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Gai is cleaning the common area and singing to himself. It’s a song none of them know, something sweet and romantic about his heart being an egg, and he dances a little as he sweeps and dusts. He’s got his hair tied back in a scarf printed with their emblem.
The room is brighter with him in it.
“Where did you even get that scarf?” Marvelous squints up at him as he climbs up onto the back of the couch to wipe some dust off the top of the wall.
Gai beams at him. “I made it!”
“How?”
“Screen-printing.”
“…I don’t think I’ve ever asked, what did you do before you joined us?”
“Worked at a bookstore, why?”
“Are you done cleaning?”
“Just about, did you–”
The duster falls to the floor with a clatter and Gai sort of squawks as Marvelous grabs him and pulls him off the back of the couch. It takes a moment to sort out limbs, especially given Gai’s frankly astonishing quantity of elbow. Once things are under control, though, Marvelous has a convenient lapful of Gokai Silver, who he proceeds to kiss thoroughly.
Doc looks up from his magazine in surprise. “Are we kissing Gai now?”
Marvelous pauses mid-kiss and says, thoughtfully, “Yes. Very serious full-crew activity, actually, get over here.”
Doc immediately drops his magazine. Joe lets go of his chin-up bar. Ahim gets up from the table. Luka, who was already on the other end of the couch, puts aside her paper. Gai lets out a startled, delighted laugh before he’s rendered unable to again. The couch isn’t very big, but somehow they all manage to pile on anyway.
After about ten minutes Gai does manage to say, “What, what brought this on?”
Joe, who’s perched on the back of the couch now leaning over Marvelous’ shoulder, shrugs. “Ask Marvelous, it was his idea.”
Marvelous also shrugs. “It just seemed like the thing to do.”