He peeked back in from behind the door. “But you’re already here,” he replied without missing a beat. Then he disappeared into the hallway and down the stairs. Actually he went to collect his thoughts after lying so much. But he’d find something to eat too.
Mari giggled at his response, managing to keep her cool until Kelton had left the room. When he was gone, her calm exterior vanished and was replaced with giggling happiness.
“Did you hear that!” She exclaimed, turning to Vince. “Did you hear what he said!”
Kelton, who couldn’t hear the squealing from downstairs, opened the freezer door and stuck his head in there, then came out with a bucket of Neapolitan ice cream. Then he went over and grabbed some cups and spoons. He stayed down there a couple of minutes, clearing his head.
Vincent nodded and patted her hand, "Very touching, he'll be proposing next I'm sure of it, then you two will go get you're own house with a cat and two hamsters and three children." he added, It really was frustrating some times keeping their Identities secret from each other.
(Omg that's the same thing Marinette said when she was talking about Adrien I love it)
"I don't want hamsters, they're too small," Mari said dismissively. "But did you hear that! He called me sweet! Oh my god, I don't even know what to think right now!" She paused. "He could've been saying it as just a friend though. That makes more sense. I mean, of course he sees me as a friend, why would he like me, like me? He probably acts that way with all his friends," she rambled, covering her face with her hands. Peeking out, she looked to Vince. "Sorry. You probably didn't come here to listen to me rant about boys who may or may not like me."
(that was the Idea)
After grabbing some chips and pop tarts that he found in the back of the pantry, he collected his stash and brought it all upstairs.
“So, I’ve got ice cream, chips, and pop tarts. I call one of the pop tarts since there are only two left.” He spread the stuff out on his desk.
"Ice cream!" Mari cheered, immediately grabbing the tub and a spoon before shoving a spoonful of the chocolate into her mouth. "Mmmm." Her eyes fluttered closed in delight, savoring the sweet flavors. Through a new mouthful of ice cream she told Kelton, "K, I love you so much right now." She was so focused on the ice cream that she didn't realize what she said until it was too late to take it back, and her cheeks reddened as she waited for his reply.
He beamed at her, completely oblivious to Mari’s embarrassment. “Yeah, I know.” He grabbed a pop tart and stuffed about half of one in his mouth. “I love me too,” he said with a mouthful of pastry.
He snatched a cup from the desk and scooped a huge amount of ice cream into it. “Moms probably gonna kill me but whatever, I needed this today.”
Seeing that Kelton didn’t respond to or even realize what she meant, pushed her back into her playful, teasing, self. “Aww what happened love? What was so bad that you need ice cream huh?”
He shrugged. “Nothing happened, i just really like ice cream.” Then he turned his attention to Vince. “You seem to know absolutely everything, so I’ve got a difficult question for you: who do you think that robot belonged to? The one that attacked the town today?”
Vincent shrugged, "Probably some sort of maniac genius who was fired from the corporation that owns that building and now holds a grudge and is taking revenge for stolen Idea's." He said, calmly selecting a pop tart and biting into it.
He lifted his eyebrows in surprise. Of course, he had asked Vince because he always knew the answer to everything, but he didn't expect such a detailed answer. "Wow, that was extremely specific. But I'll take it," he replied with a shrug. "Actually, that might explain a lot. Now there's motivation for the destruction that at least makes some kind of sense. I think there could me more to that, though. Like why specifically a robot? The building was an electrical company's headquarters, so he likely knew a lot about how to construct a robot. Plus, he's filthy rich, so he had the means to actually create it. But even if it wasn't specifically him, maybe he made a deal with someone."
Kelton had forgotten for a moment that he wasn't talking to his superhero friends (or at least he didn't think he was), but he immediately realized his mistake. He tried to cover it up. "Well, it doesn't really matter anyways," he said. "I guess it's all over now."
Vincent shrugged again, "Or I'm wrong and all of those clue's lead to no where." He added finishing off the pop tart. He never bothered hiding his ability to figure things out, it was as much a part of his day to day identity as it was a part of Snow.
(Quick question: it would be really cool if they could communicate with each other while they were in civilian form. Like if one of them is in superhero form and sends a message to the other, then their "miraculous" will start flashing or something. But do they have communication like that or no? Bc they don't in the show)
(I guess, It seems like the kind of thing Vince could invent if he tried hard enough)
(Ok what do you think Leah?)
(I like it! Sorry I'm not really gonna be on much during the day I have school and band practice after most days)
"Vince, you're never wrong," Mari told him, holding the ice cream tub defensively, as if to make sure Kelton didn't take any more. As much as she liked him, her food, was her food. Especially ice cream. "Anyway, for a robot that big the person would have to have been planning and building it for months. We had a villain waiting to strike for a long time and no one knew it." She brought her knees to her chest, setting down the tub and wrapping her arms around herself. "As good as our superheroes are at defeating the villains, they never know when and where one is going to attack. They should work on a way to track big energy sources like the one in the robot so they'll be able to prevent it destroying things." Mari seemed to forget that she wasn't Nova talking to Snow and Peri right now as she added thoughtfully, "They should patrol the city at night too. I've never seen them around after the sun goes down, and what if a villain attacks then?" She quickly realized who she was talking to, and murmured a quiet, "Or something," before shoving a bite of ice cream into her mouth to make herself stop talking.
Vincent nodded in agreement, "That would be smart they could also ask for some records to see who has been fired recently, teaming up with the police on some cases would be smart too." he added offhandedly
Kelton nodded. “Exactly. I wish there was a way for us to get this stuff to the heroes, since they’re probably so busy that they haven’t thought of it. I mean, I’m sure living a double life is hard, so they stay busy.”
Vincent nodded, "Oh yes, I'm sure they don't have any time to sit down and talk with friends that's just ridiculous no one who lives a double life could live life with down time with out losing imminence amounts of sleep." He did his best to keep the sarcasm out of his voice.
Mari nodded seriously, completely oblivious to any sarcasm that may have slipped into Vince's tone. "They probably have so much going on that they can't even really think about this stuff." Stuff I should've thought of before, she scolded herself. You're supposed to be protecting the city. Stuff like this should be your top priority. "I imagine that would be very hard," she added quietly. "Having to sneak away all the time, not being able to let anyone know your real identity. I wonder if that ever makes them feel isolated when they're in civilian form."
Kelton scoffed. “Yeah, I wonder.” He was feeling a bit bitter about the situation. He could’ve done better. Mari’s words sounded a lot like Nova’s. And now, because he had injured himself, the love of his life was thinking about dropping out of hero work.
Vincent nodded a look of fake concern plastered across his face, "But I'm sure they have people they can talk to out of hero form,"
“Well yeah, but they wouldn’t know that they’re heroes,” Mari argued. “Without the suit there’s nobody they can’t talk to about hero stuff.” She paused, and when she continued her voice was much quieter. “I’m glad I have you guys. There’s no way I’d be able to survive life without you.” She risked a glance at Kelton, pink streaking across her cheeks as she met his eyes.
Vincent's grabbed another pop tart, "Anyway, so that homework assignment am I right."
He smiled like a dork at Mari’s words, not realizing how his smile might affect her. “I’m glad I have you guys too. Vince, why do you always change the subject like that, huh?”
Kelton's smile caused her brain to malfunction, thoughts on a constant loop of, He's smiling at me! Oh my god, oh my god!
His grin made his whole face light up, and internally she swooned at how beautiful he looked. Her heart thumped against her chest, and her stomach filled with all kinds of fluttery things, and she tried and failed to tear her gaze away from him. It wasn't until he stopped talking that she realized she had missed everything he had said, though she tried not to let it show as she finally looked away and scooped up another bite of ice cream to avoid talking.