[Look, she loves the cat, she does, but she's hurriedly putting him on the desk (sorry) and then rushing after Hiro. UH... FIRE, FIRE, WHAT DOES SHE DO WITH FIRE... WHERE'S WEISS WHEN SHE NEEDS HER....
With a lack of anything better to do, she's going to grab a pillow from the couch and start beating at the flames.
[The nice thing is that no animals will be harmed in the making of this thread. So while the cat's pretty disgruntled, ultimately it does what a cat normally does when people are acting crazy and he goes right back to sleep. Meanwhile, Hiro's still throwing things out of cabinets while Ruby charges in to help. Fires aren't really great. Fires are actually still pretty much on his list of hell no. But the flames seem to die down when Ruby beats the flames and he pauses just for a moment.
And then that, too, bursts into flames.]
Drop it! [Goddd okay, he's smart enough to know not to use water on it since it's still technically an electric stove and even if he's never really used one of those it's enough to know that that's a bad idea. Maybe he should have listened to Aunt Cass better when she was telling them about kitchen fires, but something seems to cut through his brain finally. He's grabbing a spare towel from another part of the counter and throwing it. Hopefully Ruby can catch.] Get that wet and then use it to smother the pillow.
[And while she's doing that he's going to yank open the fridge and pull out a bright orange box of baking soda. He's busy trying to break into said-box, hacking at it with blunt nails before grabbing a butter knife to pry it open further. The box tears in his frenzy and on top of everything else, there's now baking soda all over the stove, the floor, and Hiro.
But at least he hit most of the flames. Turning off the stove, he pulls the mostly-charred box of what was pancake mix off to the side and sprinkles more baking soda over the remaining flames to wipe them out completely. This...could have gone much, much better. He takes a veeeery tentative look over his shoulder. How's the pillow doing?]
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[The instruction is a good one and while Ruby doesn't quite catch the towel with her hands, her face catches it, so that's fine. Close enough, really. She drags it from her face, scrambling to wet the towel in the sink before slamming it down over the pillow. At least it stops the flames, smothering them.
Unfortunately, it means Ruby herself was rather wet when Hiro started his baking soda explosion.
So it is that Ruby's dripping water + baking soda concoction from her hands and arms, blinking through baking soda all over her face (which is at least dry). But she can't exactly dust it off considering the state of her hands.
Um.
Huh.]
... So.
[She's trying so hard to be serious, she is, but it starts as a snigger, and then becomes a stifled laugh.]
I mean--
[Nope, she can't stop. She's just sinking to the baking soda covered floor, and laughing.]
[Bury him. Please just throw him out in the jungle and bury him so he can die alone with the last string of dignity he has. He's slowly turning around, ignoring the fact that baking soda's basically now given him a nice salt-and-pepper effect on his hair. He's looking down at Ruby now that the immediate danger's died down and he's staring at her, not entirely sure what to say.
And then she starts laughing. And that seems to break the entire tension and he drops down to the floor next to her, slipping only slightly in a few stray droplets of water before he settles completely.]
Sooo...I guess this is probably the part where I tell you that I have absolutely no idea how to make pancakes. [There's a very sheepish grin but at least she doesn't seem too upset. It's pretty hard to stare her in the face though when she's covered in as much baking soda as he is.]
[Now Hiro, she'd be so sad if you died. She snorts when he sits down with her, because it kicks up a cloud of baking soda dust, and then she's sneezing. Oops. Bad plan.
Even so, she's still laughing, so it's an awkward sneeze-laugh before she manages to catch her breath.
AHEM.]
Why didn't you just say something?
[She's not angry, though; if anything, her tone is entirely bemused, because she has no idea why he'd try to hide that. In the meantime, she's going to crawl across the floor (getting white all over her black tights) to grab the towel to try to clean off her hands.]
[At least she didn't sneeze in his face. That also wouldn't have gone well for either of them. It's a good question though. Why didn't he just say so? While she might be bemused, he's sort of berating himself in his head. 'Because I'm an idiot?' The real reason is one he's not sure he's ready to share with her yet, but at the same time maybe that's what all of this means. Maybe this is actually what Yang was talking about.
So. There's a heavy sigh and a shrug as he runs a hand through his hair, successfully scattering more baking soda everywhere. Oops.]
I don't know. You just seemed really excited and happy about it and I didn't want to take it back after I'd already said it. [A beat.] That's kinda one of my favorite things about you. You're just excited about everything and I don't want to be somebody who takes that away.
She crosses her legs then (it seems like they're going to be sitting here for awhile), and when she notices that, the first thing she has to remark on is:]
Wow, we really do always have these talks on the floor.
[Huh!! All of their important talks. Always the floor. Weird.
But she doesn't really mind it, and even as she processes what he says... well, it's embarrassing, but it makes her really happy too, and when she responds, it's rawly sincere, as ever. As if she could ever be anyone but Just Ruby around Hiro.]
You could never take that away, Hiro. Just... just being around you makes me excited and it's fun and--and even if you can't make pancakes, that doesn't mean that we won't have fun anyway! Because I...really like being around you. I like being around Hiro--Just Hiro, I mean. Even if Just Hiro can't make pancakes or sets things on fire sometimes, that's okay because that's you and that's who I like to be around...a lot! A lot, a lot.
[...]
And um, I'm going to stop talking now, but... yeah. [...Cough. She draws a weird squiggly figure in the baking soda pooled at her side.]
[There's a small laugh under his breath, followed by what sounds like "I told you so." He doesn't say anything just yet as he listens to her explain everything. Just Hiro sometimes knows when it's best to shut up and let other people talk and it's not like he's not always interested in what Just Ruby has to say. Even if what she says makes him nervous and he feels his palms start to sweat and it's kinda gross but it's fine. It's fine because he seems to understand what she's saying even if she's rambling and he looks up at her, hand still threaded in his hair as he carefully debates how to phrase this.]
...I really like you. [Or he can throw careful deliberation out the window, that's fine, too.] And I know that's probably weird and it's going to make this weird and maybe a little awkward because we're just supposed to be friends--hero partners, right? That's us. That's you and me, but I don't--[Stop. Deep breath.] I don't want to make this weird, but I don't think you know how much you matter and how hanging out with you really kinda is one of the best things about being stuck on this dumb planet and you get things I don't even get myself sometimes and I don't want to lose that by making this weird and dropping this on you but you're distracting and magnetic and kinda covalent because I want to share everything with you including this so...yeah. Maybe I should just stop talking, too. [So much for really understanding what she was trying to say.]
[Well. First she has to process everything that he's saying, which is a Task because he's rambling pretty quickly, and at first she's not sure if "distracting" and "magnetic" and "kinda covalent" are good descriptors (covalent???) but then it all clicks.
And then she stares at the ceiling, as if in utter relief, and whispers:]
It's the sign.
[YANG WAS RIGHT it just took a confession for Ruby to figure it out, which is less a sign and more a slam in the face, but whatever, cut her some slack.]
[And then when that all sinks in, she's just too excited to sit still; she shifts to be on her hands and knees instead, peering at him more eagerly at that, beaming. Sure, she's a little awkward about it too, but right now she's too excited to think about awkwardness. No, she found her sign and she is going for it.]
No, wait, don't stop talking! I mean--I mean, I like you too! I've... liked you for awhile but I didn't want to make it weird, and I wasn't sure... what to do because I've never felt like this before, but Yang said there'd be a sign so I was waiting and waiting and waiting for one but I couldn't tell what a sign... you know, was?
[???]
But I think I've got it now and I figured it out and--and I...really like you too, Hiro. A lot. So that's...okay, right? If it's both of us, then...it's totally okay.
The what now? [But okay, maybe that doesn't matter. Girls are still weird no matter what, even if they're girls like Ruby. The important thing here though is that she's not laughing in his face and she's not telling him to stop talking, and she's not getting up to walk away. Maybe it was silly to think that she would. There's nothing but absolute relief in his expression though as the words sink in and for once he doesn't even shift back when she moves. Instead, he's scooting forward to cut out even more personal space. This is fine. This isn't nervewracking at all.
It's probably a good thing Baymax isn't activated at the moment thanks to their traveling lest he comment on Hiro's rapid heart rate.]
...yeah. Yeah, I think it's totally okay. [Whatever it means, whatever happens now, it's okay because it's both of them together just like it should be. It's hard to bite back the grin on his face and eventually he stops trying, tilting his head just slightly in thought.] As long as we're together, right?
[...except something's bothering him the longer he thinks about it.] Wait, Yang knew? [WHY DIDN'T SHE SAY SO.]
[The sign, Hiro. The sign. But she's more than willing to leave that in the past, because yeah, the important thing here is that...they're on the same page. They're on the same page and now they're a little closer and that's also fine, she doesn't mind that at all.
Instead, she's beaming (yessss, this worked out great), and when he asks that, it's just--]
Yeah, I think Yang knew before I knew. I threw a pillow at her for it.
[You know. As you do.]
But yeah--! I think... as long as we're together, it's fine, so this is good. We're together now and everything's fine, right? [...] Asiiiide from almost setting the kitchen on fire.
[She's so cute…it's kind of a huge punch to the face to recognize that part of Ruby's existence and it's hard to ignore now that he's allowing himself to look at her that way. Even if he's trying to have a serious conversation.]
She seriously could have told me that when I talked to her last week. [He rolls his eyes, making a note to probably talk to Yang later and he's laughing at the idea of Ruby throwing a pillow at her.
…speaking of pillows.] …crap. [He's crawling forward to grab the charred pillow.] This is the one that Tadashi sleeps with. [Since he sleeps on the couch and all.] …I'll figure out something. We can probably skip the fire next time we have a really important floor-talk at least. [Setting the pillow aside, he moves to his original position and tentatively reaches forward to wipe off some of the baking soda from her face, still mildly amused by how all of this has played out.] So…by together do you mean like…together-together? [What happens now?]
... But Ruby can't really be too mad, considering. It all worked out okay, so it's fine, right? She grins a little sheepishly at the pillow (that one was her bad), rubbing the back of her head and dislodging baking soda as she does.]
Heh, sorry. Wanna go get a new one? [Together. Naturally.
Granted, when he starts to wipe the baking soda from her face, she can't help the way that she blushes a little, but that aside, she doesn't move away. No, this is...fine, she thinks.]
Um... yeah. Together-together. If you want to, I mean. Because we can still just be hero-partners if you don't, but now we can be...hero-partners-together-together?
[Let's not talk about Yang anymore right now. This is important. Everything worked out except for Tadashi's pillow. There's a small set of beeps from behind them though and a small robot rolls right into the kitchen, already moving around them to start cleaning up their mess. There's a "huh" from Hiro as he watches the cleaning robot work before he turns back to face Ruby. His hand's still on her face and upon that realization he quickly drops it, sending another mini-cloud of powder up in the air. It's okay, Ruby, he's blushing a little, too. This is new and different but they can fumble through it together at least.]
No. No I mean I do! I mean I want to be hero-partners too but I want…the other thing? [Say it, Hiro.] Preeetty sure they call that dating…? [Which would make Ruby his girlfriend. And he would be her boyfriend. Right. This is totally fine.
God, how does anybody do this without sounding stupid?] We don't have to call it that if you don't want to though. That makes it sound really serious and…you know. [Vague handwave.] Kinda like Naoki and Yang?
[They're a bit of a mess together, but at least the robot will make sure the floor is clean. The robot has its priorities in their proper place. That robot has got its shit together.
Meanwhile, the two kids not so much, but even so, the awkward can only last so long with these two. Hiro's so...careful about it, but she's laughing a moment later, just because--]
I don't think we could ever be like Naoki and Yang. I mean they're so... Naoki and Yang.
[Whatever that means.
Probably better not to ask.
But the laughter seems to have broken some of the tension, at least for Ruby; she rubs at her face because it's still a little gross, but she's smiling as she does.]
I mean... dating's fine. It'll just be--well, our sort of dating...? That's fine, right?
[They can do it their way... not like Naoki and Yang at all.
[Well they're teenagers, what would one expect from them? Plus the cleaning bot was made by Tadashi who probably planned for it to clean around Hiro. Anyway. He seems relieved that she gets what he means without a huge elaboration, moreso that she's in agreement.]
I think I like that. Our sort of dating which isn't even that different than what we're already doing, I guess. [He scratches the back of his neck.] Honestly? I'm not even really sure what liking somebody and dating somebody really means beyond the fact that now I don't have to feel so weird about thinking you're cute. [A beat.] Oooor saying it out loud. But it can't be that hard to figure out.
[A glance around the kitchen means seeing that a lot of the mess is being cleared, but they're still a mess.] ...wanna clean up and head to the shopping district with me? I think we need a new pillow and more pancake mix.
[Okay, she's giggling at that. She can't help it. Even as it makes her face heat up more to have Hiro compliment her like that, she's still amused. They both have the motormouth issue, after all.
But either way, she just nods in response, standing up and offering him a hand. Hup!]
Alright, let's go!
I think it makes everything less weird though because I kind of like holding your hand and doing things with just you and... I think that's a dating thing. It definitely feels like a dating thing.
[They both do and it's the only reason he's not ready to hide in a hole somewhere. Ruby's taking it in stride and he immediately grabs her hand to haul himself up. It doesn't hurt that he doesn't let go even when he's on his feet.]
I think it's a dating thing, too, and that probably should have been my huge clue that I liked you. [A gesture to their adjoined hands.] I don't usually let people do this. [But he's tugging her along out of the robot's way so they can get cleaned up and prep themselves to head back out.]
And if you had your way everything would be red. If we can find a red and blue one it'll be perfect. We've got a couple of hours before Tadashi gets back anyway.
[Holding hands, covered in baking soda, ready to go pillow shopping. Truly, this is romance. But she'll follow along, of course; this is fine by her.]
Heh... yeah, I guess there were a lot of signs after all, I just wasn't reaaaally sure what I was looking for. I mean, I've never done this before, but... it feels right, so that's okay, I think.
[She's happy with this.]
Red and blue, red and blue...got it! If we can't get a two-toned pillow in a place like Cerealia, where can you? I mean, aside from a pillow store.
Is it weird that I'm kinda glad you've never done this before? [Part of him thinks maybe they should actually make an attempt to clean up but whatever, most of the baking soda will probably wear off as they walk. Out of the apartment they go...] All of this is going to be okay.
[It's hard to say if he's telling her, or he's trying to convince himself. Deep breaths, Hiro.] Lucky for us, I think there's a pillow store in the shopping district. [His free hand comes up to rub the back of his neck.] And then pancakes. [That seems to be the plan he's going with, and as long as she's okay with that? Then that's how they'll spend their afternoon.
Nah, I'm kinda glad too. It just means that now I know for sure it's special! [She's still a little awkward, but she's trying really hard, okay... she shuffles a bit, offering up a sheepish smile.] I mean uh-- yeah. It's... it's sort of like how excited I get for weapons except different too, so it's weird, but... nothing that's ever happened before.
[Good job, guys.
Focus on the plan, Ruby!! The plan!]
Yeeees good. Pancakes after all! [Even after they set things on fire.] I'm totally ready for this plan.
[The apartment gets locked and he laughs suddenly, even if it's just a short, quick burst.] I know I'm always going to be second-best when it comes to Crescent Rose. But maybe this is a case being special's not a bad thing.
[And that's all he says. The plan's a good thing and instead of verbally replying, he tightens his grip on her hand and takes the lead this time. They're going to be totally, completely fine and thus end up spending the next couple of hours looking for the perfect pillow and eating pancakes while still mostly covered in baking soda.]
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[Look, she loves the cat, she does, but she's hurriedly putting him on the desk (sorry) and then rushing after Hiro. UH... FIRE, FIRE, WHAT DOES SHE DO WITH FIRE... WHERE'S WEISS WHEN SHE NEEDS HER....
With a lack of anything better to do, she's going to grab a pillow from the couch and start beating at the flames.
It works okay, until the pillow catches on fire.
AAAAH]
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And then that, too, bursts into flames.]
Drop it! [Goddd okay, he's smart enough to know not to use water on it since it's still technically an electric stove and even if he's never really used one of those it's enough to know that that's a bad idea. Maybe he should have listened to Aunt Cass better when she was telling them about kitchen fires, but something seems to cut through his brain finally. He's grabbing a spare towel from another part of the counter and throwing it. Hopefully Ruby can catch.] Get that wet and then use it to smother the pillow.
[And while she's doing that he's going to yank open the fridge and pull out a bright orange box of baking soda. He's busy trying to break into said-box, hacking at it with blunt nails before grabbing a butter knife to pry it open further. The box tears in his frenzy and on top of everything else, there's now baking soda all over the stove, the floor, and Hiro.
But at least he hit most of the flames. Turning off the stove, he pulls the mostly-charred box of what was pancake mix off to the side and sprinkles more baking soda over the remaining flames to wipe them out completely. This...could have gone much, much better. He takes a veeeery tentative look over his shoulder. How's the pillow doing?]
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Unfortunately, it means Ruby herself was rather wet when Hiro started his baking soda explosion.
So it is that Ruby's dripping water + baking soda concoction from her hands and arms, blinking through baking soda all over her face (which is at least dry). But she can't exactly dust it off considering the state of her hands.
Um.
Huh.]
... So.
[She's trying so hard to be serious, she is, but it starts as a snigger, and then becomes a stifled laugh.]
I mean--
[Nope, she can't stop. She's just sinking to the baking soda covered floor, and laughing.]
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And then she starts laughing. And that seems to break the entire tension and he drops down to the floor next to her, slipping only slightly in a few stray droplets of water before he settles completely.]
Sooo...I guess this is probably the part where I tell you that I have absolutely no idea how to make pancakes. [There's a very sheepish grin but at least she doesn't seem too upset. It's pretty hard to stare her in the face though when she's covered in as much baking soda as he is.]
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Even so, she's still laughing, so it's an awkward sneeze-laugh before she manages to catch her breath.
AHEM.]
Why didn't you just say something?
[She's not angry, though; if anything, her tone is entirely bemused, because she has no idea why he'd try to hide that. In the meantime, she's going to crawl across the floor (getting white all over her black tights) to grab the towel to try to clean off her hands.]
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So. There's a heavy sigh and a shrug as he runs a hand through his hair, successfully scattering more baking soda everywhere. Oops.]
I don't know. You just seemed really excited and happy about it and I didn't want to take it back after I'd already said it. [A beat.] That's kinda one of my favorite things about you. You're just excited about everything and I don't want to be somebody who takes that away.
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She crosses her legs then (it seems like they're going to be sitting here for awhile), and when she notices that, the first thing she has to remark on is:]
Wow, we really do always have these talks on the floor.
[Huh!! All of their important talks. Always the floor. Weird.
But she doesn't really mind it, and even as she processes what he says... well, it's embarrassing, but it makes her really happy too, and when she responds, it's rawly sincere, as ever. As if she could ever be anyone but Just Ruby around Hiro.]
You could never take that away, Hiro. Just... just being around you makes me excited and it's fun and--and even if you can't make pancakes, that doesn't mean that we won't have fun anyway! Because I...really like being around you. I like being around Hiro--Just Hiro, I mean. Even if Just Hiro can't make pancakes or sets things on fire sometimes, that's okay because that's you and that's who I like to be around...a lot! A lot, a lot.
[...]
And um, I'm going to stop talking now, but... yeah. [...Cough. She draws a weird squiggly figure in the baking soda pooled at her side.]
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...I really like you. [Or he can throw careful deliberation out the window, that's fine, too.] And I know that's probably weird and it's going to make this weird and maybe a little awkward because we're just supposed to be friends--hero partners, right? That's us. That's you and me, but I don't--[Stop. Deep breath.] I don't want to make this weird, but I don't think you know how much you matter and how hanging out with you really kinda is one of the best things about being stuck on this dumb planet and you get things I don't even get myself sometimes and I don't want to lose that by making this weird and dropping this on you but you're distracting and magnetic and kinda covalent because I want to share everything with you including this so...yeah. Maybe I should just stop talking, too. [So much for really understanding what she was trying to say.]
[1/2]
And then she stares at the ceiling, as if in utter relief, and whispers:]
It's the sign.
[YANG WAS RIGHT it just took a confession for Ruby to figure it out, which is less a sign and more a slam in the face, but whatever, cut her some slack.]
[2/2]
No, wait, don't stop talking! I mean--I mean, I like you too! I've... liked you for awhile but I didn't want to make it weird, and I wasn't sure... what to do because I've never felt like this before, but Yang said there'd be a sign so I was waiting and waiting and waiting for one but I couldn't tell what a sign... you know, was?
[???]
But I think I've got it now and I figured it out and--and I...really like you too, Hiro. A lot. So that's...okay, right? If it's both of us, then...it's totally okay.
[...right???]
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It's probably a good thing Baymax isn't activated at the moment thanks to their traveling lest he comment on Hiro's rapid heart rate.]
...yeah. Yeah, I think it's totally okay. [Whatever it means, whatever happens now, it's okay because it's both of them together just like it should be. It's hard to bite back the grin on his face and eventually he stops trying, tilting his head just slightly in thought.] As long as we're together, right?
[...except something's bothering him the longer he thinks about it.] Wait, Yang knew? [WHY DIDN'T SHE SAY SO.]
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Instead, she's beaming (yessss, this worked out great), and when he asks that, it's just--]
Yeah, I think Yang knew before I knew. I threw a pillow at her for it.
[You know. As you do.]
But yeah--! I think... as long as we're together, it's fine, so this is good. We're together now and everything's fine, right? [...] Asiiiide from almost setting the kitchen on fire.
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She seriously could have told me that when I talked to her last week. [He rolls his eyes, making a note to probably talk to Yang later and he's laughing at the idea of Ruby throwing a pillow at her.
…speaking of pillows.] …crap. [He's crawling forward to grab the charred pillow.] This is the one that Tadashi sleeps with. [Since he sleeps on the couch and all.] …I'll figure out something. We can probably skip the fire next time we have a really important floor-talk at least. [Setting the pillow aside, he moves to his original position and tentatively reaches forward to wipe off some of the baking soda from her face, still mildly amused by how all of this has played out.] So…by together do you mean like…together-together? [What happens now?]
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[...YANG. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL HER???
... But Ruby can't really be too mad, considering. It all worked out okay, so it's fine, right? She grins a little sheepishly at the pillow (that one was her bad), rubbing the back of her head and dislodging baking soda as she does.]
Heh, sorry. Wanna go get a new one? [Together. Naturally.
Granted, when he starts to wipe the baking soda from her face, she can't help the way that she blushes a little, but that aside, she doesn't move away. No, this is...fine, she thinks.]
Um... yeah. Together-together. If you want to, I mean. Because we can still just be hero-partners if you don't, but now we can be...hero-partners-together-together?
[This is like a whole different language.]
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No. No I mean I do! I mean I want to be hero-partners too but I want…the other thing? [Say it, Hiro.] Preeetty sure they call that dating…? [Which would make Ruby his girlfriend. And he would be her boyfriend. Right. This is totally fine.
God, how does anybody do this without sounding stupid?] We don't have to call it that if you don't want to though. That makes it sound really serious and…you know. [Vague handwave.] Kinda like Naoki and Yang?
[He'll get back to Tadashi's pillow in a second.]
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Meanwhile, the two kids not so much, but even so, the awkward can only last so long with these two. Hiro's so...careful about it, but she's laughing a moment later, just because--]
I don't think we could ever be like Naoki and Yang. I mean they're so... Naoki and Yang.
[Whatever that means.
Probably better not to ask.
But the laughter seems to have broken some of the tension, at least for Ruby; she rubs at her face because it's still a little gross, but she's smiling as she does.]
I mean... dating's fine. It'll just be--well, our sort of dating...? That's fine, right?
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I think I like that. Our sort of dating which isn't even that different than what we're already doing, I guess. [He scratches the back of his neck.] Honestly? I'm not even really sure what liking somebody and dating somebody really means beyond the fact that now I don't have to feel so weird about thinking you're cute. [A beat.] Oooor saying it out loud. But it can't be that hard to figure out.
[A glance around the kitchen means seeing that a lot of the mess is being cleared, but they're still a mess.] ...wanna clean up and head to the shopping district with me? I think we need a new pillow and more pancake mix.
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But either way, she just nods in response, standing up and offering him a hand. Hup!]
Alright, let's go!
I think it makes everything less weird though because I kind of like holding your hand and doing things with just you and... I think that's a dating thing. It definitely feels like a dating thing.
[They've totally got this nailed.]
Also I think we should get Tadashi a red pillow.
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I think it's a dating thing, too, and that probably should have been my huge clue that I liked you. [A gesture to their adjoined hands.] I don't usually let people do this. [But he's tugging her along out of the robot's way so they can get cleaned up and prep themselves to head back out.]
And if you had your way everything would be red. If we can find a red and blue one it'll be perfect. We've got a couple of hours before Tadashi gets back anyway.
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Heh... yeah, I guess there were a lot of signs after all, I just wasn't reaaaally sure what I was looking for. I mean, I've never done this before, but... it feels right, so that's okay, I think.
[She's happy with this.]
Red and blue, red and blue...got it! If we can't get a two-toned pillow in a place like Cerealia, where can you? I mean, aside from a pillow store.
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[It's hard to say if he's telling her, or he's trying to convince himself. Deep breaths, Hiro.] Lucky for us, I think there's a pillow store in the shopping district. [His free hand comes up to rub the back of his neck.] And then pancakes. [That seems to be the plan he's going with, and as long as she's okay with that? Then that's how they'll spend their afternoon.
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[Good job, guys.
Focus on the plan, Ruby!! The plan!]
Yeeees good. Pancakes after all! [Even after they set things on fire.] I'm totally ready for this plan.
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[And that's all he says. The plan's a good thing and instead of verbally replying, he tightens his grip on her hand and takes the lead this time. They're going to be totally, completely fine and thus end up spending the next couple of hours looking for the perfect pillow and eating pancakes while still mostly covered in baking soda.]