It started off as a seemingly ordinary day, Omega left for the bus with Hunter, Crosshair left for work and Wrecker fed the Toka cats before leaving too, Tech sat in his room studying and Echo- "WAIT where's Echo!?" called omega. "I have to say goodbye to him".
At that exact moment Tech walked down the stairs almost as if he timed it.
"Echo will not be joining us today" he informed "He's come down with a cold, I gave him some meds and he should be better in short time. Echo is always one to get it bad due to the damage he sustained on skako minor "
his gaze shifted to Omega, an expression like he was preparing for the worst swept over him "I would not advise you disturbing him" winced Tech. Omega's face turned bright red while she processed this information, it almost was as if she were about to cry. But ECHO. her mind screamed. That was not what came out though, instead she let out a deep breath, looked Tech dead in the eye and said "ok" and turned to Hunter. He had been just as surprised as Tech when she said that, still he followed her out the door.
Hours passed and the day slowly moved on to the pitter patter of rain outside. Finally, when Tech was getting fidgety, Omega, Crosshair and Hunter stepped inside the quiet house. The room seemed to fill with warmth as Tech saw his siblings smiling at one another. "Your 16 minutes late" Tech teased, a smile ran across his face "did you miss us" scowled Crosshair in a half playful half annoyed way while rolling his eyes. Just then Wrecker barged in, shattering all silence that was left in the room by yelling "hope you're hungry!" Bou one of the two toka cats ran out from under the sofa nearly tripping Wrecker as he carried his cargo of three flat, greasy boxes to the counter. The savory aroma of a cheesy sustenance sailed in the air. Omega, smiling quite proudly, exclaimed "We got pizza!" Tech looked at hunter and raised an eyebrow
"Echo's the only one with time to cook an actual meal, he is sick though so I thought it would be good to pick something up" said hunter lifting a hand behind his head. Tech was still staring "I- I'll go put them in the oven so they don't get cold" muttered hunter.
"Tech, why don't you like pizza?" omega questioned " I've never had it before but it smells amazing" she stated
"I suppose it's acceptable for tonight," Tech replied. His gaze shifted to Wrecker "I will not have you wiping you greasy fingers on the sofa again though"
Omega laughed at the sound of Tech scolding Wrecker. A second letter, Echo, in all the comfiest things he could find stumbled down the stairs. He had on a gray hoodie that had been cut and sewn to fit over his prosthetic, a newly bought pair of black lounge pants that had a dark red stripe down the left side and a pair of thick matching red socks. Hunter made him wear the socks so that his prosthetics wouldn't scratch the hardwood floor. Omega looked at Echo intensely, looking at the redness in his cheeks, how he walked and the way his eyes didn't shine like normal. In a jolt she was stabbed by a painful reminder that she had not seen Echo all day. Immediately she ran up to him gleefully shouting his name, not wanting to leave him again.
"Hey kid" he grumbled as Omega grabbed his good arm pulling him to the sofa.
"Guess what!" Omega exclaimed
"What?" Echo murmured as if he were only half awake.
"We got you pizza" she said "there's cheese, and pepperoni, and one with spicy green things" Echo smiled a little, his eyes fully open now, resting his head back.
"Fives liked pizza" whispered Echo "He always found some new topping to try" Omega was leaning in, listening with an open mind. She knew how hard it was to talk about fives.
"No matter what he tried, plain old pepperoni was his favorite." His eyes were closed at this point, it seemed like he was dreaming. For a moment they were both silent, just listening to the others talk. It's not that they were listening to the words but rather the tone of the others voices, clearly it was not an incredibly interesting topic because Wrecker abruptly shouted
"Let's eat now!" Omega jumps up and grabs two slices of the one called pepperoni and places them each on their own ceramic plate. She runs back to echo and plops the plate down in his lap before anyone can say anything. Slowly they all join in the living room. Crosshair is already halfway through his slice when he jokingly says
"Echo you should be sick more often"
"Ha, you wish" he responded before taking his first bite.
"Just you wait, someday you'll catch it too" teased Hunter
Omega looked around at each of them, content and happy. She lifts the slice to her mouth and takes in the delectable aroma before sinking her teeth into the cheesy dream. The flavor floods her mouth and the greasy juice coats her lips. Although she would not say it, she kinda wished they could have pizza more often.