Chapter 6

Two weeks later….

Waking up in the same hospital bed as she did when she was injured, Hana sat up and noticed Angela working on the other side of the room. She looked up and noticed that the small girl was awake. "Good morning Hana, how are you feeling?"

"Better than when I first got here, that's for sure!"

"Good to hear! Now, you should be able to walk on your own now without the help of crutches, could you stand up and tell me how your leg feels?" Hana nodded, got out of bed and stood up as straight as possible, only to stumble and let out a small whimper. "Looks like you're gonna need some more bed rest dear."

"No! I can't be in bed today!"

"Oh? And why is that?"

"I… Have a date today..."

Angela smiled and let out a small giggle. "Ah, that explains it, so who is the lucky guy?"

"It's not that kinda date! And well… it's with Valkyr.."

Angela's eyes grew wide for a split second and then she couldn't help but smile widely. "Well it's certainly nice to see you two getting along, and if you really need to go today I can supply you some painkillers."

"Yes! Thank you!"

"Okay, okay. But you need to still be careful in that leg. The painkillers will subdue the pain, however if your wounds become too irritated, you'll really feel it."

"Okay, thanks doc! I won't push myself too hard." Quickly downing the painkillers with some water, Hana left the med bay and wandered down to her own room. She needed to look presentable, but not too fancy, she grabbed a pair of dark blue jeans and her favorite hot pink bunny hoodie. She then grabbed her phone and her wallet and headed out to see her date. As she strides down the halls she spotted a thin figure at the end walking her way, she waved, and then the figure seemingly teleported in front of her. "Hey Tracer, what's up?"

"Not much Hana, just been runnin' about talkin' to anyone and everyone. What's up with you?"

"Just going to meet up with Valkyr, I told her we'd go out into town today to have fun."

"Ooooooh! You're going on a date!"

"It's not like that!"

"Haha, come on you know it is! You know, with all the omnic-human relationships going around, there really is no shame in it!" Hana's face went bright red as she buried it in her hands.

"Tracer! It's not like that! We just need to get to know eachother and-"

"Hahahaha! I'm only teasing Hana! You two go out and have fun and save the real fun fur when you're ready!"

"Uuggghhhh you're awful!"

"Yes and you love me anyways! Now I'm gonna run of to let you two go now, have fun!" Hana took her face out of her hands and thought back to before she got shot, she actually did give Valkyr one real good look over, and she does seem really nice… Stop! She's your friend! A teammate! Not a potential partner! Shaking her head she looked up and realized she was already at Valkyr's door. She knocked gently and rocked back in forth in wait. After about ten seconds Valkyr opened the door, Hana noticed that she was wearing some sweatpants and a black hoodie, she looked really nice and casual, Hana almost dared call her cute. Hana greeted her with a peace sign, "Hey there! You ready to go out?"

"Yes, I am dressed and ready to go."

"Awesome! Before we go though I wanna run and see if Angela needs anything from town, I forgot to ask her when I was there." Valkyr simply nodded and they both went down to the med bay to see the Doctor, once there Hana opened the door without knocking. "Hey Angela, me and Valkyr are going now did you need any-" Stopping mid sentence, Hana and Valkyr stared as they saw Genji and Angela up against the wall lips locked. They both immediately separated and tried to play it off.

"Oh! Hana! Valkyr! Um, no I don't need anything at all at the moment actually, thanks for asking though, you two go have fun now!" Angela was blushing a bright red, and Genji was the same way.

"Alllllllriiight, see you two later then… And don't have too much fun!" With that Angela only blushed an even better red, and Genji actually let out a small chuckle. Shutting the door behind them, Hana could only day one thing. "I knew it!" Valkyr turned to Hana and wrote,

"What were they just doing?"

"Angela and Genji? Well they were.." Do I seriously need to explain kissing to her? ".. When two people like eachother a lot, they generally develop a romantic interest for eachother, and when people develop a romantic interest with another, the most common feature of love is to press excites lips together, it's called kissing. That's what they were doing."

"So Genji and Angela are in love?"

"Yup, they certainly are."

"What are other common gestures of love?"

"We… Well, sometimes people put their arms around sometimes shoulders, they hug really tightly, they cuddle up to eachother…"

"Are you in love with anyone Hana?"

"What?! No! Not at the moment."

"Why?"

"Because I'm not interested in anybody right now. Now come on! Let's go hang out!"

Grabbing Valkyr by the hand, Hana and Valkyr set out to the nearby town and begin their date. Hana first brought them to an ice cream stand, while Valkyr can't eat, they did both have a nice time sitting in the sun just talking about life at Overwatch. After the ice cream, Hana brought them to the park in turn where they walked the trail, fed some birds and sat by the lake, until Hana finally brought them where she wanted to go this whole time. The arcade.

"This, this is my home away from home. The arcade."

*What is this, arcade then?"

"All these machines you see here are all video games. And if you've never played a video game before, you're in for a good time. Let's start with this one! It's called Crossroad Brawler, basically you just choose a fighter, and we have to beat eachother up. You just use the buttons and joystick in front of you." The first round went exactly as expected, with Hana achieving a flawless victory. With a little celebration hand raise, she noticed Valkyr was fixated on Hana's controls.

"I'm ready for round two."

"Alright, let's go then." During the second round, Valkyr seemed to learn a lot after watching Hana. She began blocking many attacks and retaliated when Hana was wide open, the fight later much longer than the previous round and was much closer, but in the end Haha was still triumphant. "You learn real quick, but not quick enough it seems!"

"Round three."

"Alright, if you say so." The third round was different, Valkyr played much more aggressive and defended less, causing Hana to lose focus and actually combo her to death."Alright, alright that was good. But there's still lots of other games here that we need to play! Let's go!"

They spent the next two hours hopping from machine to machine. They fought again in Fighters of the Storm, had a shootout in High Noon, went on an adventure in the Lost Vikings, and even won a Pachimari in the claw machine. After they had their fill of games, they started to head back to HQ. The sun was beginning to set as they reached the entrance, but before they entered, Hana grabbed Valkyr's hand. "Hold on, one more thing to do before we end the day." Hana led them past a few buildings and eventually found a ladder that led them to the roof of the base. Hana strided over to the side and sat on the edge, and gestured for Valkyr to sit beside her. Valkyr nodded and sat beside the girl as they both watched the sunset from the roof of HQ.

"I sometimes come up her at night when I'm free and have nothing to do. It's always relaxing to just watch the sky here." The rest of the world was quiet, nothing made a sound to interrupt the peace.

"Hana, may I ask a question?"

"Of course! Speak your mind."

"What exactly is love?"

"Oh! Well, it's like, when you really have a strong liking for something or someone. Like, when you like something so much that you can't imagine living without it, you always wanna be with it and never wanna leave it. You'd do anything for it and not mind. Genji and Angela love eachother so they always wanna be close and never separate, and I love video games so I always wanna play them. Does that make sense?"

"I believe so. My theory is now confirmed."

"Theory? What theory?"

"I love you Hana."

"What!? I mean.. Really?"

"Yes, I have been thoroughly enjoying my time with you and I do not want it to end. I enjoy our talks, our walks, and even playing video games with you. I enjoy hugging you and being close to you. I'd do anything for you if it meant helping you. Doesn't all that mean that I love you?"

"I mean, yeah. I suppose it does."

"Do you love me Hana?"

"That's...a big question. I'll have to think about it. I really do enjoy hanging out with you though, so don't get the wrong idea! It's just I don't even remember the last time I loved sometime."

"I understand. Take all the time you need to think. In the meantime, we did get back."

"You're right, let's go." As Hana got up to walk back into HQ, the painkillers had lost their effect, she fell to the ground and shrieked in pain during the fall.

Valkyr was at her side in an instant, writing out, "What happened?"

"I took some painkillers before we left and I think they just wore off, my leg is killing me right now." Valkyr would not let her walk back in pain, even if she exclaims that she doesn't need help, there is no way she's gonna let her walk back in that state.

Picking up Hands in her arms bridal style, she began to walk back they way they came. "Hey! What are you doing?!" Valkyr placed her back down gently and wrote,

"You are in pain. As someone I love I am going take you down to your room on my own so that you need not irritate your wounds more. Do not try to stop me, I am going to help you."

Hana's face went bright red, she looked down and nodded and let herself be picked back up. Once she was back in Valkyr's arms, she wrapped her own arms around Valkyr's neck and leaned into her chest. In a flustered voice, she said, "Thank you, Valkyr. You're amazing."

In Hana's room….

On the way back to her room, Hana has actually fallen asleep in Valkyr's arms, Valkyr payed no mind to it and began to place the sleeping girl into her bed. Once she had placed the covers over her body, she took her leave to her own room. In the halls however, she ran into Lena, whom she began to converse with.

"Hey there Valkyr! How was your day with Hana?"

"It went very well. We enjoyed ourselves in all parts of the city and played many games together in the arcade. After all that we watched the sunset and I told her I loved her."

"Woah! Didn't expect that last part! I never knew you liked her! So, what did she say?"

"She said it was a big question and she needed time to think about it."

"Really? You know, I was talking to her earlier and she seemed to get all flustered when I talked about you. I think she really does like you, but it's too shy to say it."

"Really? What should I do then?"

"You should do something special for her! Plan something, do something, anything that will really show her that you care. You know what? I've actually got an idea that might work…."