Maybe we can start an hour before he shows up?

Sounds good to me!

She shows up with a basket of fruit and chocolate tarts at the park at the appointed time.

He shows up with a basket of ~mystery~. "Hi!"

"Hi. What've you got there?"

"Hmm, I wonder if I should surprise you further?"

"...what, should I close my eyes and open my mouth?"

"That's what I was thinking, but it's okay if you'd rather not."

"Hmmmm okay." She plops herself down and closes her eyes and opens wide.

The surprise is: possibly one of the tastiest vegetable pies she has ever tasted, with some blue cheese and peppers.

"Oooh."

He giggles. "I take it you like it, then? I also made a chicken one."

"It's really good. I demand to also try the chicken one."

"Your wish is my command," he says, fetching a slice of the pie in his basket and offering it to her on a small paper plate.

Nom nom nom. "You made this? It's amazing."

"I did! Thank you! It's sort of a specialty, my mum and I invented the recipe over many many trials until we got it perfect."

"Mmm, science food."

He giggles. "I suppose it was! We did make up hypotheses about what'd work well together and then test them."

"Do you have a lot of science food in your repertoire?"

"The pies are my most scienced food but yeah it was a bonding activity."

"Cuuuute."

He beams widely. "Should I bring more science surprises to our future dates?"

"Yes. You should."

He giggles. "Should I also make them be a surprise?"

"Sure, that sounds like fun."