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Moron...part 3/?

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He doesn't chase Sledge further and heads back to their makeshift mess hall. He stands in line like everyone else, but doesn't feel as hungry anymore. When he sees R.V. he sits down next to him and ignores the speculative glances his friend gives him at his silence. It isn't until the next day that he sees Sledge again and the somber mood the redhead is in is enough to make him scowl in annoyance. 'Boo fucking hoo. Your friend left, but at least he's still alive,' he thinks bitterly. 'Think about how the friends here with you can die at any moment.'

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Their peacetime respite is soon over when headquarters gives the order to launch a full scale attack on Peleliu island. He gears up with the other marines and gets into the armored piece of shit the navy call a landing craft. He hates the damn things with a passion few people know about and tries to clench his stomach against the wave of nausea that hits him. He momentarily forgets what he's thinking about when he sees Sledge standing to his right, unaware of how close they'd been. As he reaches for a cigarette he stops to offer one to Sledge. The redhead's answer of not being a smoker is enough to make him grin because he knows soon enough the other man will be begging for one.

As the landing craft lurches forward, his stomach rolls and he turns his head to puke. It's not his best moment and he knows the others are looking at him, but he catches sight of Eugene's chest and realizes what an idiot he must look like. He keeps his expression nonchalant, as if puking breakfast just before they launch into the ocean for war is the natural order of things. He puts the cigarette to his lips to draw attention away from the embarrassing action, but the once comforting taste of tobacco is now his enemy. He puts it away and figures he might as well concentrate on not vomiting on Burgin or Sledge.

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The next time he sees Sledge it's through the brief flashes of combat. He catches sight of him joining the squad at the tree line. He sees him preparing and placing the mortars for launch. He is the first thing Snafu sees when the Jap tank blows up and he realizes that they're somehow still alive.

After they've stopped their advance and held their position for an hour, Snafu sees Sledge fussing with his shoes. When he realizes the other man is foolish enough to air out his feet during live combat, Snafu wants to hit him. His words make it clear what kind of situation they're in. It's not the time for comfort, it's the time for common sense. He sees the words sink into Sledge's mind and looks away, not really wanting to see what the redhead thinks about his actions.

When Ack Ack gives them orders on how to settle in and the password, he repeats it because it sounds so ridiculous. He doesn't expect Sledge to answer his humor and he certainly doesn't expect the small grin that graces Sledge's face. The smile is followed by a chuckle that shows off a row of white teeth and Snafu realizes this might be the first time he's ever seen the other man laugh. It startles him to realize how much he likes the sight and how he wants to see it again.

He sees Sledge struggling to open the small tin of food rations they've been provided with and thinks it will take forever before the other man will open it with the useless standard issue can opener. He sees his own half-opened can and without really thinking about it offers it to Sledge. The other man reaches forward without preamble and Snafu realizes it must be because Sledge thinks he's being friendly. He sees the flash of teeth again and is suddenly reminded about the decaying ones behind him. A decaying set of teeth attached to a Jap corpse. A Jap that has no use for his gold tooth anymore.

He knows Oswald and Sledge are looking at him with disgust as he uses his knife to dig around the dead man's mouth. He treats their reaction as the commonplace one for new marines who don't know how the field of dead Japs is also a field of treasures. He ignores them in favor of the task in front of him and when he finds the small nugget masquerading as a tooth he grins in triumph. The expressions on their faces are less than pleased, but he finds himself not caring and instead issues orders because he wants to settle in for the night.