind for an embarrassingly long amount of time.

"Hey...um...Mark?"

"What?"

"Do...do you guys have a shower here?"

"Yeah, the water isn't hot though. It's in the bathroom upstairs."

Jack didn't even answer before he started racing up the creaky stairs. Surely enough, the only things on the top of the stairs was a bathroom and a few old storage closets. He ran into the bathroom, turned on the water, and threw his clothes on the floor.

There weren't many words to describe how amazing the shower felt. The water running down to the drain was in shades of gray, brown, and green. By the time he dried off, put his clothes back on, and looked in the mirror, his skin seemed to be a completely different color. He felt so relaxed he wanted to take a nap, but the smell of more beans drew him back downstairs.

After dinner, Jack returned to his spot against the wall to catch up on some more rest. He decided to lay down on his side rather than sit against the wall. The previous morning he was woken up to pretty bad pain in his lower back. It was difficult to find any sort of comfortable sitting position on the hard floor, but he was used to it by then

After closing his eyes for a minute, he was snapped back to reality by a tap on the shoulder by Enis.

"Thought you would be a bit more comfortable with these." He said. He was carrying a clump of old blankets and pillows. Jack smiled and nodded his head. Enis threw the pile of blankets, which appeared to more closely resemble rugs you would find under a coffee table, on top of him. The amount of dust that flew out of the pile was enough to throw Jack into a sneezing fit, receiving a "bless you!" from Enis after each one.

"Excuse me!" Jack said while catching his breath. Enis gave Jack a strange look as if waiting for something. "Oh...um thanks!" Jack said, forgetting some basic human interaction skills after living so long without others around. Enis smiled and walked off.

Jack shook out the blankets. He put two on the floor to lay on, and three more on top of him. He fluffed up the pillow and lay his head on it. He hadn't slept on anything this comfortable in months. He stared up at the ceiling and thought about how just days ago he was crawling around the broken glass behind an abandoned store counter, starving and bleeding to death. He focused his mind on his arm, trying to think of what would've happened if he hadn't found Mark and Enis. He shuddered at the thought and shoved it to the back of his mind.

He looked over to Mark, who was in his normal spot in the window and back to Enis, who was writing some notes down in a notebook.

"What are you writing?" he asked, genuinely curious.

"Some more steps to a new magic spell!"

"Like what?"

"I'm working on a happiness spell! It looks like the key is beans, blankets, and showers!"

Jack responded with a chuckle.

Jack questioned how much 'magic' was being used in this spell, but he didn't question it.

"Hey, um...thanks again. For everything."

Enis squealed with joy. "It worked! You are more than welcome, Jack!"

"Good night, Mark!" Jack called to the other side of the room.

"Night, green bean."

Jack closed his eyes and let himself melt into a deep sleep.