Chapter 6
Three months flew by before Eli knew it had happened. Fourteen hundred and fifty-six orbits around the Earth since Yakecen agreed to a relationship. The time dawned on him one cycle as he stared up at the ceiling and listened to the little rattling snore Yakecen let out when Eli was curled up on his chest. The snore was very faint, and higher on the exhale, but it helped him sleep. Though, he missed the slightly louder and deeper snore from before they became involved. It had its own charm.
A beep from his alarm told him it was time to get up and start the workday. He and Yakecen had to man Harmony, which meant taking it over from Turlach and Saito. Those two were almost his brothers, definitely his best friends, but damn, he was tired of catching them making out when John and
