“What does that have to do with anything?” Sakiko said.
“Everything.” Yuki said, “Earthquakes don’t usually last that long. Then the tsunami. It’s like something from a bad Hollywood movie, but its real life.”
“But.” Sakiko said, “What about the government? Shouldn’t they be bringing in emergency supplies to people?”
“Yes.” Yuki said, “But with that long of an earthquake, they’re going to be scrambling to help a lot of people. People will get forgotten about. It did last time. Remember?”
“Okay.” Darren said, “Let’s say that Sakiko and I both believe you. What happens in two days once we run out of food?”
“I don’t know,” Yuki said.
Darren thought for a couple seconds.
“How far away is the bug out location?” Darren asked.
“Its three hundred kilometers away.” Yuki said, “Its a four-hour trip to drive there.”
“What is it?” Darren asked.
“My dad bought a piece of land deep in the mountains. There aren’t very many people for kilometers and kilometers. We have it set up. Food, water, a small cabin built out of the way. No one knows its there and no one will be able to find us. Except those that know where to look.” Yuki said.
“How long if we walk it?” Darren asked.
“If there were no one stopping us, or no roadblocks,” Yuki said, “Eight days.”
“A vehicle would be better,” Sakiko said.
“Yeh.” Darren said, “But a vehicle makes noise and people will notice us passing.”
“What are you thinking?” Yuki asked.
“In that locker on the second level, there’s a couple child carriers that we can strap to the back of a bike.” Darren said, “We ride at night, and we ride fast.”
“If we ride,” Yuki said, “that’ll cut our time down to at least half. We’ll have to stop to rest four times. How do we find safe locations to stop for the night?”
“What about motorbikes?” Sakiko asked.
“What do you mean?”
“The advantage of a motorbike is that it can go places that a car can’t. Its very fast. We can make the trip in a few hours one night. The night will defuse the noise from our engine and people won’t know where it is coming from.” Sakiko said.
“That sounds good,” Darren said, “But where do we get a motorbike?”
“I don’t know.” Sakiko said, “We would have to venture outside to try and find a running one.”
“Fat chance of that happening.” Darren said, “Running motorbikes are going to be hard to find.”
Darren, Yuki, and Sakiko all sat down together to eat some food, rice ,re-hydrated meat, and vegetable pieces that they had no idea what it was because the label was too faded to read. All they learned from the label was that it was good for thirty years.
“Its getting late.” Darren said, “We should go to sleep.”
Darren, Yuki, and Sakiko moved to their respected sleeping areas.
“This is ridiculous.” Sakiko said, “Its cold in here at night.”
Sakiko picked up her sleeping mat and plopped it next to Yuki’s mat. Then dragged Darren’s over to be next to Yuki’s.
“Or did you want to be in the middle?” Sakiko asked Darren.
“I’m good at the end,” Darren said.
Yuki and Sakiko quickly fell asleep curled up together. Darren stared into the darkness. Thoughts of home, his mom, his dad, his sister and his brother raced around his head. In the silence of the night, tears rolled down his face. Like all nights he had spent in this dark storage unit, Darren spent it with tears rolling down his face. After a little while of him silently sobbing to himself, Darren finally fell asleep.
He dreamed that a massive water monster was chasing him down the street. Except he was back home in Vancouver and he was trying to catch up to Yuki, who kept calling to him. Nothing made sense. He wondered why he was in Vancouver and not in Tokyo. He also questioned how he got there from Tokyo.
“Darren wake up.” A voice called in the darkness.
Darren opened his eyes.
Yuki and Sakiko stood overtop of him, a flashlight was shining into a white cardboard box. The light bounced around the storage unit and lit up the room.
“What is it?” Darren said, “Is it time to get up?”
“No.” Yuki said, “You were calling out and talking in your sleep.”
“Nightmare,” Sakiko said.
“Sorry.” Darren said, “I had a hard time getting to sleep. That’s all.”
“That’s okay,” Yuki said as she lay down beside him.
“I think you need comforting,” Sakiko said as she lay down on the other side of him.
In the darkness of the storage unit, Yuki leaned into Darren and kissed him on the lips. Darren felt himself melting into her. A moment later, Yuki released his lips from its passionate embrace.
“Hello,” Darren said.
Yuki smiled, “It felt like the thing to do.”
“I like it,” Darren said.
“Don’t forget about me.” Sakiko said, “I don’t want to be stuck watching.”
Darren felt his face get hot.
“We’re in this together.” Sakiko said, “The three of us.”
Darren was at a loss for words.
“Each of us has loved ones that are unaccounted for.” Sakiko continued, “Each of us is suffering from hurt, heartache, and pain. We need each other in more ways than one. I love each of you, and I’d like to show it any way I can.”
Sakiko reached over and touched Yuki’s chin. She raised her chin up and kissed Yuki on the lips.
“Sakiko.” Yuki said, “I don’t know.”
“Shh.” Sakiko said, “Darren doesn’t mind, right?”
Darren blubbered incoherently.
Yuki kissed Sakiko on the lips back. Then Sakiko kissed Darren, and Darren kissed Yuki.
Sakiko undid the top of Darren’s pants and pulled at his boxers.
Yuki and Sakiko kissed and sucked on Darren. Sakiko lost her pants at some point, and Darren discovered the intense feeling of her sitting on his face.
Darren was lost in a sea of passion when one of the girls, Darren wasn’t sure which put a condom on him. Yuki and Sakiko took turns riding him like a horse.
Chapter 19
After what seemed like a couple hours, the two girls were cuddled on either side of Darren. Darren felt each of their soft breasts against his skin.
“How long has it been?” Darren asked.
“Twenty minutes,” Sakiko said.
“That’s it.” Darren said, “It felt like longer.”
“You sure did last a long time.” Sakiko said, “Some of the boys from the Katana Club only lasted a few minutes.”
“Katana Club?” Yuki said, “Sakiko. Really?”
“You mean you weren’t fooling around with them?” Sakiko said, “They said you were. That’s why I did it with them.”
“A couple of them tried, even got my top off, but I didn’t go all the way,” Yuki said.
Yuki leaned over to Sakiko and punched her in the arm.
“You aren’t angry?” Sakiko said to Darren, “Are you?”
“Why would I be angry?” Darren said, “The world has gone to shit. I’m just glad that I get to spend it with two pretty, loving angels.”
Sakiko kissed Darren on the lips. Darren felt her tongue go into his mouth.
“Sakiko?” Yuki said.
“Yes, Yuki?” Sakiko asked.
Yuki kissed Sakiko on the lips.
“Are you two ready to go again?” Darren asked.
“We are women, we’re ready anytime,” Yuki said.
Then a bang echoed through the building. The bang shattered the silence of the night.
Darren was up and off the floor, he grabbed a nearby flashlight and turned it on.
Yuki and Sakiko were awake next to him.
“Get dressed.” Darren said, “I’m gonna take a look.”