short stories

Long time no see

"It was always the utter silence that got me nervous" Ashton said towards a familiar male with short brown hair,the male only having one arm that was messily bandaged. "Right, Noelle?" he turned his head to look at the other, who smiled and nodded in agreement "yeah, I understand that feeling, are you doing ok?" Noelle asked in concern to which Ashton simply shrugged "I don't feel like murdering anyone so i'm doing alright" this caused Noelle to laugh a little and pat Ashton on the back "we don't need anymore murder today, hun" Ashton would get up, adjusting his hair in the ponytail and beginning to walk down the corridor of the war base. Noelle followed behind calmly, feeling safe next to his Lover, He was taller than Ashton and he found it funny to call him short once in a while just to piss him off. He didn't know much about a lot of things, he usually went to Ashton or even Captain for help. However he was deep into thought recently, distracted by a few ideas and random funny jokes, hell even the random moth he found earlier. "Noelle? Noelle you good?" Ashton had stopped walking and turned to Him. "huh?" Noelle shook his head and looked over, snapping out of his thoughts. "Yeah I'm fine, what were we talking about?" Ashton facepalmed before sighing "did you hear we are getting new recruits?" He looked at Noelle, asking "No not really, no one ever tells me much" "or you just don't pay attention." Ashton interrupted, rubbing the back of his neck "no offense" he adjusted his gloves as this was a small fidget he did when he was bored.Noelle lightly glanced over for a moment "none taken, but who are these new recruits?" He tilted his head lightly, puzzled as he didn't know that this was going on "and when are they coming?" he watched as Ashton lit a cigarette and took a puff of it "i'm unsure actually, Cap said they would be here tomorrow, one of them is named Cherry i think. Apparently they are an exchange guy from Japan, crazy shit man" he took another inhale of the cigarette before emitting a small cough "then there's another named Colt, who the fuck would name their kid Colt? Anywho the dude comes from I'm guessing South Carolina? It didn't specify, we have a third one as well, this one is actually a girl instead of the other two previously mentioned, and get this, this girl is...odd. Captain let me see her document and when it said "race" she put down "Siren" I don't think the gal understands how race works oh, and apparently we have one more but I didn't have time to listen to Captain ramble. " he shrugs, watching Noelle lean against the wall as he continues to listen.

"Are any of them familiar to you, Ash?" He raised an eyebrow, wondering what Ashton was thinking about all of this, reaching into his pocket he pulled out a piece of candy and gestured to Ashton to help, after a moment Ashton put the cigarette in his mouth and opened the candy for him before handing it back. "I don't really know, the gal though she does remind me of someone, but it's just fuzzy to me" he shrugged a bit "maybe if i see them in person i can actually remember" he started walking again, flicking his cigarette in a nearby trash can, in return he did a small cough again "What time is it?" he asked, looking up at noelle with his deep blue eyes. "If I'm correct about 8:00 Pm or something around that era I'm not sure" he shrugged while adjusting his helmet "Wait do we have to fight tomorrow or something? Is that why you are asking?" he looked down at Ashton while crunching down on the piece of candy he was sucking on, a nice butterscotch didn't hurt once in a while. "No I don't think so, we may need to take time to train them though since we have been here longer than them" he walked into one of the dorms and to his bunk. Reaching up he took off his helmet slightly shaking his head around to allow his red hair to puff up again "jesus...this shit get humid doesn't it" he looked at Noelle, who nodded in agreement "It does, hey I'm going to head to bed, see you in the morning?" "of course you'll see me, asshat" Ashton would playfully punch his shoulder before giving him a peck on the cheek "night"

Noelle would walk off and down the hall to probably get something to eat, his boots he wore as a part of his tankman gear, making a soft click against the floor which faded farther and farther till silence was the only thing. Ashton decided to take off his gear and slip into his sleepwear which consisted of a pair of red shorts and a light orange tank top, he didn't like sleeping without a shirt, no one knows why, not even Noelle knew. Getting himself dressed he set his gear next to his bed, being careful not to wake anyone up as others were sleeping there in the dorm with them. Other bunks and such; Uttering a sigh he flopped down onto the bottom bunk of his bed, the bed making a creak from the slightly rusty springs below the bed as if it was old, to him it was or could just be him being paranoid about if an enemy tank man was hiding under the bed and waiting to ambush him; Rolling onto his back he looked up at the bottom of the top bunk with a tired expression he felt restless as sleep didn't feel right to him at night, well his species was known to be nocturnal though when sick, they will sleep more and more often, Rolling to his side he forcefully closed his eyes in annoyance as his paranoia was driving him mad, [what if someone was under there...?] He thought to himself while groaning and lifting his head to move his body, looking under the bed he was greeted with only darkness and a few cobwebs "thank god there's nothing there..." he said with a breath of relief, his paranoia easing a little bit; He layed back down on his side and trying to fall asleep to no avail, only making him more restless and irritated. [It was going to be a long night....] He thought to himself as he laid wide awake.