Commander Windcaster was exhausted after the recent battle, Fives didn't think much of it, Taz always bounced back after a mission, it wasn't a problem until the fourteen-year-old conveniently fell asleep against his arm. Fives didn't notice at first until he heard the soft snore emit from next to him, he stared at the Jedi for a moment before noticing that all the eyes in the gunship had turned to stare at him. He shifted a little bit uncomfortably, Echo was more of the affectionate touchy-feely type, Echo noticed the number of eyes that Fives and the sleeping commander had attracted. He shifted in front of his brother and younger sister, staring down the rest of the troopers in the gunship. Slowly but surely all the troopers' gaze fell elsewhere.
"Thanks, Echo," Fives whispered,
"Yeah, no problem." Echo whispered back, Esinon mumbled something in her sleep, Fives shook his head,
"What are we gonna do with you Taz?" soon the gunship landed, everyone filing out. The two ARC troopers looked at each other to Esinon,
"How are we supposed to get her out without waking her up?" Echo asked,
"I dunno," the two quietly conversed for a few minutes about what options they had, they finally decided on trying to carry her to her quarters, since she was an extremely heavy sleeper. After a bit of maneuvering, they managed to get Esinon onto Echo's back in an attempt to get her to her quarters. The two troopers of the 501st got many strange looks from their brothers as they walked down the hallway. They stopped in front of a familiar jaig eyed helmet, their captain. They both stood at attention, Rex was about to dismiss them when he noticed the pair of arms around Echo.
"Do I want to know?" Rex asked,
"Probably not," Fives responded,
"On your way then," he said, dismissing them. They finally made it to Windcaster's quarters, Echo prying Esinon's iron grip from around his neck and waist, laying her in the bunk below.
"Goodnight Taz," Echo whispered, she brushed his hand in a form of thanks, seeming only half asleep.
The next morning…
"Hey Pillow," Rex greeted Fives the next morning,
"Mornin' Cap- hang on, what did you call me?" Rex held up a holo, with a certain sleeping Commander against his shoulder in the gunship from yesterday. Fives groaned, "Who took that?"
"Does it really matter?" he asked, stuffing the holo back in his belt.
"Yes," Fives shot back,
"I don't know who took it, to be honest, I just found it on my door this morning. They're all over the wall-
"WAXERRRRRRR!" Esinon screeched, the two troopers poked their heads out of barracks to see Waxer sprinting down the hall, faster than anyone had ever seen him move. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Esinon was not far behind, and using her speed to catch up,
"I'M ALLERGIC TO DYING!" Waxer shrieked as she tackled him to the ground, screaming at him in Ewok as she throttled him. "I'm sorry!"
"You better be! This means war." She growled, she got off of Waxer and stalked away.
"Waxer, I believe you just got on her bad side," Rex remarked,
"I didn't know she had one of those," Fives murmured, as Waxer continued to lay on the floor.
"Well I think the holos are quite sweet," General Kenobi said, walking past the troopers, holding one of the holos. "Thank you Waxer,"
"You're welcome General," he breathed, from that day on, Obi-Wan kept that holo on his desk, and the nickname 'Pillow' stuck on Fives. Regarding Waxer and Esinon's prank war… well after a lot of battling and making the entire Negotiator's inhabitants miserable, they agreed to put it all behind them and prank only with each other.
There we go, chapter 2! This is short, I know, but I don't have a ton of ideas for future stories, so if you have suggestions please, please, please, leave them in the reviews or PM me! Thanks for reading, and make sure to leave a review!