You just gotta trust me sometimes.
"Please don't burn my house down dude.." Lucas says as he watches JJ try and start a fire underneath their pot full of water. "Chill i won't burn it down.. I think." He says, whispering the last bit but it's loud enough that it makes Lucas look at him with wide eyes. "GOT IT" JJ says, successfully starting a small fire, moving some sticks and dry grass on top to make the fire bigger. Once the water boils he adds some rice, canned chicken and vegetables along with various seasonings, he doesn't know how to season but anything is better than bland chicken, right?? After all the food is done he puts it in two bowls for them, heading inside to eat their mea. "Shit, this actually isn't as bad as i thought it'd be." Lucas says as he eats his food. "See man, you just gotta trust me sometimes" JJ says with a laugh, clearly proud of himself for making a meal that's not only edible, but tastes somewhat decent.
After they've finished their meals and cleaned up they both sit down on the couch, Lucas is reading some manga and JJ is sitting beside him.. Also reading Lucas' manga. Lucas notices and moves closer to JJ, setting the manga in his lap so they can both enjoy it. *BANG* Both boys hear as they jump, heads swinging to look at the front door. They both get up and run to Lucas' room as quietly as they can, JJ grabbing his axe and Lucas grabbing his gun. They run back to the living room and look out the window, a zombie, digging through the neighbors trash. "Fuck dude what do we do?" Lucas whispers to JJ with wide eyes, hands shaking. "Kill it I guess? Better to get rid of it when it's alone." JJ whispers back, grip tightening on his axe as he reaches for the front doorknob. "Okay, you get it, I'll be behind you just in case." Lucas says as he stands behind JJ with his gun raised, clicking off the safety. JJ quickly but quietly opens the door, running outside and raising his axe, cutting the zombie's head in half before it can even realize he's behind it. Blood splatters all over his clothes, he almost gags at the smell. Lucas gestures towards the front door, the both run back inside quickly. "Dude, that's disgusting." Lucas says with a laugh as he backs away from JJ slightly, covering his nose with his arm. "At least it's dead I guess.." JJ says as he pulls off his shirt. "Go shower but don't take all the water, that shit is like gold now." Lucas says as he pushes JJ towards the bathroom.
JJ finishes showering, it was calming but too quiet, he usually listened to music when he showered so he didn't have to be alone with his thoughts but that wasn't much of an option now. That's the main thing he hates about this whole zombie shit, it's always quiet. No cars driving every second of the day, no screams from the kids playing outside, no tv for background noise throughout the day. Just silence, room for all the terrible things his brain tells him constantly. "Hey man you okay?" Lucas asks as JJ reenters the living room with wet hair and his dirty clothes in hand. "Yeah sorry, showering was just too quiet i guess, got me thinking" He says with a small sigh. "Don't worry, next time I'll come in while you shower and beatbox for you." Lucas says with a laugh.
"How the hell are we gonna wash clothes?" Lucas asks as he gives JJ a bag for his blood covered clothing from earlier. "Like the old days man, put that shit in a container with some laundry detergent." JJ says with a laugh as he bags up his clothes that he'll probably have to throw away. "You should do it now, if you want any chance of saving those.." Lucas says pointing at the bag JJ is holding. "I don't wanna waste water, we need a pond or something." JJ says, eyeing the gallons of water they stole from the store a few days ago. "There's a pond in the woods, might be risky though, or we could break into the neighbor's house and steal their bathwater, it'd be more clean." Lucas says with a shrug "What is it with you and stealing?" JJ asks laughing. "Hey man, you gotta do what you gotta do in the apocalypse, every man for himself you know? Except me and you.. You're not allowed to turn on me." Lucas says, giving JJ a fake threatening glare.
"Shit this thing is heavy." JJ says as he and Lucas take the container of bathwater they stole from the neighbors house. "Quit being a baby and lift more." Lucas says with a strain in his voice. They finally get the container into their house and into the backyard. JJ quickly throws his soiled clothes in with a decent amount of laundry detergent. "Dude.. how do I rinse it off?" JJ asks as he holds up his soapy clothes. "Dear god. I am not carrying another container of bathwater." Lucas says as he shakes his head. JJ looks around and sees the neighbors hose through the fence in the backyard "Go get me that hose" JJ says as he points to it. Lucas gets up with a sigh and jumps his fence into the neighbor's backyard 'Why the hell am I listening to this dude?' Lucas thinks to himself, usually he would have told him to fuck off and get it himself but something about JJ makes him be nice?