A heavy echo of his alarm clock made his eyes snap open and immedietly groan. His eyelids were heavy and he felt like his entire body was lead.

His fingers pointed at the alarm on the otherside of the room and he felt the alarm turn off. He lifted his head and he licked his lips rubbing his fingers through unkept hair. He slowly pulled out of his comfortable bed, feeling the floor as his bed floated.

"God damn it..."

He popped his back as he felt around his room for the button for his shower, pressing it and turning on the rooms streams. He leaned into a small sink and stared in the mirror.

His eyes had bags under them as his captain had given him such a huge load of paperwork last night. He had gone through it all, but the machine crashed halfway through and he only got to finish the report three hours ago. Sure, the medicine that he took from the doctor helped to put him to sleep, but they only worked if he was in a full day to rest.

His body had 4 more hours to sleep, but he needed to get to the station.

He walked into the shower and lifted his arms, feeling the water press every crook that felt worn and tired and it knotted out the muscles.

On his home planet, things like showers or even fucking toilets weren't as advanced as the ones on the Starship. Earth was very small and in the universe thought as the kind of cute planet. Of course it was a lie, since the earthlings were pretty fucking powerful.

The fight they had with the Geonians from the Crab nebula was pretty fucking rough.

That's when the humans finally got accepted as a race in the universe, and only certain people can come aboard the Star ship Talian. He'd been out of a certain thousand that were chosen to work with the star ships.

And today, he was meeting an Omegian who would be his new partner and hopefully help him take a huge load off his shoulders.

He gently wiped away the last of the water from his face and pressed in some numbers into his screen, displaying weather conditions and news from his hometown.

It'd been three years since he'd been on earth.

The thing was, he could say he was homesick.
Except that he had no home to go to.

His family had rejected him when they found out he was gay, and it got even worse when he told them he'd be going into space.

Earth was pretty diverse with aliens now, but they didn't really like it when humans decided to go away. It was a stupid planetistic way of seeing things.

He sighed and slicked his hair back, pulling on a tight midnight blue shirt, pants and knee boots that was code to wear on the ship. He slipped on his jacket and pinned his namtag onto his shoulder.

"Gilbert Beilschmidt. Earthian."

He was the only male from Earth on the ship. The rest of the crew (which was about 13) were female. It was sometimes quite lonely. Especially because of the Geo-Rom war(The geonian and earth war was called geonin and roman for the roman name of the planet, how unpleasant) when the other planets and solar systems found out that Earth was becoming advance and would be no one's bitch, it made Earthians seem very...

Well, to put it easily rough.

He walked with his hands behind his back and inclined slightly. His Navy training was in overdrive with his lack of sleep and some centaur men from Venine in the Seahorse galaxy shied away from him.

As he passed the B corridor on the left of the ship, he waved a hello to a fellow human name Feliciana and he smiled as she bounced over to him and smiled.

"So i hear we're finally getting a couple of Omegians for our ship!" Her italian accent was laced with happiness and he chuckled quietly. He stared at some paperwork in his hands as he read off the names of the new recruits.

"Apparently. Are you ready for your new partner?" He turned to her as she fixed her badge on her breast. It was upside down, so he paused and pushed her hands away, fixing it for her.
"Not really, no. I am not ready to share a bedroom with another person. I like my own space." She pouted.

"Well, its not like we are going to have to move things. You know the rooms can extend by themselves." Gilbert said as he slid the needle through the delicate fibers of her shirt and pinned the shiny name tag.

"I know... But still... What if she snores?" She pouted and kicked a little. Gilbert rolled his eyes as the doors slid open to show a big group of people.

"Welcome . . We have been waiting."

A woman with glittering green skin and black eyes with white irisis smiled at them. She wore her light blonde hair with no band and it freely moved with her thin fram. She wore a long type of jumpsuit that accentuated an hourglass figure with extra grab on her hips. She glowed power and her skin would change colors when agitated. All in all, she was an awesome creature from the Horshoe nebula.

"Natalia. Sorry to have kept you waiting." Gilbert said quietly and went to sit at his chair. A plate of food and coffee was situated at his seat. Around him, other different types of food that varied from large looking orange lettuces to screaming octupi with claws stayed on plates of other captains.

"I have situated here to show you your new partners. Since you are captains of your own side of the ship, you are to have a subordinate for your work. I have taken these precautions since recently we have been swamped with paper work." Natalia said gently as she sat at the largest chair and sipped on a cup of some green liquid that shined like motor oil.

Gilbert put his fork into his eggs and took a bite, wincing as they tasted like they had been days old. He obted for toast and was surprised to find it quiet edible. And the coffee wasn't as bad as he thought it would be.

"You're new partners are from Omega, Alphatran and Betazid. As you can tell, they are all from the Gresian nebula, as they finally opened up to foreign matters." Natalia pressed a keypad about the size of her thing palm and three 3D pictures of planets showed up.

Alphatran was slightly redish in hue, but the water on the planet was so clear that you could see the bottom, even if it was a picture. There was not much land, but it was situated in a circular type of thing. It was a water planet, and most of the Alphatranians were tanned and fish like. They spoke a mixture of languages and dialects that made Gilbert want to rub his head in annoyance since they were pitched farther than what he could listen to. The translater on his necklace would helpd though.

Betazid was next to Alphatran. It was more of a land planet and it was like a giant marsh. It was humid and wet, and most of the Betazidians were double sexed and very small. They also wore very little clothing, since their planet was always sweaty. But that was the bottom half. The top half was literally frozen over. The northern Betazidians were a lot bigger and wore more clothing. They were also very hostile and hard to work with.

There was Ivan who was recruited about three days ago. Gilbert had gotten in some fight with him for saying that he hated the cold. The man couldn't even take a joke.

Then there was Omega. For a second, Gilbert thought it was Earth.

"As you can tell, Omega slightly looks like Earth. There is only a small variety of differences. First off-" Natalia pulled up pictures of Omega, and Gilbert's eyes widened at the architecture. It looked like the suburbs, but the houses were stacked upon each other.

And the people...

"The people are half animal. They fall into categories. There are the omnivores, predators and vegatarians. The Predators are at the top. The higher in the Predatory scale, the more richer and more powerful you are." Natalia said and there was a small agreement around the table that that was quiet stable.

"Mating rituals are yearly, and some of our candidates might have to have breaks to go back home since... they can actually get pretty rough."

"What do you mean rough?" A woman with three eyes the color of emeralds and black hair stood up. Gilbert blinked as he was brought back from his note taking.

"Well..." Natalia pressed her hand on her cheek and sighed.

"Women and Men go into heat... And certain males can also get pregnant. When they go in heat they either mate, or go into different reactions. Hot flashes, cramps, sometimes fevers. It can get bad. Sometimes they take pills to relieve this, but they do need to mate."

There was a pause in the room and the information sunk into everyone.

"Do... do all the Gresian nebulian planets have this?" the three eyes woman said again and everyone shook their heads.

"Only in Omega do all of the residents go into heat. In the other places, only certain parts of the planet. We know in Betazid only the North Eastern part has that problem. Alphatran only the west."

Gilbert knitted his brows.

"Okay... So know that we know about them, do we get to meet them?" Gilbert said and Feliciana ve'd queitly beside him. They were both very interested in their new partners.

"Yes. I will present them to you right now. I will read off names and they will come forward." Natalia said as pressed a button and the giant door behind her opened and a large group came in.

Gilbert saw a blur of faces and different pitches of languages he did not know. He could turn on his necklace like some of his other teamates were doing, but he preffered not to push the headache that was already forming in the frontal lobe.

He gently rubbed his eyes and sighed.

Being Captain of the A section was horrible.

Natalia said off names and quickly the groups began to move away slowly.

"Gilbert Beillschmidt?"

Natalia looked up and Gilbert jumped as he pulled out his small earbud to see Natalia putting a hand on a young man.

He blinked.

Omegian's looked increadibly human.

"This is your new partner, hun."

She said quietly to the small omegian who shook his head.

Gilbert could see that he was blonde and his skin was a slight shade of tan and he wore a tight green outfit that signalized that he was higher on the scale of ship society. His Jacket was also a nice shade of brown and it seemed fluffy at the edges. It was kind of cute.

"Hello, I am Alfred F. Jones... Nice to meet you." Gilbert stared at him and then stuck out his hand. the boy's hand was gentle and soft. He shook it and smiled at him.

"Gilbert Beilschmidt. So you're my new partner?"

Alfred shook his head gently, and stared at the ground. He wouldn't look up and Natlia moved to Felician and showed her her new partner. A small asian looking man.

For some reason Omega also looked a lot like their own nationalities. Well, except the oriential looking ones came from the north instead of the east.

"Well, would you like me to show you around?" Gilber said as he put up Alfred's chin up and stared at him. He noticed that the male looked caucasion, but had a certain look that made him look lean and slightly creepy.

It was intruiging.

"Of.. of course, Sir." He looked away from him and Gilbert huffed out of his nose.

"Why won't you look me in the eye?"

"On my planet, if you were lower than the person beside you, you weren't allowed to look them in the eye." Alfred said gently as they turned to walk.

"Well, Alfred... I think i am your equal."
Alfred paused and stared at the ground. He sighed gently and slowly raised his head. He fixed his back and stood up straight. He stared at the albino and smiled gently.

Gilbert stared at him as he noticed the shining blue eyes and the blonde hair was soft looking and perfect.

He smiled.

"Better."
Alfred smiled and suddenly two ears popped out of his head and twitched gently.

Gilbert felt his smile falter and Alfred cocked his head.

"What?"

"Oh my god."

Alfred flushed darkly (Gilbert noticed freckles on his tan skin) and tried to flatten his ears back into his hair.

"GrrrRRR i amm sorrrrrry..." Alfred's voice took a pitch of a growl and Gilbert flushed darkly. He covered his mouth as the boy tried to hide the appendages, but then patted his back when he gave up.

"It's... fine... They're cute." He said as he gently rubbed the left one. Alfred made a small noise that sounded like a whine and his leg kicked.

"P..Please stop, sir."

"Call me Gilbert, okay? And tell me what type of animal you are, please...?" Gilbert pulled his hand away and Alfred flushed. Gilbert then noticed that underneath his jacket was something wrapped around his stomach.

"... Wolf?"

Gilbert said as he reached out gently and pet his tail. Alfred yelped and his tail stood on end behind him. His ears pointed straight and he hissed.

"No. Please stop that."

Gilbert raised his hands and Alfred suddenly fell back and hid in his jacket.

"I'm... sorry i'm not used to people touching me so much. In my family, i'm the only wolf. The rest of them are lessers." Alfred walked beside Gilbert and sighed.

"I'm sorry, i'll stop if it makes you uncomfortable." Gilbert said gently and was about to put his hand on his shoulder when he remembered and put it down again.

Alfred smiled in a thank you and then stared at the food on the menu beside the doorway. He licked his lips and his tail gently wagged as he looked at the list.

"They have Geanian food here. My neighbor made wonderful Gehunda..." Alfred made a sound that sounded like a purr and Gilbert smiled.

"I'll buy you some. My treat."

Alfred immedietly turned to him and his tail wagged faster. Except, Alfred looked serious.

"Uhm, you don't have to."

Gilbert's eyes flickered to his wagging tail and Alfred felt his face turn a shade of a cherry. He grabbed his slightly blonde-brown tail and tucked it into his buckle.

"Nah. I have a feeling you really want some..." Gilbert snickered as Alfred flushed.

"T..thank you..."

They walked together into the hall, and as Gilbert grabbed some food for both of them Alfred trailed behind. Gilbert felt that the younger was summing him up and trying to figure out how to pay respects to the older male. And by starters it was probably going behind him and not showing that he was equal to him.

"Alfred. Walk beside me, you are my equal." Gilbert stopped and the young man smacked into his back and then stopped.

"So-Sorry sir."

"Alfred."

"Sorry Gilbert."

They sat in front of each other and Gilbert ate the green mush that Alfred gobbled up like it was chocolate ice cream.

"I miss Mr. Jerogian's Gehunda..." Alfred stopped and smiled at the plate. Gilbert bit into it and actually like the taste of it. It tasted liek a mixture of grass with butter and sugar. With a slight taste of cinnamon and apples, he realized that it wasn't that bad.

Maybe he should ask Alfred to recommend more terestrial food. He always stuck with human food, and the alien behind the kitchen was about twenty galaxies from Earth so he was horrible at making it.

"I miss momma's pancakes..." Gilbert said gently as he bit into a flattened bread piece that was a shade of bright pink and tasted like blueberries.

"I can make pancakes." Alfred said gently as he finished his drink (that looked like green goop and Gilbert had tasted before. It tasted like carbonated cabbage, ugh.)

Gilbert paused from his food and then looked up.

"Really?"
"Yeah... i can..." Alfred's ears flattened to his head and Gilbert smiled.

"That would be great man. You'd be a dear."

"Man?"
"What?"

Gilbert stared and blinked at Alfred as he knitted his brows and blinked quickly in confusion. His fingers tapped quickly and he cocked his head.

"You called me a man. I am a male... but... you used it in a context... that i don't understand."

Gilbert stared at him with with an unmoving gaze that unnerved Alfred.

"Are you serious?"

"Y...yes... Quite."

There was a pause and Gilbert sighed, as he needed to think of how to explain it to the young omegian.

"Well. Its a slang. You use it as if saying "brother" or "bro". Usually it's to accert who you are talking to in a sort of appreciative manner. If you would like, i can stop using them."
Alfred stared at him and shook his head.

"I'll just ask when i am confused."
"Okay."

He smiled as he pushed a brussel sprout looking thing (it looked like it, but then it moved on its own, god damn it he hated the food here) and sighed. His ears turned downward and his tail slowly moved in a counter circle. The room was beggining to empty and soon enough Gilbert realized that it was 9 in the afternoon.

Time passed really quickly when he was on here.

"How about i show you to the room. The manager probably already has all the stuff made and prepared for you to sleep." Gilbert said as he put the trash into a bin and sipped on the water.

Alfred rubbed his eyes and shook his head.

"That would be of best, yes."

He walked beside the young wolf, telling him stories of his hometown and the blonde explained how half of the population was underwater.

"I am serious!"
"You have a friend who's an orca?"

"I met him on the internet, he's pretty cool. He lives in Atlantis." Alfred said as he passed his card over the scanner of their room and opened the sliding door. Inside was Gilbert's half of the room and the other half was almost the same, except there was a bunch of quilts and a beareu filled with clothes and books.

Gilbert knitted his brows as there was no bed.

"...Where is your bed...?"

Gilbert said as he sat in his own bed, the mattress sinking a foot down with the pressure placed. Gilbert pulled off his boots and tucked them away.

Alfred blinked at him.

"I don't sleep on a bed."

Alfred fixed the largest sheet on the ground and the pushed the other smaller ones into a cocoon.

Gilbert stared quietly as the young man took off his clothes and slipped into pajama bottoms that had small eagles on them. He curled into a small ball in the middle, his tail curled against his leg and then a sheet covered him and he was gone.

"Good night, Gilbert."

Gilbert blinked and then chuckled. It was kind of cute.

He took off his shirt and pants, staying in boxers to sleep. He slipped under the sheets and clapped loudly, turning off the lights.

"Good night, Alfred."

He fell asleep with a funny thought of petting Alfred to see if he would whimper like a puppy.

He'd probably hate that though.