? Broken Strings {A Chaos Theory x Male Reader Story - Ben}

Y/N, Yaz, Ben, Sammy and Darius sit around in one of the storage containers on the moving ship. Ben leans back on a bean bag chair in the corner with Y/N laying on his shoulder, Darius sitting across from them.

Yaz sits on a hammock, dangling their legs off the side while Sammy paces around the damp floor.

"Okay." She finally comes to a stop, gripping onto a lantern that's sitting on a wooden block, "Tell me what looks better."

"Here..." She shifts the lantern, "Or here." She moves it ever so slightly to the left.

"I..." Yaz glances at the others, "Mm... uhh..."

The boat suddenly tilts against the waves, sending the storage container and everything in it sliding around.

"Well," Y/N motions towards the shifted lantern, "The boat thinks it should go there."

Sammy sighs, "I'm just trying to make this place feel like home... but the boats right, it does look better there." She smiles.

The dinosaur in the container above them stomps around, shaking the containers and causing water to drip down onto the group.

Ben grumbles, shaking the water from his hair, "This Gallimimus is getting on my nerves!"

"No, uh, third floor's not Gallimimus. That's the first floor. Downstairs." Darius corrects in his usual fashion.

Ben pauses, "Then who's third floor?"

Darius thinks for a moment before grabbing his water bottle and tossing it at the roof of the container, causing the dino above them to growl.

"Baryonyx!" Sammy, Ben and Darius all call out, guessing the species just based on the noise.

Ben scoffs at his friends, realizing they were way quicker than him, "How!? What-- how?"

"Former DPW." Darius clicks his tongue smugly.

Yaz chuckles quietly before the space falls silent, the absence of an objective leaving nothing to say.

"So..." Ben finally speaks up, "Once the ship gets to where it's going what are the odds, we run into this broker person Cabrera mentioned?"

"I don't know." Darius shrugs.

"Better than if we stayed home, at least." Y/N smirks, pulling himself up from the beanbag and leaning against the wall.

"I mean, this boat's our only lead, so... What else are we gonna do?" Darius adds.

"I just wish we knew why this Broker went after Brooklyn and us in the first place." Sammy sighs, leaning on Y/N.

"Maybe I can find something on Dark Jurassic." Ben offers, "Do you have Brooklyn's phone?" He turns to Darius.

Darius grabs the phone and glances at the screen, "It doesn't have much battery left, we should save it for something really important."

"Right..." Ben nods slowly.

The door creaks and heads turn as Kenji comes back into the container.

"There you are." Yaz smiles.

"No lettuce?" Y/N glances over.

"Oh--" Kenji pauses, looking down at his feet, "I, uhm, so stupid... I-- I dropped it on my way back."

"Can you believe that?"

"I really can't believe it." Yasmina responds flatly with a hard stare.

Kenji flinches before shifting to a smile, "Hey, that's okay. We still have plenty."