Shepard ate his eggs and steak, ignoring Michael's jokes about him and Haku.
"So, who's your friend we're going to see?" Haku asked.
"Tali. She's Garrus' wife." Shepard said. "She's been the closest person to me in years."
"I thought I was!" Michael said, pretending to cry.
"I've known you for nearly a month, and I still don't know your last name." Haku said. "We only know that you like making jokes and burritos."
"That's pretty much my whole personality." Michael shrugged.
"You sure there's not a soft side under that. You know, like you make joke to hide your soft, caring center because your older brother made fun of you?" Haku asked.
"I shot at my older brother last time we met." Michael said, not getting the point of Haku's statement. "Worst. Family. Reunion. Ever."
Haku looked, bewildered, at Michael. "You...I don't want to know." Haku sighed, waving her hand as if waving questions away.
"Anyways," Shepard said. "I'm bringing you two along because I don't trust you alone-" Shepard said, looking at Michael-"and you..." Shepard paused. He had no viable reason. "You need to see people." Shepard said, and Michael laughed.
"You just want to be around her." Michael said.
"Finish eating, Michael. This may be your last meal." Shepard growled.
After finishing breakfast, they all took showers and changed. Michael wore a 'Bad Religion' t-shirt, jeans, and black shoes.
"You look like a teenage punk-rocker." Haku said.
"I am a teenage punk-rocker!" Michael said.
Haku wore baggy jeans, a white shirt, like yesterday.
"Did you even change?" Michael asked.
"I was enslaved for five years!" Haku said. "You only gave me three different pairs of the same kind of clothes!"
"Well, if someone wasn't androgynous we'd have gotten you more!" Michael said.
Shepard wore a suit, and his team looked at him.
"Do you own anything other than suits?" Michael asked.
"You don't have anything less, I don't know, aging Bond?" Haku asked.
"'Bond'?" Shepard quoted, not getting the reference. "If it pleases you, I'll change."
"Yes, if it pleases you, Haku. I bet Shep wants to-" Michael was suddenly slammed against the wall, Shepard holding him by the neck. "Sorry." Michael squeaked, and Shepard let go. Shepard retreated to his room, and came back wearing jeans, a grey shirt, and running shoes.
"You look...a bit scary." Haku admitted. Shepard's muscles were visible through the cloth, and numerous scars on his arms were revealed.
Shepard rubbed his eyelids with his index finger and thumb, sighing. "That's why I wear a suit."
"Can we just go? I, personally, think Shepard balances us out." Michael said. "While we're normal, he's nuts. When we look like average people, he looks like a war-torn, bitter war vet with nothing to lose."
"We need to get groceries after visiting my friends." Shepard said, ignoring Michael. Then, he went to the door, opening it for Haku.
"You think I'm a girl?" Haku asked.
Shepard nodded.
"Bet it's nice for Shep to notice your existence." Michael said.
"It is." Haku answered.
At Tali and Garrus' house, Shepard knocked on the door, then put his hands in his pockets. Tali answered the door, holding a small turian child in her hands.
"Hello Shepard." Tali said happily, smiling under her helmet.
"Tali." Shepard nodded. "This is Michael, and this is Haku."
"It's nice to meet you." Haku smiled.
"'Sup?" Michael asked.
Shepard followed Tali into her house, finding Garrus just coming out of the bedroom.
"Shepard!" Garrus smiled, shaking the Commander's hand. "It's been forever. How've you been?"
"Better." Michael answered. "Or was he always a violent, angry old man?"
"He's barely forty." Garrus said.
"Sure." Michael said.
"That's Michael." Shepard said. "Ignore him."
"I was planning to." Garrus chuckled. "And this is Haku?"
"It's nice to meet you, sir." Haku said, looking less like a Marine and more like a shy girl.
"C-Sec was pretty confused when you came through. The red-tape isn't as bad as it was, but you still have to work hours to get the simplest thing through. You'd think they'd be used to Shepard saving people by now." Garrus laughed. "Just call me Garrus, by the way."
Shepard saw John, Tali and Garus' son, looking at him.
"He's a cute child." Shepard said.
"You have no idea how to compliment a turian child, do you?" Garrus asked, elbowing Shepard good-naturedly.
"Not really." Shepard said.
"You know, I've never seen a female turian." Michael said to Haku, feeling like children among adults.
"Neither have I," Haku shrugged.