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Jabber waltzed into the room with loud steps, humming something under his breath, already earning himself a sigh from the other two already waiting for him.
"Couldn't you have at least tried hurrying up a little?" Came Zanka's voice first, sounding rather on edge, which made sense. For raiders and cleaners to meet up was already hard enough to figure out, especially with the current tension between the two, so wasting any time and slipping schedules could mess up a lot here. Not like Jabber was one to care much about that. He apparently found the concept of being found out quite thrilling, much to the other two's 'delight'.
As Robin sighed and sat down on one of the crates in the small room Jabber quickly went for the one next to her, leaving Zanka to be on Jabbers left. Robin reached over to the boom box next to them and turned it on, whatever was next on the record starting to fill the space between them. It looked quite funny, all three of their heads bobbing to the beat simultaneously with different intensities. Light bantering was probably the very core of heir relationship but all three of them could agree that this was their favorite way of hanging out. No need for forced talking, just enjoying each others proximity with nice music connecting them, their very hearts pumping to the same beat.
In comparison to their normally chaotic days this was a change, a change to something more peaceful, a rare moment of…security between all the fights they all had to go through. Each of them would rather die than admit it but they were tired, there was so much going on recently getting some proper shut eye was harder than ever and they were losing their energy. Robin and Jabber didn't want to stop being up beat and Zanka would not stop training for the life of him, even if he was on the verge of passing out.
This was a good way to get them all to recharge. Even if they weren't exactly sleeping or resting just being in each others proximity helped them gain back some energy. In all honesty all three of them had some doubts about their bond at the start but these moments proved to them that they were absolutely right with each other. Zanka's face wasn't tensed up for once and he seemed truly careless, Jabber wasn't moving around excitedly but actually letting his mind rest, Robin had a small smile on her face and wasn't trying to act but let their care for the other two show through just a bit. Only they could get these reactions from each other. Only with each other could they all truly act like themselves. That was enough proof that they're right where they should be, regardless of any outside force.
That security went through all of them all the way until they felt the morning air start to rise, slowly gathering themselves. Robin and Zanka waved at Jabber before he hopped away into the opposed direction and the two were left to make their own way back to base.
These meet ups being a regular occasion really was the one thing keeping them through their days, and maybe that was all they needed.