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“Oh–were you planning on going swimming?” Dominique asked, sitting up from where she lay in the sand, the soft lull of salt water rolling over her legs while she gazed up at the top of the bunker. “Strange, isn’t it? No stars. Makes it feel a little more like a big metal box.”
“it’s so ugly --- i did tell my father to fit some lights up there so that there was at least something to make this feel a little more homely -- i guess he didn’t listen”
“Were you actually expecting the first day to be exciting?”
“to be honest i weren’t expecting anything -- i just didn’t expect it to be this bad.”
“Straight up like this no. But if I think of something, I’ll let you know.”
“how do i know you’re not hiding something from me?”
“and where can i find those, oh, daughter of the overseer?”
“store room! they have like millions of everything you could ever want and need in there”
LUKA raised his eyebrows curiously when she seemed to reiterate what he had just stated, only in the form of a question. he let out an apologetic laugh, shrugging his shoulders half-heartedly. when she offered him a beer, he shook his head. ❝ no, i – you see, i drastically lack the biological enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase, which is basically what allows humans to absorb alcohol. it’s what allows some people to hold their liquor better than others – for them, the enzymes work faster than normal. so without this enzyme, my body can’t break down the alcohol and it builds and builds and has nowhere to go —- so if i were to consume any more alcohol to the equivalent of a few sips of wine, i would get sick. essentially, what would probably get you tipsy would put me in the ER with a potentially lethal case of alcohol poisoning. ❞ he shut his mouth when he realized he had been rambling, offering a contrite smile. ❝ —- sorry. you didn’t need to hear all that. ❞
as he spoke, nadia instantly felt aweful, she swallowed nervously and took a seat next to him and listened. she didn’t know what to say, all she knew was that she should never assume anything. chewing down on her bottom lip anxiously, she tucked a piece of her golden hair behind her ear before her eyes flickered up and found his. “i’m so sorry --- i-i can be so insensitive sometimes and i really didn’t mean to coax that out of you.” she stuttered, fumbling with her fingers in her lap. “you really didn’t have to tell me that and you definitely don’t have to apologize. i was in the wrong. im an idiot.”
“But have you really searched though? There’s probably plenty of this to do if you look carefully around you.”
“if you know of anything, please do enlighten me.”
“They have shopping area’s here, The beach is as good as we are going to get, so you might as well suck it up, and you never know. People can surprise you. It’s just how you look at it. If you treat it like crap, well that’s exactly what you’ll get.”
“look, little miss sunshine - i have the right to complain if i want to -- we might be alive now but if somehow we can miraculously get to leave --- we’re gonna be dead anyway because there will be nothing up there. if i want to be a doom cookie then i will be one.”
❝ EITHER way, that saying is most definitely true, ❞ luka said with a sheepish smile, moving his hand up to rub the back of his neck. he cleared his throat and set his pliers aside, testing to see if the appliance worked properly and letting out a content sound when it turned on. he smiled triumphantly and stepped out from behind it, taking a few steps into the center of the room and taking a curious look around. he didn’t really know what the proper thing to do was – sit down? follow nadia? stand still? – so he simply lingered where he was, looking over at her when she spoke. ❝ oh, i – no, i-i don’t, uh. i don’t drink. ❞ a boyish smile formed on his face, teetering on the edge of apologetic. ❝ water is just fine for me. ❞
luka’s smile really was captivating and if he wasn’t so sweet and innocent-like, she would probably have thrown herself at him by now. but it didn’t seem right to. hearing him refuse the drink, she popped her head out of the kitchen and gave him a confused look. “what? you don’t drink?” she asked, stepping out and propped herself up on the door frame. “not even in the predicament we’re in? maybe something a little weaker -- beer?”
❛ jesus.. y'know, it’s not like we’re down here to have FUN ?? it’s called surviving. if you’re really that bored, tell your dad to get some board games up in this bitch. ❜
“if board games are your kind of fun, then be my guest -- but i prefer something a little more exciting.”
❛ it’s not THAT boring ! we just gotta make it fun. work around our circumstance and all that. ❜
“i don’t know i just want something exciting to happen. you know? or something fun to invest my time into.”
“the men brought beds from the guest rooms. daddy’s orders.”
“that sucks, maybe you could get a quilt or something to go over the mattress it might make it more comfortable?”
“Then do something about it. Make it become interesting! I’m sure you can find lots of things to do down here.”
“the thing is, my options are limited”
“Then die of boredom. Maybe it’ll liven up this place a little if there’s one less mood downer.”
“but then that would make you happy and i’d rather not do that -- so ima stick around a little longer. thanks though.”
she let out a knowing laugh, if only nadia knew what henley was capable of. she would definitely make the situation less sticky and a lot more chaotic. she gave her a smile when she finished her laugh. “oh, nadia. i could teach you a few things if you’re ever interested.”
hearing henleys offer, nadias eyes almost lit up with delight. finally someone who would encourage her darker side instead of encouraging her to repress it. nadia gave a small smirk, “is that even a real question? of course im interested.”
“How can you think this is boring? It’s exactly like home, only no real sunlight.”
“you think this is exactly like home? i can’t go shopping, i cant go to a real beach or feel the sun on my skin -- my friends from college are probably dead.... but yeah, this is exactly like home.”
“that was the first thing that i learned in my life, nadia.” she shook her head agreeably and laughed heartily. nadia was literally the only normal person henley had met in the vault and she couldn’t have been happier that there was someone who was just like henley. “all of them are plain hopeless. i used to-” she cut herself off before she went into detail about what she used to do with people like the vault dwellers. nobody needed to know she was a criminal. “i used to just cause all sorts of trouble with hopeless people.”
nadia had friends but not all of them agreed with her kind of fun, meeting henley was like a blessing because now she had someone she could actually have fun with. if she, henley and mora got together -- they would reek havoc on the vault and that was something that excited her. but nadia was way too selfish for that. “well that’s something we have in common - i think having you around is gonna make this whole situation a little less sucky.”
❝ IT’S actually pretty likely they didn’t check these smaller appliances until the very last minute. most people were focused on getting everything into a livable condition down here – myself included, ❞ luka said with a warm smile. he distinctly remembered the day some very intimidating men in black suits and sunglasses (despite the cloudy weather) knocked on his door and promised him a life without worry, financial or otherwise, if he would just come with them and design a blueprint for the vault. even someone with twice the caliber of luka’s intelligence would have a hard time doing so, but he took on the challenge, and now he was living comfortably in one of the best living areas in the shelter. in all honesty, he would have been fine with a small apartment, but it did help ease his ever-present claustrophobia. ❝ i – i, well, i don’t… have anything to do for the rest of the afternoon, so i wouldn’t mind staying for a bit, ❞ luka chimed nervously – mostly because nadia was very pretty and pretty girls made him nervous.
“no one ever heard of the saying that its better to be safe than sorry?” she offered up, trying to lighten the mood by adding a smile and a wink onto the end. there was no point in her taking it out on him when it wasn’t his fault and after all he was there fixing the problem for her. She decided that since she had no idea how long they were going to be down there, it was in her best interests to not make any enemies. hearing him say that he would stay kind of made her heart flutter - which confused her because she was very much a person that didn’t care about feelings but something felt different. shaking it off, she cleared her throat and stood up to get them some glasses. “you okay with whiskey?”
