Of Helmets, Bananas, and New Boots

[protective_logic]

Who: Delta Ai (Native) and Omega Ai (Native)
What: Discussions of the oddity of the last month, and Sigma's pending birthday.
Where: The Ai family household.
When: The beginning of the month.
Warnings: None other than insults of Yorks.

Delta is a man used to routine. Minute variations are, of course, welcome, but beyond that Delta has always been about the details of life falling into order. Which has been what made this last month so... strange in Delta's opinion. There has been a quiet tension around his older brother lately. More than that. Sigma has offered him a day off from the twins and Theta and Delta just has to smile at his thought of his day alone tomorrow.

With a chuckle he enters the house, puts his helmet on the shelf, and moves to the kitchen. He's got some cleaning to do before he can sit down and give himself half an hour to relax...

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[protective_logic]

"I don't know. Maybe?" York asks. "This is a big city, Meg. I wouldn't even know how to find him if I wanted to look."

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Omega wouldn't know either, but he's not about to admit that. "It'll give you something to do on your free day. Unless you had other plans?"

Man, if Delta's taking the day off, maybe Omega should too, keep the house from turning into a total disaster zone for Delta the next day.

[protective_logic]

"There is this new book," Delta says in excitement. "I saved up for a while for it. It came out three months ago. It's part of that sci-fi series I love? I bought it today on the way back from the store, even indulged in a new bookmark."

He's so excited about this. So very excited about his book. He's going to curl up with an indulgent cup of coffee and just read with no kids around to make noise. It's going to be positively decadent.

[baruthumos]

Normally it's hard for Omega to get excited about his siblings' books, but some sci-fi is different. Depends on the series, though. "Which one? The one with the dog or the one with the robot made out of five airplanes?"

Even if it's not the cool one, it makes Delta happy. And books are not TV, so it doesn't matter if Delta's in the same room, no matter how irritating it is. Omega would have to literally read over Delta's shoulder.

[protective_logic]

"The dog one," Delta chuckles. It's a simplification. An over-simplification. And he loves it so much.

"Its been out for months, and the last one was over a year and half ago," Delta says in relief. "I've been waiting. Thought maybe I could ready it for my birthday."

[baruthumos]

Omega experiences momentary panic as he realizes he has completely forgotten when Delta's birthday actually is. He has an elaborate system of alarms programmed into his helmet, and none of them have gone off lately, so it can't be too soon..."That long? You are a stronger man than I. But I only got to read the first one. Did the brat get what was coming to him?"

[protective_logic]

"It's only another two months," Delta points out. Well, no. Now that he thought about it, less than that. He'd forgotten it's April now. May is quickly approaching. His only disappointment was that his birthday was always too close to Sigma's. The fifteenth would come too soon.

"And yes. He got what he deserved."

[baruthumos]

Two months. Good. Omega has time. "You can't just say that! What happened to him? Did the princess finally take him out? Or his uncle? Not the one that's his father, the short one. He was a horrible human being, what did he deserve?"

Maybe one day Omega will be able to borrow the books from Delta and catch up.

[protective_logic]

"No more spoilers," Delta smiles as he finishes his iced tea. "I need to get that paper. Thanks for listening."

[baruthumos]

Omega glares at him. "I'm going to borrow those books. Without asking, when you least expect it. You will search, and search, and search in vain, for I shall have hidden them! Mwuahahaha."

Why do they not do this more often? Because apparently, they are both idiots. Omega resolves, silently, to do better. Be more like Alpha would.

"Anytime, sparkles. Just say the word."

Omega could probably help out more around the house. Starting with the dishes.

[protective_logic]

"And Meg?" Delta says, standing.

He heads to the kitchen door and calls back as he moves through it. "I'm not the only one who needs outside friends."

[baruthumos]

"I have friends," Omega yells after him. "I have cool friends, even! Come outside some time, and I'll introduce you!"

Maine signs, Delta signs, this could work. Omega's never shied away from sharing good things with his brothers.

[protective_logic]

"Sure," Delta laughs, and then he's gone.