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[secondchances]

Who: Cass and Steph!
What: Girl time♥
When: This weekendish
Where: Bathaus
Rating: C FOR CUTE



It was about time Steph put a little extra effort out there for Cass. She'd been all over the place lately, and it had to be hard on the girl that thought she was dead not too long ago. She'd promised a lot of fun things, but some of those fun things needed planning--like a beach day. So, for now, she'd have to improvise.

And that's why there was an assortment of fruits, candies, syrups, and sprinkles set out on the counter. Steph was trying to be quiet, taking the ice cream tubs out of the bag and sneak them into the freezer, but the paper was annoyingly loud in the quiet home.

This was supposed to be a surprise. Grr.

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[hellofist]

She's not wrong, it is very sweet. Must be all that chocolate syrup.

"What will... you put in yours?"

[secondchances]

"Maybe vanilla ice cream and bananas..." They have their chocolate needs covered. "Later, though. I think this is enough for me right now."

[hellofist]

Cass nods and jumps up onto the counter to sit there, taking the occasional sip of her milkshake.

"How did... you learn this? To make these?"

[secondchances]

She leans against the counter next to her. That was a good question.

"... I guess I saw it on TV or something." Not really a thing her parents would have done with her, and she didn't have friends like that in school. "It's easy."

[hellofist]

She reaches out to run her fingers through the ends of Steph's hair, just an absent gesture of affection that's becoming more and more natural as she's gotten to spend more time with Stephanie. Any excuse to touch her, to make sure she's real and not a ghost, not something she's dreamed up, Cass will take.

"Lucky me. Get to... learn from greatest."

[secondchances]

There's a smile at the touch.

"You are. If this were Tim teaching you, he'd try to make it all fruits and veggies. And probably protein powder or something. Boooooring." Tonight was not a night for healthy things.

[hellofist]

Cass grins.

"You think so? Should ask him... about the ice cream cake."

Is it cheating if you eat cakes that are also ice cream with someone who isn't your girlfriend? Cause Tim totally did that with Cass and it was amazing.

[secondchances]

A gasp.

"What? Has he been feeding you cake behind my back? For shame," she says, but she's not upset in the slightest. It's good that they both have their fun.

[hellofist]

"Shared it." Sort of. She kind of ate part of his share. "Since I... missed his birthday."

[secondchances]

"Was that his idea or yours? If it was his, I think he was just looking for an excuse to eat an ice cream cake with you," she smirks.

[hellofist]

"Both? My idea... to re-celebrate. Cake was his."

It's still one of the best ideas ever, in Cass' opinion. Although milkshakes is definitely up there on the charts too.

[secondchances]

"I see," Steph hums, sipping her milkshake. "He took advantage of the celebration. Acceptable in this situation, I guess."

[hellofist]

"How is that... taking advantage?" She pokes Steph lightly in the side. "Jealous?"

[secondchances]

"Me? Jealous? Never. I encourage household bonding."

[hellofist]

"We'll save milkshake... for Tim, then. To share, bond."

[secondchances]

"We'll have enough stuff left over to make some with him later, if he's up to it." They got first dibs on all the good stuff, though.

[hellofist]

Cass is completely fine with them getting the first choices and the good bits, but she doesn't doubt that Steph and her will both set aside good ingredients for Tim. They both like him too much to stick him with only bad stuff.

And look, she's just drained her glass completely. Licking her lips because hello milkshake mustache, she looks over the milkshake fixins to try and plan out her next creation.

"How many milkshakes... is too many, do you think?"

[secondchances]

That, and Steph didn't cheap out when grabbing milkshake goodies. All of it is good.

"Here," Steph laughs, reaching up to wipe beneath Cass' nose. As cute as that was, there was no need to get all sticky just yet. "And that's a good question. We'll have to investigate."

[hellofist]

Like it's nothing at all, Cass catches Steph's hand so she can pull it over and pop Steph's finger into her mouth, sucking the milkshake off. It was her mess to start with and she doesn't want Steph getting sticky either.

"You make one, now."

[secondchances]

Welp, that catches Steph off guard. She gives Cass a funny look, then laughs--Cass is Cass. It's all harmless.

"Mine's a surprise, though. Go sit on the couch and I'll bring it over, okay?"

[hellofist]

Well that's interesting, but Cass just watches Stephanie for another few moments before nodding and sliding off the counter. She goes to sit in the living room and even respects the whole surprise thing, closing her eyes and not peeking into the kitchen to see what's going.

"Okay, ready."

[secondchances]

Okay, Steph. Gotta make this good. She stares at her choices for a while, then settles on vanilla ice cream, strawberries, chocolate chips, and caramel syrup. And sprinkes. Those might look cool, blended!

Once she blends it all together, she pours two glasses and goes to join Cass on the couch, sitting right next to her.

"Alright. I haven't tried it yet, so we can both be disgusted together if it's terrible. Don't hate me."

[hellofist]

Once she's there and sitting, Cass opens her eyes. Hey look, sprinkles do look cool blended up. She takes one of the glasses, but then frowns at Stephanie.

"Don't be dumb. You're you. Will always love you."

[secondchances]

That gets a shoulder nudge.

"I'm just saying. I know that's true, Cass."

[hellofist]

She'll just nudge back then, but she stays leaning with her shoulder against Steph's. Personal space is for losers.

But the drink looks good, so Cass lifts her glass up and takes a few long sips of it.