Secretly lost and out of food

After waking up in the tent on some mountain plateau with Nick, Jenny gets up early and leaves the tent alone with her huge backpack.
She doesn't want to admit it, but she has really no idea where they are now.
All she knows is that going back is definitely the wrong way.

But this place is pretty nice. Maybe they could stay in this area for a while.

But for now, she wants to prepare some breakfast.
She opens the backpack and looks for some food.
It's not as much as she expected.
And most of it has gone bad already.

She must have totally misjudged the demand for food.
Something else she would rather like to hide from Nick.
But in this place, she's sure they can find some food.

She dumps the bad food and now only has a bit of durable food left. It should be enough for maybe one or two days.

Then she goes back to the tent.
Nick is already awake.

Good morning.

Nick smiles tiredly.

Hey!
What have you been doing outside so early?

I wanted to prepare some breakfast. I'm sure there are growing some delicious fruits at this place.
Do you want to help me get some?

Yeah, good idea.
But I'm hungry already. Shouldn't we eat our supplies first, anyway? They might go bad.
We can also look for fruits on the way.

So... most of the food already went bad.
Uhm..., and so I think we should find fruits before we run out of food completely.

Jenny is embarrassed to admit this.

Sorry, I told you I planned everything already and now-

Don't worry. It's fine.
I didn't really know how well you were prepared, when we went on this journey.
And I didn't even care.
But now I'm happy we went. I'm sure we'll find some food.

So you aren't mad at me?
Thanks for understanding.

It's nice to see you like this for once.
I didn't know you like this.
It must be the first time you actually did something wrong.
At least in your opinion.

Nick laughs.

So will we look for food together now?

Yeah, let me just get dressed.

Jenny gets out while Nick puts on his clothes.
Soon he comes out with his backpack, which he must just have emptied.
Then they explore this area together for food.
Jenny always secretly looks for a path, where they could go.

Ocassionally they find bushes with some berries, but it's not a lot. They still eat some on the way.

But they also find some other nice places.
There are a abandoned shacks, a few lakes and some interesting looking rocks.
Jenny likes to get distracted by them, but Nick reminds her that he's still hungry.

Noon is already over. We have to find something.

Yeah, we have to go all the way back after all.
At least almost if we take some shortcuts.

After a while, they find a bunch edible roots.
Might be parsley.
Nick fills his whole backpack with them.

I think, they have to be cooked.

Do you have a pot with you?

Only a small one. But I think it should work.
At least if we manage to make a fire.

While Nick is carrying the heavy backpack home, Jenny already looks for sticks to make a fire later.

When they are back at the tent, Nick puts down his backpack.
Jenny starts to set up a fireplace with the sticks she found.
They still need a bit more wood.

I'll get more wood, and you could get some water from the spring.

Good idea. I'm on the way!

Jenny looks for the pot and leaves.
Nick also leaves for sticks.

It's really getting windy and the sun is fading away.
It doesn't look like rain, but it quickly gets colder.

When Jenny comes back with some water in the pot, Nick is already placing the remaining wood.

Oh, I'm freezing already.
Could you hurry?

I have no idea how to make fire, you?

Here, use this lighter.

Oh, of course you got one.

Jenny throws a crafty smile at Nick, while he takes it from her and tries to lighten the smaller sticks.

It takes a bunch of tries, but soon it's burning.

Nice, that's pleasantly warm.

Jenny gets closer to the fire.

Nick looks for a knife and starts to cut the parsley roots.

How should we cook it?

I think I'll hold the pot above the fire at a safe distance.

Jenny just does as she said.

When Nick is finished, he throws the roots into the pot and they wait for a while.
It's not all the roots they found, but it's definitely enough.
It almost doesn't fit in the pot.

After letting it cook for long enough, it's time to eat.
Jenny already got a spoon and a small bowl for each of them and they just start to eat.

It's delicious. At home I never eat such fresh vegetables.

I'm glad they are edible for real.

Jenny nods while eating.

They keep eating until everything is gone.
When they are finished, they keep sitting there proudly.

Let's go back in our tent! It's already getting dark.

They enter the tent and lie down.

Oh, we didn't get any further today. Tomorrow we should just start going early in the morning.

Uhm..., okay...?

Don't worry, we'll find a path forward.

We aren't...
So you knew?

Nick nods.

Jenny hugs him tightly.

Ugh! What are you doing?

Jenny stops.

What is it? Is something wrong?

I'm not feeling very good. I might have eaten too much.

I don't think so. It's a healty food. You basically can't eat too much of this.
But I'm strarting to feel strange, too.

Maybe it's some of the berries.

Yeah, maybe.
But I don't think it's that bad of a feeling.
It's kind of funny.

Jenny touches her face, her arms and her stomach at various positions.

You're right. Let me try, too.

Nick touches her at the same places.

Hey, silly, not me!

Jenny laughs and touches Nick instead.

Hey, that tickles! Stop!

He has to laugh, too.

They stop touching each other and Nick touches himself.

It's really a funny feeling. It's as if my body and my hands don't belong to the same person. Almost as if someone else touches me.

I hope this goes away after some sleep. I'm also feeling very tired already.

Nick touches her again. This time he touches her breast and presses around a bit.
He doesn't have any concerns. It's just as normal to him as touching his own genitals. Touching his own genitals is probably even weirder now.

Jenny doesn't seem to care. Maybe she doesn't notice?
But she seems to look at his arm, and is probably very focused.
Maybe she likes it? No, she's probably just confused because of the berries.

Nick keeps pressing around until he gets bored after getting no reaction.
He never did something like this to a girl, but it didn't feel that special. It's probably because she doesn't seem like a girl to him.

I'm tired, too.

We should get into our special sleeping bag again. It's so cold today.

Nick agrees and they get into their huge sleeping bag, where Jenny snuggles up to Nick.

I think you're starting to smell.
You really have to take a bath.

But you smell, too.
I'm sure you smell even worse.

Both laugh when they fall asleep.