Of course there is. I mean, if you think about all of the things we can do here... why not? It'd be silly to think we'll never be able to talk again.
[Ruby's going the optimistic route...as ever.]
I like pepperoni, let's do it.
And of course it's not a bad idea! [sheesh.] I mean. Well. If you know what you're doing and you're ready for it it's not a bad idea. [Tadashi...... dating seems to be a tentatively worrisome topic for him?] So... so yeah!
I'm kinda thinking of calling Mosley and asking him. There's a couple of things I want to ask him, actually.
[He'll flag down the waiter then and place an order for a pepperoni pizza. Honestly, they're two growing teenagers, they can probably annihilate a large by themselves.]
Let's just say that I have more dating experience than he does. [And considering Ruby's his first girlfriend...yikes.] She's liked him for a while though. Rei told me. [A beat.] Another friend of theirs showed up from their world and they're thinking of another dinner together. You'll still come with me, right?
[They can totally annihilate a full pizza by themselves, it's fine. They've got this covered.
As for Tadashi..well, it's hard to say anything to that. Neither Ruby or Hiro had much in the way of dating experience, but they seem to be making it work, so... She thinks Tadashi will be able to figure it out.
Sort of.]
You know it! If we go together, then... it'll have to be less awkward.
[...]
Or at least we can be awkward together. I think we'll probably manage one of the two.
And if it gets too awkward we can bail and go do something else. [He shoos the waiter away.] Dipper and I found a really cool spot to set off fireworks in the colony that I wanna show you.
[But that's something to consider.] Do you ever think it's weird how many awkward people are actually in the colony?
Fireworks. I know a guy, we've got a trade going. They're really cool, too. I've still got like half the box left. [...he rubs the back of his neck.] That was sort of the other half of tonight. I wanted you to come with me.
[...That's really cute. Really really cute?? She's not sure how to handle that, even. There's a brief pause as she stares at him, and then she's really kind of overwhelmed. But she doesn't want to be too obvious about it.
(Too late, really.)]
Oh! ...Oh. Oh!
[yes, ruby. Oh.]
I... definitely want to go watch fireworks, that sounds amazing! With you, I mean. Like. Date...like...fireworks.
[He's not sure how she was going to react, actually, and when she stares at him there's a brief flare of panic like maybe that's definitely too much. He wants to make her happy, not bulldoze over her with affection. But then it seems like that's the right move and he nods enthusiastically.]
I don't want you to ever stop talking. [...wait.] About stuff like that. Or most of the time? I mean everybody has to stop talking sometimes right, that'd be pretty weird if they just sort of kept babbling about whatever.
[Kinda like now. He stops but he nods again.] Date-like fireworks. I kinda wish I could make my own ViViD level based on this theme park in our world to show you. It's like a five hour trip from San Fransokyo but it's totally worth it. They have these really huge fireworks shows during different times of the year. These ones just sorta spin and pop a lot which is still pretty cool. It's really easy to get up to the roof we found, too.
[And that's about the time their pizza comes back.] …maybe we should have got this to go. [Now his mind's focused on blowing things up and being alone with Ruby. Ah well.]
[Oh. Yeah. Uh. right. Date-like fireworks!! It's fine. They can just have this fireworks date and nobody will judge or interrupt and Hiro doesn't mind if she babbles, and she doesn't mind if he babbles, so it's fine.]
Maybe someday? Someday we'll get to see a big huge fireworks show in San Fransokyo. And someday I'll show you the view from the airships around Beacon! Oh, or the Forest of Forever Fall, you'd like the color scheme. And someday we'll go on a flight on Baymax and you can show me the San Fransokyo sights too...!
[Someday. Somehow, they'll do all of that.
But she can only grin at that eagerness, shaking her head.]
It's okay! Cheesy pizza first, then date-like fireworks. We've got...lots of time, right?
[He's actually sort of resting his elbow on the table to prop his head up as he listens to her, not even realizing part of his sweater's getting in the cheese. All of that sounds…pretty amazing. Fireworks and airships and other worlds and travel and colors and flights with Baymax…all with Ruby.
Is this what it's like to want to share your life with someone? Or are they just overly optimistic? Who knows.]
Pretty much all the time in the world. [Which isn't true, and they know it. There will always be something that comes up that tears them away from these peaceful pockets of time, but they'll be ready.] …or at least until about ten when you should probably get home before Yang tries to kill me for keeping you out for so long. But that's still a couple of hours from now.
[They're probably overly optimistic--but what could it hurt? She's not going anywhere, she thinks, and neither is he. They'll fight for it, and they're both pretty good at this hero thing, so...that has to count for something.
That's good enough for Ruby.
So even if they don't really have all the time in the world... there's no harm in pretending that they do. They're still kids, after all.]
Heh... [...] Hey wait a second, I don't have a curfew!
[And he bursts out laughing at that indignant response.]
Hey, I'm just following orders from her. You'll have to take it up with her. [And anyway he thinks Yang is a lot like Tadashi. They just want to know where the kids are and make sure they're being safe.] Aren't you the one who told me you go to bed early anyway?
[Oh. Awkward. He straightens up a little when she says that, cringing as he realizes that there's cheese and grease on his elbow. He's scrubbing at his hoodie with a napkin even as he thinks of how to say what he's thinking.]
Pretty sure it's just an older sibling thing, especially to make up for what's missing. Tadashi does the same thing to help Aunt Cass since Mom and Dad are gone. [He shrugs lightly.] It's pretty hard to say what she really thinks about the whole thing. I can't tell if she's joking or if she's really actually watching me.
[A slow nod.] I know Tadashi thinks about them still but...I don't really remember much about them. [It's hard to say if that bothers him or not since he won't ever outright say so. And he knows that he'll probably spend time talking to Tadashi's grave now in the future.
What a shitty thing to have to do.]
Yang's really determined. She'll find her. [A pause.] ...what about the rest of your family? [He doesn't know much about them, really. And now he's a little curious.]
[And like a sister, and like family. They'll all help Yang, Ruby's sure of that one. And the rest of her family... she's quiet for a moment, considering.]
Dad's... he's trying, y'know? After mom died, it was just sort of... well, like he wasn't really around? He was there, but he wasn't always... there. But he's doing a bit better now! And he's trying harder and we get to see each other more, when we're not at school and he's not on missions and things.
[Ruby and her typical fierce cheer is charming as usual and he can't help but agree with her. He doesn't doubt that the team will help Yang.
There's a hum of agreement. Maybe he should consider himself lucky that Tadashi and Aunt Cass are as hands-on in his life as possible. He'd rather have them around and sort of meddling than completely absent. He knows better than to really ask a lot about her dad though it's something to note, focusing instead on someone else.]
Qrow. The uncle who taught you how to fight with Crescent Rose right? You guys see him a lot? ["Would he also kick my ass if he met me and knew how much I like you?"]
[It's easy to talk about Uncle Qrow; she has so much fondness for him, unsurprisingly. They're bird of a feather, after all.]
Mmhm, that's him! He uses a scythe too, except he's even cooler with it than I am!
[Ruby idolizes him, that's for sure, and it's clear from the way she looks excited and happy just to be talking about him.]
We don't always see him, since he's usually on big important Huntsman missions, but when we do he'll always spend time with us and play video games with us and things!
[This was apparently a better line of thought to follow then.]
He sounds like a pretty cool guy then. When we figure out how to get back you can tell him about all of the monsters you've slayed here and everything. [When they get back...still well off into the future but a thing that will happen. It's nice to know Ruby will be in good hands.]
...c'mon. Pizza's getting cold. Let's finish it off and get going.
[Because she is, in fact, stuffing her face full of pizza.
It was probably an agreement. Roll with it.
But either way, between the two of these growing teens, they're able to polish off the pizza in record time, which is when they can start making their way out onto their...proper date.]
[And on this proper date they wind up on a rooftop unsupervised and blow fireworks up. It's a good night overall and it's basically just one more night of them hanging out and enjoying each other's company as bright lights fill the sky. Good date, best date.]
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[Ruby's going the optimistic route...as ever.]
I like pepperoni, let's do it.
And of course it's not a bad idea! [sheesh.] I mean. Well. If you know what you're doing and you're ready for it it's not a bad idea. [Tadashi...... dating seems to be a tentatively worrisome topic for him?] So... so yeah!
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[He'll flag down the waiter then and place an order for a pepperoni pizza. Honestly, they're two growing teenagers, they can probably annihilate a large by themselves.]
Let's just say that I have more dating experience than he does. [And considering Ruby's his first girlfriend...yikes.] She's liked him for a while though. Rei told me. [A beat.] Another friend of theirs showed up from their world and they're thinking of another dinner together. You'll still come with me, right?
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As for Tadashi..well, it's hard to say anything to that. Neither Ruby or Hiro had much in the way of dating experience, but they seem to be making it work, so... She thinks Tadashi will be able to figure it out.
Sort of.]
You know it! If we go together, then... it'll have to be less awkward.
[...]
Or at least we can be awkward together. I think we'll probably manage one of the two.
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[But that's something to consider.] Do you ever think it's weird how many awkward people are actually in the colony?
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You know... I think it's just that we're either... really, really awkward, or just totally cool. Like Yang. There's not a lot of normal in-between.
[That's the conclusion she's come to re: Cerealia--]
Wait did you say fireworks.
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Fireworks. I know a guy, we've got a trade going. They're really cool, too. I've still got like half the box left. [...he rubs the back of his neck.] That was sort of the other half of tonight. I wanted you to come with me.
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(Too late, really.)]
Oh! ...Oh. Oh!
[yes, ruby. Oh.]
I... definitely want to go watch fireworks, that sounds amazing! With you, I mean. Like. Date...like...fireworks.
[.......]
I'm gonna stop talking now.
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I don't want you to ever stop talking. [...wait.] About stuff like that. Or most of the time? I mean everybody has to stop talking sometimes right, that'd be pretty weird if they just sort of kept babbling about whatever.
[Kinda like now. He stops but he nods again.] Date-like fireworks. I kinda wish I could make my own ViViD level based on this theme park in our world to show you. It's like a five hour trip from San Fransokyo but it's totally worth it. They have these really huge fireworks shows during different times of the year. These ones just sorta spin and pop a lot which is still pretty cool. It's really easy to get up to the roof we found, too.
[And that's about the time their pizza comes back.] …maybe we should have got this to go. [Now his mind's focused on blowing things up and being alone with Ruby. Ah well.]
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Maybe someday? Someday we'll get to see a big huge fireworks show in San Fransokyo. And someday I'll show you the view from the airships around Beacon! Oh, or the Forest of Forever Fall, you'd like the color scheme. And someday we'll go on a flight on Baymax and you can show me the San Fransokyo sights too...!
[Someday. Somehow, they'll do all of that.
But she can only grin at that eagerness, shaking her head.]
It's okay! Cheesy pizza first, then date-like fireworks. We've got...lots of time, right?
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Is this what it's like to want to share your life with someone? Or are they just overly optimistic? Who knows.]
Pretty much all the time in the world. [Which isn't true, and they know it. There will always be something that comes up that tears them away from these peaceful pockets of time, but they'll be ready.] …or at least until about ten when you should probably get home before Yang tries to kill me for keeping you out for so long. But that's still a couple of hours from now.
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That's good enough for Ruby.
So even if they don't really have all the time in the world... there's no harm in pretending that they do. They're still kids, after all.]
Heh... [...] Hey wait a second, I don't have a curfew!
[EXCUSE YOU, YANG.]
Yang's not my mom!
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Hey, I'm just following orders from her. You'll have to take it up with her. [And anyway he thinks Yang is a lot like Tadashi. They just want to know where the kids are and make sure they're being safe.] Aren't you the one who told me you go to bed early anyway?
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[Duh! This is the little sibling deal.]
She doesn't have to be all mom-y now, we did just fine without mom...ish...ness back home.
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Pretty sure it's just an older sibling thing, especially to make up for what's missing. Tadashi does the same thing to help Aunt Cass since Mom and Dad are gone. [He shrugs lightly.] It's pretty hard to say what she really thinks about the whole thing. I can't tell if she's joking or if she's really actually watching me.
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I dunno if it's exactly the same for us. Maybe it is. I mean... we go talk to mom sometimes. [Her grave, anyway.] That helps.
And... Yang's still looking for her mom, too.
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What a shitty thing to have to do.]
Yang's really determined. She'll find her. [A pause.] ...what about the rest of your family? [He doesn't know much about them, really. And now he's a little curious.]
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[And like a sister, and like family. They'll all help Yang, Ruby's sure of that one. And the rest of her family... she's quiet for a moment, considering.]
Dad's... he's trying, y'know? After mom died, it was just sort of... well, like he wasn't really around? He was there, but he wasn't always... there. But he's doing a bit better now! And he's trying harder and we get to see each other more, when we're not at school and he's not on missions and things.
[... ANYWAY.]
And there's always Uncle Qrow!
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There's a hum of agreement. Maybe he should consider himself lucky that Tadashi and Aunt Cass are as hands-on in his life as possible. He'd rather have them around and sort of meddling than completely absent. He knows better than to really ask a lot about her dad though it's something to note, focusing instead on someone else.]
Qrow. The uncle who taught you how to fight with Crescent Rose right? You guys see him a lot? ["Would he also kick my ass if he met me and knew how much I like you?"]
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Mmhm, that's him! He uses a scythe too, except he's even cooler with it than I am!
[Ruby idolizes him, that's for sure, and it's clear from the way she looks excited and happy just to be talking about him.]
We don't always see him, since he's usually on big important Huntsman missions, but when we do he'll always spend time with us and play video games with us and things!
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He sounds like a pretty cool guy then. When we figure out how to get back you can tell him about all of the monsters you've slayed here and everything. [When they get back...still well off into the future but a thing that will happen. It's nice to know Ruby will be in good hands.]
...c'mon. Pizza's getting cold. Let's finish it off and get going.
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Mmph mm mmphmm mm!
[Because she is, in fact, stuffing her face full of pizza.
It was probably an agreement. Roll with it.
But either way, between the two of these growing teens, they're able to polish off the pizza in record time, which is when they can start making their way out onto their...proper date.]
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