The Perfect Match (Darren/Epsilon)

[praiseofblood]

Darren smiled. "Alright, this is one of my favorite songs, by this band called Lifehouse. It goes like this:" he said as he began to play.

"So far away from where you are,
These miles have torn us worlds apart
And I miss you
Yeah I miss you

So far away from where you are
Standing underneath the stars
And I wish you were here

I miss the years that were erased
I miss the way the sunshine would light up your face
I miss all the little things
I never thought that they'd mean anything to me
Yeah I miss you...
And I wish you, were here..." he sang, starting the song and stopping just before the next verse.

"Alright, so the opening is this--" he played it slowly, and paused, waiting for Eppi to pick it up.

[clementine]

Epsilon thought Darren had such a wonderful voice, a deep baritone that made him think of naughty things. He shook such thoughts away, watching as the cheetah played. He followed the chords now, much faster than last time, as he fingered nearly perfectly the first go.

"It's a really nice song." He said from where he was bent over his guitar. "Kind of sad, but I like it."

[praiseofblood]

Darren smiled. "Sorry, I'm not much of a singer. The next part is:"

"I feel the beating of your heart
I see the shadows of your face
just know that wherever you are
I miss you
and I wish you, were here

I miss the years that were erased
I miss the way the sunshine would light up your face
I miss all the little things
I never thought that they'd mean everything to me
Yeah I miss you...
And I wish you, were here...

So far away from where you are
these miles have torn us world apart
and I miss you
yeah I miss you
and I wish you, were here." He strummed the last note.

"And that's it. There are also so more fun and upbeat songs we can do after you get the basics down. So the next verse is just this:" he said, repeating the steps from before.

"Then just put it together." he said smiling.

[clementine]

Epsilon pressed his face to the cheetah's neck for a moment, breathing in the feline's scent. "I think you have a great voice." He said before returning to the task at hand. He did as he was instructed, putting the two parts together as he followed along with Darren. He was able to get through the whole song a little slowly with hardly any mistakes.

The teen was delighted by it and continued on, smiling gaily.

[praiseofblood]

"Nice!" he grinned. "Let's do it once through," he smiled as they played.

[clementine]

Epsilon preened at the praise, grinning widely. He continued to play until he felt his fingers get too sore as they didn't have the right kind of callouses. "I think it's time for a break." He announced, holding up a hand that was a little red. "I want to keep practicing though." He added.

[praiseofblood]

"Yeah, I forgot that you get callouses from playing." Darren nodded, placing his guitar down. He gently took the boy's hands in his own, rubbing them softly.

[clementine]

"It's alright." Eppi replied softly, looking down at his hand caught in Darren's. It made him smile rather fondly, wonderfully happy to have been able to meet the cheetah.

[praiseofblood]

Darren simply smiled, looking at Eppi's small hands in his own clawed ones. "Sorry to interrupt!" Oren called. "But there's a rather...unscrupulous looking group of Prasidion cruisers heading our way!" he said urgently.

Darren sighed, he didn't feel like destroying Prasidions right now, but he stood, going to the deck, Eppi following behind.

[clementine]

Epsilon trotted after Darren, not really frighten as he was more curious at to what Prasidion actually looked like. He'd only ever read about them and would have to admit he was a bit excited. He didn't say anything about this though, simply plopping himself down in a chair.

"Will everything be alright?" He asked with just a hint of worry.

[praiseofblood]

Darren nodded as he barked out orders, arming the ship and getting ready for defensive manuevers.

He was thankful his ship had a cloaker, and promptly activated it, knowing that there was nothing on value on board that the Enemy might want. After a few, breathy moments, the ships passed, un-interested in the empty cargo ship floating through space.

Darren heaved a sigh. "Everything is fine." he said to Eppi.

[clementine]

The Sensaphorian reached out a delicate hand and touching the side of the cheetah arm. He smiled, trying to ease Darren. "They left, so it's okay." Epsilon said softly and laughed a little. "I've never seen a ship like that before. It was kind of exciting." He was trying to help lighten the suddenly tense mood.

[praiseofblood]

"For now," Darren nodded. "Prasidions are very dangerous, alright?" he said, looking Eppi in the eye. "I thought it was exciting too, until their first attack. They're a desperate, vicious race, and no doubt they'd turn back if they even thought that we were aboard. I'm going to put the ship into another hyperjump, so even if they do comeback, we'll have a few lightyear's gain on them." he said seriously, looking to Eppi and nodding over to a chair.

"Go ahead and sit down and strap up." he smiled, reassuringly before he began ordering Oren around into the hyperjump protocol.

[clementine]

Eppi blinked and backed off from Darren, looking away. He jammed his hands into his pockets and took a seat as directed and buckled up. He wasn't stupid. Of course he knew that Prasidions were dangerous, just as well as Darren knew it.

Simply gripping the armrests, the teen ignored Darren's reassuring smile as they jumped to lightspeed, the force of it pinning him to his seat.

[praiseofblood]

As they completed the hyperjump, Darren saw that they were closer to Jeskara. He sighed gratefully and stood, going to Eppi and carefully unstrapping him.

"Are you alright?" he asked, concerned. "Lay back..." he said softly reclining Eppi's seat slightly.