Room 525, Monday Evening

[talon_wraith]

Myn had spent the last several weeks in a sort of blurred haze, off in his own little world that nothing had been able to intrude on

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[notasuiciderisk]

Eric had been out grabbing a bite to eat; seeing Myn packing when he got back was... rather unexpected.

"Getting called home for a mission or something?" he asked, leaning against the wall by the door.

[talon_wraith]

"Yeah," Myn said, finding his uniform at the back of the closet and tossing it on the bed to change into. "This is what I was waiting for."

[notasuiciderisk]

"What you were--" Eric stared a moment. "Wait, this is it? You're not coming back?"

[talon_wraith]

"This wasn't supposed to permanent," Myn pointed out. He was still in a bit of a daze about the whole situation. "I guess they need me back. I hope that doesn't mean someone else died..." he winced, zipping up his bag.

[notasuiciderisk]

Eric nodded, flopping down onto his bed. "Yeah, I know, I just... I thought maybe you'd be here longer, is all." He smiled a bit, just a little. "It's great that you get to go back, though. I know it's what you wanted."

[talon_wraith]

Myn sighed, scruffing a hand through his hair and sitting down on the edge of his bed. "I can't stand being grounded for this long, Eric," he said honestly, looking the other boy in the eye. "It's great here - really. But this isn't where I'm really needed. I know you can do better than me, anyway." he managed a slight, halfway smile.

[notasuiciderisk]

"Yeah, that guy on the cruise was pretty awesome," Eric retorted. He sighed, though, and got up to move over beside Myn. "Seriously, though, don't put yourself down like that. It's been... great, being here with you."

[talon_wraith]

"It's been a lot of fun," Myn agreed. "And it's not like I'm going to forget everything that happened." He sighed, pausing to work the words out in his head first. "I won't say that I would rather stay here, because we both know that isn't true. But I'm glad I came here and got to meet you and everyone else."

[notasuiciderisk]

Eric nodded, and leaned in to bump shoulders with Myn. "So," he said, his grin widening a little, "how long do you have?"

[talon_wraith]

"Until 10:00 tonight, apparently. But I want to be out and ready no later than 9:45." Myn eyed the uniform with some dislike; rare indeed was the pilot who enjoyed being dressed up.

[notasuiciderisk]

"Not much time, then," Eric said, getting up. "Need any help packing?"

[talon_wraith]

"I don't really have much to pack," Myn said sheepishly. "All I really have left is to get one last shower with almost-unlimited hot water and then get dressed."

[notasuiciderisk]

Eric couldn't help but react to that. "One last shower, eh? I'm not sure how nigh-unlimited it really is -- maybe we should save water and share."

[talon_wraith]

Myn laughed, getting up. "I think I can go along with that. The conservationists would be proud of our resourcefulness."

[notasuiciderisk]

Eric grabbed his shower stuff off his dresser. "So," he said, "shall we?"

[talon_wraith]

"Let's go."

It would be nice to leave on a good note, for once.