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"so then Tara filled the report in for me and I got her lunch as a thank you, next time you're in Linkon we should all have lunch together! I want you to be closer to my friends." Her voice crackled, through the ship phone's speaker, instantly he felt soothed listening to his girl's sweet words no matter how mundane her day was.
"heh, pipsqueak, are you going to be one of those girls that always brings her boyfriend with on dates." he smiled at the thought of her wanting to push him into as much of her life as possible.
*crackle* "Also! We walked past this foodstall aunty and she was grilling chicken wings and they smelled amazing we definitely have to try them together, I'm sure they'll be tasty even if it's not as good as your braised wings.....mm, now I'm hungry for your chicken wings!"
He chuckled at his silly girl's words,
"you only ever talk about food isn't there anything else in that brain of yours."
Her voice muffled during the next part, and the boys began to flutter closed, he was too tired.
His eyes snapped open at the high frequency ring and then the girls voice sounded again.
" So then I was thinking next time you're here we could visit the boutique, you always treat me this time I want to treat you and I think you'd look really handsome in the blue shirt I saw."
He let out a breath, God he felt tired but he wanted more than again to stay on." I'd love that pipsqueak, I'd love anything you choose for me, just do it take complete ownership of me dress me like a clown I'd even love that." Her voice warbled again and cracked in and out, shit he thought, the speaker wasn't going to last.
His eyes fluttered and his head dropped again he felt like he would fall asleep any minute now. His body felt so slow, his eyelids felt like massive weights were on them and the cold it was becoming unbearable, dying really did feel like falling asleep.
The man's ship had been hit and it was too damaged to take him anywhere, much less sustain him. In his final moments he went to watch the Earth. The girls voice crackled in again,
"I hope you can get my message even from deepspace, come home safe my love, I miss you endlessly, I won't say goodbye because I will see you again soon, so I'll say I love you. Caleb I love you."
"I love you too Pipsqueak" his eyes shut.