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Barnaby washed some cups so they could make tea. Alex never called ahead. They probably didn’t even know that was a thing.
“So how did you t t two meet originally?”
“Originally? Man. That was a long time ago.” Alex stroked their chin.
“Bronze Age maybe, or Stone Age. Morgan was roasting venison. That could have been any time.”
“What? What do you mean Stone Age”
“Yeah you said originally. Did you mean this lifetime?”
“No. No start at the beginning”
“Yah, Morgan was roasting some dinner. Cute as a button. They threatened to fight me for it. I mean how cute can you get. That was one of the best lifetimes I’ve had ever. I lifted huge stones for them to build these geometric shapes. Not sure why, but there wasn’t much to do back then. But then they died of course. I ran back time and tried to save them, but I couldn’t, so I had us reincarnate together in every life after that. It takes me a while to find them each time, but that’s half the fun.”
“How long does it take you two to get together normally?”
“What you mean?”
“I mean. Do you get married in every listener for tax evasion? And refuse to tell each other your feelings?”
“Oh no. Don’t be silly”
“Oh good”
“This is the first life we’ve ever been married”
Barnaby gripped the counter. “Are you telling me you’ve lived thousands of lives and never said “I love you” to each other?”
“Yeah. You gotta take time with romance you know. Nobody takes time with romance any more.”
“Most people don’t have thousands of lifetimes to tuck around.” Barnaby realized they were grinding their teeth and relaxed their jaw.
“You’ve got a point. You making tea or what?”