"…so you want a purse?" Tadashi asked teasingly after Honey Lemon's long explanation of her idea.
She pouted at him. "No, not just a purse! One that makes chem balls when I input their chemical formulas! Pleeease?" she pleaded, widening her eyes and clasping her hands together in front of her.
He sighed. "I guess I could try…" he trailed off with a wink.
"Yes!" she cheered, skipping over to his work station. "First of all, it needs to have pink. Ooh! And orange!"
Tadashi laughed at her excitement. "Pink and orange, alright," he repeated as he started sketching on his tablet. She watched with fascination as he drew a schematic for the bag in no time. She helped him along with the selection and placement of the elements, seeing as how she knew way more about that part than him. Hiro also came over and gave his input here and there, but he then got back to making her armor (which Tadashi had secretly asked him to make with extra safety precautions).
As Tadashi worked on building the handbag, Honey Lemon half-watched the bag, half-gazed at him. He was so focused on making it just right that it made her smile. He wanted to make it just right for her.
After a while, though, she had to admit that she was getting bored. So she went over and started helping Fred with his suit (really, it was a costume). She tinkered with the fire control, synching it up with his ESP headband. He went outside to test it, and she nodded in approval.
"Honey Lemon! It's done!" Tadashi called. She squealed with delight, practically running back to the lab to see her suit. The Hamada boys stepped back from it with a grand "tad-da!". She gasped. Different shades of pink and orange and red assaulted her vision all at once. She clapped happily.
"It's perfect!" she told them, suddenly hugging both of them. She let them go only so that she could inspect it closer. Her favorite part really was the handbag, though. It was absolutely perfect!
The boys left her alone so that she could get changed into the suit. As soon as she put it on, she hopped up and down in her heels with joy. Everything fit perfectly! When she walked outside, she saw that everyone else had changed into their suits as well…including Tadashi, who stood there looking dashing in his red and purple armor.
He walked up to her with a smile, and her heart stopped. "Have you tried one of the chem balls yet?" he ask her, making her snap out of her daze.
She flicked the glass in her helmet up and gasped. "Oh! No, I haven't, lemme just-" she input a simple chemical compound. It flew out into her hand and she grinned at it. But maybe she smiled too soon, because it immediately burst in her hand, sending a blue goop all over the pair.
She stuck her tongue out in disgust, some of the goop having gotten in her mouth. "I think you accidentally switched hydrogen and neon," she coughed.
Tadashi took off his helmet and wiped it off. "Here, let's go back inside and get some towels." As they walked inside, Honey Lemon couldn't help but once again notice how handsome Tadashi looked in his armor.
The two arrived back in the workshop, and Tadashi pulled out some towels. Honey Lemon yanked off her helmet and noted with dismay that her face and hair were completely covered with the blue goop. She gladly took a towel and started to get the sticky substance out of her hair.
"Honey Lemon?" She looked over at Tadashi and laughed at his look of frustration. He couldn't reach back to get his wings. She walked over and started to wipe off the red wings, trying to will her face to not blush as he tried to watch her over his shoulder.
"Thanks," he said when she was finished. He turned around and immediately laughed. "Honey, you still- here, let me," he chuckled, taking a clean towel in his hands. She felt her heart rate increase as he stepped in front of her, his face just six inches away from hers. He wiped the goop off her face with utmost care. He was so focused on just her…she had to close her eyes. Try to ignore the fact that he was there so she wouldn't blush. But suddenly, he stopped.
Her eyes fluttered open and saw him simply standing there, staring at her. Her eyes widened as he leaned in closer and closer until-
Honey Lemon gasped awake, breathing erratic. She felt her heart break into a thousand pieces. Capturing Yokai may have helped Hiro's emotional state, but it didn't help Honey's. She still had dreams about Tadashi. What if he hadn't gone in the fire? What if he and Hiro had just come home with the rest of them? What if?
She wiped away the tears as they fell. If she could have just one wish in this world, she knew what it would be. For Tadashi to be alive. Some how. Some way. Please…
"Please…" she whispered into the dark.