uncertain_dume | MCA #3, Saturday Morning

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MCA #3, Saturday Morning

Well, this was an awkward way to wake up.

That was the first thought through his head as he realized he wasn't in the bed alone. There was somebody else in that bed with him - lekku, warm to the touch, a Twi'lek, though he couldn't dredge up a name for her if his life depended on it - and just the fact that he was waking up half-curled around a person whose name he couldn't even remember was enough to jolt him awake just that little bit more.

There was something at the food of the bed, too and a quick glance down didn't betray much in the dim morning light beyond that it was some kind of animal, maybe the Twi'lek girl's pet? Which meant that he was definitely the one intruding here. Made sense. He didn't recognize the room, either. Couldn't even remember the situation that put him here in the first place.

Hell, he must've been pretty drunk last night, then. Couldn't remember the girl, the place, how he even got to be here...

His own name...?

"Wait, what?"

Oh, he had a bad feeling about this.

[OOC: For that lovely green lady! Or any visitors that might take place after the Hera thread!]

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Kaidan laughed helplessly. He couldn't help it, that was pure Caleb right there. It was a delight and it was also painful because he knew how Kanan would feel about it in the morning. This was who his friend might have been.

If the Empire hadn't basically murdered this future.

"Yeah, buddy. We have. You'll remember all about it on Monday but if you've got more 'why', go ahead and throw it at me. I'm used to it."

"I'll start making a list," Kanan promised, grinning. Noticing that pang of... something... vaguely. Kaidan seemed troubled. It sobered up his own enthusiasm slightly. "How long until Monday is it, anyway?"

"Two days, buddy," Kaidan assured him, "24 hour days here, so probably about 40 hours left?"

He watched Kanan sober up and could basically guess why. "You'll remember everything on Monday, Kanan." Both a promise and a mild warning, "It'll all come at you hard because when you have weekends like this it always does. I've been there for a couple of 'em now so.. y'know.. I'm looking forward to having you back at peak-Kanan on Monday but also wishing you didn't have to get kicked in the head with the memories again. That's all it is."

The weird feeling you were no doubt picking up from him.

Kanan eyed Kaidan for a long moment, processing that.

"Must be some memories."

He ran a hand through his hair. Sighed and reached to wrestle the toy from Stance as the dog pranced around with it, just daring him to try.

"I guess whatever comes, comes."

He would be Kanan on Monday, for sure.

Probably less with the 'peak.'

More like peaked meaning sick-looking, yeah.

"Yeah," Kanan agreed quietly, "But there's some good ones in there, too. You'll be ok. You've been through this exact same shit before. I just, y'know, hate that you have to."

Kanan reached out to rest a hand on Kaidan's shoulder. Offered him a small, crooked smile.

"The fact that I'm going to have to means I've done some living, that's all," he said, gently. "I'll still be here when the remembering is out of the way. Like you said... I'll be ok."

Eventually.

But he'd get there.

"I know," Kaidan said with the same sort of smile, "You always are. It just takes a day or two. I'll make sure you have cupcakes waiting for you at home on Monday."

That way maybe you wouldn't go wandering.

"We usually do a thing on Tuesday anyway." Not that they'd needed a Tuesday in awhile but this coming week? Probably yes.

"Well then I'll be sure to keep my Tuesday free."

Then you, too, could come up with a new middle name for him upon seeing his hair.

He would, too.

"You usually do," Kaidan chuckled, "It's what we do. Have pizza and bitch about the latest crap the island's found to wreck our heads."

Kanan grinned crookedly.

"I want to ask what pizza is, but you know what? I think just this once I'll let it be a surprise to look forward to."

Pizza was trauma.

It was trauma triangles.

With pineapple on.

Kaidan returned the grin. "That's not what you should ask. You should be asking me what cupcakes are." Because he really wanted to see the 'Kanan discovering cupcakes for the first time' face again.

"Well, now I have to ask, you know. What are cupcakes?"

Go ahead. Make his whole entire life a beautiful thing.

Kaidan grinned at him. "You ready to take Stance for a walk? Because the answer to that is at my place."

He wasn't taking Kanan to the tea shop just then, no. Kanan and Hernando had started working their stuff out and he wasn't going to jeopardize that by one of them saying something wrong.

Well, given the way Stance was immediately perking up, forgetting about his toy, and romping around the room barking...

"Looks like we're going for a walk now," Kanan laughed. "Somebody knows that word."

"Oh, he knows a lot of words," Kaidan grinned wolfishly, "He's a good dog. Stance! Get Daddy!"

You would've known that was coming if you had your memories, Kanan.

Who had two thumbs and was just barely looking up in time to be tackled by a tiny wolf?

Oh yeah. It was this guy.

Kaidan laughed and shook his head. "That never, ever gets old. Get him, Stance! Lick his face!"

Yeah, if anybody needed Kanan for the next few minutes, he was absolutely sprawled flat on the floor, laughing and trying to get the surprise dog to stop trying to lick in his mouth or something.

He didn't seem to mind at all.

Kaidan'd be leaning against the wall laughing himself to tears. Kanan was going to kick his ass on Monday, but honestly? These weren't memories Kaidan felt one tiny shred of guilt about leaving behind from this weekend.

After he was able to talk without wheezing from laughter, he called, "Stance, come on buddy. Time for walks. Let Daddy up."

Stance gave Kanan's face one more lick for good measure, and Kanan sat up in a bit of a daze, hair everywhere and a hand reaching up to try to get some of that slobber from his face.

"Well," he said as Stance trotted over proudly, bouncing a circle around Kaidan for saying the 'w' word, "that was the most vicious wolf attack I've ever been a part of, right there."

Dog. Same thing.

Kaidan dutifully gave the pup all the pets and praise he could want while he waited for Kanan to sort himself out.

"Yeah, he's a vicious brute," Kaidan grinned. He offered Kanan a hand up. "Let's go get you cupcakes for taking that licking like a man."

"They better be everything you've said they are and more," Kanan declared as he took the offered hand.

... Considering Kaidan hadn't actually said much about them, this would be an easy bar to stumble over.

Kaidan hauled him easily to his feet. "Pretty sure you're going to enjoy 'em, buddy."

He was absolutely sure. He remembered the last first time. Kaidan opened the door behind him to let Stance barge his way on out. He knew the drill.

"I'm looking forward to finding out." A pause, and then over his shoulder, for Hera's benefit, he was calling, "Taking the dog for a walk! We'll be back!"

Kaidan followed Stance down the stairs, laughing at how the excited puppy was basically prancing all over the place. He reached the outside door and opened it to let him out. "We're going to my place, buddy," he told Stance.

Not sure if Stance would understand him, but it didn't really matter. Stance didn't generally stray too far from Kanan. Like right now when he was zooming excited circles around them.

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