Until I See You Again: War Of The White Lion

Scraping Ourselves Back Together

Adam's POV

It's as if nothing changed all those four years. I'm still with him. He's still here. We are still in each other's arms. It's like nothing ever changed. All I know is that it this is familiar and I don't ever want to move. I can hear him breathe, I can feel the rise and fall of his chest. Suddenly, there is a hollow knock on the door. 

"Shirogane, have you seen Watten?" someone asks, whom I assume is another UE Base representative administrator. 

"Whaa?" he asks groggily, sleep rolling off his shoulders like a tide. 

"Watten is missing." 

"Missing? But he's-" I cover his mouth with my hands. 

"SHHHH! We can't get caught!" I whisper shout, stumbling out of bed and pulling on my boots hastily. Thank God I didn't take my clothes off. 

"But we weren't even having-"

"SHHH! Now sit up and look like you've been awake for awhile. Do I look okay?" I ask, brushing my hair out of my face. 

"You always look okay." he says. 

I try to stifle a smile but I fail. He's such a dork sometimes. 

"Ok, just look like we've been up talking for a while."

I go over and open the door to find

Admiral Sanda waiting at the door with her usual resting bitch face! I am stunned silent for a few moments. She looks even more pissed. I clear my throat. 

"Heyyyyyyyy, Admiral! What's up?" I say, trying to sound confident but I definitely know everything about that sentence screams "Hey, i'm hiding something suspicious!"

"I demand professionalism from you Watten. Where have you been?!" She demands, and I try not to flinch back. It's been some time since I have been in protocol. I straighten up. Physically and I straighten up to hide the fact that I was sleeping in a bed with another man. 

"With Takashi." I say honestly. 

"Since when?" She questions, her eyes narrowing at me suspiciously. 

"Since this morning." I say, standing my ground. 

I'm not lying am I? I don't think so. I have been here all morning.

"You never went to bed last night! No one saw you! We were worried!" she argues. 

"You don't have to be worried, I was here the whole time." I say, softening. Was she really that worried?

"What if the Galra suddenly attack and you needed to be out on the front lines? Where would we find you!?" She asks, her voice melting into desperation. 

"With Takashi, of course." I say, matter of factually. I would be where he would be.

"Admiral Sanda, I just needed him with me. Okay?" Takashi says quietly from behind. We turn around to seem him looking at us innocently.  

Admiral Sanda sighs and she looses a strict edge to her. 

"I know you two have been through a lot and you depend on one another for comfort and safety, but I need to know where you two are. You guys play key roles in this war and we are beginning training again. We need to win this. I already had a hard time keeping you two under raps as cadets." she says tiredly.

We nod in understanding and agreement. We were a handful I guess. 

"Get ready and meet in the cafeteria in five. Okay?" She says, her tone returning to a sharp and flat statement.