Human Kid (II)

29.

Suzanne opened her eyes. It was already morning.

Ashley and everyone else were already up and they were all in the room, except Andrew.

"Hey guys," Suzanne said as she got up.

"Suzanne!" Ethan cheerfully turned her way.

Ryan just scoffed and crossed his arms. "I thought you were never going to wake up."

"Good morning," Ashley smiled at her.

"Alright! Let's go get some breakfast! I'm starving!" Ethan said.

"Thankfully we should have some meat from your hunt yesterday," Ashley told Ethan.

Ryan frowned slightly, "But we'll have to be lighting up the fire and fanning up the flames again. All that work."

"It's a good thing we start early then," Suzanne said and they all walked towards the kitchen.

"Yeah, and then we'll do something about having a small bathroom and maybe some clothes," Ashley said.

Ethan's eyes lit up as an idea occured to him. "Yes! We could be like the cave men, having leaves around our waist and nothing more!"

"Nothing more!" Ryan echoed in annoyance. "What rubbish!"

He wagged his finger at the three of them. "I'm not going to be half naked, prancing about this jungle with just some leaves acting as an indecent covering to myself."

"No one's listening to Ethan's idea. It's stupid," Suzanne scowled at him.

"Where's Andrew anyway?" Ashley asked as they all entered the kitchen.

They all saw four steaming bowls of broth, with some meat in it.

Ethan's eyes lit up at the sight of a well prepared meal and he rushed to grab a bowl for himself but Ryan held his collar, preventing him from running forward.

"Do you think Andrew prepared this?" Ashley asked as she tilted her head a little.

"Of course, who else would do this?" Ryan replied, ignoring Ethan's cries of wanting his breakfast.

"Let's find him," Ashley said and walked out of the kitchen.

"Yeah," Suzanne agreed and went after her. Ryan dragged Ethan along as he left the kitchen.

When they stepped out of the shelter they saw a new, smaller structure not too far from where they stood.

It was just some long logs that were smoothened out and they formed an upright rectangle. There was huge leaves covering the entrance.

"What's that?" Suzanne jabbed a finger towards it.

Ethan went to find out. He pulled the leaves open.

They looked over his shoulder and saw a huge clay barrel filled with water inside the small space. A latrine was also present. There was a small shelf made of wood as well.

It held a toothpaste and five toothbrushes. Each the color of the category they belonged to.

There was also a small soap dish that contained a soap. Towels were neatly stacked on each other on another side of the shelf as well.

Ethan closed the huge leaf acting as a curtain back.

"Did God send an angel to do this?!" Ethan gaped.

"Let's find Andrew, he'll have the answers to all these," Ryan finally said and they all walked around the compound.

"There he is," Ashley said and everyone looked in the direction she was looking at.