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By the time I was done carrying the boxes over, it was beginning to look like an actual campsite.
Addy had stacked the wooden boxes on their sides on top of each other so that we could use them as shelves. He had opened up the tarp and tied it between two trees and two long branches that were staked into the ground.
As I brought the last box, the one filled with clothes,Addy was arranging something like seating close to the fire by using a large log as a bench.
“Where did you find that?” I asked as he dragged it close to the fire pit.
“At the southern edge of the oasis,” he told me. “This tree must have fallen some time ago.”
And he had lifted it here for me to sit on. That much was clear when he draped one of the blankets over it so that I would stay clean.
“What next?” he asked, looking around for more to do.
“That's enough,” I said. “Sit with me.”
I went to the bench and lowered onto it, patting the spot next to me.
Grudgingly, Addy came to sit next to me.
“There,” I said, looking around. “This really isn't so bad, is it? There's even a breeze.”
. We were in the shade, next to water, there was a bed and food. I couldn’t ask for more considering that we were stranded in the middle of the desert.
When I glanced at Addy, he was watching me openly, his normally bright eyes dim with sadness.
“Stop looking at me like that,” I said, glancing away.
When I looked again, his gaze was fixed on his lap.
“Let me cook you something,” he said suddenly.
“Addy—”
“Please?”
I shut my eyes and nodded.
“Alright, alright. I am hungry.”
He set about making the fire. Just watching him cook under in the heat of the sun was overheating me but I kept my mouth shut until he was done plating whatever he had made me.
It smelled delicious and to my surprise, using two pots, he'd managed to cook some of the grains and top it with a stew.
“This is so good!” I enthused at the first bite.
“There are plenty of spices,” he said, shrugging.
“At least they thought of everything.”
He nodded, watching me eat until I realized that he wasn't having any.
“You won't do me much good if you starve yourself to death,” I informed him. “You should eat with me.”
He hesitated.
“Please, Addy.”
At that, he gave in, serving a plate for himself.
