🌊Siren's Son🌊Oneshots

"Passenger 838"

Good morning passenger Eight Three Seven. We hope you are finding your hospitality on board the Hera Arc gratifying. Thank you again, for choosing Olympus transport and colonization. A new life awaits for you beyond the solar horizon. You were growing tired of hearing that stupidly optimistic voice. Not that you minded the optimism.. But it was getting annoying after hearing it once already, when Rick woke up.

Before you had seen the A.I. as torture. To you, it was mocking your situation. Ya know.. The whole being trapped on a ship for 14 whole years.

It was bad enough that 45 years of your whole life would be wasted on this ship. Then again that was something that you had agreed to, when you decided to board the ark.

It was easy then to come to terms with it. They would put you on crypto sleep so you wouldnt feel it at all, or age, eat, or anything. So really it wasnt that bad. Or it wasnt that bad until you woke up.

At first there was a sense of panic that came with knowing that for 14 whole years you would have to live with only one other person. Aging with him, eating with him, and having him be the only person you could really rely on.

What really shook you to your core was the fact that at this point everyone you have ever known back on Earth was now 31 years older. Everyone who you had ever had any sort of relationship could be dead, or older now. So much could have changed in the span of 31 years.

That one friend who didnt want any kids could have a family now.. Maybe even grandkids. Technology could have advanced even more than on the ship. It was in times like this that you wondered how people back in the Milky Way Galaxy were doing.

On the other hand... It wasnt so bad. The only other person in the entire universe that understood your situation, was actually a really cool person. Rick is so sweet, and he has such good manners. Sure he was scary at first, but once you really got to know him, you understood his reasoning. Wouldnt you be standoffish if you lived a life as isolating as him?

By far the most heartbreaking part of this completely new romance was how amazed Rick was at all the bare minimum things that you had done so far. So far meaning in the last 24 hours. He was shocked that after the fun night before, you were still in bed with him. He was shocked that you were willing to be with a social outcast according to him. And though endearing, it was also equally as heartbreaking to know that this has been the kindest treatment anyone has ever given him in a relationship.

Finally getting up out of your bed, you ponder for a moment. Should you get straight to making breakfast, or take a shower first? You decided to take a shower first, getting ready for the day? Was it even a day if there was no sun? Regardless, it was still better to get ready right now, then later when Rick was back from fixing whatever malfunction was going on.

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There was something so odd about taking a shower on board a ship going through space that you could never get used to. It was like taking a shower while its raining outside, or while the lights are off. Sure you can still do it, but it just feels odd.

And what was even weirder was the fact that Rick wasnt back yet. He said it would be a quick fix, and he would be back for breakfast, but still nothing. Nothing, even though that shower was not a quick one.. Was there really something that got that fucked up?

You gave it not one more thought, because the mere thoughts fed to the dreadful sinking feeling in your gut.

Really the only thing you could do is go out to look for him, but you really didnt want to seem clingy so soon into the relationship. In the meantime you would make breakfast and a coffee, just like how he asked.