This is m'room...(May)

[Zeke]

Zeke walked down the hall, dancing slightly and making up his theme music. He spun on the ball of his foot, and moved backward, grinning at May.

"Y'gotta see m'room!"

[May Peris]

"I can't wait," she replied, smiling. He sure was enthusiastic about something as little as a room!

[Zeke]

"This...is my room! Kindo's m'roommate, he's cool."

The first room was like the living room, and contained a couch and holoprojector. At the back was the kitchen, with a small table where the two ate. The next door was a room with a single bed and a large cardboard box.

[May Peris]

"Cool ! A cardboard box !!"

May ran over to it and got down on her knees, peeking inside.

"This is nice ... !"

[Zeke]

"I been sleepin' in there since the attack...It ain't much."

[Mutant Cockroach]

"AAAAAAAA!!!"

I rolled over to only see a huge humanoid face staring into my home. I jumped out onto her face and began to scramble into her hair.

"Attack! AATTTTTTAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKK! INTRUDOR!"

[May Peris]

"Really ? I-- BLERGH!!"

Something huge flew into her face and she reached up to try and take it off.

"Zeke, what the frell is this thing?! GET IT OFF!!"

[Zeke]

Zeke pulled the Mutant Cockroach off May.

"Hey! Back off! That's May, she's one o' my best friends! May, this is m'buddy!"

He held the Cockroach out on his palm to her.

"He's cool! He's got fangs!"

[May Peris]

"I swear that thing just talked."

May smoothed her hair back before straightening out her clothes, glaring at the bug.

And Zeke wasn't lying -- it DID have fangs.

[Zeke]

"Yeah, he talks! Go on, buddy! I gotta chill with May."

[Mutant Cockroach]

I squirmed around in Zeke's hands before he dropped me, running away into the other room. I would spend some time with Kindo, where as hopefully he would give me some snacks.

Let those two have their fun; I didnt need them!

[Zeke]

Zeke smiled as he watched his best friend go.

"I think I hurt his feelings..."

[May Peris]

"Eh, he'll survive."

May shrugged and looked around the rest of the room, not knowing what else to say.

[Zeke]

Zeke sat up on Kindo's bed and looked to May, an awkward silence filling between them.

"So...um..."

Jeez, what did you talk about when you were alone with a girl?

"...what kinda place you been livin in all these years?"

Yeah...he'd just shown her his place, maybe she'd like to talk about her old living quarters as well...

[May Peris]

"Anything I could find. Sometimes I broke into places and slept there if it was raining or cold, other times I went into not-so-nice places."

She frowned and placed her hands on her hips.

"But this is certainly the nicest I can remember."

[Zeke]

"Really? Well...glad you like it!" Zeke faltered. He put his face in his hands as she turned to look around. What was with himself? He looked up with a smile as she turned back around.

"Um...want something to drink?"

[May Peris]

"A drink? Uhm... Sure, okay."

As soon as he turned around, May grabbed him and squeezed.

"Think I'd let you leave this room when it's your birthday? How about you tell me where the drinks are and I'll get you one."

[Zeke]

Zeke blinked as she hugged him. His birthday...Yeah, it was wasn't it? How long had it been since he'd given it any thought...ages, it seemed.

"Um...the fridge...there's one out in the kitchen..."

[May Peris]

Letting go of Zeke, May grinned and began to walk into the next room, which was, apparantly, the kitchen. She saw the fridge and went over to it, opening the door. Yeah, you could tell guys lived here just by how disorganized the food was arranged.

".. Err... What do you want?" She yelled.

[Zeke]

Zeke rubbed the back of his head and looked out the door in her general direction.

"Uhm...juice is fine..."

[May Peris]

Her eyes searched the unorganized categorizing of the food until they rested on a bottle of apple juice. Triumphantly, she pulled it out, and walked back out to where Zeke was.

"Here ya go," she said, holding it out with both hands.

May knew practically no manners, and she was used to seeing others - and herself - drinking out of milk cartons, bottles, and the such.

[Zeke]

Zeke grinned, popped the lid and took a drink. He and Kindo were saving fortunes on dishes like this.

"Thanks. How'd you remember my birthday?"

[May Peris]

"Well, your birthday is a week after mine."

She shrugged, after all, it wasn't a big deal.

[Zeke]

"The last time I gave my birthday any thought was on my fifteenth birthday..."

Zeke set the bottle down and looked away, no longer thirsty.

[May Peris]

"What's the matter?"

May sighed and crossed her arms. She didn't like the sudden change that came over him and wanted to get to the bottom of it. He said he didn't give his birthday any thought after he was fifteen ..... which was, at the least, very unusual.

[Zeke]

"Remember, that day on my birthday, that was the day..."

Zeke's throat went suddenly dry. He swallowed hard, trying to rid himself of the feeling, then drained half the juice bottle. He took a deep breath.

"That was the day the Cap'n's ship was attacked...the day the crew died..."