Unexpected beginnings

All laughs

You walk back into the bedroom and pull out a pair of black shorts and an oversized shirt and slip them on. You take a quick glance back at the bathroom to see Soap standing in shock, then going to turn off the water. Ghost stands there, you can't tell if he's in awe or impressed.

You walk out of the bedroom and into the kitchen where Price is still sitting, but this time finishing up a cigar and reading through something. You walk past Price and head for the pantry, you grab a snack size bag of chips and lean on the counter.
"What are you still doing up?" You ask Price.
"Enjoying my cigar and re reading your notes, they are quite detailed, good work," Price says. Soap walks in, freshly cleaned, just as Price finishes off the last of cigar, "well, I guess it's time for me to go to bed, g'night, kid," Price walks off to his bedroom.

Once Price is fully in his room, Soap walks up next to you, "So what was up with that little stunt, lass?"
You try to hide your smile, "what stunt?" You're clearly guilty, "you were just next in line for the shower,"
"Ha, ha," he says sarcastically, "you think you're so cute, but—" you cut cut him off,
"I am 'so cute'," you give him air quotes,
Soap moves in close, pining you against the counter, "oh lass, you most certainly are. Now put the chips down, and go back to the bedroom for me?"
You set down the bag, "and why should I do that?" You say crossing your arms.
Soap grabs your hips, "because there are consequences to your actions," he leans in closer.
You stand your ground, "like what?" You speak slowly.
Soap pulls your hips closer too his, "like this," he picks you up and throws you over his shoulder, spinning you around the kitchen. You both are laughing and having a great time.
You both soon hear a door slam and heavy footsteps approaching. Soap still has you slung over his shoulder, but has stopped spinning. You are unable to see who has walked into the kitchen, but you can hear their voice, "what in the bloody hell is going on in 'ere?!" You can hear the annoyance in Ghost's voice. Soap quickly puts you down and you face Ghost, now in sweatpants, hoodie, and a skull mask, missing the hard outer skull. You've never seen him wear comfortable clothes, "do you know what hour it is?" He continues his small rage.
"Sorry, LT," Soap says looking down slightly, "we were just having fun."
"Really? It's 4 in the morning, go to bed," Before you can comprehend what's happening, Ghost has effortlessly picked you up and is now carrying you down the hall to your bedroom, knowing Soap would follow you both.
You reach the bedroom and Ghost throws you on the bed, "now go to sleep, the both of ya'," Ghost says point at you then turning to face Soap and pointing to him.
"Ok," Soap says shrugging his shoulders, then running to the bed and jumping on top of you. You and Soap start laughing loudly.
Ghost looks disappointed and says, "you two are gonna' be the death of me."
You lay there with Soap on one side laughing and talking for some time, while Ghost is on the other side trying to sleep through your giggles.

In the morning, you wake up with Soap asleep on one side of you and Ghost on the other. You notice Ghost is not truly asleep. You turn over to face Ghost which makes Soap begin to hug you from behind, "I hope we didn't keep you up too late, lieutenant," you say through a slight smile and a yawn.
"Nah, but you two sure did talk a lot last night," Ghost says quietly, "I'm glad that he likes you."
"Me too, because I like him back, and you, lieutenant," you put a hand on the side of his mask.
Ghost puts his hand on top you yours, then unexpectedly move his mask up to his nose, and leans in to kiss you. His lips are soft, which is another thing you weren't expecting. He keeps kissing you and you try and not move much to not disturb Soap. When he pulls back, he immediately pulls his mask back down and says, "I like you too, y/n," Ghost gets out of bed.
"Where are you going?" You ask him as he makes his way to the bathroom.
"Gotta get ready for work, love," Ghost says before closing the door to the bathroom, which wakes Soap up.
Soap says to you groggily, "what's goin' on?"
"Nothing, Ghost just got up," you reply, taking one of his hands that is wrapped around you, and bringing it up to your mouth to kiss it. Soap buries his face in your back.

As 141 is seated around the kitchen table, Ghost jumps into the conversation between Price and Soap, "hey Price, can I talk to you?" Ghost asks.
"Yeah," Price replies, getting up from the kitchen table with Ghost and heading to the living room.
Soap looks to you, "what do you think they're talking about?" He asks as if he's trying to gossip.
"I don't know, probably stuff about the mission," you say taking a blind guess and going back to your eggs.

*the conversation between Ghost and Price (the others can't hear it)*
"Price, I wanna teach y/n to be a sniper. I think giving her a special role will help making her feel like part of the team and it will give her specialize training that will keep her out of combat," Ghost says.
Price nods along with his points, and before saying anything he takes a second to it think over, "I think that's a good idea, but I don't want it to intrude on normal training or interfere with any of her other work," Price gives Ghost a nod before heading back to the kitchen table. Ghost follows behind after.

You sit there talking with Soap and Gaz, enjoying your brunch as Price let you all sleep in from the late mission the night before. Price and Ghost rejoin the rest of you at the table.
Price starts, "today we will be going back out, but not until later tonight. Today we will be doing some combat drills."