this is it | kirin o'connor fanfic

CHAPTER FOUR

this chapter contains sensitive topics such as sexual assault, so if you get uncomfortable or triggered by it, feel free to skip it. I will also put a * in front of where it starts in case you don't want to miss the entire chapter.

Abby finally got actual sleep for the first time since she arrived on the island, she would take little ten-minute naps throughout the day, but she could never actually sleep. she was always on high alert. but it wasn't the island that made her like that, she had that problem ever since she was a little kid, at night her dad's friends would always go into her room, and after that, she could never sleep unless the door was locked or she felt safe.

"here," josh said handing Abby some painkillers

"thanks" she replied throwing the pills into her mouth

"do you mind if I take a look at the scratch? I don't want it to get infected," josh asked 

"oh, yeah," Abby said lifting up her shirt so that the wound was accessible "here"

josh spent a good few minutes cleaning the cut and trying to get all of the sand out of it, he found an old shirt and decided to turn it into a bandage, to stop more debris from getting into it.

"Okay, I think I'm done" josh looked up at Abby and patted her leg, she thanked josh and ruffled his hair with her hand.

"okay well now that you two are done, join the group for breakfast. the jaguar just finished cooking," kirin said 

"oh thank god, I'm pretty sure I was about to die from starvation and blood loss" Abby joked dramatically sitting down next to bo 

"well the blood loss is still an option" henry added and Abby sent him a playful glare

kirin walked up to them holding a leaf with meat on it "who wants some more?"

Abby grabbed a couple of pieces and was surprised to see that kirin actually did a good job cooking it

"This is unreal dude," Raf said impressed "I can't believe you got it to taste okay."

"it's not just okay, okay. this shit is marketable. it's all-natural and gluten-free. it's exotic, I mean when we get home, me and you are gonna talk." Scotty smiled "were gonna see if we can market this"

kirin settled down on the sand next to Raf, "yeah I don't know, I tried a few things. took that bunker ketchup and used it as a rub and then I smoked the meat for a pinch of mesquite"

"I'm sorry," Seth chuckled. "what?"

"I have no idea what that even means" Abby added while still stuffing her face with jaguar

"uh, my coach used to be a pitmaster. taught me all this"

"it's good kirin, compliments to the chef," Ivan praised

kirin nodded his thanks then looked around, "wheres j-bird huh? he get any?"

"Yeah, where is josh?" Abby questioned also looking around

"you know what? maybe we should just let him chill," Seth suggested. "he's super hungover. probably should just like walk it off"

"well, some food and water would probably help" Abby replied wanting to make sure josh was okay

"yeah, he probably isn't drinking enough water" Raf added 

"that's true. Raf, tell them what he told you. tell them why he doesn't wanna drink from the water supply." 

"he doesn't want to abuse his white privilege."

"instead he's going to die heroically of dehydration and make him the center of the narrative when we get back home? puh-lease," Ivan groaned and Abby held back a laugh.