Upon Silver Devil: Chapter Four

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Dawn would be alright, she just got bored laying there alone and without a project to do.

Rigel smiled and looked to her again before heading to see if Mourn wanted to go to the party too.

Luka waited at the airlock, wondering how long they could keep all this a secret. Eugh, why did everything have to be complicated?
Besides, it wasn't as if other crew members hadn't hooked up, right?

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Mourn was still typing away and helping himself to any snacks laying around.

Vestia texted Mourn. [Hey Mourn, how you doing in there? There's a welcome home party going on if you want to stop by!]

(Edit: Belatedly realized I somehow misread the previous posts. Feel free to ignore this one! :) )

Rigel eased in the room to ask if Mourn wanted to go to the party

Mourn looked up, then looked at his phone. "Party?" He asked Rigel. "not meeting?" He looked suspicious. Hey, the people here loved meetings.

Rigel chuckled and nodded "Right, a welcome back party"

Mourn stretched, yawning. "Food?"

Rigel chuckled and nodded "Yeah, party food." He said and turned to go to Luka

Mourn stretched a bit more, shook himself and grabbed his laptop to head off with Rigel.

Luka was waiting at the airlock.

Rigel got to Luka and smiled "Let's head out" He said as they left the Devil

Mourn bounded along with them.

Luka followed.

(to vestia!)

(from vestia) Luka came looking for Rigel.

Rigel had returned from Vestia and set up the dinner in his room for them. He stepped out when he heard someone onboard. "Hello again" He said cheerfully.

Luka beamed. "Hi." She looked around. "So we... have the place all to ourselves now huh?"

"For now" Rigel said with a nod then held a hand out to her "I got us some dinner"

Luka blinked, then smiled broadly. "Dinner? " How romantic. Omg. She took his hand, blushing a little. "that's so sweet."

Rigel smiled again and took her to his room. "I think I got your favorite." He said softly

Luka followed, wondering how the heck he knew that. She wasn't really sure how to react, she'd never had anyone treat her like this, it was amazing, it was awesome, but it was also very very new.

Rigel looked to her then tilted his head a little "Are you alright?" He asked with concern. She looked almost confused to him right then.

Luka nodded, dipping her head apologetically. "Sorry, i'm just not.. used to this." She tried to explain. "Just.. most of the guys i've had any sort of relationship with havent' really... wanted to make a big deal of it you know?" She smiled softly. "this is... beautiful. Thank you"

Rigel smiled softly at that then shook his head a little. "You're welcome. You are a truly good person, you deserve to be looked after a bit."

Luka smiled, looking a little like she was about to cry. "t... thank you." She squeezed his hand gently. "You're a good man Rigel." and damn she was feeling pretty lucky right now as they sat down to eat.

Rigel smiled and took his seat, giving her a moment to gather herself. "I try to be when I can."

Luka smiled broadly, wiping her eyes and looking down at her food. "How.. did you know?" She asked. He had managed to figure out her favorite food.

Rigel smiled softly again "I just pay attention. It's what you get when there's a chance." He replied

Luka smiled and laughed. "That's sweet." She picked up her cutlery. "Growing up my dad didn't get much time to cook, so we usually lived off prepared stuff or deliveries. But every so often he'd get time off and then he'd always make an effort. Homecoming especially, everyone would be home, all my brothers would come back from wherever they were and whatever they were doing and our father would insist on a family meal. He'd always cook up a roast like this" She looked a little misty eyed again, gesturing at her plate. "and it would always take so long. He'd forget something, or he'd start late because he'd forget how long it took last time." She laughed at the memory. "And he wouldn't let any of us help. And the kitchen would be chaos and we'd all be starving by the time food came out but then it was ready and we'd all gather around the table and eat together, often for the first time since last homecoming and it was all worth the wait."

Rigel smiled, listening to her talk of her family like that. "That sounds really nice." He said honestly.