Honey Lemon liked to consider every task in life a new challenge packed to the brim with possibility. Each day held the alluring air of experiencing something new or becoming lifelong friends with a total stranger. On the first day of her required Philosophical Ethics course, her professor explained to the class that their only assignment was to attend a presentation and write a five page report on the distinction between the philosophies presented in Groundwork on the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant and Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill, which meant they only had to attend one more day of class to hand in the paper in May. A fairly medial task made far more troublesome by the knowledge that the presentation was being held by the Sacramento Philosophy Society, meaning that it would be a minimum of a two and a half hour drive from San Fransokyo. In spite of that, Honey Lemon, ever the optimist, firmly believed that this was just another opportunity to uncover the mysteries of life. She had never been to Sacramento, after all, and she was taking this journey with two of her closest companions, Tadashi and GoGo, who would undoubtedly assuage whatever difficulties the journey would present.
"Kant builds on this conception by declaring that actions are deemed moral if the motivation for performing them, or maxim, could be viewed as a universal imperative of duty"
Being a master of preparation, Honey Lemon brought her laptop in order to provide a hefty amount of reference material for herself and her compatriots. She was right to prepare, as her peripheral vision indicated that both Tadashi and GoGo had fallen asleep. Amused, she rolled her eyes as she continued to dissect the presenter's knowledge.
"This idea of morality encapsulates Mill's feelings, as he ultimately decrees thatoh my goodness"
Honey Lemon couldn't pay any attention to philosophy or anything else in her immediate proximity, as a further examination of her sleeping friends revealed that each was using the other as a pillow. GoGo had practically buried her face into Tadashi's shoulder and Tadashi had slumped against GoGo and was presently using her head to keep his body from falling off of the chair.
"I knew it."
Honey Lemon liked to consider herself a fairly empathetic person. Even as a child, she naturally picked up on the subtitles of human emotion, and she knew it was only a matter of time before Tadashi and GoGo admitted their undying love for one another that burned brighter than the core of the sun. Tadashi was a fairly reserved, humble person and GoGo spent a massive portion of her daily energy doing her best imitation of a stone statue with a frown plastered on its visage, but they couldn't hide their mutual affection from Honey Lemon's perceptive eyes. The idea had worked its way into her mind during orientation. Honey Lemon had only known Tadashi for a day, but she knew that it was highly unusual for him to trip over his own words like a drunkard, particularly when meeting someone new. She recalled the difference between when she had first met Tadashi and when she introduced Tadashi to GoGo.
"Hi, I'm Tadashi. Nice to meet you."
"Hey, uh, I'm… Pleasure to meet you."
He then reached out his hand presumably in an attempt to receive a handshake from GoGo, who cocked a quizzical eyebrow in response. It was absolutely hilarious and slightly hinted at the idea that Tadashi was instantly smitten, though, being the gentleman that Honey Lemon knew he was, he clearly took great care not to overstep GoGo's razor-thin boundaries. The second piece of evidence came immediately following that, as Honey Lemon noticed GoGo staring at Tadashi as his attention was drawn away. Not only was she checking Tadashi out, but there was something in GoGo's expression that Honey Lemon couldn't place into words. Her expression had…softened. To outsiders, it would've been impossible to notice, but to Honey Lemon, GoGo may as well have said "why didn't you kiss me, you extremely attractive fool?".
While she believed in their mutual attraction with certainty bordering on absolute, she knew she would have to be extremely delicate in pushing the two towards each other. She didn't want to scare off Tadashi and she knew that even the slightest indication that she held even an atom of a germ of a clue regarding GoGo's teensy little crush would cause GoGo to armor up tougher than ever before. She knew she would have to handle it like a government operation to be treated with the utmost discretion and secrecy. Maybe Honey Lemon offhandedly told GoGo that Tadashi was taking the exact same Intro to Astronomy course GoGo was taking with the exact same professor just a day earlier. Maybe in English 1201 she had asked the professor to partner up with someone other than Tadashi for the final presentation due to imaginary scheduling conflicts because Honey Lemon just so happened to know that GoGo disliked her assigned partner. The two became fast friends prior to that point, but she figured Tomadashi (a term Honey Lemon coined) could always use a bit of encouragement to speed up the inevitable process. All that work had paid off, apparently, as the two were unknowingly cuddling right before her eyes. It was precious, heck, it was downright adorable. Tadashi was far too much of a gentlemen to invade anyone's privacy, most of all GoGo's, and anyone who touched GoGo without approval did so at the risk of losing an extremity, so this was definitive proof that Honey Lemon truly was an expert match maker. Slowly and ever-so-gently, she took slipped her hand into her pocket to take a picture in order to capture this moment for all eternity on her phone. Being certain to turn the flash off, she crouched down from her chair in order to fully capture the two lovebirds in their state of dreamy bliss.
Click
After securing the evidence, she set the photo as her phone's wallpaper and considered the possibility of having it framed.
The next day, Honey Lemon was putting the finishing touches on her report. The trip to Sacramento had gone quite well. She learned a great deal about philosophy and was vindicated in her assertion that Tadashi and GoGo were infatuated with each other. This was also a great time because tomorrow she could officially begin the relentless teasing. She opened up her phone and reviewed last night's conversation with GoGo.
Me: So did you learn anything interesting at the presentation?
GoGo: I sure did. I learned I can fall asleep in a chair and maintain my balance. I seriously think I was born a ninja.
Me: Well, I found the trip to be extremely worthwhile. I learned a great deal about philosophy and…other things.
GoGo: Alright, get to it.
Me: Get to what?
GoGo: You're being intentionally vague and want me to ask you something.
Me: Am I?
GoGo: Now you're doubling down.
Me: Well, I validated the authenticity and virtues of the scientific method. I created a hypothesis, performed experiments, reviewed data, and determined the facts.
GoGo: …?
Me: (totes_adorbz, 5.6 MB) [DOWNLOAD]
Honey Lemon couldn't resist smiling as she noted the gap in time prior to the next set of messages.
Me: Any comments? Another critical portent of the scientific method is receiving feedback from other scientists.
GoGo: I hate you.
Me: Oh come off it. Don't even pretend as if I was completely in the dark to the fact that you're a total softie and had a super-duper gigantic crush on Tadashi. You were staring at his butt five minutes after meeting him!
GoGo: I hate you.
Me: Don't worry. You know I won't tell anyone. I know that you don't want to give people the impression that you're getting all 'soft' and 'girly' and 'falling in love with him' or anything like that. Or that you have to be the little spoon because of the height difference ;)
GoGo stopped replying after that.
