The walk to the hatch was anything but quiet, considering Ana was there.
"You have no idea how worried I was about you, sugarlump! I was terrified you were going to fall, and I was the only one who even cared! All that those other freaks cared about was the dumb baby!"
Arzt nodded understandingly. "Well, that's life." He said. He hadn't actually been listening to Ana. The second she mentioned a meal in the hatch, everything else flew from his mind as quickly as he had fallen in love with Ana. Pretty quick.
Arzt's mind was filled with graphic images of food, and himself, and himself eating food. Delicious cakes and huge three course meals drifted past him, and all he could hear was food. And all he could see was food. And all he could taste was food. And all he could feel was food. And all he could smell was food. Man, life was good.
"The moment I saw you up there, it was like… like… like you were smaller than usual. Like you were far, far away… high, in the sky…"
Arzt blinked and looked at Ana for a moment. She had a faraway, thoughtful look on her face. He stared at her, and as he did, it was like her face… changed. With every second that passed, she looked less like Ana and more like… a hamburger. Arzt started to drool, and without thinking, he lurched forward and tried to grab the burger and put it in his mouth.
He knocked Ana to the ground, falling on top of her. She screamed and put her arms around him.
"Leslie! You naughty boy! Can't you wait till we get to the hatch?" She grinned.
Arzt stared at the hamburger. It had a point. If someone saw him eating it out here, they'd probably want some. And that would be bad. Because Arzt was hungry, and he had a bigger stomach than most people, so he needed it more.
He got off the hamburger and stood up. "You're right. Someone might see us. Let's go."
Ana shot Arzt a seductive look, then carried on without a word. Arzt followed her obediently, never taking his eyes off her.
They arrived at the hatch and Ana went in, expecting Arzt to just follow her. Luckily, he did. Ana lay down on the sofa, watching Arzt walk in. His eyes fell on her and he started drooling a little. Ana was slightly grossed out, but decided to take it as a type of compliment.
"Come here, Leslie,"
Arzt walked over to her in a daze. He leant over her and put his hands on either side of her face. Ana leaned up to meet his lips, but instead of the sweet kiss she had been expecting, Arzt's teeth connected with her lips instead. She screamed and leapt up, clutching her mouth.
"Arzt! You bit me!" She only called him that when she was pissed off at him. "What the hell is wrong with you!"
Ana obviously didn't mean this literally, because neither of them really wanted to stay in the hatch for the next week.
Arzt stood up and walked over to her. "Of course I bit you! How else do you eat burgers?"
Ana stared at Arzt in disbelief. "What!"
Instead of replying, Arzt stepped closer and tried to take another bite out of Ana's head. She screamed again and slapped him hard across the cheek. Arzt fell over. Wimp.
"What are you doing!" Ana yelled.
Arzt blinked, dots of light dancing before his eyes. He looked up, and saw Ana.
"Hey! Ana! What are you doing here? Did you eat my burger?"
"ARZT! There is. No. Burger! What are you talking about!"
"I thought… you… I was so hungry…"
Ana made a frustrated noise and stalked off into another room of the hatch, leaving Arzt on the ground. Alone. By himself. Hungry.