"Geez, you really haven't changed!" Beanie told him, mocking. He then elbowed Garan, his expression turning sly, "Hey, tell me. How'd you two… you know, transition to lovers?"
Garan didn't answer him, though his pace hastened forward, to the point that Beany struggled to follow.
"Hey!" Beanie yelled, cackling when he saw Garan's ears a bit red. "Stop running away!"
The team watched their interactions with complicated expressions. Other than in relation to his wife, their captain had never been so uncharacteristically… human. It seemed that the captain placed a high importance on the reporter, as well.
Moving on from the topic, the old friends changed to Beany's family. "What about your wife? Do you have any idea where she is?" Garan asked, shifting the topic off him.
The two of them reunited when they accidentally met on a mission related to Fargo. Garan actually knew he had been married by virtue of his wedding ring, but he never met his wife.
Whew! Long chapter!