MCA #1- Monday morning

[thatwaslucky]

Silver was still a parrot, and while Rey knew full well this was way worse for him, she was really missing her boyfriend by now. And honestly her day to day life was not that exciting, so he got to deal with her training and calls with Finn and then probably a different kind of training and not a ton more.

Which was on her mind as she was sitting in the little reading nook area where she was going through one of the Jedi texts, glancing up at her parrot boyfriend where he was perched.

"Hopefully you're not sick of me yet," she told him.


[For the parrot.]

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[thatwaslucky]

"I had no idea," she said, going to move over to the sofa. She wanted to be able to properly cuddle. "I was told you were playing into a theme."

[long_memory]

"Unfortunately," he said, following her. "You are dating a bit of a cliché."

[thatwaslucky]

"Well, you did willingly take the mermaid furniture, I had some idea," she teased, snuggling up to him as soon as she was able.

[long_memory]

"That's fair," he said, putting an arm around her shoulders. "I'm not exactly hiding it. Still, it's surprising that the island would play along."

[thatwaslucky]

"I turned into a ray," she pointed out. "The island thinks it's hilarious."

[long_memory]

"So you're saying I could have been some silver?" he asked. "That would have been very boring."

[thatwaslucky]

"Luckily, it seems to stick to animals," she said, "so at least you got to fly."

[long_memory]

"That was the only positive," he said. "How were you while I was otherwise occupied?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Bored," she admitted. "I missed you."

[long_memory]

"I'm sorry," he said, leaning in for a kiss. "At least I was kind of around?"

[thatwaslucky]

"You were," she agreed. "Though it turns out parrots aren't very touchy."

[long_memory]

"I kind of already knew that," he said. "Usually they just perch on pirate's shoulders or hang out in a cage. Birds aren't very affectionate."

[thatwaslucky]

"You did do a lot of perching," she said. "You might have to make up for it some."

Look at her, getting all spoiled on affection and human contact.

[long_memory]

"You know, I don't think that will be too much of a hardship," Silver said. "I missed the affection too. Flying didn't make up for it."

[thatwaslucky]

"It's also hard to cuddle a parrot," Rey admitted. "Or at least I was very nervous about messing up your feathers."

Things you only got to say to your boyfriend in Fandom.

[long_memory]

"That was the issue?" he asked. "Not the beak or talons?"

[thatwaslucky]

"You wouldn't hurt me, that was fine," she said. "I didn't want to hurt you or make you uncomfortable."

[long_memory]

"That was very considerate of you," he said, cuddling in closer. "I'll have to make up for that too."

[thatwaslucky]

"And how do you make up for that," Rey wondered.

[long_memory]

"By being extra affectionate for...how long was I a parrot?" Birds did not have a good sense of time, apparently.

[thatwaslucky]

"Four days," she said.

[long_memory]

"Wow." It had not felt like that long. "Okay, extra affectionate for four days."

That timing would actually work out pretty well.

[thatwaslucky]

Just imagine how much affection there'd have to be later.

"Does today count, or do we start the clock tomorrow?" she teased.

[long_memory]

"You were the one stuck with bird watching all weekend," he pointed out. "You should get to decide on the start time."

[thatwaslucky]

"Hmm. We may need to do four and a half," she said, kissing his cheek. "To be fair."

That wasn't how math worked, Rey.