Getting to Know a Yaujta

Chap 18

Josh gets his comeuppance.

"Josh totaled our dining table," I sighed whist I leaned next to Krone on the small work desk, "I was gonna go fix it but..."

"Why should you repair something he wrecked?"

"Exactly," I moaned, "I'll force him to do it later, or else mom and dad are gonna freak when they get back. Anyway...should I leave you to your work?" I was worried that I might've taken up his time without wanting to.

"Actually..." he grimaced as he looked over his ship, "I don't..."

I frowned and tilted my head to the side, "...Feel like it?"

"Yes, that."

My eyebrows raised in surprise, "For real?"

He half-shrugged. Wow, this was about the only time Krone didn't want to work on his ship. It was...mega-weird.

"So...what do you want to do then?" what does a six and a half foot Yautja do with his fee time?

Judging by his expression, Krone looked just as much at a loss as I was. What has he done besides work, eat and sleep? Adding our occasional conversations, and that one time we went to the park...nothing. Christ, Krone is about as fun as I am.

"Wanna go watch a movie?"

The question just sort of popped out, I almost wondered why, of all things I could've, I asked him to watch a movie. I mean, that totally isn't something I ever pictured a Yautja doing...ever.

"A...movie."

"Yeah, sure, why not?" I shrugged. This sort of air hung around me, one that felt like a 'sure, what harm could it do' thing, which in all honestly was very new to me.

"I..." his eyes shifted a bit, a second later he seemed to have an answer. He nodded.

Guess the air was contagious. I smiled,

"Great!" jumping forward I twirled around and faced him, "There's a shelf full of DVDs that have been doing nothing but collect dust, I'm sure they'll be happy to see you," I winked.

Taking hold of his talon, I pulled him along with me as I made our way to the living room.

He chuckled, "You seem very animated about this."

"Well," I said, "I think I deserve a break, too."

"Oh?" he clicked amusingly, "And what have you done as of late that is so tiresome?"

"Hey! I work just as hard as you do!"

"Of course, you lift a pen on a daily basis."

"Well, we can't all bench-press five-fifty."

"I bench-press five-fifty?"

"Oh, whatever! Don't even pretend to be modest!"

We both laughed at our completely random conversation. I would've described the moment as perfect, in fact I would've loved to watch a Chucky marathon with him, I never got around to watching any of the movies because I lacked something to cling on.

Anyway, like I said, 'would've'. Maybe I still can, but that moment alone. Because what would've been a fun night turned out to be something else when...

I usually hear his grumbling complaints at an instant. His curses, I can tell when they're coming before he makes em. Maybe I was distracted. Or maybe for the first time in my life I was just to happy to care.