Tuesday Night Baseball at Nell's

[mylandmyrules]

Nell had everything clean and ready to go by the time people were to arrive. She'd made a batch of vegan brownies since the Detective was planning to join them tonight and she wanted to make sure he could have something sweet as well should he choose.

She was bustling along as usual and marveling once again at the sheer amazement and wonder of not only having friends, but being able to have them at her house without fear of reprisal. It was a good feeling, even if there was a tinge of sadness over other things.

Nell also couldn't help but smile after hearing on radio that apparently one of the classes yesterday had been about baseball. Maybe they all should have attended!

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[mylandmyrules]

"Maybe (after tech week is over) next week sometime?" Nell suggested.

"And, of course Iggy is welcome." If the people got to be too much she'd made an excuse and disappear up to the roof for a few minutes of solitude. But it was worth it to be able to have friends come over without fear of reprisal, even if it was too much at times.

She smiled at him, "And, yes, I think we've established it's not really about the baseball. Who knows what we'll watch next week!"

[sword_chocobro]

"I think," Gladio decided after a moment to look thoughtful about it, "I can probably hold off until sometime next week."

Though he did throw in a little bit of a side-eyed glance toward Nell with a lift of his brow that seemed to suggest he may catch on to some sort of delaying scam if he was saying something similar again once sometime next week rolled around.

"Too bad you guys don't have chocobo racing here," he mused, "but there's rarely a shortage of interesting sports to fill the gap."

Or maybe that might not even watch anything; he was thinking about possibly giving that game store a peek. It'd be good to have options, if this whole sports well wound up drying up sooner rather than later...

[mylandmyrules]

"Then we'll plan on it," Nell, who would have been happy to have him by earlier if someone wasn't totally lacking in free time, said sincerely. "I'd like that a lot."

"I didn't know there was chocobo racing," she admitted. "Are those the big birds?"

[sword_chocobro]

Well, hoe very rude that someone, really, now.

"I would, too," said Gladio, smiling at Nell with that warmth in him that was becoming increasing more frequent when they were together, the kind he just kind of wanted to linger in for a long moment before adding anything else.

But, eventually he did, with a small nod of his head. "And yeah," he said. "Those are the big birds. I've actually raced a few myself. They're great for travel, especially where the roads can't take you. They were essential, too, especially once fuel started getting scarce."

[mylandmyrules]

She is totally unwilling to take into account Nell and Gladio's need to eat a spicy beans and pork stew! And have sweet moments!

Nell blushed a little, feeling that funny something in the pit of her stomach, but just mostly feeling... happy and content around him.

"I can't imagine what that would be like," she said after a moment of her own. "Must have been fun."

[sword_chocobro]

'Fun' might not have been the word Gladio would have used for it whem it started to be less recreation and more necessity, but his head tilted a little as he looked at Nell and an idea struck him.

"You know," he said, "Prompto used to make all sorts of chocobo sims for the Danger Shop. There's one in the apartment building, too, I think; I wonder if he could whip something up for us..."

Holosuite dates could be making a real resurgence these days!

[mylandmyrules]

"Really?" Nell tilted her head. "You think he would?"

She laughed a little. "Me riding a big bird! Wouldn't that be funny!"

[sword_chocobro]

"Only funny 'cause you're not used to riding big birds," Gladio pointed out, but he was grinning and thinking that he was perfectly fine with Nell thinking it was funny if it meant just getting to hear more of her laugh. "But, yeah. I definitely think he would. He used to love that kind stuff. He'll hook us up, I'm sure. If..." Grin gone a little crooked for his own presumptuousness there, "you'd be interested, anyway."

[mylandmyrules]

"Oh, I would!" Nell assured him. "It sounds amazing! And I wouldn't have to worry about getting hurt falling off or anything because it's like the Danger Shop."