Victory Drinks

[Toshiro Narumi]

Tosh, all patched up and back in his civvies, seated himself at the bar. He texted Steph while he waited for whoever was on shift.

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Need a drink.  U on shift?

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[Stephanie Kaltiera]

“Hey handsome,” a voice appeared suddenly to his side. “Just about to get off.”

Stephanie smiled at him, looking down at her phone at his text. “So a drink sounds great.”

Are we not doing phrasing anymore?

[Toshiro Narumi]

"I figured we deserved a reward for saving the world," he said, turning to smile up at her.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

"You more than me," she smiled pushing her hair back out of her face and untying her apron. "Using that big brain of yours to solve things *and* kicking butt? All I did was rip up a lot of robots."

Stephanie folded the apron and set it next to her on the bar as she took a seat. "Said robot disassembly did however make my growly half happy enough to let the normal me spend some time running the show."

There wasn't even a hint of yellow in her chestnut eyes as she looked back at him, "never going to be a boring day here, is there?"

[Toshiro Narumi]

"Not a one," he grinned. "Even let my inner polecat kick some butt this time. He's hell on robots."

"And I... umm... dove off a cliff like some kind of rocket ferret," he admitted.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

“I feel like my other half would mostly want to try to chase you like a squirrel if you did that near me,” she chuckled.

[Toshiro Narumi]

"And you'd eventually tackle me and we'd both end up smelling like wet dog all day," he laughed.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

“I feel like I *always* smell like wet dog,” she smirked.

[Toshiro Narumi]

He leaned over and sniffed. "Nope. Beer and... some kind of flowery shampoo?"

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

“You have the best responses to these things. I award you 18 boyfriend points.” she chuckled, leaning over and giving him a peck on the cheek.

[Toshiro Narumi]

"So what's my score so far?" he smiled.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

“Seven,” she smirked mischievously, unable to resist teasing the poor boy.

[Toshiro Narumi]

"But... you just gave me 18. Was I negative?" he said worriedly before her expression registered.

"I really need to get better at recognizing teasing."

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

“Don’t try too hard. It’s kind of adorable,” she chuckled.

“Maybe we can celebrate properly soon...go out for a date *not* to my place of employment or one of our rooms.”

She took a sip of her drink, “not that we can’t still wind up back there eventually, mind you.”

[Toshiro Narumi]

"Well, Valentine's Day is coming up. I'll try to come up with something suitably romantic."

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

“....Steak is very romantic, my other half wishes me to convey to you. “

[Toshiro Narumi]

He laughed. "Makes my job easier," he grinned.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

“Well, I’m enough work as is...have to make SOME things easy, I suppose,” she smiled.

[Toshiro Narumi]

"I wouldn't say you're high maintenance at all," he answered.

[Stephanie Kaltiera]

Stephanie pulled out here phone and pantomimed adding several things to a list and nodding approvingly while looking at Tosh. “Yep. If you keep this up you might be in triple digits within a few weeks. That might even qualify you for a promotion.”

She laughed, “god this joke is stupid, I’m sorry for beating a dead horse. But. The long story short is, you’re a great guy and I’m lucky I found you.”

[Toshiro Narumi]

He smiled warmly, "Not as lucky as I am. Abused horse corpses notwithstanding."