Cadence hummed happily, entering the celestial boyos room, deciding she would have some of Sun's delicious mashed potatoes, cause they tasted so good with some butter and a hint of salt and tiny bit of cheese and garlic-
She noticed Eclipse on the couch, sitting on the left portion and staring at the wall blankly, slightly manspreading as his lower pair of hands rested on his thighs, idly playing with the fabric of the black business slacks.
She had noticed he seemed off the past week or two, but she never asked due to her forgetting.
And she promptly forgot to ask again when she entered the kitchen and grabbed a bowl out of the fridge, taking off the plastic wrap to reveal the yummy mashed potatoes inside.
She smiled happily, throwing away the used plastic wrap as she put the bowl into the microwave they had, and she set it to heat for a minute before standing on the opposite side of the kitchen.
She didn't want to be too close, she wasn't sure if that was the same kind of microwave like on Earth or some space kind that could be safer or more dangerous.
If she knew the name of the microwave, she could do some research on it.
She chuckled to herself as she stopped it a second from beeping, imagining calling it Bob or Bendy or something.
She checked the mashed potato by stirring it with a fork, putting it in for another minute, then taking the now aptly warmed mashed taties and held the bowl close to her chest, the bowl a little too hot for her hands, so she rested it slightly on her boobs.
As she was passing Eclipse to sit on the other side of the couch, he lunged forward, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close, his lower pair of arms grabbing her bowl of mashed potatoes and setting it on the coffee table.
She froze as he squished her form against him, clutching her close like a teddy bear.
"Hope you don't mind dear," he whispered into her hair, pressing her back against his chest, holding her quite tightly.
"Uh, not really?" She replied, trying to reach for her mashed potatoes, but unable to lean forward even an inch due to his tight grip on her.
His lower pair of hands grabbed her bowl for her, bringing it and holding it in her lap as she was set on his lap. She happily started eating small bits of mashed potatoes, perfectly content to just sit here, eat her mashed potatoes, and be snuggled.
It's very nice, actually, cause he's so warm and the lukewarm air of the ship had been starting to annoy her, so she didn't mind one bit that Eclipse wanted to snuggle.
Actually, she was quite happy that Eclipse wanted to snuggle, it made her all fuzzy and warm and happy inside.
Even if she was being extremely pressed against his crotch.
Which... felt strangely flat? Do Celestial Jesters just... not have genitals? How do they reproduce then? Do they do mitosis or whatever the word was when cells or slime divided in half and became two starting with one?
"Hey, Eclipse?" She asked softly, side-eyeing him, "I... have an ignorant question..."
He hummed softly, face pressed to the top of her head as his eyes were closed.
"Uh... I was just... I don't remember, are you a species with like... Ya know... genitals?" She asked hesitantly, smiling shyly. "Cause like, I super vaguely just remembered Sun one day saying something about your species having eggs. And... uh... you're holding me really tightly and... just a random thought, but... It kinda feels like you're, uh, smooth like a Ken doll..." She was embarrassed asking about this, knowing she could absolutely just search it up.
But Eclipse was literally the species she was curious about, and she wanted to include him and make him feel wanted and appreciated, even if it was just a random question she had.
"We do," he said softly. He cracked his eyes open, looking at her curiously as he asked, "What does it mean to be smooth like a Ken doll?"
She chuckled softly, looking at her bowl as she replied softly, "Ah, well, that's just a saying for when something doesn't have genitals. Ya know, a joke about a man getting hit in the crotch and people say he's as smooth as a Ken doll."
He chuckled softly, holding her a little tighter. "Oh, we have genitals, alright. It's just that we have it tucked away inside us, hidden away~" He replied softly.
"Thanks for answering..." Cadence said softly, and she could feel her cheeks burning in embarrassment. She would have to do some research into the Celestial Jesters species. It's been like, what, 3 or 4 years since she met them?
And she hasn't obsessively done research on their species?
She didn't feel like a good friend right now.