Danika was surprised when Shinichi texted her: "Let's go on a date tonight after your shift ends, as Aishin and ZipZing?"

She agreed, of course, but she was really curious about what he planned to do.

ZipZing waited for Aishin in Shrubbery's garden, which was still acting as their temporary guild hall. Shrubbery and Kit both logged on before Aishin, but they were still in the desert, and Danika assured them both that she didn't need them to return to the capital with her.

When Aishin finally showed up and teleported to her, she teased him while he drank his health potion, "I didn't expect this to be such a realistic date? Be warned that if I'm footing the bill, we can't spend more than six coin."

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He laughed, and then snatched her out of the air and kissed her nose. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be late."

"I know," she agreed quickly.

He added teasingly, "And I'm surprised that you're so wealthy tonight?"

She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Don't worry, it'll be a cheap date, we're doing a new repeatable quest that Nao1 keeps getting invited to do," he explained.

Danika spent most of the quest/date laughing. They were turned into identical honey bees and sent to steal pollen from prize winning flowers for an unscrupulous gardener. The reward was only a handful of candied rose petals, but she could see why it had gotten a reputation as a romantic quest, as they darted around among the flowers.