Thread: High School of the Dead: The Decent into Darkness Chronicles (Wingshadow and Mech)

A boy who wants to be a man, Tomoki mused, Start by recognizing your own limits instead of acting like you have all the answers, kid. Of course he realized what he should have done, and it irked him to no end that the boy had beaten him to the punch not once, but twice now. He was never one to be quick on the uptake, often relying too much on careful consideration of a situation before moving to act... hence missing opportunities. It was one of his shortcomings that made it difficult to compete with others when time was of the essence, and something that made the boy somewhat of a threat to him. By then, Yukihito was protesting against the outbreak of violence, apparently not realizing that both of them were mostly just trying to intimidate the other rather than actually resorting to blows. They both knew that they were hardly in any shape to fight among themselves... If they couldn't even trust each other, then their circumstances would be even more grim. Yukihito and Tomoki apparently shared a common interest in politics, and the two of them sparked up possible reactions andor solutions to the current dilemma, using terms no one else in the house seemed to know. While the two of them chatted on in a civil manner, the girls stepped out of the bath. Hitomi was the only one out of the three of them in a bathrobe, the other two having simply put back on their school uniforms after drying themselves off. Thank you, Souji-kun, Hitomi smiled at him gently in return to his announcement, but his averted eyes never met her face. She watched him make a beeline to the bath, and let out a barely audible sigh. I wanted us to all eat together, too. Marasaki-sensei? Emiko tugged at her sleeve. Alright, Hitomi nodded and joined the others at the table, visibly pleased when Souji filed back in to join them before flipping on the radio. Itadakimasu, Tomoki folded his hands briefly before digging into the food, Yukihito having somehow managed to help the much larger man to the table. Itadakimasu! Emiko and Kirino began to eat as well, albeit in a slightly more refined manner as the boys did. They were famished, sure, but they still retained an air of femininity. Itadakimasu, Hitomi picked up a hot dog and gingerly placed it between her lips, Darling, will you be having a bath after supper? I suppose, Tomoki shrugged, We probably won't be getting an opportunity like this again in a while... Would you help me with that? Of course not, Hitomi smiled, Until death do us part. Wait, we aren't staying here? Emiko blinked. We can't, we hardly have enough food here for this many people to last us even three days, Tomoki replied, We should leave as soon as we are all well enough to fight again. Where else can we go? Kirino protested, surely you are not suggesting that we have a better chance out there than in here. Beats starving, Tomoki pointed out, Besides, in the numbers of them that were out today it shouldn't be that hard to make our way to Town Hall. As the radio mentions, they are gathering supplies and providing protection there. Its only twenty miles north of here. Twenty miles? Hitomi turned to her fiance, That's at least one full day's walk. We better hope we can recover before things get worse here then, Tomoki replied, Its the only hope we have. Unfortunately for them, things were about to get much, much worse... and probably sooner than they expected them to.