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Sure. Gimme a minute.

[Having arrived with a whole stack of books from the library, he sets them down on the kitchen table, dusting his hands off once he is done.]

Sorry I'm late, I wanted to grab a few things to help out learn new tricks.

[He means magic. He was about to ask if he had taken Sumo out, but right, Connor wanted to ask something.]

Alright. I'm all ears.

It's fine.

[Connor eyes the books, scanning the titles briefly before turning back to Hank.]

I was wondering if you'd like to be my date for Valentine's Day.

[Straight to the point.]

[A little too straight to the point because Hank looks like he's about to have a heart attack as Connor's request registered in his human brain.]

Uhh.....

[

Give him a few seconds...]

[Connor just stands and waits patiently for Hank to catch up, though he has to admit the blank look on his face is a little worrying.]

...It's okay if you don't want to. But I'd be happy if you'd consider it.

[> Rebooting....
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Okay he's back. He runs a hand on his forehead to wipe away the sweat because, huh did it get hot in here? Nah probably not. God Connor would know asking someone that? Why him? Is it because he's the only one left? Is this some sort of pity date?

No he needs to stop overthinking it...]

I uh...sure. We can do that.

[~So romantic~]

[He admittedly would have asked one of his other Bonds first, but only because he knows for a fact they feel that way about him. He does have a soft spot for Hank, though. And while he'd pushed that aside after Litha since Hank obviously didn't want to talk about it, the feeling always did kind of linger. Enough for him to ask Hank out now.]

Is there anywhere in particular you'd like to go? Anything you'd like to do? I'm not sure what kind of dates you like.

[Biggest misunderstanding and because Hank was an idiot aside, he had assume that Connor hadn't really 'moved on' and more like 'found people that were clearly better'. Hank was old anyway.

Maybe one day his brain would stop with that.

The spotlight being put on him doesn't help his situation at all.]

Ahhh fuck uh...haven't really had a date in years.

[He can't really say 'let's go eat something' cause Connor can't. Shit what do 'the kids' do with dating these days?]

Sightseeing? Since we can't really go to a bar...what's the moon waxing or waning again that night...

[He just has to find...his notes...]

The full moons are tomorrow, on the 9th.

[Nobody else has ever had to consult their notes before a date before. Connor is intrigued.]

If you want to go for a meal, I wouldn't mind. We can talk while you eat.

[They've done it before, though the circumstances were very different.]

[Just that his magic is shit during full moons and if he wants to at least try to make this enjoyable he's going to need a bit of magic.

That's his excuse anyway.]

Eh, only if it's like a tiny part of it. Maybe a picnic would be better. Ever gone camping in winter Connor? [...] Wait, forget I said that. You probably haven't.

[Connor just smiles to himself at the slip.]

I haven't. I'd like to, though.

[It sounds like fun.]

There's a park nearby. Not many people will be there, since the weather isn't very nice. We could have a picnic there?

[Hank will probably need to keep the rain off them, because Connor doesn't plan on spontaneously growing a tail mid-date. He can at least use his own magic to dry the grass before they sit on it.]

[He'd like it. Music to his ears, at least now he has a goal in mind.]

Well usually you build a pretty damn huge fire. That's where the picnic comes in. Roasting marshmallows while you are freezing your ass off. Part of the fun.

[It's a camping type of fun.]

There's also ice fishing...I'm sure there's a few lakes frozen enough for that.

I think you're just looking for excuses to set things on fire now.

[He seems amused by it, though.]

We can wait until after the full moons. I'm looking forward to it already.

[It's nice to have something to look forward to now.]

What? No. No. [Briefly he grins.] Well maybe, yeah. But shit, I used to go on campfire picnics all the time, Connor. Pretty sure we can find some pine trees somewhere and I can make myself some snowshoes with it.

[Don't judge him. Or please do.]

Right full moons. [Hank always had trouble with the fact there was two. Just like sometimes he forgot that Connor was an android. Such was life. Although now he felt pressure to make it good.]

Alright. Well lunch and ice fishing sounds like a good time.

[He can almost forget this was asked for Valentine's day. Almost.]

[Almost, but not quite, because Connor is about to remind him.]

You typically give each other gifts for Valentine's Day too, right?

[He's just making sure he's got this right. It's important that he does it properly.]

[CONNOR. WHY. Hank's about to retort with a 'don't you have that in your thousand of bytes of memory in there about traditions' but keeps that comment to himself and just scuffs briefly.]

Depends on how you feel, yeah. Sometimes the date is the gift.

[What the hell could he even give Connor?]

[Connor nods thoughtfully.]

I'll see what I can do.

[He likes giving gifts to people, he's found.]

Thank you for agreeing to this. We'll have a good time.

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