It's just you and me... ((wide open))

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:59 pm

Cal sat in the common room, having abandoned his ~~lair~~ room after acknowledging that yes, he was starting to get too paranoid in there today. And since his forged valium prescription hadn't come in the mail yet, he just had to make do somehow without going nuts. So there he was, in the common room.

He hadn't talked to Haley since... something had happened in her room that she hadn't wanted to talk to him about. So lacking anything better to do, he'd spent a lot of time in his room, going over his designs and programs, and had come up with the current project.

The cube sat partially disassembled on the table. At the very least, three of the touchscreens were removed, and he was currently replacing the chips on it, to the thorough amusement of the AI inside it. Aside from that... it just looked like he was watching a movie, all by himself, while he worked on some computer thing or other. Yeah, I think I'm starting to figure out why I always got my ass kicked at school back home...

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:09 pm

"Hey hottie," Haley smiled sitting down near Cal.

"You were wonderful last night. Big time brownie points for you."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:17 pm

"Hey," Cal said. "I just figured I was getting in the way," he said, shrugging.

Meanwhile, the cube's screens (except the disconnected ones) flashed its usual mix of symbols and such. "!" ":)"

"Quit squirming, I don't want to mess this up," Cal said, giving one of the screens a tap.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:33 pm

"My nose was gushing blood and my head wanted to explode. Sorry if I wasn't exactly appreciative enough," she said sheepishly.

"I'll make it up to you," she whispered in his ear mischievously.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:24 pm

Cal paused what he was doing, took a deep breath, then looked over at her and smiled a little. "Sorry, takes some getting used to, this whole thing with not cranking the paranoia up to eleven."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:36 pm

"Well I hope I can keep making it better," she smiled.

"How's my little friend?" she asked, half at Cal and half at the cube.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:15 pm

"Being annoying," he said, then rolled his eyes and tapped one of the active screens when it flashed ">:("

"So... um, how about you? I mean, don't want to talk about it, that's cool, I just... have no damn clue what happened last night."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:59 pm

Haley shook her head. "It's fine. I don't mind."

She took her time explaining every detail of the fight that wrecked her room. "So...yeah. That sucked. But luckily my roommate can beat the shit out of things with chairs and I can tear things apart with my TK. And hell, even Regan helped."

She rubbed her forehead, wincing a bit. "Still have a fucking headache though..."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:05 am

"Sounds like someone could stand to take it easy a little bit," Cal said, reaching over and squeezing her hand.

Code: Select all: >> :( << Nah, she'll be okay. It's just a little thing. >> ? << Umm... Her system's debugging. >> :( >> @}--'-,-- << That... actually is a pretty good idea... >> :D

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:08 am

Haley squeezed his hand back. "Should get some chocolate, caffeine, and excedrin for this..."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:19 am

Cal thought about it and nodded. "Hmm... give me... a half hour? I was just about to put noisy here back together," he said, nodding at the still-silent cube.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:28 am

"Oh. No. I can go get some. But maybe you can rub my neck when you're done?" she smiled hopefully.

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:36 am

"'Course I can. Just figured you might want some good chocolate," he said, checking the connections before he started fitting the screens back into place.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:59 am

"Oh? You have ways of getting good chocolate?" she asked, her interest piqued.

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:13 am

"Oh come on, we're in Europe. Getting Belgian chocolate here is like getting... Canadian chocolate back home. You can get Canadian chocolate back home, right?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:15 am

"....is Canadian chocolate supposed to be good or something? Maybe Mexican Coke is what you mean. Because that shit is awesome."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:35 am

"Yeah, like that. I think. But yeah... If you'd like some of that to go along with the neck rub... Well, I can go do that."

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:09 am

"yes please," she grinned

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:16 am

Cal smirked as he snapped on the last side of the cube. "All right, then," he said, kissing her cheek as he stood up. "Like I said... just give me a little time to run into town. You keep her company, he added, giving a tap to the cube, which flashed a ":D" in response.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:29 am

"Okay," she grinned.

"Hi little cutie!" she cooed to the cube like it was a small puppy.

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:12 pm

Code: Select all: :D <3

Then it started flashing various colors in a happy sort of way.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:16 pm

"Oh my gosh you are adorable. What's your name?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:23 pm

It sort of froze on whatever color it happened to be flashing at the moment before it answered.

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by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:26 pm

"You don't have a name yet? We should pick one with Cal!"

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:32 pm

The little cube shifted trains of thought easily, flashing ":D" and then flashing various pictures of Cal that it had. Cal working on something, Cal sleeping, Cal caught in some funny half-expression, a non-cybered-up Cal looking thoroughly miserable, Cal nursing his jaw (close to tears with no one around), Cal in his towel looking embarrassed (this one Haley had seen from a different angle).

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:34 pm

"Oooh I like that towel one," she giggled. "Can you send it to me? I won't tell cal if you won't,"

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:36 pm

There was a pause, then ":(" flashed up.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:37 pm

"I'll send him pictures too," she whispered conspiratorially to the cube.

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:41 pm

The cube flashed ":(" again, then flashed a picture of a padlock, then an animated gif of Cal shaking his head.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:44 pm

"He's being mean to you. I'll set him straight. It's a good thing he was nice last night and is getting me chocolate."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:48 pm

The cube flashed ">:O", then a picture of Cal, "<3" and then ">:("

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:51 pm

"Of course is he. He's not letting you have enough fun. I'll talk to him for you if you like,"

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:02 pm

There was a pause while it figured out how it thought about that. Then it flashed a picture.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:09 pm

Haley practically squealed. "Oh my gosh so cute. Of course I will."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:37 pm

The cube started flashing happily again, but notably it did it when she squealed, not when she said she'd talk to Cal for sure.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:19 pm

Haley quickly resumed playing with her phone while she waited for her boyfriend to return.

by **Calvin Strong** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:18 pm

And sure enough, Cal returned in the time it took to take a shuttle into town and back, bearing a candy store bag with foreign chocolate in it. "All right... there we go, babe. Miss me?" he teased as he walked over.

by **Haley Crusek** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:29 pm

"Of course," she smiled, planting a kiss on his cheek.

by **Calvin Strong** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:05 am

Cal handed her the bag to let her peruse her higher-quality chocolate selections, and slid in behind her. "All right... let's see about making you feel better," he said. He only had one hand to work with, since massages with metal hands weren't exactly great to work with. On the other hand, he did have the ability to download guides to help figure out what would help a headache best.. so as he started massaging her neck, he hoped that would even things out.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:44 am

Haley dove into the chocolate as Cal went to work on her neck. "Oh my god....this....yeah this can go on like all night. I am going to..." Haley sort of just trailed off as she chewed on a piece of chocolate and got her massage, smiling contentedly.

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