After the "declared suspension" was "officially uplifted" the pair immediately got back to work in Tadashi's lab. Lily, after a week of research and revisions, managed to make a good profile for her project proposal, Advantages of the Application of Advanced Robotics in Medical Processes. It was a risky move, both knew, with Lily still being so new to the whole concept of robotics, but that didn't put her off even the slightest bit. Actually, Tadashi could say it made her work even twice as hard.

"Whoa, easy there!" Tadashi dodged a tall, unstable, moving stack of books and things making it's way to her favorite side of his lab. Under it all, he found a small, struggling, but undeniably adorable Lily Huang carrying a few more stacks like it into his lab. "What is all this?", Tadashi asked, not helping the smile escaping his lips. Lily was surrounded by books, papers, laptops, even a few of his old designs. Not that she looked out of place, on the contrary, Tadashi quite liked the way how she just fit in and made herself feel right at home as he watched her take out a purple pillow from under one pile and used it as a cushion as she sat down on her favorite ledge.

"I'm nesting!" She chirped, a happy buzz surrounding her. "Nesting?" Tadashi laughed, complying with Lily's gesture to sit next to her. "I've already talked to Professor Callaghan yesterday. Since I'm your consultant and all, I've got the same clearance to move around here as you guys!" Lily said excitedly making Tadashi's look soften ", and since we'll be working on both of our projects together I just thought that it'd be easier for us..to just... oh my god.." Lily gasped quickly standing and clumsily tripping on one of the boxes, landing on her behind. "Lily! You okay?"

Lily looked horrified making Tadashi even more confused. "Tadashi! I'm SO sorry!", she said hands covering her mouth, "I did it again, didn't I? Going over my head, not even asking you. I'm so SO sorry!" Tadashi kneeled to her level, moving the offending box aside and grasping her hand in his own. "Lily, what are you talking about?" Gesturing to the things around them, "This!", Lily said alarmed, "Taking your old designs, bringing in my stuff, messing up your lab, everything! It was so inconsiderate of me, I'm so sorry!" He could literally see her lip quivering and eyes watering. In a bout of sudden wickedness, Tadashi mulled over pretending to actually be mad at her, just to find out what kind of reaction he could get from it. Looking at her reddening cheeks, he thought against it. "Hey hey, it's okay. I wanted to ask you to do the same thing anyways, much easier for you and me, yeah?" Her hands were soft, a little sweaty, yeah, but so was his. He had noticed her take a few things from his desk and tape them up on a make-shift bulletin board she made as she started carting in a few of her things, she was just buzzing with happiness and excitement, greeting him with a beautifully bright "Good morning, Tadashi!" when he came in, he just didn't have the heart to stop her. Not that he could tell her all that, thought.

"Are you sure? I mean I know I'm not the best lab partner to have and you know I've got really weird quirks and I'm clumsy and-"

"Lily. It's fine, really. I kinda like the fact of having you here more often anyway." Tadashi smiled, "It seems like we've switched places somehow this time."

After a while, Lily sighed. "Yeah."

Both smiling, a light pink dusting their cheeks and hands intertwined, it felt like the world stopped just for them for a while.

"Hey Tadashi! Gogo wanted your help with-" Fred walked in, the world apparently not stopping for them long enough. Seeing the startled pair in the not so compromising but questionable position either way, he smirked, "... Tadashi, my man. Didn't think you'd be such a tiger. Rawrr."

The pair, turning red as a tomato, scrambled to get up, slipping on a few papers scattered on the floor with Tadashi still doing his best to help Lily up.

"We were just uhh-"

"I-It's not what it looks like! Tadashi was just helping me with..."

"Work! Yeah, work! We were working out on which stuff should go where!"

"Yeah! That's right!"

Fred, still looking as smug as ever, opened the door wider revealing the gang who apparently were listening in since the commotion started. "Ugh! Guys!" Tadashi groaned, tilting his cap far enough to cover his face. "Tadashi was just helping me move in, that's all!", Lily squeaked. "Geez you two, you're acting like we caught you having wild sex at the mall." Gogo smirked, leaning on the door frame. "They might as well, considering the googly eyes they were just giving each other." Wasabi laughed, "What'll it be? Condoms? Lube? Birth control?"

"GUYS!" Tadashi gasped, trying to get the gang out of the room by pushing the door against them, "Gogo, I'll be right over, I promise."

"Oh don't worry about me, take aaall the time you need." Gogo drawled, winking at Tadashi, making him breathe another exasperated sigh. "Take care of him, Lily!" Honey Lemon said, quickly squeezing in between Fred and Wasabi, "Tadashi's very delicate!" With one last large push, Tadashi managed to get everyone out of the room, resting his back against the door.

Tadashi sighed, taking off his cap and roughly running his hands through his hair. "Sorry.", he heard Lily mutter from her spot farther into the room. Lightly smiling, he walked over to her putting things back in their place as he went, Lily following suit. "It's fine. They've been picking on me for years, all in good fun.", he said, helping her hook up both her laptops, "It's how I know they've got my back, I guess."

"They were really nice when I came in this morning." Lily supplied, giving him an uneasy smile and a light blush still dusting her cheeks. "I guess I'll be seeing more of them while I'm here, huh?" The two researchers shared a small laugh, stepping back and giving Lily's new den an appreciative once-over.

"Looks pretty good." Tadashi nodded with approval.

Lily grinned, poking him in the cheek, "All thanks to you."

Not helping the smile spreading on his lips, Tadashi laughed, poking her back in the nose. He's been doing that a lot lately. Laughing. He liked that.

"So..." Lily slurred with a mischievous grin, "you're delicate, huh?"

"UGHH! HONEY LEMON!"