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[BABY NO DON'T BE EMBARRASSED...the good news is that whether or not the surprise was a little spoiled, Varian seems, uh.

Well.]

You're taking me to a technology exhibit?!

[It's a good thing they're alone in the elevator, inside voice Varian.]

Are you kidding? This is like- the best thing ever?? I've been trying to learn more about Japan's technology using the internet but that doesn't even come close to comparing to what you can glean from studying the real thing!

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[ His reaction seems to perk her back up at least, even if she’s still kicking herself a little for spilling the beans early. ]

M-Mmhm. Surprise~

I-I’m glad you’re excited. It was the first thing I thought of when you brought up museums…

Makes up for Unicorn Gundam being just an animatronic, huh?

You know it! Not...not that the Gundam wasn't really cool though, even if it was just an animatronic. Oh, I already have so many ideas.

[Ideas that he might very well just

ramble to her about the entire rest of the way there, I'm so sorry.]

[ You say that as if she won’t listen with rapt attention to every single one of those ideas and also maybe add her own suggestions to them. ]

Heehee, and I want to hear every one of them!

[ Bunch of fucking nerds. ]

It makes me really happy though… to help give you that many ideas and be able to be useful to you like that.

[ “Be useful”… ah. ]

Rina-chan...

[OH....................

]

You'll always be useful to me. You know that, right? No matter what it is.

[Even if they're not building something.]

Eh?

[ That gets her to… actually lower the board completely. ]

Really? You mean it?

[ But then how come she wasn’t able to help him that week they both d— nope, nope, not gonna think about it, We Don’t Have Time To Unpack All That trauma yet, just shove those thoughts right back down again. ]

I do.

[And yeah...even without her saying it, he knows there's still that looming constantly in the background. But...it's not her fault. It wasn't her fault then, and it still isn't now. Varian just had so much to deal with, not knowing exactly how to deal with it...]

And I can't wait to work with you.

[ She’s quiet for a moment before staring down at his hand (which she… let go again at some point probably when she absconded into the elevator). Gently she reaches out to hold it again, her own hand soft and warm as she laces her fingers with his. There’s a bit of a blush creeping into her face once more as she nods. ]

Mm. I can’t wait either.

[ Hearing him say all that and thinking about the things they could build together - automatons, inventions, their future… it makes her heart pound.

The elevator dings as they make it to their floor. ]

But first let’s start by getting a Gundam to build.

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Oh, yeah! We can build that together too! Honestly I'll probably need your help anyway, since I imagine it's going to have a lot of more intricate parts...do you know if the models can move at all, or are they just statues too?

[He asks this as they exit the elevator onto the floor, already scanning their immediate vicinity for the store.]

[ Luckily for you Varian it is like. The only store on this floor and IMMEDIATELY visible what with the big entrance and big image of a different Gundam right next to the words “Gundam Base” ]

You can pose them any way you want. I think a lot of them even come with alternate hand parts for holding their weapons and stuff.

[ Hmmm… ]

You know, we might be able to ask my uncle for help too. I actually haven’t built many models before, but I know he really likes this kind of stuff.

[ A.k.a. nerd shit. ]

[Oh my god it's so big...how can one store be so big.]

That'd be great if you think he'd want to help out! I remember you mentioning him...he sounds like a kind of guy I'd want to meet.

[ She nods as she starts to walk towards the store and puts the board back up. ]

Mmhm. You’d probably really like him; he’s an engineer himself and the one who got me into computers and building my own stuff in the first place.

If he’s too busy though I’m sure we can do it ourselves. There’s instructions and all sorts of videos on the net showing you how to make them.

An engineer? No wonder you're so smart!

[He just. Casually drops that as they make their way over, still holding her hand between them.]

Not gonna lie though, I do kindof like the thought of us working on it ourselves too...it'd kinda be more special that way, don't you think?

[ ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE HER BLUSH AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S WORKING.

She nods again. ]

M-Mm… now that you’ve put it that way, I… I think it would be too.

It’d also be… a nice memory before you have to go home… a reminder of what we can do when we work together…

Okay, I've decided. Whatever model we buy today, we do together. We can get another one for your uncle to help us with some other time. I'd still like to meet him, though.

[Sorry uncle.]

O-Okay!

[ That’s more than fine with her!!

She’ll lead him in the shop then, show him all the displays of all the various models and the customs all showcased in the front of the store before heading to where all the models and merchandise are actually sold. After a lot of looking over everything and hmming and hawwing, eventually they find one of the Unicorn Gundam out front for a reasonable price and decide to go with that.

As they’re heading for check out though, Rina spots something and runs up to grab it. ]

Oh— look! They have these too!

[ She holds up a little keychain that’s not of a Gundam but of a different round robot.

…

Wait wasn’t one of the SQUIPs that came to save them in one of these. ]

[Here Varian is, holding the box with the model inside and

.........]

Why does that look like......

…Hm?

[ She turns and looks at the keychain closer. ]

—Oh. Oh yeah CD-kun was in an haro, wasn’t it…

[ yes she did make a point to learn what all the SQUIPs like to be called. ]

B…but- didn’t you say gundam was an anime? These are from that, right?

[God you’d think he’d get this by now since they’ve already had the “none of you are real” existential crisis but here we go again]

They are but… maybe they found a working life size replica? Or something like that. The haros aren’t very big, so it should be easy to make a real life version if you had the means to… the hardest part would probably be getting them to hover.

[ Of course that’s not what r2 did but whatever it’s deadland magic they don’t gotta worry about it. ]

It’s cute though, isn’t it?

Oh yeah, it is pretty cute. I mean, it’s a little robot, or course it’s cute.

[Varian wonders what they’re for in the anime. Maybe just to be little companion bots?]

You wanna get one?

[ She nods and then looks at it again for a few more seconds before turning away and going back to where she got it. ]

One second—

[ Soon after she comes back and gently sets down on the box he’s holding two haros instead of one; one pink and one blue. ]

[Insert crying cat emote again here because DAMN IT RINA-]

O-oh…I didn’t know they came in other colors…

[He blushes, looking down at the boxes before smiling up at Rina, his eyes creased from his grin.]

These are perfect, though. We ready to buy these, then?

[ She nods again, a little hint if a smile on her face. ] Mmhm.

[ Once it’s all done and paid for and they’re out of the store she takes the haros out of the bag they were put in with the model kit. ]

Do you know what you do with charms like these, by the way? [ She holds out the blue one. ] You can hang them off your backpack.

Oh! Really?

[Varian takes the blue haro in hand, testing out the clasp before carefully pulling his bag a bit to the side to find someplace he can clip it.]

You're sure it won't get lost?

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