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Haru sometimes gets coffee at Tim's, when he happens to feel like it on a random morning, or when he needs to be up long enough to finish out a guiding session with June. This morning it's the first thing.
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come-hold-my-hand
To Paula:
Thank you so much! (Also, it's a pleasure to speak with you directly - Traceless speaks highly of you.)
To Haru:
Thanks again! I'm heading out shopping, soon, and then I'm going to take Val and Stella out to eat afterwards. Want me to bring you takeout?
reve: Is he hot for an esper or just esper hot?
mags: reve.
reve: Was this just a hell week fling or are you guys like going to be together together?
mags: reve..
reve: What's Cricket like? Are you friends yet? Can you tell him I said hi and that I love him and that he's perfect??
mags: reve...
reve: Wait, aren't you "homoflexible"? Are you even into him?
mags: reve....
reve: Does he smell nice?
mags: reve you are being weird!!
reve: oh no. am I...
mags: ...also cara can't smell
reve: right
cara: back!
cara: and. yes. you are.
reve: right.
reve: fuck.
mags: :laughing_pointing_cowboy:
cara: Anyways I'm not going to share info about Traceless without his permission! d:
cara: Probably I could introduce you if you visit and promise to be, like, somewhat near normal, we're going to be esper partners.
mags: I dunno if she can manage "somewhat near"
cara: Oh?
mags: we've been going through his blog posts lately after you retweeted one of them from tess and reve has one of her new people fixations.
mags: she's been staring at me wide-eyed since you mentioned you were going to be partners.
cara: LOL
cara: @reve I would describe myself as "espersexual" these days.
mags: :well: :hmm:
reve: you can't just -
cara: Mags I am going to commission that flywheel, tysm.
mags: !!! eee yay
reve: wait, can we go back to Traceless... And you introducing me... :pleadinger:
cara: Sorry Reve it's clothes shopping time! I'll say hi to Val and Stella for you
reve: oh please do! Tell them I miss themmmmmm
mags: bye cara! have fun shopping
mags: and say hi for me too
cara: Will do!
cara: (also I can smell now! Esperifying fixed my nose)
come-hold-my-hand
She sighs. The thing is - Reve really does miss them, she's sure of it, even though Val mentioned that xi stopped texting her because of how sporadic her replies are these days. The girl is just bad at staying in touch. Which is something they have in common, really, though Cara has been trying to get better at it.
She shakes her head rapidly to refocus.
come-hold-my-hand
Clothes shopping time! She meets Val at their place, and then they head to the mall. They start with they hit up an athletics clothing store and get her a few different kinds of activewear outfits to try out, and 2 pairs of high-quality shoes - one for running and one for climbing. Then Stella joins in and they move on to the fun stuff. They get her a delightful assortment of cute dresses, skirts, flowy tops, and undergarments to fit her new body type, a really cute but pricey purse she hadn't really been able to justify before but definitely can now, and while she doesn't want to blow all her savings right away they do look at some nice jewelry for her and make a list for later. She takes them out to dinner afterwards, as thanks, texting Haru a link to the menu for a Mexican place, with some notes about her favorites and those of her more carnivorous friends.
come-hold-my-hand
Got it! See you soooon.
And about 30 minutes later, she texts him an ETA with a heart.
come-hold-my-hand
eeee yay it's Haru! "I could be your burrito. Probably. Metaphorically."
She giggles.
come-hold-my-hand
Happy wiggles! She puts her bags down and gives him a big hug (now with esper strength!)
traceless
Ee! He squeezes her, then picks her up and spins around once. "All right, I'm actually really hungry, where's my burrito at -"
come-hold-my-hand
eeee spinny! Cara makes a delighted little squeak.
Probably she could flick it to him with her power by jumping but she doesn't have much practice with that kind of aim and she really doesn't want to mess up his meal. She reaches down and grabs the bag with his food, handing it to him. "Dinner!"
come-hold-my-hand
She gets her stuff settled while he eats, resisting the urge to play with her powers now that she's ✨ near Haru ✨ (and it's so nice to be able to feel that sensation of rightness as she walks past him with a bag of her clothes.)
...well...
"Do you mind if I play with the sensory part of my power while you eat? I want to try Mag's suggestions for keeping the backlash cost low."
traceless
"Go for it, we can get rid of all that backlash for ya in due course. Try not to need emergency stoppage orders while my mouth is full but if I, uh, tap your shoulder twice, that means stop using your power."
find-your-center
Haru can feel that Cara is using her power, but he's keeping her at near zero backlash the entire time.