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Elzo and Eve had their disagreements to be sure, but he missed his friend. He missed her smile and laugh and ways of just knowing his habits and his feelings and her often very good insight on his problems. She was someone who he liked and wanted to remain friends with. It was just.. odd to not feel that close anymore. Even Marlo was a bit upset at the whole 'The brothers stand against Earth rah rah sorry'. Sure it was politics, but it was annoying shitty politics in a way they both agreed upon.

They'd rather be friends than do a lot of grandstanding and letting it bleed into their civilian lives.

While Marlo had the courtesy to send flowers as he always did, Elzo opted for something he had a hunch Eve would like just as well.

He looked at the text and with a startling realization, understood that he'd ******** up. There was no ice cream and thus, he had to call in the Calvary.
AKA room service.
One benefit for living in and owning a hotel.


He wanted to just have fun. To forget that he was supposed to be against people he cared about, and loved in that platonic way that was still pretty deep. Marlo would do flowers, Elzo did food and movies. He wasn't a ladies man for no reason. Even if flowers was more of the cliche MO.

To Eve: I will make a pillow fort as well if you want we can call it Crystalworth.

Plus when you had hooked up with the same mutual and weren't chill that was also a bit awkward.

"Augh, don't call me that. I'll feel like either I'm old, my dad, or Marlo." The grimace of his siblings name carried over the phone. "And I am not one to wear a damn collar shirt all day, everyday for the rest of my life good god." He much preferred basic t-shirts.

"I'll meet you in the lobby. Else you'll probably get told to take the elevator and need a code to reach my floor and it's a pain." A few minutes later, Elzo arrived in a wife beater, fleece pants, and two very large-very obviously taken from the hotel-slippers. "You ready Eve? I made sure to ask if we had beer. I wasn't sure if you'd like beer or wine or strong liquors." He paused.
"You seemed more a beer on the side person, but I try not to pass up any excuse to steal Marlo's fancy wine."

He was old, though, he would think that more on a cosmic scale than physically. Physically he was still young and hot as hell thank you. "I trust you, more though, you arriving at whim would be awkward if Marlo or I were naked."
He laughed. "God, Marlo would start sending you chocolates if it ever happened. As for distracting him, you being there will be distracting to him. He considers you a friend, and he's... still the same Marlo. Appearances matter to him."

Up the elevator they went until the ding and doors opened, and Eve was subjected to what was very possibly, the most modern and spartan styled living space she'd find.

It was very very easy to figure out which of the two brothers decorated.
And which one had left pizza on the coffee table along with a glass of half drunk OJ not on one of the many coasters.

"Home sweet home- Uh-" He looked at her. "Do you want to change or just start picking through movies?"

Elzo snorted back a laugh. "He'd never live it down. For that, I'd give you a key, just so he'd be forever paranoid. I however, maintain that boxers are for only when you wear pants. And for henshins in the winter." Pants were glorious- he still remembered his time in shorts.

Looking back at the pizza and OJ there was half a beat before he cursed, rushing over to pick it up. "It was breakfast." Which said about how much he actually cleaned. "I tend to uh- forget when I have to go to the office. Marlo has maids come in most days but I also forget what days. Sundays and Wednesdays I think?" Maybe. He'd have to ask to be sure.

"s**t- just uh- yeah go change and stuff I'll get the wine and fancy food. I don't hold parties often Eve okay; it's usually me going to them, not the other way around." He was pink in the face, clearly wishing he had put more thought into this whole thing.

Elzo gasped. "Shoot, where is she? I didn't know that you invited someone Eve!" He was grinning, teasing her. "See ya in a bit-" He nodded as she went to change, moving to the wine locker and punching in the code. In the back of his head he could hear Marlo chiding him but really, he didn't care. It was a night to relax and just be normal.

Whatever normal even was anymore.

Fancy food was mostly nice chips and dip, some fancy plate cheese Marlo had found with water crackers, gourmet popcorn, some fancy candies that came from that sweets shop down the road, on, and of course, eggo waffles.

Because eggo waffles were the food of the gods.

By the time she was out, he was finishing off the stale beer. "... what I'm not going to waste it."