While Zane and Angelica did their thing, Olivia and Elena were having a discussion in another part of the bunker. Elena was rather furious, for obvious reasons. She was an extremely jealous and possessive type, one that was incredibly bad at telling Zane how she really felt about things.
She was having a hard enough time accepting the fact that Zane and Olivia were together, and that she would have to share the man with the silver-haired milf. But now that Angelica wanted in, Elena was at a breaking point. She was deliberately getting herself intoxicated with alcohol while Olivia tried to convince her to be more open-minded.
"Elena... You're looking at things from an outdated perspective... The world is completely different than it was a month ago, and it stands to reason that relationships are naturally going to change because of it.
Zane is quite literally the only man in this bunker with us, and Angelica has been in extreme proximity with him for weeks now. We all do everything together, and Angelica's opinion of him was already quite good, considering he saved her from a bad situation, and shortly thereafter heard of his tragic backstory.
Not only that, but Zane has been protecting her, allowing her to act as his spotter whenever we engaged in combat. If anything, he spends more time with her, then he does any of us. Is it really so hard to believe that at the end of the world, when life is incredibly uncertain that she would develop feelings for the man and act on them?"
Elena did not immediately respond to Oliva's words. Instead, she pouted for some time, continuing to drink her beer as she became increasingly intoxicated. Eventually, however, she did respond to Olivia's words, stating how envious she felt.
"I just don't understand it.... This is not normal! Three women with the same man!?! How can you be so relaxed about this?"
Olivia smiled and took a sip from her own beer before telling Elena her honest thoughts on the matter.
"Elena, you're a smart girl... Based upon what we have seen, how many people do you think are left in the world? Living beings, I mean? 10% of the population? 5%? 1%!?! Humanity is quite literally fighting with itself over the scraps of the old world, while we are continuously pressed into a corner by the undead.
However many humans remain, will keep dwindling in the coming years. And now let me ask you this? What is the ratio of men to women? After all, you know as well as I do that these raiders, these marauders, these slavers, they prioritize women and girls as slaves, because they are more valuable. But the men are largely disposable.
Angelica told me that at the auction less than 10% of the slaves for sale were men or boys.
What if Angelica felt the same way, and Olivia, for that matter? They had all begun to rely on Zane, especially when it came to doing the dark, horrible, and dirty aspects of this cruel new world. Was it really so strange that Olivia and Angelica also developed such feelings for Zane?
This made further sense to Elena as she thought about how attractive Zane had become. Before the apocalypse, and the changes his body underwent as a result of the system and his unique skill, Zane was just an average looking guy.
But he was now so much more than that. It made sense why Angelica, who had only ever known Zane as the man he was now, would so quickly fall for him. Because of this, Elena sighed heavily, and downed the remainder of her beer before speaking to Olivia with a sort of newfound understanding in her blue eyes.
"Alright... I understand... I honestly do.... I am being incredibly selfish.... And petty... You win, I won't try to stop Zane and Angelica from being together, or him and Madison, for that matter..."
Olivia smiled joyfully when she saw that Elena had finally "seen the light" and was about to say something when a familiar voice spoke up from the corner of the room.
"As if.... Zane and me? Are you crazy? Even if he was the last man on Earth, I would totally like never fall for him! He's such a bastard! How a sweet girl like Angelica could ever fall for such a sadist is like totally unthinkable!"
Madison was standing in the doorway with a particularly offended look on her face. She had clearly been listening in on the conversation, but for how long, neither Olivia nor Elena knew. Elena jumped out of her seat and was about to scream at Madison for insulting Zane.
After all, she had no idea what the man had been through, but before she could, Olivia stopped her by raising her hand and speaking to Madison herself.
"You should be incredibly thankful that Zane has taken care of you these past few days. I understand you are still grieving about your parents... But if we had not come here, sooner or later the dead would have found this place, and without people like us protecting it, you all would have died, anyway.
But I will give you time to grieve and forget you insulted Zane like that. You're welcome to join us for a drink if you wish. There is much you don't know about the man, and I think you might change your opinion of him once you hear it..."
Madison bit her lip in displeasure. She was unsure how she should proceed, but ultimately she sat down at the table, while Olivia fetched her a beer. Where the two women would tell the girl all about what they had all been through, and Zane's troubled past.