It had been a couple of weeks since Michael had come to the shrine. Washu
noticed he hardly ever came into the lab and when he did he was quick to
leave. She just figured he remembered their last big conversation in here
and was leaving her to her work like everyone else did. She was typing up
her latest results on Michael when Mihoshi came into her lab. "Hello Miss
Washu!" Washu sighed. "Mihoshi, please knock first."
"Oh, sorry." She went out the door and Washu blinked. 'That was quick.' Then Mihoshi knocked on the door and came back in. "Hello Miss Washu!" Washu shook her head, giving up on the girl.
"What do you want, Mihoshi?"
"Sasami said to tell you that.umm.that."
"Spit it out. I have work to do."
"Oh yeah! She said to tell you that she expects you to join us for dinner tonight as do the others."
"Fine. I'll be there." She turned her attention back to her computer screen and Mihoshi just stood there staring at her. "Is there anything else, Mihoshi?"
"Anything else of what?"
"Oh, nevermind! Just tell Sasami I said I'd be there."
"Ok!" Mihoshi said happily and finally left Washu to her work.
"Finally, some peace and quiet!"
That lasted about 3 minutes before Washu heard "GRANDMA!" and was glomped by Umi.
"Hello, Umi. My what nice habits you have picked up from Mihoshi and your mother."
"Hi! Watcha doin? Are you inventing something new? A new toy? Why don't you come out and play with me? I love it when you take me out! Mommy said you would!"
'Ryoko.'
'Yes?'
'Nevermind, I give.' "All right, Umi. Let's go outside."
"Yay!" Umi jumped up and ran for the lab door then turned back to Washu. "Hurry up, Grandma! You move faster in the future!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming."
"And stop being a kid. You're never like this in the future."
"Okay, okay." Washu turned into her adult form and took Umi outside. "Can't get Ryoko to call me Mom and here you are calling me Grandma in every other sentence."
Umi smiled "Mom will never call you mom. When she does, things get broken.
Sasami stared at the adult Washu actually going outside in the middle of the day with Umi. "Strange things have been happening lately. Even more strange than usual.Here you go Ryo-ohki." She tossed the cute little cabbit a carrot.
"Meow!"
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Washu lay out on the grass. Umi was picking flowers. Washu had been so lost in her thoughts, she hadn't even noticed Michael approaching. "Hey, Washu. Hey, Umi."
Umi smiled at Michael. "Hello."
"Why don't you go see what your mom is up to?" Umi looked at Washu who had sat up. When she nodded, Umi smiled and said "Okay!" then went running back for the house.
As she ran off, Michael sat down next to Washu. "I wanted to talk to you."
"About what?"
"Dinner."
"Dinner? Shouldn't you ask Sasami about that?"
"I don't think you are trying to understand. I want you to have dinner with me tomorrow night."
Washu blinked, taken by surprise. "Uhh."
Michael stared into her eyes and took her hand in his. "Please, Washu? What can the harm be in dinner?"
She smiled faintly. "I guess you have a point."
"Good. Now where would you like to go?"
"How about that new seafood place in Tokyo? It sounds like a good place and I have been wanting to go there for a while."
"Good. It's a date. 7:30 sound good to you?"
"Sounds just right. 7:30 it is."
Michael stood and helped Washu to her feet, smiling at her. "I have a couple of things to take care of. See you at dinner in a little while."
Washu nodded and after he walked off, she stayed staring across the lake and sighed. 'What's the harm in dinner? Just don't let it get much farther than that.'
The silence was broken by Sasami yelling "Dinner's ready! Hurry before it gets cold!"
Washu hesitated a moment longer before going back to the house. She sat down in her spot at the table as a child again. "Hey, everyone. What's for dinner?"
"Lots of good stuff!" replied Sasami with a smile. "Help yourself!"
"Oh, sorry." She went out the door and Washu blinked. 'That was quick.' Then Mihoshi knocked on the door and came back in. "Hello Miss Washu!" Washu shook her head, giving up on the girl.
"What do you want, Mihoshi?"
"Sasami said to tell you that.umm.that."
"Spit it out. I have work to do."
"Oh yeah! She said to tell you that she expects you to join us for dinner tonight as do the others."
"Fine. I'll be there." She turned her attention back to her computer screen and Mihoshi just stood there staring at her. "Is there anything else, Mihoshi?"
"Anything else of what?"
"Oh, nevermind! Just tell Sasami I said I'd be there."
"Ok!" Mihoshi said happily and finally left Washu to her work.
"Finally, some peace and quiet!"
That lasted about 3 minutes before Washu heard "GRANDMA!" and was glomped by Umi.
"Hello, Umi. My what nice habits you have picked up from Mihoshi and your mother."
"Hi! Watcha doin? Are you inventing something new? A new toy? Why don't you come out and play with me? I love it when you take me out! Mommy said you would!"
'Ryoko.'
'Yes?'
'Nevermind, I give.' "All right, Umi. Let's go outside."
"Yay!" Umi jumped up and ran for the lab door then turned back to Washu. "Hurry up, Grandma! You move faster in the future!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming."
"And stop being a kid. You're never like this in the future."
"Okay, okay." Washu turned into her adult form and took Umi outside. "Can't get Ryoko to call me Mom and here you are calling me Grandma in every other sentence."
Umi smiled "Mom will never call you mom. When she does, things get broken.
Sasami stared at the adult Washu actually going outside in the middle of the day with Umi. "Strange things have been happening lately. Even more strange than usual.Here you go Ryo-ohki." She tossed the cute little cabbit a carrot.
"Meow!"
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Washu lay out on the grass. Umi was picking flowers. Washu had been so lost in her thoughts, she hadn't even noticed Michael approaching. "Hey, Washu. Hey, Umi."
Umi smiled at Michael. "Hello."
"Why don't you go see what your mom is up to?" Umi looked at Washu who had sat up. When she nodded, Umi smiled and said "Okay!" then went running back for the house.
As she ran off, Michael sat down next to Washu. "I wanted to talk to you."
"About what?"
"Dinner."
"Dinner? Shouldn't you ask Sasami about that?"
"I don't think you are trying to understand. I want you to have dinner with me tomorrow night."
Washu blinked, taken by surprise. "Uhh."
Michael stared into her eyes and took her hand in his. "Please, Washu? What can the harm be in dinner?"
She smiled faintly. "I guess you have a point."
"Good. Now where would you like to go?"
"How about that new seafood place in Tokyo? It sounds like a good place and I have been wanting to go there for a while."
"Good. It's a date. 7:30 sound good to you?"
"Sounds just right. 7:30 it is."
Michael stood and helped Washu to her feet, smiling at her. "I have a couple of things to take care of. See you at dinner in a little while."
Washu nodded and after he walked off, she stayed staring across the lake and sighed. 'What's the harm in dinner? Just don't let it get much farther than that.'
The silence was broken by Sasami yelling "Dinner's ready! Hurry before it gets cold!"
Washu hesitated a moment longer before going back to the house. She sat down in her spot at the table as a child again. "Hey, everyone. What's for dinner?"
"Lots of good stuff!" replied Sasami with a smile. "Help yourself!"
