“Hey, hot-stuff.” You laugh, which causes her to squeak out, “Hot-stuff!” Which almost makes her flip you off, a new thing she learned from the other boys on agro II but for the sake of you’re already reddening cheeks from laughter, she decides to just leave it at a pout and wait for you to set her breakfast down on the table for her. She pouts, but starts eating anyway. She knows It’s all in good fun, really.

She nots sure if try not to tease her too hard but she guesses it’s really hard not to at all when you’ve never met someone who’ll repeat the last word you say.

Of course, you don’t let others tease her, like Leo— who tries to every chance he gets, making her say silly stuff like calling him a ladies man, or a womanizer. She doesn’t mind, though. She seems to only mind when it comes to you. Maybe it’s because she cares what you think and don’t want your impression of her to be some girl who can’t talk.

She tries not to dwell on it too much or it’ll drive her crazy. Thankfully when Leo comes over and starts to make her laugh, distracting her from her thoughts.

“Don’t you have some tending to the ship to get to, Leo?” You randomly say, immediately making her snap her attention to you and he shrugs, “Just keeping Echo company.”

“Not needed.” You retort quickly, anger quickly seeping in. Echo seems to finally notice and says quietly, “Not needed.” Directing it to you. And fuck, you narrow your eyes and say, “Shut it.”

She can only reply, “Shut it.” Before her eyes well up, she’s on her heel and leaving the deck to go in her room, leaving you feeling like a dickhead.