Snow. Why did it have to be snow? And of course, everyone else had packed up and headed home early. But not Honey Lemon.
She was so close! All she had to do was make a few more adjustments, and her chemical embrittlement would work!…possibly.
But now she wished that she'd taken everyone else's advice and gone home. The snow was now six inches deep, which, for a place that didn't see snow very often, was a lot. She pulled her thin cardigan closer around her. This really was not very fun.
She looked up and saw that she was passing by the park…the park that was still decorated for Christmas, even though Christmas had been two weeks ago. Mistletoe and kissing balls still hung down from the tree's empty branches, swaying sadly in the cold air all by themselves. The street lamps that lined the park glowed brightly agains their charcoal grey background.
She smiled sadly to herself. Well, at least her walk home was somewhat pretty. She continued to walk along, her smile growing with each step. The snow wasn't really that bad, after all! She giggled to herself, spinning around as she walked-
-straight into someone.
"Oh, lo siento!" she squeaked, her Spanish coming out in her rush to apologize.
The person brushed themselves off. "What were you doing, Honey Lemon?" he chuckled, looking up. Honey's heart rate increased when she saw none other than Tadashi.
"Oh, I was just um-"
"Dancing on the sidewalk?" he filled in with a smile.
She blushed, looking down at the snow. "Yeah, kinda." After a moment of silence, she looked up at Tadashi, confused. He was never one to let a conversation fall flat unless- oh. He stood there, staring up at the mistletoe that they'd wound up under.
She panicked. She needed to get out of there, avoid embarrassment, something! She-
-she was being kissed on the cheek by Tadashi. She eyes widened. He smiled at her softly before he went around her and kept walking.
She stuttered, turning around. "W-Wait! Where are you going?" she asked curiously.
He turned around and grinned. "What better a place to get snowed in at than the lab?"
She laughed euphorically before she waved quickly and left. She shook her head in disbelief. He kisses her and then purposefully goes to the lab to get snowed in. Honey Lemon sighed at the thought. He was unbelievable.