A New Leader

Part Nine : A Shower

It was a long day of nothing, I felt sweat from my lower half take over as I had not moved in so long and it was hotter than usual, I was in desperate need of a shower. I knew that they were only used if you were covered in blood completely, I stood up quickly to stretch and air out my pants.

I pulled my arms up above my head and turned to look at my chair, blood coating the seat. My eyes widened, I had gotten my period and I hadn't even noticed due to the fact that I was sitting for so long. I started to panic, I didn't know what to do or how the hell to explain this to anyone. I brought my ECHO and called Bone Head to my nest, telling him it was important.

He climbed his way up only moments later and burst through the door in the floor, he breathed heavily as he looked at me frantically.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"I got my period." I whispered.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course I am!" I shook my arms, "I can't control my body."

"I know, I know." He turned and looked around, "did you bring... you know?"

"Yes I brought something to clog it, jeez."

"Alright, go shower and tell them that a rakk attacked you, just make sure you wash your clothes after."

"What about my post?"

"I'll man it, just make it quick."

"Ok," I grabbed my bag, "I'll try my hardest."

I ran towards the showers, trying my best not to make eye contact with anyone so it wouldn't turn into a conversation. I felt the blood spread across the front of my pants and my face turn beat red. I burst through the door, the guards looking at me as I was covered in blood from my waist down. They nodded and let me through to the shower room, I made my way into a different room and undressed before wrapping a towel around my body. I removed my mask and bandage as my vision became blurry once again. I set my bag down on a bench, pulled out a tampon and put it in.

I walked out to the showers to see if the coast was clear and try to find to most private shower, they were all somewhat guarded "stalls" and I was short enough to hide in them. I sighed in relief to see that it was also empty, I ran to the furthest shower away and started it up. The water was cold but soon turned very warm, steam filling the room almost instantly. I turned the heat down and began showering, wiping off all the blood from my legs.

There was some quiet noises from beyond the doors, despite the warm water, I froze. Someones feet padded across the tiled floor and made their way to a shower that was one stall away from me, I looked over to see a tall man who was looking over at me as well.

"Ah, hey there kiddo!"

"Fuck."

"What happened? You kill a vault hunter for me?"

"Uh..." I covered my chest and dipped down further behind the wall, "no, a rakk tried invading my nest."

"Jeez, good thing you killed it... hate those things." He laughed, washing his chest.

I nodded before trying my best to continue to wash myself and clean the dirt out of my hair, I saw from the corner of my eye that he was still looking at me. I tried my best to hide behind the wall, bending my knees and hunching my back.

"You're more chubbier than I thought you were." He stated.

"Huh, can't help it I guess." I replied, my hands returning to my chest.

He turned off his shower and walked over to the one directly next to me, resting his arms on the divider. This was it, I'm done... I'm dead, I'm fucked. He turned off my shower and got a good look at me, I pushed myself back and accepted my fate.

"I knew it." He whispered.

"W-What?"

"Despite how baggy clothes can be, I can always pick out a wide pair of hips." He laughed, checking out my body.

"Are you going to kill me?" I hunched my body back over and covered myself.

"No, you're my best sniper!" His voice booming through the quiet room.

"But I'm a women."

"I know, and as much as I would like you sitting on my lap, I need you out there."

"W-What?"

"Don't act like you don't feel that chemistry between us." He walked out of the divided shower and into mine.

"I-I... I think..." I was stumbling over my words, completely unlike me to be messing up this much, "I'm a ban-"

"Shhh." He placed his index finger over my lips, shushing me.

"Sir, I don't think-"

He interrupted me, placing a kiss on my lips and pushing my back into the wall behind me. I felt the ache in my stomach soon go away, my head seeming to pull a blank as his hand wrapped around my back and pulled me closer to his body. I wanted to pull away but he seemed to fight that urge as he pressed his wet body against mine, my knees seemed to get weaker every time he deepened the kiss. Just as I was about to fall to my knees, he pulled out and looked down at me through his mask. He rubbed at the deep, healing cut with his thumb before turning away and leaving me in the shower.

I watched as he grabbed his towel and wrapped it around his waist, he soon left and everything seemed to turn back to normal. I blinked a few times and tried to go over what exactly just happened, I never had any romantic feelings towards him, I just looked up to him as my hero. I rubbed my fingers across my cracked lips to try and capture the moisture that he had left behind, I felt my cheeks redden.

I quickly left the showers and put some new clothes on, feeling a bit more comfortable in my confused state. I laced up my boots and tightened them, wiggling my toes to make room. I went to grab my coat from my bag, but was met with a small blue pad laying perfectly on top. I picked it up and looked at the message left on it.

"To the bandits, you are still a man, but to me you are mine."
~Jack