Someone asked me to insert their character into the story. I am going to say this once: I have thought-out and planned this story through. Any changes now, would ruin 6 months of my life really...

Chapter 5 Bento?

Huang POV: There are no incidents involving zombies 3 days after the encounter of the new arrival, Cupa. Her injuries are heavy, but in three days, the efforts of Silk and Ria had healed most of the damage. Currently, both Silk and Ria are in my house, and I am finishing my patrol for the morning.

Upon entering the house, Silk is removing the stitches on her arms and Ria was helping Cupa with mental therapy.

(Silk) "There, last stitch is cut, now breath deeply again." Cupa did as she said, it seemed that the dramatic stress she endured caused her to lose her will to object. She inhaled deeply as Silk carefully removed the final stitching and wiped the area clean with a piece of cloth.

(Ria) "What are you thinking right now?" There are no obvious changes on Cupa's face.

(Cupa) "... Dark... woods..." There is no progress in her therapy still.

(Me) "May I try something?"

(Ria) "Okay fine, don't make it worse." I walked up to Cupa and crouched to her eye level. Right when I was about to speak, she shot up and hugged me, crying. "Woah! Hold her down! She shouldn't be moving!" I couldn't release her grip around my neck, so I had to... lean into the bed.

(Me) "Silk, can you help me?" I could tell that Silk wanted to get Cupa to release her hold. But at the moment I felt that I could escape the grip, Cupa grew white. At once, Silk and Ria ran to the corners of the living room. Cupa resumed to her original color. "Yes, we know you're a creeper, could you let me go so I could go and protect everyone?" She released her grip. Well, actually she fainted. I have given her the thought of zombies again.

(Ria) "Well that was interesting..." Silk said nothing, it looks as though she's worried about something.

(Me) "Well Ria, I think your work today went down the drain because of me, sorry..."

(Ria) "What work?" She packed up and left the house. Silk walked up to me head down.

(Me) "You okay?" She nodded. "Um... do... do you want to help make lunch?" She nodded again. It troubles me that she's acting like this. "You know what? You've been working hard today, I'll go make lunch for us." I walked into the kitchen, Silk was following me. "So what do you want?" I just unhinged the lock on the chest, only to be death hugged by Silk. She released a few dozen seconds later, leaving me with barely any air in my system. "*gasp* Silk... *Gasp again then started coughing*" I collapsed to my knees due to my legs being unable to support my weight. Silk then hugs me lightly while I was still down.

(Silk) "Call me 'Silica-chan' from now on, please?" I couldn't speak, so I gave a nod. She pecked me on the cheek and helped me upstairs to the room. There she helped me lie down on the one bed we share. "I'm going to make some bento." I have no clue what that is, but I'll go along with it.

Several minutes have passed and I was able to move again. Once I opened the door of my room, I smelled the scent of rice cooking. Inside the kitchen, Silk was doing something on the counter. When I tried to look, she moved so that she shields whatever she's doing.

(Me) "Okay? Well I have to go back to my patrol." She made no gestures or words. She's probably still worried about something.

Outside, I reached Yurei's post and told her it's her break. Watching the woods, there was still no activity. 15 minutes later, Silk walked up to me with one of the plastic lunch boxes we purchased last month.

(Silk) "Please be safe..." Was she worrying about my safety all along? No wonder why she acted as so when Cupa was about to explode. When I was about to thank Silk, she left to Axle's house.

(Yurei) "Is that bento?" Yurei was walking towards me instead of her post.

(Me) "I think so... yeah." I am going to have to research about it later.

"Ooh! Can I have some? Silk's bento- Oh wait... never mind~"

"Must I ask what a 'bento' is?"

"It's an eastern handmade lunch in a box. Silk makes it a lot when we were little."

"Then why did you want some, then not want it at all?"

"'cause you must be hungry..."

"Okay? Thanks?"

"and a bento is made with love~" Oh notch... I think my face is turning into the color of redstone again...

"Does Rios make you anything 'with love?'" Return to sender: embarrassment.

"... shut up... I already had enough of that with Silk."

Imitating Silk's voice, "Karma!"

"J-just eat it already! You must be hungry, blabbering with that mouth of yours!" She stomped off to her post.

I was skeptical about opening the box, I don't know what a bento is, and I hope it doesn't hold another one of Silk's "surprises." Inside of the box was... wow... I'm impressed. The top of the box holds a small pair of chopsticks. And the food, molded rice, some raw fish cut so that looks like a heart, and several strips of meat coated in egg. Wow... this looks too decorative... to be eaten.

"Yurei!" I shouted.

"What now?!"

"How do you eat this?"

"You're an idiot!"

"I'm worried that I may eat this wrong!"

"Why do you care?"

"Because Silk made it!" Despite that she is far from my post, I could see her falepalming.

"There is no trick! Moron!" Since she had it before, I gotta trust her. Dang... Where do I start?