Let's get out of here

Gen looked toward the door, then looked at Lina, and said, "Well, Raja's here. I better call him. After all, I promised he could sleep here, so he probably doesn't have anywhere else to sleep."

Gen then started to walk away from her, but Lina, with her hand still on his neck, pulled him in and kissed him.

After a while, she let go of him and said, "Now you can go call him."

And Gen said, "... Ok, but do you really intend to sleep here? Your parents must still be looking for you outside?"

"Don't worry, Gen. I met my mother after I ran away from home and told her I was coming here."

"And she didn't say anything?"

"Well, she told me not to exaggerate, but don't worry. I told her I couldn't promise anything."

"... Let me go get Raja."

Gen then went towards the door and walked out of the house.

Right after he left, he saw Raja sitting by the door and said, "Hey Raja, good you're here. Let's go in."

And Raja said, "Hi Gen. Are you done yet?"

"Well, it's not what you think, but yeah."

"Wow, that was faster than I expected. I'm sorry to interrupt you, Gen, but you could have warned me you'd be with someone here. I wouldn't mind coming back later or tomorrow.

"Don't worry. You didn't get in the way, and I didn't know there was going to be anyone else here either."

"I know how it is, Gen. You're drinking from bar to bar, and the next thing you know, you're in a room with someone you don't even remember."

"... Let's go inside."

Gen then went back into the house with Raja behind him, turned on the lights, went towards the bed, and said, "I bought some things for you to set up a bed on the floor. They are over there in the corner."

And Raja said, "Okay, I'll just take a shower, and then I'll make up the bed for me to sleep in."

Lina then got up from the bed and said, "I want to take a shower too."

Upon hearing that, Raja looked at her and said, "Lina! It is you who is here?!"

And Lina said, "And who else would it be? It's not like Gen is intimate with many women, hahaha."

"Well, you're right, but ... Gen, what's going on here? Did you do that whole show at the bar to start dating her afterward?"

Gen then said, "It's not that Raja, I didn't plan any of this, but today Lina is completely out of control."

"... Okay, it's kind of hard to believe this, but I'll give you this vote of confidence."

"Thanks. Well, if you want to take a shower, you can go, Lina. Raja can wait."

Lina then said, "Hm? Why should he wait?"

"Well, there's only one bathroom. So unless you wanted to take a shower together with Raja, he will have to wait for you to finish."

Raja then said, "Just to be clear, I have nothing against it."

And Lina said, "What do you mean one bathroom, Gen? When I got here, you were taking a shower in a huge bathroom in another room."

Gen then said, "What? You've been here since that time?"

"Yes, and why didn't you ever tell me about this other bathroom?"

"Well ... I didn't know it existed either until earlier today."

"What do you mean you didn't know?"

"Well, let me explain it to you.", and then Gen explained to Lina how he ended up finding this other room.

Lina then said, "Wow, how lucky for you."

"Yeah, but anyway, since you already know about the bathroom, feel free. I'll open the passage for you."

Gen then opened the passage and said, "Well, tomorrow is going to be a long day. I won't wait for you two. Good night."

Gen then went towards the bed and lay down.

Lina and Raja then went towards the bathroom, and as they were about to walk in, Raja said, "Hey, Lina, can I ask you a favor?"

And Lina said, "... What is it?"

"Well, after you're done showering, do you mind telling me what the ladies' room is like?"

"Ahm?! What do you mean?"

"Here's the thing.", Raja then began to explain to Lina how the doors worked and what the men's room looked like, and then he said, "I wanted to know if the women's room is the same, or if it has a different environment than the men's room."

"Hmm, okay. When I come out, I'll tell you."

"Okay, thanks."

The two then went inside, and after a while, Raja came out and went towards the bedroom. He then looked at the bed and saw that Gen was already asleep. He then began to tidy his bed on the floor, and just as he was finishing, Lina came into the room.

He then said, "Lina-", but was interrupted by her, who said, "They are the same, Raja."

"Too bad. I thought there might be something else in the ladies' room."

"Why do you care? From what you told me, men can't get in there."

"That's true, but I promise you that I will do my best to get in there someday."

Lina then crossed her arms, looked at him with a frown, and said, "Am I supposed to be happy about that?"

And Raja said, "Oh, don't worry. I intend to go in there only when there's no one there, hahaha."

"Well, I hope you never do because I wouldn't be able to take a shower in peace knowing that you've been there."

"Hey, I wouldn't mind if you went into the men's room."

"Of course not, no one would mind, but enough talk. I'm going to sleep, and you should go too. Tomorrow, we start our trip to Tólis, and we better be in our best condition."

"You're right, but can I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"Where are you going to sleep?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"Well, there's not much room, but I promise I won't pull you over during the night, and you can have the pillow."

"... You're lucky I don't want to wake Gen. Good night!"

Lina then carefully walked over to Gen's bed and then got under the covers. She then walked over to him and hugged him from behind.

Raja then said, "Good job in keeping him asleep."

And Lina said, "Shh!"

Raja then lay down on the floor and said, "Lina, can I ask you one last thing?"

And Lina said, "... All right, go ahead."

"Well ... in case something happens between you two, promise me you won't wake me up."

"Hmm, okay, I promise you."

"Oh, great, now I can sleep in peace."

...

The day began to dawn, and Gen began to wake up. He then stretched out on his bed, and as he did so, he felt that he had touched something. He then turned and saw that Lina was lying beside him, which almost made him jump out of bed, but he held himself together and remembered what had happened.

He then carefully got up and sat on the bed, but when he stepped on the floor, he stepped on something different. He then looked down and saw that he was stepping on Raja's back, which made him wake up.

Raja then turned his face to him, and Gen said in a very low tone, "Hey, Raja, I'm sorry. I was getting out of bed, and I forgot you were there."

And Raja said, "No problem, but get your foot off my back."

"Oh, that's right."

Gen then took his foot off Raja's back and said, "There you go."

And Raja said, "Well, now that you've woken me up, I'd better get up at once."

Raja then got up, and Gen said, "Raja, get changed. We need to get out of here."

And Raja said, pointing to the bed, "I know that, but how are we going to get to Tólis with her here?"

"No Raja. You don't understand, Tólis is the least of our problems right now. We have to get out of this room before Lina wakes up."

"Why is that? Oh, I know, so she can look for us outside, and when we see she's gone, we'll come back and leave town."

"Well, that was my plan, but that's not the only reason we need to get out of here."

"Oh yeah? What's the other reason."

"Well, let's get out of here first, then I'll explain it to you."

Gen then started to get up from the bed. However, as he tried to get up, he realized that something was catching his shirt. He then looked back and realized that Lina was holding his shirt with one of her hands while she slept, and then he said very low, "Damn ... why is she holding my shirt?"

And Raja said, "Well, maybe her hugging you while you were sleeping has something to do with it."

"Now, what do I do? I have to get out of here."

"Try to stand up slowly. Maybe you can free your shirt without waking her up."

"Okay.", Gen then began to stand up very slowly, and as he stood up, Lina's hand that was holding his shirt began to release it slowly.

Raja then said, "It's working. Keep going, you're almost there."

And Gen said, "Okay."

Gen then continued to stand up slowly until there came a moment when Lina's hand released his shirt, and he said, "Finally. Now let's get out of here.", but then he heard Lina say, "Yawnnn! Good morning, guys. Where are you going?"

Gen then said, "We're going to buy what we need for the trip."

And Lina said, "Okay, give me a moment, I'll change my clothes, and we can go together."

"Okay, that's just what I wanted, hahaha ..."