Poe finished his Sloppy Joes without much problem before he looked at where Tas's food lay mostly uneaten. Sure, he had gone off with Leia and that was probably important, but they had been gone a while. Besides, Poe felt pretty bad for how he had made Tas feel when he was eating without his mask off. He had never seen Tas without his mask off, but that shouldn't have been an excuse. Tas had only ever wanted to help him and Poe hadn't returned that whatsoever.
"You full already," asked Xander as he poked at the food that he had brought himself. "I know that you're been off for a day, but I still thought that you could hold your food."
Poe shrugged. "I don't know, I guess I'm not that hungry. I think that I offended Tas."
"Dr. Yan? I'm sure that I've offended him more times than I haven't," pointed out Xander with a knowing shrug. "I'm sure that he'll get over it. To your defensive you haven't seen him without his mask. It's a little daunting."
There was a sigh as Poe swung his legs over the side of the bench and gripped his IV tightly in his hand. "I'll be back," he told Xander and Jax.
Jax was still stuffing his face so he only managed a small flick of his hand. Xander seemed a bit more troubled, but he knew that he couldn't stop Poe even if he wanted to. Poe was just that stubborn. "Do what you want, but be careful. Tas can be a little hard to reason with himself. It's like stubborn trying to convince stubborn!"
Poe heeded his warning, but barely. He tiptoed forward and tried to put as much distance between himself and the IV pole as possible. He didn't want anyone else to see him as a cripple. He was head pilot of the Resistance! He wasn't someone that needed help from an IV to get around.
Poe tiptoed from the mess hall to the infirmary. He dragged his feet just a bit as he thought about what to say to Tas. Unfortunately, anything that he came up with in his head just seemed weird and non genuine. He realized that he was going to have to come up with something soon. He would think of something. He always did.
Poe suddenly froze when he heard talking, or more less whispering and hissing. Tas sounded angry and Leia appeared to be calming him down, at least sort of. Poe raised an eyebrow as he stopped at the door to Tas's office and just leaned in, making sure that the door and the IV pole supported most of his weight. He desperately tried to listen as well as he could.
"Now, what was so important that you had to interrupt me from eating?" That was Tas's voice and it sounded very agitated.
"We got an anonymous tip about the map to Luke Skywalker," Leia explained giddily. Poe wasn't used to hearing Leia sound so excited. Something had to have been pretty incredible.
"And why exactly would you tell me that? I'm just a healer. I can't do anything about it," he pointed out briskly, his tone still highly agitated. It was as if everyone was getting on Tas's nerves today.
Poe leaned forward in fear before he kicked his IV pole ever so slightly. He hissed a swear before he tucked it back and breathed heavily, praying that no none heard that but him.
"It's not you that this information is for," confessed Leia as she looked around skeptically. Tas did the same, but all the he could see was them alone in the room.
"Then who is it for," questioned Tas sternly.
Leia narrowed her eyes. "Who do you think? Poe."
Poe's blood ran cold. What information could've possibly been that important for him? And, if it was so important information for him then why weren't they telling him? Why had Leia come to Tas? A healer at that!
