AN: This one takes place right after the scene from last chapter: Insomnia
Title/theme: BREAKFAST
Genre: Fluff
Approx time line: Phase 41-42 of GS
Summary: "What's this?" she asked as he set the tray down in front of her.
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The captain of the Archangel cracked open an eye and yawned. She murmured in content, for it had been a while since she had a good night's sleep. She looked around the darkness lazily, not wanting to quite get up yet. There was no daylight to speak of in outer space to dictate when it was time to get up. She looked around, searching for her clock to tell her when her shift on the bridge would be starting, but the clock was nowhere to be found. Her eyes snapped open as she realized with a start that she was not in her room.
A wave of panic came upon her as she bolted straight up, her heart pounding. Where am I?
She observed her surroundings in the dim light from the monitor screen in the room, her eyes having already adjusted to the darkness.
She was alone, sitting on the bed in her nightdress. There was a desk in the room, similar to hers. On the desk was her uniform coat, sitting unceremonially in a heap. Beside her clothes was a pile of magazines; the light was too dim for her to make out the subject.
So she sat there, trying to figure out where she was. The clue that tipped her off was another uniform coat hanging on the back of the chair in front of the desk. In the dim light, she was able to see that instead of a red shoulder band like hers, this one had a black shoulder band with one yellow stripe.
Mwu's uniform? What is it doing here? Wait…
She suddenly remembered the events from before she went to sleep, how she had wandered into his room, wanting to talk to him, and ended up…
Her thoughts trailed off as she felt her cheeks grow warm. She smiled to herself at the memory and looked to the spot where he had laid beside her.
Wait, why am I alone? Where is…
Just as she was about to get up and find out where he went, the door slid open. She looked and saw a tall figure being framed by the light from the hallway.
"You're awake I see," came his smiling voice. He entered the room and flicked on the lights. "Oops, sorry," he said sheepishly as he saw her blinked rapidly to adjust her eyes to the sudden brightness.
Murrue shook her head. "It's alright. What time is it?"
"Your shift doesn't start for another twenty minutes," he answered as he came over to her, carrying a tray.
She inhaled the scent wafting from the contents on the tray. "What's this?" she asked as he set the tray down in front of her.
"Breakfast in bed," he answered proudly as he straightened up, an impish grin on his face.
She laughed. "Oh Mwu, you're so silly!" But she was touched that he cared enough to bring her food.
"I know," he answered matter-of-factly and kissed her on the cheek before heading for the door.
"Wait!" she called. He paused in his step and turned. "Don't you want to share?" she asked, holding up a piece of toast.
To her disappointment, he shook his head. "I already ate. I have to go check on something."
She pouted. "Aww, you brought me food and want me to eat it alone?" She chuckled as he gave an exaggerated sigh.
"Alright, I suppose I can stay for a while."
She scooted over to make room for him as he sat down beside her and watched her eat.
"So, did you sleep well?" he rested his chin on her shoulder and hugged her, a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.
Murrue blushed and nodded, which made him chuckle. Before he could say anything more to embarrass her, she stuffed a piece of muffin in his mouth. She giggled as his eyes widened in surprise.
"Yes, I slept well. Thank you."
"You're welcome to stay, you know," he offered once he managed to swallow the muffin.
She smiled. It was a nice thought. "I'll think about it," she replied as she finished the food on the tray.
"Where's my coffee?" she asked as she eyed him.
"Hey, I only have two hands," he protested, "Besides, I don't want you to spill it all over my bed you know."
She grabbed the pillow beside her and hit him in the face with it. "I'm not messy, unlike you!"
It was a pretty simple breakfast, but it was the best breakfast Murrue had in a long time.
AN: hehe, more cheesy and senseless fluff XD. for some reason, I don't see Mwu as a very neat person, so I don't think he quite cares that he leaves his magazines out in the open like that XD, or help her fold her uniform all nice and neat. he probably just picked it off the floor and dumped it on his desk (like I would do...)
Also, I have a question about Murrue's EA uniform. Have you noticed that she's the only person we've seen in the series whose uniform has red shoulder bands instead of black (like Mwu's and Natarle's)? I wonder why that is...