"I do not believe this to be the most efficient use of our day off from the team," Viv said worriedly. Well, about as worried as an android could sound.

"Come on, Viv. It's not about safety, it's about having fun. You said you wanted to have fun today, right," I reminded her, hoping she wouldn't be too uncomfortable with my plan.

"You are correct, but this risk seems illogical," she sighed, floating down to the ground to follow me into the abandoned amusement park. Viv had asked me to help her have 'fun.' Apparently that wasn't something she was sure she could have with the rest of the Champions, but as we all know, I'm the most fun character this side of the multiverse.

"Viv, that's the point. Having fun isn't supposed to be logical, it's just supposed to be fun," I explained, taking her hand and leading her into the park. The park was pretty run down, but all of the rides still worked! From the Ferris Wheel to the bumper cars, once you got the lights running, it could be a perfectly normal amusement park. First stop: house of mirrors.

"I'm not entirely sure of the appeal here," Viv said confusedly, watching me check myself out in a mirror that made me look like I was as bendy as Mr Fantastic.

"You probably won't ever get it if you keep your emotions turned off, you know," I explained, wrapping an arm around her shoulder and bringing her into the reflection.

"How did you-"

"Viv, come on. I don't have to know a single thing about programming to know that you've had that turned off for a long time." I tossed my hair in the reflection, still extremely confused as to how my dye hadn't faded even a little since I'd come to the Marvel universe.

"I… would rather not." I watched her look at her reflection, gold eyes scanning every fleck of dust on the old mirror.

"Then you're probably not gonna have much fun today. But I'm pretty sure you already knew that," I shrugged, pulling her along through the rest of the house. She watched me play in the dozens of reflections I casted, not even making a silly face or pose the whole time.

"Wanna try the Ferris Wheel next," I asked, leading her to the main attraction.

"I can fly, Gwen… I don't believe-"
"Oh, come on. It's a Ferris Wheel, everyone has fun on them," I laughed, flipping a switch on the control panel and watching as the wheel started up, hundreds of multicolored lights flashing in patterns across its spokes. I hopped in the first car I could, barely sliding in as it left the ground far behind. Viv floated up through the bottom, like a ghost, until she was sitting in the seat across from me.

"See? These things are pretty fun, aren't they," I teased, spreading out on the bench and letting the cool night air hit my face. Viv watched me for a long while, sitting stone still.

"I'm positive you're trying to make me envious of you," she said accusingly.

"And I bet it's not working because your emotions are turned off. So you're not even mad at me for doing it, because you emotions are turned off," I prodded, kicking my feet up to rest next to her. It was impossible to not love a Ferris Wheel ride all to yourself.

"Why are you-"

"Look, Viv. You're a robot-"

"I would prefer if you didn't-"

"You'd prefer, but you wouldn't be upset if I did, would you?" I shrugged, not even waiting for an answer.

"Like I was saying, you're a robot, but you're a person, too. You can't just keep your emotions turned off forever. You gotta deal with them. And you've got a lot more to deal with than an average person so… you should probably work on that before you end up hurting someone." I stretched my arms out with a loud yawn before sticking my head out the car as we got to the top of the ride.

"I wouldn't hurt anyone," Viv said softly.

"Not on purpose, no. But it's impossible not to hurt people you care about if you can't even care about anything yourself." It was hard to tell if I was getting through to her- synthezoids don't really show much emotion. I waited until our cart on the wheel reached the very top before sighing and moving to sit with Viv.

"Look… I'm being a little tough on you because… well, I'm still trying to figure out the kind of character you are." It's pretty hard to get a good read on new characters when they've only appeared in teamup comics where they're only supporting characters. Heads up, I'm way more 3D than I was in West Coast Avengers!

"Because I'm 'relatively new and have yet to receive a solo run,' correct?" Viv had been surprisingly cool with the whole 'your universe is a comic' thing. I'm not sure if she believed me but at least she hadn't been angry.

"No one's given you the tough love conversation yet- everyone's been trying to nicely convince you on what to do because they all know you've been through a lot…" I wasn't sure what else I could say. I wasn't even sure if there was anything else to say. Viv and I were friends- kinda - but we weren't really close. And if Amadeus or Kamala couldn't get through to her…

"I have already experienced the uninhibited procession of my emotions. I'd prefer not to repeat that experience." She was talking about the couple of issues where she was human. Technically this wasn't even Viv's body, but her sister's who she mind-melded with. I was also probably the only person besides herself that knew her sister's consciousness was still in there, doing her best to undermine her. I decided we didn't have to talk about that this issue.

"You're right. And I don't really blame you… I'm kind of running from my own problems at home… It's not like I'm trying to find my way back or anything." I sighed, pushing the thought out of my head. This conversation was for Viv's emotional growth, not mine. We sat in silence for a long while and I took her hand, feeling her slightly chilled skin.

"At least this is nice. The view, the park… you're fighting crime all the time, I bet you really needed this day off," I joked. I wasn't really expecting an answer back- or maybe some commentary on how I'm biologically predisposed to like this time of night. I didn't expect to feel her hand squeeze mine.

"Yes… it is… nice." I looked up at her, and I could tell something was… different. Her head was tilted at an angle almost imperceptibly off ninety degrees, her eyes seemed to actually look at the world around her… the slightest shift that I doubted a casual reader would be able to notice. She leaned towards me, gently placing a hand on my thigh before pulling away like she'd forgotten something.

"Ironheart explained I should make a point to ask before I make an attempt at-"

"I'm not Riri." Was that smooth? Am I smooth? I didn't have much time to think about it. Viv floated weightlessly into my lap, hands on my shoulders as she looked down into my eyes. Any normal person would've been intimidated- a synthezoid with the power to break a T-Rex's jaw with one punch staring into your soul would make anyone squirm- but Viv just felt… nice.

"It is… difficult to believe someone as erratic as you could be so…" Her voice trailed off and I wasn't sure if she was trying to protect my feelings or her own by not completing that sentence.

"Well, it's kind of a trope for mechanical people to be turned on by, uh, erraticness." That felt considerably less smooth. The lights in her eyes glowed a while longer before she finally closed them and leaned forward.

Kissing Viv Vision felt like kissing a battery, a small jolt of static passing between us as our lips met. I let her take the lead, setting my hands on her hips and holding on tight as she used me to experiment. Her hands came up to hold my face and she pulled me closer to her. She kissed like she'd never kissed anyone before and would never kiss anyone ever again. A full page spread montage of us making out took over the scene before she finally pulled away, floating down to sit on the bench next to me. She sat in silence for a couple of panels and I could see she was trying to rationalize what she was feeling.

"Did you like it?" Simple question, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to know the answer.

"It was… nice." There aren't too many scenes where Viv Vision smiles- like, actually smiles. It was cool being the reason for her smiling now.

She smiled again on the bumper cars. And again in the arcade. And again as we were running from the cops that'd come to get us out of the park. Her lips were never away from mine for long.

"This is a great night," I said with a sigh. Sparky ran passed me with a playful bark and I did my best not to pay him much attention- I knew the dog had a secret but I couldn't interfere with the timeline too much without risking bigger issues down the road.\

"I agree… thank you, Gwen."

"Don't mention it."