Highschool of the Dead: Fanfiction Darkpenn

Chapter 1.4: close encoubter of the sleeping bag king

Close Encounters of the Sleeping Bag Kind

It had to happen, didn't it?

[Author's Note: This short story is meant to be read as an incidental part of the story cycle The Chronicle of Takeshi Komuro rather than as a component of the main narrative stream. It takes place while the group is in the city, at the mall; specifically, during the night following the story Saya's Really Expensive Shoes.]

Hirano, having finished his watch, settled into his sleeping bag and closed his eyes. He was dozing off when someone started shaking him.

It was Saya. "Hirano!" she whispered.

"Is it trouble?" he whispered back, reaching for his gun.

"No," she whispered. "Well, there's the whole end-of-the-world zombie thing, of course. But no, no trouble."

"Then what do you want?"

"Move over. I want to get in."

"Uh, why? Don't you have your own?"

In the darkness, he could feel her staring at him.

"Hirano, are you stupid?"

"You keep telling me that I am."

"Well, maybe I was ... uh, just move over, can't you?"

"Why are we whispering?"

"Because I don't want the others to hear," said Saya.

"Hear what? And why not?"

She made a 'grrr' sound.

So he moved over. She slid into the sleeping bag beside him. With a shock, he realised that she was fairly close to naked. Oddly, and despite the fact that it was dark, she was still wearing her glasses.

"Do you know what to do?" she whispered.

"N ... no," he whispered.

"Why aren't I surprised. Fortunately, I know. You're lucky I'm a genius."

"So you keep telling me."

"Hirano, I want to make clear that this is entirely a one-off situation driven by the present circumstances. The zombie thing, I mean. Now take your clothes off."

It wasn't easy in a sleeping bag, with another person there, but he managed to take off his shirt and trousers.

"And the rest," she said.

"You haven't."

With a sigh, and with an effort, she wriggled out of her pants and bra and put them next to the sleeping bag. Hirano also managed to take his underclothes off.

"So," she said. "Now we are both naked and next to each other in a sleeping bag."

"Uh, you still have your glasses on," he said.

"What? Oh, so I do." She took them off and placed them on her underclothes.

"Aren't we supposed to kiss?" said Hirano.

"Yes, I suppose so," said Saya. She kissed him on the cheek. Then she kissed him on the lips. And then again, for longer.

"You're supposed to kiss me back," she said.

"Er ... "

"Oh, for ... here, like this." She showed him ... sort of. Then she put her hand on his chest, and moved it down until she found what she was looking for.

"Whoa," she said in surprise. She ducked inside the bag. Then one hand came out. "Give me that torch," she said.

He handed her the torch that was beside the sleeping bag. It went down and clicked on. "Whoa," she said again. She popped up.