Shepard wore his suit and reflective sunglasses, flanked by Michael- wearing a t-shirt that advertised for an old human band -and Haku, wearing her gender-neutral clothing in the form of baggy jeans and a white t-shirt.
"Hey, I just realized, we look like some messed-up family." Michael chuckled. "Shepard's that dad while Haku's my sister, and I'm the son."
"I don't want to hear about families." Shepard said, getting scanned by the machine.
"Shepard." The turian said, his mandibles in the form of a turian smile. "It's been a while."
Shepard walked by, turning and crossing his arms as Haku walked through.
"Private Haku," The turian said. "We've had a report you were kidnapped."
"Enslaved, actually." Haku said matter-of-factly. "Shepard saved me, so you can take down all of that 'kidnapped' stuff."
"Alright," The turian nodded.
Michael stepped through, and the turian said "Michael. You do know human chocolate melts, right?"
Michael took a bag of candies out of his pocket. "M & M's don't melt, dude."
"Like it matters to a turian." The turian muttered. "You can go through."
"Why didn't he know I'm a criminal?" Michael whispered, sounding a bit hurt.
"Maybe you're too small-time." Haku giggled.
"Small-time? I'm with Aria!" Michael said, looking down at the floor.
"You're with Shepard now. He's bigger than Aria." Haku said, and Michael laughed. "What?"
"'He's bigger than Aria?' Bow-chika-bow-wow."
"What? Is that some extranet meme or something?"
Michael sighed. "I forgot how much you missed in those five years. If you hadn't been watching Blasto you'd know a bit more about the Citadel. Like this."
The door opened, and Haku gasped, having trouble taking in how much the Citadel had changed.
"Yes, the change extends past the new security. A lot of the Citadel was damaged during Saren's attack." Shepard said. "Both humans and aliens built it bigger and better."
"Saren...?" Haku asked.
Michael put his palm to his face. "You watched Blasto and?"
"A couple Krogan anime episodes." Haku admitted.
"Shep, how are you going to tell her what happened?" Michael said. "Because you, as the Commander and living legend, should inform your crew."
Shepard gestured for the two to follow him and walked to a theater, styled like an old human theater. Shepard rapped on the glass of a movie poster. "This is a biography of what happened. It will be very fictionalized, but I don't have the patience to tell you what happened first-hand."
"The sequel's coming out soon." Michael said, then "Can we got popcorn? And soda? And some candy?"
Shepard sighed, then got three tickets for his biography. To his shame, he broke down and bought Michael popcorn, soda, and candy. Haku, though, shared popcorn with Shepard. Michael acted differently as Shepard expected once the movie started, not talking once the movie started. Before, though, he made plenty of jokes.
Once the movie was over, Shepard, Haku, and Michael left the theater to go to Shepard's Ward condo. It had three beds, which surprised Michael. In the elevator to the Wards, Michael couldn't hold back his question anymore.
"Did you go forward in time, see that we would adventure with you, then come back and buy a condo with three beds?" Michael asked.
"If I went to this time in the past, I wouldn't have the will to live and the Reapers would've succeeded." Shepard said, then answered Michael's question. "No. Though the condo does have three beds, I purchased the condo because it was the only one open at the time with a spectacular view."
"Never thought of you as a 'spectacular view' guy." Haku said, leaning on the elevator wall.
"I still like art, though I don't have much time for it." Shepard said.
"Man, these elevators take for-ever!" Michael complained, extending the word 'forever.'
"The majority agrees with you." Shepard said. "I, personally, didn't mind. I always listened to music during the elevator rides."
"The muzak?" Haku asked.
"No. Music as in 'The Faunts,' 'The Killers,' or other musicians." Shepard said. "I was notorious in the Alliance for carrying an MP3 player."
Michael and Haku laughed.
"That's priceless, Shepard!" Haku smiled.
Finally, the elevator opened and Shepard walked out. Several minutes later, they were inside of his condo. It was completely clean, looking very much like what you would expect an artist or a writer to live in.
"Whoa." Michael said, looking around the room. "I was expecting a shithole."
"I'm Commander Shepard." Shepard said, allowing himself emotion. "Would I live in a shithole."
Michael fixed his vision on a large television on the wall. "I love you, big T.V." Michael muttered.
"Are you drooling?" Haku asked.
"Yes."
"Eww."
"You don't understand my love."
"You should move the T.V." Haku said.
"I should." Shepard agreed.
"No!" Michael squealed, jumping on the couch and grabbing the remote, cradling it to his chest. "My precious..." Michael rasped.
Shepard and Haku stared at him.
Michael sat up and turned the television on. "Do you have pay-per-view?"
"Not for what you want to watch." Shepard growled.
"We're all men here!" Michael said, not disguising the fact he looked at Haku.
Haku sat next to Michael, shrugging. "Look at whatever you want. I don't care."
Michael's jaw dropped, then he looked at Shepard, mouthing 'lesbian.'
"Bisexual, actually." Haku said, not looking away from the screen.