Fu was typing on the computer as he was trying to find the last of the formula data when the door being knocked on pulled him away from his thoughts.
"You may enter." He said, adjusting his glasses. The door opened and it was Orion. He stopped promptly to greet her.
"Ah, hello. Orion, what brings you to my lab?" Fu asked, Orion rubbed her arm.
"I've been dealing with serious things… mainly depression." Oriom said ashamed. Fu rubbed his chin in deep thought.
"I see. Has it been to the point of suicidal ideations?" Fu asked.
Orion nodded. Fu hums and turns back to his computer. "I'm guessing you exhausted all your options. Medicine wise."
"Yeah. Antidepressants are either placebos or have the wildest side effects ever. And I don't want to be sluggish or sleepy at all. Can you help me?" Orion asked. Fu hums and turned to face the screen before moving a hand in his drawer pulling out a ziplock bag with a smile.
"This should solve all your problems." Fu said.
"What is that?" She asked.
"It's Cannabis… Streetword: Marijuana." Fu said.
"How did you even make that?" She asked.
"I'm a scientist, Orion. I genetically manufacture things. I also utilize the Garden, Android 16 has. Everything I make is usually natural, Gluten free, dairy free and made with no animal cruelty while being aided by pure science!" Fu brags.
"I see." Orion comments.
"Now are we going to sit here or are you ready to evict those squatting thoughts in your cranium?" Fu asked.
"That's a pretty interesting way to say "Are you ready to get high to forget all of your problems?"" Orion points out.
Fu shakes the bag enticingly. Orion sighs. "I'll do it."
Orion and Fu laid on the sofa of the mansion completely stoned. Fu's glasses were barely even on his face at all and slumped down he snorted.
"Orion… Hey…" He said.
"You think if we got planes to fly from every ocean and bottled them up, taking them back to warehouses to filter them and send them off to third world countries… Would we have solved world thirst?" Fu asked.
"...I… I don't… think there's… thirst issues…" Orion slurs.
"Hey, Orion… I just had a thought… if wood comes from trees. And houses are built from wood, all trees are treehouses… Man… That's crazy…" Fu said bewildered.
"...I don't feel good. I just want to make brownies…" Orion said.
"Heh. Brownies and us are completely baked. Bake brownies while being baked." Fu encourages.
"Brownies… With the weed…" Orion murmurs.
"Hey, you think it'll be weird if… You know, we made out… Like… Not in a romantic way, but in the all-socks-no-homie way. Kind of way. Like a free pass to kiss your best friend?" Fu asked. Orion blinks and takes a couple of minutes to register that.
"There's no such thing as "no diddy" for a female and a male to kiss, are you high?" Orion slurs.
"Bingo." Fu chuckles and snorts, "But be for real. I really have an urge to kiss someone right now but have it not be awkward later on once I sober up…"
"I solved the problem, kiss your hand." Orion points out and Fu gasps.
"Wow, I didn't think of that. Man you should be like a scientist…" Fu praises.
Orion slumps over to the counter and makes pot brownies. She spent the next few hours cooking it, before she sluggishly walked to the kitchen and she mumbled. She heard noises behind her looking around to see Cell, but not just any Cell, he looked… Different…
"Cell, what happened to you?" Orion asked, Cell grunts.
"None of your business." Cell snaps. His tail swishes behind him.
"I… I have never seen you like this…" Orion said. Completely stoned.
"..."
Orion placed the brownies in the oven and left. She slumps back on the couch as Fu smokes some weed.
"Are you seriously smoking more?" Orion asked.
"Yeah, I need some more." Fu chuckles. A little too out of it.
"If that's the case then… Shit." Orion sits down next to him.
"So, about that kiss…" Fu begins.
"I'm not kissing you." Orion said, a little sober.
"That sucks." Fu giggles.
"Yeah, go find someone else to kiss."
"I probably would if I-"
Fu didn't get a chance to finish as a loud bang was heard. "That sounds like trouble." Fu giggles, and Orion sighs.
She got up and noticed that Cell was completely out of it, the pan of brownies had scattered on the floor and Cell seemed to consume most of the brownies, she blinked and scoffed.
"Oh great." Orion mumbled. She went up to pull Cell from the floor and take him to the living room where Fu was nonchalantly sitting on the armchair of the sofa, he peeked over at Orion who pulled Cell in.
"What's up with Cell?" Fu giggles.
"He got into my Pot Brownies."
"Shame." Fu giggles, and Orion rolls her eyes.
"Are you going to be helpful or not?" Orion asked.
"Nah, he's BAKED. Get it, like the brownies?" Fu snickers.
"Shut up."