Fem Mass Effect Harem x Shy Male Reader

Chapter 13: Joker's Interest and Spending Time with Jack

(Y/N)'s POV

James groans a bit and put his hand to his head. "I was honestly hoping that there was something that might have sparked this nonstop talk about you, (Y/N)!" He exclaimed, sounding disappointed. I shake my head and sigh. "Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think you'd know by now that after Saren's defeat and Shepard's "death", we never had contact with each other up until recently." I say. "Hell! I barely recognized her because she looked a lot different." James just scratches his head. "So let me get this straight, you two don't even have some sort of spark from your conversations? Not even recently?" 

Now I just feel like he hasn't paid attention. It's not rocket science, heck, it's not even simple math to put one and one together... wait... where is this going exactly? 

I sigh softly and plant my hand onto my face. "Not...once..." I say simply and annoyed. James shrugs his shoulders and turns over to the bar top. "Eh, oh well. Maybe I'll go ask her myself. Maybe she'll have the answers." He says. I blink my eyes at him. "Wow..." I mean, I literally had the answers in my story. Is there something I'm missing from what I had mentioned? I swear that there wasn't anything that ignited some attraction to her... was there? Oh, great! Now I'm trying to figure it out! I think James infected me with something.

"Anyway... I think I'll just hang out here a bit longer. Might talk to those soldiers over there." He says, eyeing the soldiers taking a seat at the table with a couple of drinks. Before I could say anything, he gets up anyway with a tray full of mugs. "Well, I think I will be doing... things as well..." I say, uncertain about what I would be doing next. I never did anything fun that involves bars and nightclubs. What else is there to do besides drinking and embarrass myself dancing? Both of those I won't be doing.

Now that I think about it, I remember Joker being here with EDI. I look over to check if they are still there at the table and I can see Joker still sitting down while EDI, a couple of feet away from him, is watching people around her, mostly the dancing happening upstairs. I might as well go over and talk with Joker since I want to catch up with him.

I get up from my seat and make my way over to the table. Joker looks over at me as I approach him and smiles. "Ha ha! Hey! How have you been?" He asked. I wave at him before I take a seat next to him. "Here and there. We really haven't been able to catch up recently." I say to him, leaning my back against the cushioned seats. Joker nods his head. "That's true. You had been in the hospital and then you were immediately out with a mission. I know that shit had to be stressful." He says, spreading his arms out and lays them across the back of seat. I shrug my shoulders. "Went through worse." I tell him. Joker chuckles then say, "Like going against the Collector's? Nah, running out of air and being on the brink of death on Mars is definitely the worst thing that could happen to you." I look at him as I really thought about that. "Well, at least I'm here now. Trying to make the best out of things, I guess." I say to him before looking back out.

"So uh... taking EDI along for adventures?" I ask him. "That's right!" He responded. "I figured that if EDI had spent all her life just being a ship's AI, why not have her explore what it is like to be outdoors?" I look back at him. "So, it wasn't just for cutting lines?" I joked. Joker laughs and shakes his head. "You know me well." I blink my eyes. "I was joking too..." I muttered to myself. "But seriously though, I think it would be good for her to live a... well... a normal life instead of being confined in a ship and the battlefield." I look over at EDI, who is still looking out at the crowd of people. "Had she been tested in the field yet?" I ask. "You know... while I was hospitalized." Joker nods his head. "Yeah. We decided to have her be field tested on a mission when they found Javik. Crazy how on the same day we would get the last living Prothean to join our crew." He tells me before taking a sip of his drink. I thought that was interesting how that happened. Maybe Jane could tell me more about him.