Laerek and Kaye walked side by side through the darkening streets. They had gone out to get some fresh air, after a long day in the lab. Lek had been designing a simple machine, nothing much. It was meant to be a lock; it was simple for his work, but it was very complicated for a lock. There was no heat for Kaye to deal with, however, she was setting up the chemical components that would be used in the lock. It was being designed at the request of the higher ups, who wanted better security. They both had spare time, so their Saturday was spent experimenting.<br/><br/>After hearing about the attempted robbery of the bank, they could both see why. Even so, a lock would do nothing for explosions. Lek and Kaye walked by the bank, overlooking the damage.<br/><br/>"Looks like they really did a number on the place," Lek commented, as his hand brushed over a slightly damaged part of the building. Where his hand brushed over, things seemed to shift just a little. It would only make the clean up job easier. After all, it wasn't his job to fix things like this.<br/><br/>Kaye was looking at the damage, and nodded a little. "It is a bit messy, isn't it? Ah well."<br/><br/>Lek shrugged. "Say, did you hear about the new Gyrmeel theory?"<br/><br/>Kaye grinned. "I did! I noticed though..." She named off some flaws in the theory.<br/><br/>"Exactly. We should fix it." He started to head towards the general direction of somewhere to sit down and speak.<br/><br/>A lot of people knew of Kaye and Lek, though not many talked to them. Most knew, however, that the two of them were somewhat of an awkward pair. They claimed to be no more than friends, though they seemed to spend so much time together. Lek needed Kaye for his work, and Kaye needed him so she could get advances. However, they spent more than just school and work time in one another's company. There were rumours, of course. Whenever they were seen together, though, nothing ever seemed to really be happening. Their body language spoke nothing, and their conversations usually consisted of scientific blather. Their relationship was somewhat of a mystery, to everyone except for them.<br/><br/>They wandered around some, then sat down on some steps that went down to a slightly lower level. Someone walked by, and paused.<br/><br/>"Kaye, we still have to work on that project for genetic engineering 2." The boy crossed his arms a little.<br/><br/>Lek looked up at him, and frowned a little. "Kaye and I are speaking right now," he said softly.<br/><br/>Kaye held up a hand, and shook her head. "It's already done. I did it in third period yesterday. All you have to do now is the write up." She handed the boy a piece of paper. "This should be all you need for it."<br/><br/>The boy, who was about 20, looked a bit surprised. "Oh. Okay... Well, would you like to hang out some?" he asked, his smile friendly.<br/><br/>Kaye glanced at Lek, then shook her head. "Nah. I'm having fun. Thanks for asking though." She smiled back, and the boy just left, a little irritated.<br/><br/>Lek watched the boy go, his small frown gone. "You are so well prepared, Kaye."<br/><br/>"I try."<br/><br/>The two sat, and watched other people walk by.