Uchu No Boken

Chapter 10- Lunchtime

"Finally it's lunchtime!" Tama exclaimed, "I was getting hungry!"

"I haven't had anything to eat since I escaped the aliens," Added Hozona.

"Oh, that reminds me, you never told us much about your capture," Rose started while scooping up a spoonful of soup, "If you don't mind, could you tell us a bit about it?"

"Well," Hozona began, "I was at school one day, I was feeling a little stressed so I went up to the rooftop to get some fresh air and a tiny ship came flying and sucked me into this weird vortex thing."

She then used her hands to try and give them a rough example of the shape of the tiny ship.

"Then, once I got out of the vortex, I was brought to one of the aliens' cells and kept prisoner there until I finally decided to escape." She continued, " And, I don't really want to talk about my time in the cell."

"T-that's fine," Runa reassured as she bit into a piece of her bread she had dipped in soup, "I w-wouldn't want t-to talk a-about it e-either."

"Let's talk about something else," Rose stated to try and change the subject so Hozona wouldn't be made uncomfortable, "Taiyo, I saw you, Runa, and Shio reading a book earlier, what is it about?"

"Well, it's about a girl who is trapped in an escape room with a few other people," Taiyo answered, "And Shio seemed to like it."

"What?!" Shio exclaimed while taking a spoonful of the soup, " No I did not!"

"Really, you really seemed to like one of the characters, Sentaku Uragiri," Taiyo teased.

"I guess I liked it a little bit." Shio spat, putting her spoon in her finished soup bowl."

Once they all finished lunch, they talked around the low-lying table until they finally got to the next satellite.